Breathing left nostril right nostril.. moon and sun.. Centering and calming to the nervous system.
Developing Breath Awareness In your Practice:
In Asana practice adopt a calm, peaceful, and steady breathing pattern while mindfully keep coming back to your breath during your practice. Use exhale to release and still the mind as the chatter expels with your exhale.
When transititioning in an asana, most inhale as the heart rises and exhale as the heart falls. Breath proceeds transition as you ride the breath through to your next pose. Inhales create length and expansion. Exhale to find space,surrender, and relax. In twists and binds always create length first with the inhale, move into the twist with the exhale. While in the pose exhale to find space and with each exhale move deeper into the pose. In standing, balance the center first.
"B.K.S. Iyengar explains how the three stages of the breath in pranayama—inhalation (puraka), retention (antara kumbhaka), and exhalation (rechaka)—can connect us to the universal soul. During our inhalation, we are inviting prana to come in. According to Iyengar, the individual self must then move out of the way in order to make room for the soul. Iyengar believes that through this process, we are able to generate energy, expansion, and awareness within."
Aum Shanti <3
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