Breathing

Wake Up and Feel the Prana

Pranayama is a term that loosely describes a variety of breathing exercises in yoga. Now I am sure you have not heard that improper breathing is factor in the causes of diabetes, but in my opinion NEW GAME! Did you know that the average person, because of their sedentary lifestyles and posture, uses only 10% of their lung capacity? As a result, they are susceptible to asthma, shortness of breath and dozens of other breathing problems. Now that is just the lungs! The process of fully oxygenating the body and removing toxins is essential to our very existence. Without proper breathing the body becomes a toxic waste dump. Breathing exercises teach you to use the other 90% of your lungs for a deep cleansing and nourishing of the bodies tissues. It also helps to treat such problems as high blood pressure, irritability, disturbed sleep and most importantly to combat the stress that contributes to diabetes and other diseases.

Also because of lifestyle, most of us are usually existing in a state filled with stress and anxiety. The body reacts by staying in the fight-or-flight mode, where the sympathetic nervous system is on overload. With yoga breathing exercises we have the ability to consciously alter and control breath patterns that will allow the parasympathetic nervous system to activate and dissolve, stress, anxiety and balance the central nervous system.

There is one last benefit of these techniques. You have no doubt heard about the energy crisis. Make this practice a part of your day and you will never experience an energy crisis of your own!