| Breathing techniques are so simple to do that I think | | | | energy levels. If your breathing is too shallow, you will |
| sometimes their overlooked as a way of healing the | | | | not obtain all the oxygen you need for the optimum |
| body. Breathing techniques are based on the concept | | | | production of energy. |
| that breath is the source of life in the body. In fact | | | | According to the yoga system, we inhale not only |
| breathing techniques are now being used by Western | | | | oxygen but also energy or prana. According to yoga, |
| doctors for a variety of treatments, from everything | | | | pranayama consists of various ways of inhaling, |
| from sports performance to reducing high blood | | | | exhaling and retention of prana. These Breathing |
| pressure, and from headaches to emphysema. | | | | Techniques or Pranayamas are designed to allow the |
| So, how can breathing techniques help with healing? | | | | free flow of energy in the body and to purify the |
| If you breathe deeply and slowly, you take in oxygen | | | | body's energy channels called nadis. To master |
| which then helps to remove waste products from the | | | | pranayama, your mind pictures the exhalation of |
| body and ultimately help to increase energy. (For | | | | toxicity and gas while on inhale, your mind envisions |
| example up to 70% of the toxins that the body gets | | | | clean, pure oxygen feeding your body. For several |
| rid of everyday are released with the air that we | | | | thousand years, yogis have drawn on the powerful |
| breathe out.) If makes sense then that if we learned to | | | | practice of pranayama to maximize prana, or |
| breathe properly with the proper technique we could | | | | life-energy, rejuvenate the body and transform |
| help the body to detoxify faster and allow it transfer | | | | themselves. It supposed to have a great healing |
| more energy over to work on healing the body | | | | effects in that I heard recently claims that pranayama |
| instead. | | | | breathing techniques are not only effective in the |
| Many people who use breathing exercises stated that | | | | control of diabetes, but can also cure the disease as |
| they had fewer colds, more energy and greater | | | | well. |
| endurance. By breathing incorrectly you also lose a | | | | If you like to learn the basics Indian Pranayama |
| great deal of muscular energy because we tend to | | | | techniques, the easiest way to learn the technique,is to |
| keep the ribs and shoulders raised abnormally high | | | | inhale for 8 seconds and exhale through the nose 8 |
| when we use the chest muscles to breathe with, | | | | seconds.Remember we only need the use basic |
| rather than using the diaphragm. | | | | breath control here. If you think Pranayama can help |
| The key principles of breathing techniques are based | | | | you then look for one of the many good books |
| on the fact that oxygen is vital for energy production | | | | available or better still join a class to learn the |
| and therefore the way you breathe affects your | | | | techniques. |