- The practitioner is ATTENTIVE to breath while focused on the process of asana and quiet.
- In movement, consciously linked to breath, we produce the rhythmic effect of life. It’s what humans have done for centuries; and therein lays yoga’s simple yet profound magic: breath in movement and rhythm.
- When a yogi comes home to their breath-centric core they kiss the soul to receive their full inheritance.
- At the center point, breath is the building of consciousness and through breath in heightened consciousness, jettisoning old scripts, the yogi constructs a personal story of renewal formed by inspiration.
- A breath focus narrows the gap between body and mind so that when the yogi concentrates on the physical act of breathing, the mind comes into the here and now.
- Breathing is both automatic and responsive to signals.
- Anyone can relieve tension within the body by using breath.
- Vinyasa is really about breath directed by asana.
- The all-encompassing breath within (samana vayu) circulates from the solar plexus in the middle of the body and contributes to healthy metabolism and digestion.
- Breath movement is secondary muscular movement.
- Pranayama (breath management) is a “calm and lucid entrance into the very essence of life.” M. Eliade
- When yoga teaches us to breathe with ease and move in awareness, and when we learn to arrive at a pose – and life – with equanimity, that memory is lodged as experience in the body. In this way, yoga’s therapeutic is embodied and forges a connection between the physical and non-physical. It works by calming the body to treat agitation driving the monkey mind, for while stress is perceived in the mind it is felt in the body. The way calm the mind is to put the body at ease.
- A breathcentric yoga practice shifts intention from persona restoration to an orientation on being.
- Yoga’s therapeutic works when breath calms the mind (where stress is perceived) by putting the body at ease.
- Breath work – combined with banda locks – aid in the circulation of prana (vital life force) within the body.
- There is a curative value to increasing the intake of oxygen into the body which nourishes and cleanses blood and all bodily systems.
- Breath work aids mental focus and is preparation for and compliment to meditation.
- Pranayama (breath control) forges a practical link between mind, physical body, and subtle body and is a fundamental part of yoga practice.
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