Breathe Right-Learn to Breathe Properly
My Yoga Online is proud to introduce a 3 part series by Vijai Sharma PhD, RYT titled “Breathe Right”. This series of articles addresses signs of incorrect breathing, provides structured tips on correct therapeutic breathing exercises, and presents concepts on Diaphragmatic and Pursed Lip Breathing. These articles offers beneficial information for everyone learning to bring more breath and vitality into their yoga practice and daily living.
Part 1: Do You Need Breathing Retraining?
Usually we breathe in the automatic mode and are not conscious of our breathing. We become conscious of it only when we experience a breathing problem such as shortness of breath, chest tightness or a feeling of suffocation. Eastern societies in the ancient times emphasized conscious breathing for physical, mental and spiritual benefits. Importance of deeper, fuller and relaxed breathing for health and wellness cannot be overstated. Everyone healthy or otherwise should learn and make sure they breathe correctly. They should receive breathing retraining if they identify any signs of incorrect breathing in themselves. Read more…
Part 2: Breathe Correctly, Consciously and Relaxed
Chronic mental and emotional stress or a medical/structural problem can create tension in the muscles and nerves in the entire body including the muscles of respiration. When you are physically, mentally and emotionally relaxed, your breathing is naturally slow, deep and relaxed. You can change your breathing if it is tense or incorrect by putting yourself in a state of relaxation and practicing relaxed breathing. Read more…
Part 3: Diaphragmatic and Pursed Lip Breathing
Set a goal to breathe consciously, diaphragmatically for most part of your waking hours. If you experience any breathing problem or irregularity in your breathing, start practicing PLB. Your continued breath awareness and monitoring will prompt you at the earliest sign of irregular breathing. The moment you notice the first sign, start practicing PLB to regulate your breathing. Read more…
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Waw!! its good to read about the Breathe practice.. and also be helpful for everyone who read this and use it in pratice.
Very nice explanation ! It makes all of us clear how important it is to breath consciously.
Hindu philosophers, through ages, have professed easier methods than going around on a jet, to retard natural aging process. ‘Uttar Gita’ (ch 1, verse
says, “He who is always able to retain his prana (life breath) within himself, both at the time of walking and rest, can extend his period of life…†In the ‘Autobiography Of a Yogi’, Paramhansa Yoganada writes “The restless monkey breathes at the rate of 32 times a minute, in contrast to man’s average of 18 times. The elephant, tortoise, snake, and other creatures noted for their longevity have a respiratory rate that is less than man’s. The giant tortoise, for instance, which may attain the age of three hundred years, breathes only 4 times a minute… Kriya (Yoga) serves to prolong life…†The catchword in both instances is the rate of breathing.