A Journey Into Yin Yoga
SUKHASANA: EASY CROSS-LEGGED SEATED POSITION This posture is good for all pranayama practices. Come into a comfortable seated p ...
VIRASANA: HERO This posture is good for all pranayama practices, especially breath of re (page 193), kapalabhati (page 194), a ...
SALAMBA VIRASANA: SUPPORTED HERO This posture is good for all pranayama practices, especially breath of re (page 193), kapalab ...
185 SIDDHASASANA This posture is good for all pranayama practices. Come into a seated position. Open the knees wider than sukha ...
SEATED ON A CHAIR This posture is good for all pranayama practices, especially ujjayi (page 190) and sama vritti (page 191). Si ...
187 SUPTA BADDHA KONASANA: RECLINING BOUND ANGLE This posture is good for all pranayama practices except breath of re (page 19 ...
RECLINING TEEPEE This posture is good for all pranayama practices except breath of re (page 193) and kapalabhati (page 194). ...
PRANAYAMA AND MEDITATION 189 Pranayama Exercises In this section, we explore different practices of pranayama. You have learned ...
190 UJJAYI: VICTORIOUS BREATH Ujjayi is generated by allowing the ow of breath to pass gently along the glottis, located at th ...
191 SAMA VRITTI: EVEN BREATH Sama means even and vritti means wave. This is a great starting pranaya- ma practice that focuses o ...
192 NADI SHODHANA: ALTERNATING NOSTRIL BREATHING Nadi means pathway or channel. Shodhana means cleansing. Nadi shodhana helps to ...
193 BHASTRIKA: BREATH OF FIRE This is a powerful pranayama for opening the pranavaha srotas (respira- tory channels), giving equ ...
194 KAPALABHATI: SKULL SHINING BREATH Similar to breath of re, kapalabhati is considered to be a kriya (cleans- ing exercise), ...
195 VILOMA I: INTERRUPTED INHALATIONS Vi means negation or against. Loma means hair or grain. So, viloma means against the grain ...
196 VILOMA II: INTERRUPTED EXHALATIONS Vi means negation or against. Loma means hair or grain. Viloma means against the grain. T ...
197 VISHAMA VRITTI: UNEQUAL RATIO Vishama means uneven, irregular, or dissimilar. In this unequal ratio pranayama, the duration ...
198 The Three Primary Nadis The nadis are fine, wirelike channels that run throughout the body, transferring the flow of prana. ...
PRANAYAMA AND MEDITATION 199 Although the benefits of pranayama practice are powerful, it is imperative that you progress slowly ...
200 A JOURNEY INTO YIN YOGA Use deeper and more invigorating pranayamas in the morning. This might include breath of fire (bhast ...
PRANAYAMA AND MEDITATION 201 Boosts immune system Improves memory Increases sex hormones Lowers blood pressure Increases clarity ...
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