HOT (Bikram Yoga) Poses-Pranayama Breathing

What is Pranayama Breathing and How to PerformPranayama?

























Yoga science of breathing is called prayanama. Oxygen is the most vial nutrient to our body. It is essential for the integrity of the brain, nerves, glands and internal organs. We can do without food for weeks and without water for days, but without oxygen; we will die within a few minutes. You actually inhale 6 pounds of oxygen in 6 seconds and in time will achieve a lung capacity 4 times that of an average person.








PRANAYAMA BREATHING(Standing Deep Breathing)
Opens cervical vertebrae
Stretches nervous system
Relaxes the mind
Quadruples lung capacity
Counteracts emphysema, asthma, and other breathing problems
Helps regulate blood pressure
Helps detoxify the body
Exercises the nervous, respiratory and circulatory systems















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Where to Perform Pranayama yoga?

Pranayama techniques are best practiced while sitting on the floor on a folded blanket. This form of practice is applicable to padmasana also. However; any other posture will do provided the back is kept erect from the base of the spine to the neck and perpendicular to the floor. Bad and poorly performed posture will lead to shallow breathing and low endurance. One must empty the bladder and bowels before starting pranayama yoga.






When to Perform Pranayama?


Pranayama yoga must be performed in empty stomach. The best time for practice is the early morning, preferably before sunrise when the pollution is at its lowest level, and the body and brain are still free. However, if morning is unsuitable, pranayama may be practiced after sunset, when the air is cool and pleasant. The place suitable for all kinds of Yoga must be clean and calm.









By: Patricia Coates