Stamp the blue words on it and pay attention to us! Everyone knows that breathing is very important when practicing yoga, but how to practice breathing and how to cooperate with asanas? In fact, breath control is an advanced practice of yoga asana.
It belongs to one of the eight branch methods, which is behind the postural method.
To practice yoga, you don’t have to learn all the postures, and then practice breathing.
It doesn’t require the cooperation between breathing and postures.
In fact, beginners can’t pay attention to their breathing and cooperate with asanas on the premise that they can’t complete asanas.
At this time, in the practice of asana, let it keep its natural breathing first, don’t hold your breath.
When they master the asana skillfully, they can start to cooperate with the practice of breathing.
On this point, master aiyange also discussed it in his book the light of aiyange’s breath adjustment.
Master aiyange said: “according to my experience, if a novice is trying to do the asana as well as possible, he can’t focus on breathing at the same time, otherwise, he will lose his balance and the depth of the asana.” “Unless you have mastered the asana, don’t try the breath regulation method…” “after practicing the asana, you will naturally start to regulate the breath…” in fact, breathing doesn’t have to be practiced in the asana, and not all breathing exercises need to use difficult asanas or lotus.
Practice breathing.
Use a simple and comfortable sitting position or body posture.
Close your eyes and start.
Why do you keep emphasizing breathing? Breathing is an important factor accompanying asanas! The reason why we should master yoga breathing method is that we should effectively massage the internal organs through different breathing methods (determined according to individual physical and mental conditions), stimulate the benign secretion of various physiological glands, activate the potential power of pulse and wheel (which may also be equivalent to the meridians and acupoints in traditional Chinese medicine), and better clean the body, Lay the foundation for better spiritual conservation 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 also be affected.
A large number of toxins will accumulate in all parts of the body and eventually become the source of disease.
There are two breathing modes: abdominal breathing abdominal breathing.
In the words of most yoga teachers, simply put, that is, inhale the gas deeply into the abdomen, and then exhale slowly from the abdomen.
When inhaling, the abdomen will slowly bulge, and when exhaling, the abdomen will slowly retract.
From the perspective of yoga anatomy, when inhaling, the diaphragm shrinks upward, the central tendon sinks, the abdominal cavity is compressed, the gas is squeezed downward and sinks to the position of the abdomen, and the abdomen protrudes outward.
When exhaling, the abdomen retracts, the abdominal gas is “compressed” upward, the central tendon rises, the diaphragm relaxes and exhausts the gas out of the body.
Many yoga practitioners can’t find or feel abdominal breathing.
In fact, when our body is very relaxed or asleep, the body will automatically adjust to abdominal breathing.
Chest breathing chest breathing, that is, inhale the gas deeply into the chest.
The chest expands and widens to both sides.
When exhaling, the chest slowly shrinks.
From the perspective of yoga anatomy, when inhaling, the diaphragm contracts, the ribs will be lifted up, and the chest will expand forward / backward and to both sides.
When exhaling, it will retract at the same time to discharge the gas.
Precautions 1.
Keep the correct body posture before practicing.
Don’t include chest arch back.
People with chest arch back are not necessarily caused by poor breathing, but poor breathing must have something to do with chest arch back.
Therefore, to keep smooth breathing in yoga practice, correct body posture is the premise.
This is also one of the important reasons for requiring body alignment in yoga practice.
2.
Don’t hold your breath in asana practice.
In the practice of yoga asana, if you are in the state of breath holding, your body will be in the state of hypoxia, and once the muscle is anoxic, it will not be able to absorb better nutrition, which will not only damage the muscle, but also lead to shock if you are anoxic for a long time.
Therefore, yoga practitioners, especially beginners, should not hold their breath at will in order to keep up with the breathing rhythm in the teacher’s password.
If they can’t keep up with the teacher’s password, just keep breathing naturally according to their own action rhythm.
3.
Yoga breath control method, the teacher’s personal guidance and supervision is very important.
In addition, before practicing yoga and breathing control, you must master asanas and gain strength and quality from asanas.
Breath control belongs to the fourth of the eight branches of Yoga (precept making, internal making, asana, breath control, sense making, concentration, meditation and samadhi), which is behind the asana.
Therefore, yoga beginners should not practice breath control at will until they have mastered the asana.
We can’t see the wind, but we can know its direction from the swing of the tree.
We can’t see the energy of life, but we can observe it by breathing, because breathing is the embodiment of the energy of life.
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