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Padmasana (Lotus Pose) I am pleased to announce the next Pranayama intensive. In this program, we will be practicing some of the main pranayama techniques given in our ancient yoga texts. I will also discuss the underlying concepts in the practice of pranayama and all the wonderful benefits that the practice can bring us. […] Pranayama – voluntary vs. invlountary control Breathing is one of the few major physiological functions that are both involuntary and voluntary. The other such functions are blinking of the eyes, urination, swallowing etc. Involuntarily, breathing happens all the time – in the waking, dreaming and deep sleep states. However, we can have some level of […] Padmasana (Lotus Pose) In the past, I have written about the concept of kumbhaka (breath retention) as one of the attributes of breath used in various pranayama practices. In today’s post I will discuss the integration of kumbhaka and bandhas (energy locks) in one of most commonly practiced pranayama techniques – alternate nostril breathing […] In previous articles, I have talked about the concept of the four components of a breathing cycle – inhalation (pūraka), exhalation (rechaka), retention (called kumbhaka) after inhalation (antara-kumbhaka), and retention after exhalation (bāhya kumbhaka). In addition to these, breath retention can be introduced at any time during the process of inhalation or exhalation. One of […] 14-day pranayama intensive; all basic pranayama practices […] Vishnu Mudra I am pleased to announce the next Pranayama intensive. In this program, we will be practicing some of the main pranayama techniques given in our ancient yoga texts. I will also discuss the underlying concepts in the practice of pranayama and all the wonderful benefits that the practice can bring […] In today’s post, I would like to introduce you to two breathing techniques which are jointly labeled as “cooling pranayama”. The first one is called “sītkārī” (सीत्कारी) which literally means the breathing technique that “produces the hissing ‘seee’ or the ‘seet’ sound”. In English, it is usually translated as the “hissing cooling breath”. The second […] Samavritti pranayama Normal breathing, which happens 24 hours of the day without our intervention, is a continuous flow of inhalations and exhalations. As part of pranayama practices, in addition to inhalation and exhalation, breath retention plays a very important role. We have the ability to voluntarily hold the breath at any time during […] In an earlier blog post, I talked about the concept of Kumbhaka – कुम्भक – (breath retention). As noted therein, breath retention can be done after a full inhalation, or after a full exhalation, or at any time during the breathing cycle. A natural extension of Kumbhaka is the concept of the Bandhas – […] Vajrasana In some of the earlier articles, I have discussed the concepts of Kumbhaka (breath retention) and the Bandhas (energy locks) as part of the common pranayama practices. In this article I would like to introduce kumbhaka and bandhas as an extension of the Kapalabhati practice. If you have attended a yoga class […] |
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