“You are probably good at breathing, but it is actually very likely that you are not using your lungs to their full capacity. This is a shame because if you do not utilize every breath you are waving goodbye to extra energy in your daily life.
Most people are not very conscious of how they breathe. In particular, poor breathing habits are common in modern times.
When was the last time you took
a deep and slow breath
and thought closely about
the intimate relationship between
your breath, your body and your mind?
By consciously taking hold of your breathing, you have a unique opportunity to change and strengthen both your body and mind.
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Both animals and children breathe deeply down into their “stomach” and thereby utilize the lungs optimally.
However, for busy people, this is more the exception than the rule.
This unfortunate fact is mainly determined by social and cultural trends due to the hustle and bustle of everyday life, which has distanced us from our body.
All in all, this leads us to completely forget the calm and deep breathing we were given at birth.
Life is rushed and often we forget to listen to our bodies.
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Gaining more oxygen in the organism and a more relaxed nervous system can help you become better at managing the pressure and unpredictability of life. All you have to do is remember to consider your breathing.
The central goal of yoga is to control your breathing to strengthen your body and gain greater peace of mind.
The knowledge of different yoga techniques is an essential tool in gaining optimal efficiency of your breathing.
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Pranayama – a traditional aspect of yoga, is composed of two Sanskrit words.
The first, prana, meaning life force,
and the second, ayama, meaning control.
If we understand breath in terms of life force, there is a connection between controlling your breath and controlling your life force.
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The power of breathwork in combination with meditation and intentional focus:
If you think that it is probably necessary to perform breathing exercises or meditation for months or years before you experience marked results, you are mistaken.
From my own experience and from people I have taught, I know that significant changes can happen in a matter of minutes, hours or days.
A recent scientific study actually showed that body-mind training combining relaxation, conscious breathing, imagery and mindfulness meditation revealed measurable changes in subjects following 5 days of 20 minute daily training. The participants showed less tension, were in a better mood, had an improved immune response as well as significantly fewer stress-related hormones in their blood.
Understanding
how breathing bridges the gap
between your physical and mental self,
you can learn to understand
the finer nuances of
breathing – one of the central elements of yoga.
Stig Severinsen
in, Breatheology: The Art of Conscious Breathing
“Prana is to yoga
what electricity is to modern civilization."
André van Lysbeth
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