Five, Five-Minute, Fall Pranayama Practices
Join me for this simple yet profound Fall practice series.
Enliven and strengthen your prana (life-force) with five, five-minute pranayama practices intentional for balancing the mind and body this fall.
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Fall Pranayama, Practice 1: Nadi Shodhana
Nadi Shodhana, also known as Alternate Nostril Breathing, helps to nurture balance and harmony in the mind, body, and spirit. Nadi is a Sanskrit word meaning channel or flow, and Shodhana means purification. This breathwork practice helps to purify and cleanse the subtle channels of the mind and ...
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Fall Pranayama, Practice 2: Diaphragmatic Breathing
Diaphragmatic breathing helps to strengthen the diaphragm, the most efficient muscle of breathing, creating greater stability and ease for each breath. Other benefits include; decreases the work of breathing by slowing your breathing rate, decreases oxygen demand, fosters more efficient breath cy...
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Fall Pranayama, Practice 3: Bhramari Pranayama
Bhramari Pranayama, also known as humming bee breath, is a calming practice that helps soothe the nervous system. Bhramari encourages "pratyahara" or the tuning of the senses inward. Other benefits of Bhramari pranayama include; calms and quiets the mind, releases cerebral tension, stimulates the...
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Fall Pranayama, Practice 4: Sama Vritti
Sama Vritti Pranayama, or equal breathing, is a perfect practice to return to again and again. Sama Vritti means equal fluctuations in Sanskirt. This even breathing practice is both soothing and calming for the mind and body and helps to ground and stabilize an overactive Vata.
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Fall Pranayama, Practice 5: Mudra and Mantra
This practice honors the air and ether elements through the tanmantras of touch and sound. Mudras or hand gestures are vehicles for health and healing. At the physical level mudras direct breath and awareness to particular areas of the body, enhancing our awareness and deepening our ability to re...