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Jun 08, 2018
By Guest Blogger: Caitlyn Frizziola
Spring is in the air!! Which also calls for upper respiratory imbalances such as allergies, asthma, and sinus congestion, interfering with our free-flowing breath. I have asthma and bad allergies so Springtime is always a little rough for me. Yoga offers an amazing tool to combat those pesky allergies: pranayama!
Breathing exercises are one of the best ways to lower stress in the body. This is because when you breathe deeply, it sends a message to your brain to relax. Breathing exercises are a good way to relax, reduce tension, and relieve stress.
Here are a few breathing exercises you can practice anywhere:
1. Kapalabhati cleanses the respiratory passageways. It’s so cleansing that you’ll want to keep a tissue nearby! It expels old, stale air from the lungs and making room for fresh, life-giving prana.
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Kapalabhati benefits: Cleanses the respiratory passageways, expels stale air, strengthens the nervous system, tones the digestive organs, increases oxygen to the brain, energizes the mind, & strengthens the lungs and abdominal muscles.
How to:
2. Bhastrika, "breath of fire" is a bit like dramatized breathing: big inhalations, big inhalations. This pumps the belly like a bellows (the contraption used to blow air into a fire), stimulating digestion and encouraging the elimination of toxins.
Bhastrika benefits: Stimulates metabolism, massages the abdominal organs, tones the digestive system, generates internal heat, reduces phlegm in the throat, increases the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the bloodstream, & awakens mind and body
3. Lion's Breath or Simhasana Pranayama dispels negative energy and pranic blockages, leaving you feeling free, courageous and energized.
Lion's Breath Benefits: Stretches the muscles in your face, relieves tension and tightness and improves circulation. It’s an energetic and awakening breath that will also help to ease the mind. Lion’s Breath opens the throat chakra and helps to boost confidence.
4. Dirga Pranayama or the 3 Part Breath
It is one of the most calming, grounding breathing exercises you can do.
Dirga Pranayama benefits: Calms the mind and body, reducing stress and anxiety, promotes full and complete breathing, increases oxygen supply to the blood, helps keep the lungs healthy, releases muscular tension, prepares for deeper meditation.
About the Author
Caitlyn Frizziola is a Registered Nurse, working in Home Health Care. She graduated with her RN degree from Ocean County College in 2014 and went on to obtain her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing in 2015 from Chamberlain University. She has been growing her yoga practice since February 2013, originally as a self-taught yogi. She received her 200 hr Registered Yoga Teacher in February 2017.
Follow Caitlyn Frizziola on Social Media:Instagram: @shanti_love10