Active control of breathing belongs to sympathetic nerve mode, which makes the body warm and prepares for the movement of the body; This mode can be initiated consciously by us, or by sensory stimulation when we are unconscious. Because sympathetic breathing is related to the primitive instinctive mode of "fight or flight" of ancient humans-when faced with threats, quickly start the body to fight or mobilize all energy to run far away. As long as it is conscious and there are some efforts to control breathing, breathing for the purpose of control and quietness can basically be said to be sympathetic breathing. ?
Except for the very soothing recovery yoga poses, in most Hatha yoga poses, we basically use this sympathetic nerve mode to breathe to support our poses. For example, the breath of eight yoga (once everyone called this breath Ujjayi,? But the boss said the misunderstanding was wrong. It should be called free breathing with sound, but the name is not the point. You should have a reliable teacher to listen to your breathing.
At the beginning of yoga asana practice, it is best to have an initial setting of breathing at the beginning, which can better guide the whole class to practice breathing. But as far as my observation is concerned, many teachers and yoga lovers have a misunderstanding: that is, they often set up active breathing in a passive environment for asana practice.
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As soon as I entered the classroom, the teacher dimmed the lights and sometimes played soothing music. Then class begins, and the teacher tells you to lie on your back and relax. After inhaling and exhaling all kinds of immortal breath, you will start to stand up and worship the Japanese style with a gentle breath. It turns out that this is a sweaty mobile yoga, OMG!
Not good? Especially in class at night, let's relax and forget the tension in the office during the day. What's wrong with entering yoga mode? I'm not saying it's bad to relax. I mean, if you set the breathing pattern in a passive environment, when you stand up and start practicing worshipping the sun or the sun, your setting will have disappeared long ago. The breathing of practitioners standing on the mat must be their accustomed daily life pattern, and many people's daily life patterns are not optimized. This switching will lose the opportunity and significance of setting the breathing mode at the beginning of exercise.
So I suggest that if you want to take the initiative to breathe in the next hour or so, just set this breathing mode from the beginning. For Tom, experienced people can do more controlled pranayama, and those who don't practice pranayama begin to worship the sun as soon as they come up. Don't relax and play tricks as soon as you enter the classroom.
Active breathing-sympathetic breathing is very important. When you need this breathing mode, you should start consciously, control the rhythm smoothly, and don't hold your breath. In addition, when the initial setting of breathing can be performed, start the initial setting and immediately enter active breathing. In addition, don't entangle the concept too much. Erase all abdominal breathing, chest breathing and diaphragm breathing, that is, control, not holding your breath, breathing smoothly = correct breathing, and tangled concepts will suffocate people.