While researching a breathing exercise I read about (Sudarshan Kriya) I came across a video that described the exercise, how many rounds you should do and what time frame you should use to really learn and integrate the exercise/practice. The teacher, Anmol Mehta, states that in Kundalini yoga, a practice should be done for 40 days in a row to really understand and get results from a practice.
Unless you’re hyperventilating, there are spaces between breaths, both after the inhale and after the exhale.
Most of the time, you won’t notice or pay attention to these spaces. But each of them has value and spending some time expanding both of the retained segments of a complete breath
Read moreNew Breathing Exercise – Bahya Kumbhak: the Extended No Breath
It’s been a while since I threw down one of the roundups!
Over the last two months, I’ve really refocused my efforts toward my training business and have been laying low on the site. But I still find cool information that I want to share with you. So here we go!
Read moreThe Roundup: Soaking your Grains, Shine your Skull, Run with freedom
The science has show that Nadi Sonham (Alternate Nostril Breathing) can lower blood pressure and pulse rate1, improves manual dexterity2 and has a balancing effect on the functional activity of the left and right hemispheres of the brain3. All that just from breathing!
Read moreAlternate Nostril Breathing, the king of breathing exercises
Now 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.
Read moreThree Yoga Breathing Exercises to challenge body and mind
