Get more out of your yoga asana practice with Pranayama breathing exercises. Slow full breaths will help to clear your mind and connect with yourself on a deeper level.
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Working The 4 Corners of Your Breath
It’s easy to take breathing for granted. Our yoga practice teaches us to watch and listen to our breath, to be awake to the flow of life force inside us. If you watched your breathing, very carefully, you might notice that the breath has 4 distinct parts. The inhale and its pause builds energy and heat, while the exhale and its transitional pause creates a soothing and cooling effect on the body and mind.
Yoga: Are you breathing properly?
Here are the steps to proper yogic breathing, which will benefit you immensely, on and off your yoga mat.