Pranayama
Standing Deep Breathing
Starts the class by bringing awareness and focus to the breath
BENEFITS:
- Quiets mind and centers you in your practice
- Vibration through lungs and throat brings toxins up and out of the lungs
- Helps relieve blood pressure
- Relieves irritability
- Exercises nervous, respiratory and circulatory systems
tips:
- Keep the shoulders down and lift through the chin on the exhale
- To increase focus, imagine tracing a line along the ceiling backwards as you exhale, and forwards as you inhale
- Try to expand the lungs fully - Imagine opening the lungs left and right sides and the front andback
