What is Pranayama
What is Pranayama ?
Understanding Yoga in Detail –Pranayama
Pranayama , most effective yogic breathing exercise !
Read here to know the basics of pranayama and why it is the most effective breathing exercise!
We at Yogavaas ,belive Pranayama as the strongest way of strengthening the mind. Pranayama comes into your yoga practice only after the student of yoga has reached a certain level of expertise in yoga asana.
Pran means pranvaayu or in more daily language the air that we breathe which makes our human existence possible and ayam means expansion. Pranayama means expansion of the breath in the rhythmic and controlled manner. This controlling of breath has three stages
- Inhalation
- Exhalation
- Retention of the breath
The retention of the breath is between inhalation and exhalation and can be performed only under an experienced yoga teacher and hence this is a science as well as an art.
Basics of pranayama are that one has to gradually reach pranayama stage . Pranayama has to be done only after yoga asana have been mastered to an extent. Pranayama helps in controlling the breathing and hence the student of yoga also learns to control his mind. A controlled mind is always constructive .And perfection in yoga asana is possible only when the mind is constructive. Pranayama also contributes towards better respiratory system which helps in the nervous system work at its best potential. The practice of pranayama is assiduous and once learned it slowly works to make all the organs of the body better and achieve a complete health.
Author-Rishi Singh
Date : 27th June 2024
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