ABDOMINAL BREATHING, HOW TO INHALE & EXHALE

 36. ABDOMINAL BREATHING

37. HOW  TO INHALE & EXHALE

36. ABDOMINAL BREATHING

It is important to learn how to breathe efficiently for yoga. Lying on your back, place your hands on either side of your navel. Feel how the abdomen expands as you inhale and contracts as you exhale. By breathing slowly and deeply, you are able to take air into the lowest parts of your lungs, while also exercising your diaphragm.

37. HOW  TO INHALE & EXHALE

Inhalation can be used to lengthen and expand within an asana, while exhalation helps release deeper into the pose. Careful and progressive work within postures will allow for a full, easy- flowing breath, which is a crucial indicator of how well the asana is being executed. In this respect, the breath and asana practice must work together.