KRIPALU-STYLE YOGIC BREATHING

Nadi Shodhana (Alternate-Nostril Breath)* This breathing exercise can be practiced daily and/or during times when you feel anxious, stressed or exhausted.  TIME: 5 to 10 minutes or until you feel relaxed. POSITION: Sit comfortably on the floor with spine erect and eyes closed. You can add a blanket around your waist to enhance groundedness and stability. […]

QUICK AND EASY BREATHING TECHNIQUES

Box Breathing. This type of breathing helps reduce stress and improves sleep when practiced once or twice a week for 2 to 3 minutes. First: find out what your carbon dioxide (Co2) discard rate is with this quick exercise: Take a normal inhalation, then time yourself to see how long it takes you to fully […]

GOOD BREATHING

With good breathing, the air traveling through the trachea reaches a wider area in the lungs (top and bottom) where it is distributed to the alveolis. Shallow breathing, by contrast, draws minimal breath to the chest area, which means that the air will mainly reach the upper part (apex) of both lungs. When we take […]