{"id":12723,"date":"2020-05-14T09:06:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T07:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casacuadrau.org\/?p=12723"},"modified":"2025-05-27T17:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:39:08","slug":"pranayama-session-with-breathing-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casacuadrau.org\/en\/pranayama-session-with-breathing-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"Pranayama | Session with Breathing Exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pranayama, a necessary practice for daily life.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The pranayama<\/strong><\/em> belongs to the practice of Raja Yoga<\/strong><\/em>. We consider that it is one more practice of Yoga, which is equally necessary and important in our daily life, to have good health, a calm and concentrated mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We invite you to adopt a pranayama<\/em> practice in a regular basis. A good idea is to do your pranayama exercises before meditation. You will see that this will help a lot to concentrate the mind and increase your vital energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We want to mention the Patanjali Sutras, in which this practice is described as “Tasmin Sati Svasaprasvasayorgativecchedah Pranayamah<\/em>“, the regulation of breathing and control of prana<\/em> is constituted by the suspension of inhalation and exhalation, after affirming one in the pose or asana. Swasa<\/em> means inhalation or inspiration and Praswasa<\/em> exhalation or expiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We want to share a video with you, even if it is in Spanish, so you can have an idea of how it is and it would be a great way to practice pranayama while practicing some Spanish \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the following video, Dani will accompany you to an intermediate level practice that includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Deep breaths<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Kapalabhati<\/strong><\/em>, which means kapala<\/em> – skull and bhati<\/em> – radiant, as it gives us more mental clarity and vital energy.\n
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    • It is considered a pranayama<\/em> and a kriya<\/em>\u00a0(part of the Shat-Karmas<\/em>, 6 Hatha Yoga cleansing processes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • It is a vigorous practice that helps us eliminate excessive phlegm from the body, cleaning the respiratory system and nasal passages<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Highly recommended for people suffering from asthma, helping to have a better oxygenation of the lungs and an increase in their capacity<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Helps us remove impurities from the blood<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Improves heart function<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Promotes good health in the respiratory and circulatory systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • It offers a good massage to the digestive organs for its best function.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Nadi Suddhi<\/strong><\/em>, is an exercise to purify and balance the flow of the Nadis<\/em> (energy channels)\n
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      • It is regularly practiced with the ratio 1: 4: 2; for example, inhaling through the left nostril in 4 counts, holding for 16 counts and exhaling through the right nostril in 8 counts. Then it would start again through the nostril through which we just exhaled, that is, inhaling in 4 counts from the right, we retain 16 counts and exhale from the left in 8 counts. That would be a complete round. You can practice 8-20 rounds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • If you are starting to practice this exercise, we recommend what Dani proposes in the video, do the ratio 1: 2: 2; Example 4 inhalation, 8 retention and 8 exhalation counts. You can do 6-12 rounds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Rest your gaze between the eyebrows, with your eyes closed and keep counting the counts mentally, to concentrate the mind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Enjoy the practice!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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