Yoga Shvasana
Yogic breathing is an ideal breathing technique through which our lungs can inhale and exhale at optimum level. Though the practice is an elementary breathing technique but it is ...
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Nadi Shodhana
Nadi shodhana is a purifying as well as a balancing pranayama. The Sanskrit term nadi means ‘channel’ or ‘flow’ and shodhana means ‘purification’. This suggests that the practice of ...
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Bhramari
Vegaadghosam purakam bhringanadam bhriginadam rechakam mandamandam,
Yogindrandameshvarambhyasyojacchitte jata kachidanandleela.
Hatha Yoga Pradipika – 2:67
Breathe in quickly, making a ...
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Ujjayi
Mukham Sanyam Nadibhyamakrishyum Pawanam Shanaiha,
Yatha Lagati Kudattu Hridyavadhi Sasvanam.
Hatha Yoga Pradipika – 2:51
Closing the mouth, inhale with control and concentration ...
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Surya Bheda
The word surya means ‘sun’ and bheda means ‘to pierce’ or ‘to pass through’. In this pranayama, breath passes through the right nostril, which represents vital energy; so it is ...
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The word chandra means ‘moon’ and bheda means ‘to pierce’ or ‘to pass through’. In this practice breath passes through the left nostril. Left nostril represents Ida nadi which represents lunar ...
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Bhastrika
Vidhivatkumbhakam Kritva Rechayedidyanilam,
Vatapittashleshmaharam shariralgnivivardhanam.
Hatha Yoga Pradipika – 2:65
Having performed (pranayama and) retention systematically, ...
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