Three Yoga Breathing Techniques to Make You Energetic and Younger

　　Although yoga is people's favorite sport now, there are many things to pay attention to when practicing yoga. Constantly adjusting your breathing during the practice of yoga can make your breath more stable, which is more conducive to your physical and mental cultivation, and can make people more energetic and temperamental. Today I will give you an explanation of yoga breathing techniques. Let’s take a look at what yoga breathing control methods are!

　　yoga breathing control

　　The breathing method of yoga is mainly slow, long and even. It is mainly controlled by the movements of the abdominal muscles, diaphragm and intercostal muscles. There are three common yoga breathing methods, abdominal breathing, chest breathing and complete breathing.

　　1. Abdominal breathing

　　Abdominal breathing is the most basic yoga breathing method, which can promote digestion, regulate endocrine, and strengthen abdominal muscles.

　　Practice essentials

　　First, your body should remain completely relaxed. Then lie on your back and place your hands on your belly button. As you inhale, draw air directly into your belly until it's full. You can feel your abdomen getting higher and higher with your hands ； Exhale and slowly contract your abdominal muscles to expel the air from your lungs.

　　2. Chest breathing

　　Chest breathing mainly relies on the middle part of the lungs to complete breathing, which can increase the human body's lung capacity.

　　Practice essentials

　　Relax your body, lie on your back or sit with your back straight, and place your hands on your ribs； Inhale, slowly expand the chest outward and upward to the maximum extent, and keep the abdomen as still as possible ； Exhale, slowly relax your chest, feel your chest shrink downward and inward, and keep your abdomen as still as possible.

　　3. Breathe completely

　　This breathing method is a natural breathing method that combines chest breathing and abdominal breathing. It can provide oxygen to the organs in your body.

　　Practice essentials

　　Sit upright with your legs crossed, one hand on your abdomen and the other on your ribs； Inhale slowly, feeling your abdomen slowly expand. Let the air fill the lower half of the lungs first, and then fill the upper half of the lungs with air. ； Exhale slowly, relaxing your upper chest first, then your lower chest and abdomen ； Contract your abdominal muscles and exhale completely.

　　4. Left and right pulse purifying breathing method

　　While sitting, it is recommended to close your eyes to focus more. Raise your right hand, bend your index and middle fingers downward, press your right nostril with your thumb, and take a deep breath through your left nostril.

　　Use your ring finger to press the left nostril, then release your thumb to exhale through the right nostril. Maintain the same posture after exhaling, and then inhale deeply through the right nostril. After pressing the right nostril with your thumb, release the ring finger to exhale through the left nostril. Use the formula to inhale left and exhale, inhale right and exhale left, to help memory. Steps 1-2 are counted as 1 time, and you should do it about 8 times.

　　Yoga breathing method explains the principles of inhalation and exhalation

　　1. Please inhale when expanding and exhale when contracting and twisting. For forward bending, inhale when your hands are stretched upward, and exhale when your body bends in half and lowers to the ground.

　　2. Emphasize the posture of a certain part. When staying in the posture, take a few deep breaths. For example, when doing downward dog pose, push your hips to the top and support your hands and feet on the ground. This posture looks like a triangle when viewed from the side. Take four deep breaths here to strengthen and stretch the muscle lines of your back and legs.

　　3. Breathing can be faster during difficult movements, and breathing deeply can be achieved through postures that emphasize balance. If we compare Shoulder Stand with Tree Pose, of course the breathing in Shoulder Stand will be faster, while the breathing in Tree Pose will be gentler.

　　First yoga breathing steps

　　1. After lying down, do nothing. Observe your breathing carefully to see if it is smooth and regular. But don't try to change your breathing, and check where the air is entering your lungs.

　　2. Place your hands lightly on your abdomen, inhale through your nose and consciously let the air reach the position below your hands in your body, and let the air flow drive your hands apart naturally.

　　Be careful not to move your arms, but let your breathing naturally cause your hands to separate from each other, and take 10 deep, controlled breaths.

　　Inhale and exhale through the nose, move your hands slightly upward to the bottom of the breasts, touch the middle fingers of both hands to each other, and take 10 deep breaths to consciously let the air reach the position below the hands in the body.

　　Be careful not to create any tension in your arms, hands, or shoulders.

　　3. Move your hands to the position above the breasts and below the collarbone. Repeat 10 deep breaths, memorizing the feeling of the air passing through each part of the lungs. Then, relax the body by breathing 10 times in the normal way, arms at your sides, palms facing up.

　　4. Take a slow, controlled, deep breath, letting the air gradually fill the lungs from the bottom to the middle, and finally to the top. When exhaling, exhale air from the top of your lungs first, then the middle, and finally the bottom. Repeat 10 times, then breathe and relax as usual.

　　Yoga breathing principles

　　1. Inhale when the posture opens and expands the chest and heart, and exhale when it tends to narrow and close.

　　2. The body tends to fold compactly and exhale； Inhale as your body opens (folds), stretches, opens, and expands.

　　3. The twisting process of twisting postures is generally completed with exhalation.

　　4. In postures that use body weight to complete stretching, exhalation should be used to further stretch the body, such as Plow pose.

　　5. In some postures, you may not be able to do it right at first. At this time, you can use your breathing to follow up further. Regarding the specific breathing method, what kind of breathing did you use to enter that pose? Just continue to use that kind of breathing to go deeper.

　　Practicing yoga to interpret the secrets of breathing

　　The most important thing in yoga is breathing. It is easy for beginners to just do the movements and forget to adjust the inhalation. Breathe well. That's half the battle.

　　Breathing is a bridge connecting physiology and psychology, and a window to understand physiological and psychological conditions.

　　Normal breathing is the key to human body and mind healthy The foundation and the soul of yoga practice. Modern people deviate further and further from the correct and healthy living rules, so their physical and psychological problems disease and problems are increasing. The manifestation of this deviation is imbalance and disorder of breathing. Watching your breathing is the best way to correct and improve this deviation.

　　Conclusion: Through the above reading, I believe everyone has a more detailed understanding of yoga breathing. The method of yogic breathing is to control the breath. You can use the above breathing methods to find the yoga breathing method that suits you best. Reasonable use of yoga breathing methods can help you enter the state of practicing yoga faster. At the same time, yoga breathing can also make people energetic and younger.