Mike Luque

Mike Luque is a GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® instructor. He created the Wingmaster course for certified Gyrotonic trainers.
Yoga breathing exercises for improved health and performance.

Three Yoga Breathing Exercises to challenge body and mind

Yoga breathing exercises sharpen your body and mind.

 

US Army 52840 Soldiers learn to connect mind, body, soul through breathingNow that you’ve started on the path of training your breath, you can continue on with these advanced yoga breathing exercises. All these breathing exercises are built on the Yogi Complete Breath, so if you haven’t already been practicing your belly breathing and your Yogi Complete Breath, please go back to those pages now.

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Use the wall squat exercise to learn great squat form.

Use Wall Squats to learn proper form

Squats are a fundamental exercise in weight training.

If you have difficulty doing squats, you’ll want to use the Wall Squats to correct your form. Squats are ubiquitous in physical fitness. You’ll see people doing them everywhere; in gyms, in boot camps and when warming up for other exercises. Any trainer worth their salt will use squats regularly.

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My 30 day Gyrokinesis practice challenge – Week 1

 My 30 day GYROKINESIS® practice challenge.

Back in the fall of 2012, I decided to enhance my GYROKINESIS® practice by doing the work every day for a month. I wrote about my progress and experiences as I went along. Here is the first week:

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The Yogi Complete Breath as taught by Yogi Ramacharaka

Deep Breathing Exercises – the Yogi Complete Breath

Advancing your Deep Breathing Exercises

202008 lungNow that you’ve strengthened your diaphragmatic breathing, it’s time for the Yoga Complete Breath. (You have been practicing diaphragmatic breathing, right???) The belly breathing exercise is the beginning. Now we’ll add in the rest of the lung capacity.

If your lungs have been compromised through injury or illness, please consult your physician before beginning any focused breath work.

The three parts of a complete breath

There are three parts of a Yoga Complete Breath. Unless you specifically develop all three aspects in the correct order, you are most likely over-emphasizing one of the aspects to the detriment of optimal breathing mechanics.

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