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- Can Pranayama Help With Anxiety?Yes, slow breathing practices can help ease anxiety for many people. Techniques that lengthen the exhale or balance the …
- How Long Should You Practise Pranayama?Beginners do well with about 5-10 minutes of gentle pranayama a day, building slowly as it becomes comfortable. Consiste…
- Pranayama: The Complete Guide to Yogic BreathingPranayama is the yogic practice of consciously regulating the breath to steady the body and mind. Techniques fall into f…
- The Eight Limbs of Yoga, ExplainedThe eight limbs of yoga (ashtanga) are the framework Patanjali set out in the Yoga Sutras: yama, niyama, asana, pranayam…
- What Is Hatha Yoga?Hatha yoga is the branch of yoga that works with the physical body through posture (asana) and breath (pranayama). Most …
- What Is Prana in Yoga?Prana is the yogic term for life-force or vital energy — the subtle energy said to flow through all living things and to…
- What Is Pranayama?Pranayama is the yogic practice of conscious breath control. 'Prana' means life-force and 'ayama' means to extend or reg…
- What Is a Bandha in Yoga?A bandha is a yogic 'lock' — a gentle, conscious engagement of certain muscles to contain and direct energy (prana) in t…
- Why Is Breathing So Important in Yoga?Breathing is central to yoga because it links the body and mind and directs the whole practice. Moving with the breath k…
- Hatha Yoga PradipikaThe Hatha Yoga Pradipika is a classical 15th-century manual of Hatha yoga, covering asana, pranayama, mudras, bandhas an…
- PranayamaPranayama is the yogic practice of consciously regulating the breath — its inhalation, exhalation and retention — to ste…
- Alternate Nostril BreathingAlternate Nostril Breathing (Nadi Shodhana) is a calming, balancing pranayama in which you breathe alternately through e…
- Bhastrika (Bellows Breath)Bhastrika (Bellows Breath) is an energising pranayama of forceful, equal inhalations and exhalations through the nose, l…
- Bhramari (Humming Bee Breath)Bhramari (Humming Bee Breath) is a deeply calming pranayama: you exhale slowly while making a soft humming sound like a …
- Chandra Bheda (Left-Nostril Breath)Chandra Bheda (Left-Nostril Breath) is a cooling, calming pranayama: you inhale through the left nostril and exhale thro…
- Sectional Breathing (Yogic Breath)Sectional breathing teaches you to breathe into three areas in turn — the abdomen, the ribcage and the upper chest — bef…
- Sheetali (Cooling Breath)Sheetali (Cooling Breath) is a cooling pranayama: you inhale slowly through a curled tongue (or, in Sheetkari, through t…
- Sitkari (Hissing Cooling Breath)Sitkari is a cooling pranayama practised with the teeth lightly together: you inhale through the gap in the teeth so the…
- Surya Bheda (Right-Nostril Breath)Surya Bheda (Right-Nostril Breath) is a warming, energising pranayama: you inhale through the right nostril and exhale t…
- Ujjayi BreathUjjayi is a calming, warming pranayama made by gently narrowing the throat so the breath makes a soft ocean-like sound. …
- Yogic Breathing (Foundations)Yogic breathing (the complete or three-part breath) is the foundation of all pranayama: a slow, full breath that fills t…