Yoga breathing is the beginning of practicing yoga, which can regulate people's breath, dredge meridians and eliminate waste gas. Yoga breathing is a kind of breathing method that effectively massages the internal organs through various breathing methods (depending on the individual's different physical and mental conditions).

Purpose and function

Massage the internal organs effectively, stimulate the benign secretion of various physiological glands, activate the pulse and chakra, which may also be equivalent to the potential power of meridians and acupoints in traditional Chinese medicine, and better clean the body, thus laying the foundation for more advanced spiritual cultivation and spiritual development.

On the contrary, if there is a problem with breathing, the circulatory system, digestive system and excretory system of the body will be affected, and a large number of toxins will accumulate in various parts of the body and become the source of the disease. Sitting cross-legged is the most important thing in the whole breathing exercise, unless otherwise specified.

Yoga advocates breathing with the whole lung, inhaling enough cosmic energy through the lung to supply the body, promoting blood circulation in the heart, and sending energy to all parts of the body through blood flow.

It gently massages the chest and abdomen organs, enhances their functions, fully relaxes the body and mind, and is obviously beneficial to physical and mental health. Correct yoga practice must start with breathing practice, not posture.

Correct yoga breathing mainly has the following methods:

Classification by location

Breathing is basically divided into abdominal breathing, chest breathing and abdominal-chest complete breathing, as well as single nostril cleaning meridian breathing. Abdominal breathing: Breathing at the bottom of the lungs, feeling that the abdomen is just stirring and the chest is relatively static.

Chest breathing: Breathe with the upper and middle parts of the lungs, feeling that the chest is expanding and contracting, and the abdomen is relatively motionless. Complete breathing: the upper, middle and lower parts of the lung are involved in breathing. Abdomen, chest and even the whole body have a feeling of ups and downs.

abdominal respiration

Fitness effect: it is the basic breathing method. Breathe slowly and consciously with the abdominal muscles, put your hand on the abdomen, you can feel the movement of the abdomen, concentrate your consciousness, and the energy in your hand can be transmitted to the abdomen. Action essentials: the thumb and forefinger of both hands are triangular and placed in the center of navel.

Put your hand on your abdomen, inhale slowly through your nostrils, relax your abdomen, and feel the air being sucked into your abdomen. Your hands can feel your abdomen being lifted higher and higher. In fact, the diaphragm drops, forcing air into the bottom of your abdomen. When exhaling, the abdominal muscles contract slowly, the diaphragm rises, and the air is discharged from the lungs. It takes twice as long to exhale as to inhale.

thoracic breathing

Fitness effect: It is a breathing method that makes the mind clear and the body active. Breathe through one nostril, but breathe at a prescribed speed.