
Human beings have been breathing for thousands of years, and it's not that we don't know how to breathe, on the contrary, we breathe very well. Unfortunately our culture has taken away this natural ability and the frenetic pace, the clothes we wear and the sedentary life makes our body atrophy more and more each time. Also as we are forced not to express everything we think or feel, our diaphragm tightens and no longer lets any emotion through, we become more and more closed and feel the limitations of restricted breathing.
To breathe is to be free, to feel alive.
In this section you will learn different exercises to breathe in a complete way, find your natural rhythm and calm your body and mind.
Full breathing or three-phase breathing is breathing that fills the full capacity of our lungs.
It is breathing that calms the nervous system and helps the body to find its natural rhythm.
Good oxygenation is important for the health of our skin and tissues, it is fundamental for good health. With this class you will learn how to breathe abdominally and achieve inner peace.
Regain the natural way of breathing. Abdominal Breathing is an effective way to calm emotions and thoughts.
If you feel that your abdominal breathing is not very deep, choose one of these two exercises and do them 10 minutes a day for 21 days.
In this session in the end we do Shitkari
How to practice Shitkari pranayama
Sit comfortably with your eyes closed.
Gently press your upper and lower teeth together and part your lips as much as you can comfortably, so that your teeth are exposed to the air. In others words SMILE.
Breathe in slowly through the spaces between your teeth and concentrate on the whistling sound of the breath.
Close your mouth and exhale slowly through your nose.
Repeat up to 20 times.
Benefits
Cooling and refresh effects, practicing Sitkari balances the endocrine system and develops vitality.
Yoga helps us to become aware of our body. More body awareness, more awareness of our true self.
The body is directly connected to our soul. The body is the home of the spirit.
We need movement as well as sleep. We have always been walkers and our body has an incredible performance in many environments, we can walk, run, crawl, climb, dance and many other movements, our body is an evolutionary jewel.
Yoga is the "yoke that joins the two oxen", the union of our body with our mind.
The spirit expresses itself through our body, so the first step towards self-love is to love our body.
By moving the body, by feeling the life in us, by feeling and letting our spirit express itself freely, we make our thoughts and emotions positive and fill us with light and energy.
Become one with your thoughts, emotions and soul. No separation.
As my teacher says, yoga is 1% theory and 99% practice. So feel it and be present.
Yoga is divided into eight parts which I will describe in this class. The asanas are part of those eight, the asanas are not as most people think for the body, the asanas help to change your mind. They are for the mind. If we spend most of the day with thoughts and emotions that pull us down, we can't claim to be happy and love ourselves.
Because the end of it all is love for ourselves, it's all about the respect, forgiveness and love we have for each other.
We are all on the same earth and the speed of thought is much faster than the speed of light.
So celebrate life with me!