YOGA ANATOMY’S KEYS: The Functional Guide for Beginners by Walker Holly Emily

Author:Walker, Holly Emily
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2020-04-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5 - Yoga And Meditation

Before yoga was a popular physical exercise, it was mainly a meditation practice for thousands of years,

Mindfulness With Yoga

During the process of learning yoga poses, you will be guild on how to notice your breath and the way your body moves during the exercises. This is the primary foundation of a mind-body connection. A complete series of yoga exercises allows you to scan your entire body, noting the way you feel as you move through the poses. You may begin to realize that one side of your body feels different than the other during a stretch, or that it's easier to balance on your right leg over your left leg, or that certain poses help ease tension in your neck.

With these applications, yoga turns into physical exercise tools that help students become more mindful and even learn to meditate.

Stephen Cope, who teaches yoga and mindfulness at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts, has written that learning to focus through yoga poses can help us outside of yoga class.

It helps you in learning to be aware of your posture at your desk, or when you walk, for example, this can be the first step to make improvements that will make you move more quickly and feel better all the time.

The Breath

This can be a crucial part of yoga; not only do they help you to stay focused while practicing yoga, but they can also help reduce stress and relax the nervous system and calm the mind.

Yoga breathing techniques also offer a way into meditation, says Elena Brower, a yoga and meditation teacher and the author of "Art of Attention." Ms. Brower says that more people who have in recent years focused on the physical aspects of yoga are moving toward meditation, as they find "They have an increasing need to have time to reflect, release, and recalibrate."

Here are a few types of breathing techniques that may be included in a yoga class:

Abdominal Breathing: Also called belly breathing, it is the most common breathing technique you'll find in basic yoga. It helps aid healthy and efficient breathing in general.

Inflate your abdomen as you inhale.

Victorious Breath: This enables you to slow and smooth the flow of breath. It is often used in flow classes to help students control their breathing as they move through the poses.

Constrict the muscles in the back of your throat and breathe in and out with your mouth closed.

Make sure the sound should be audible to you only; your neighbor doesn't necessarily need to hear it. Some say this sounds like Darth Vader; others say it seems like the ocean.

Interval or Interrupted Breathing: In this kind of breathing, the students are instructed to pauses and hold the breath during the inhalation and exhalation. It is an excellent way to begin to learn to control the breath, especially if you are looking to try more advanced yoga breathing techniques.

Try it:

Inhale fully.

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