14/12/2025
This is a post about breathing 🌬️.
Yogis use pranayama (breath work) to control their prana (vital energy ⚕️ that goes through us and everything else) and to basically anchor to the present moment 🧘♀️🧘🧘♂️.
Deep breathing can change a lot of things in a body and is one of the strongest 💪 mechanism of self - healing.
Short and long - term benefits include: lowered blood pressure ⬇️, decreased release of stress hormone ⏬, reduced heart rate 📉, better balance between gases in a blood 🩸, enhanced physical and mental energy 🏋️and better immunity 😯!
Breath holding in balance poses or when you stretch (especially when it's quite a sore one 🙆) is common and I do that as well 🙈. When we are holding breath there is carbon monoxide build up in our system ⬆️. That leads cells to get irritated enough 😖 which alerts brain and respiratory centre that we are in distress 🔔! That's why when your breathing is shallow and the more you panic 😱, the more your whole body will be in alert mode 🤯. Breathing steadily sends the signal that we are alright 👍 and it calms the nervous system therefore our body will be in fine mode 👌.
I'm very passionate to talk 🗣️or to do breathing exercises as I feel that it helped me with (for example swimming 🏊♀️, hay fever 💐🍂) and it still helps with many other things (especially in December 🎄🎁🤶🦌🛷❄️🙊).
As some of you know that I like visuals 🤗, I'm attaching some pics and photos to support things that I often say. It may be easier to understand then why it's important 🥰🤩.
I always repeat myself (probably you hate me for saying that during my classes 😅): "Try to breath through your nose 👃." (Pic. A).
Also when your posture and ribcage are restricted, your lungs 🫁 won't be able to use the full capacity (pic. B).
It is so important to get as much air and oxygen when you work hard 🤗, so that your muscles don't suffocate and so that those are not stiff and are able to stretch!
One of the ladies (during my Chair exercises 🪑after doing pranayama with me and when wearing smart watch ⌚), confirmed that her heart rate was never that low ⬇️, not even when she is on holidays 😲 and she suffers from high blood pressure ⬆️, so she constantly has to monitor it 👀.
Here are some techniques just to remind you of what we are doing in my classes and may be helpful during festive season:
* (Pic. C) Alternate Nostril Breathing (Nadi Shodhana) that you can do either with your left hand (Moon Breath) or right hand (Sun Breath),
* (Pic. D) Bee Breathing (Bhramari) with or without the hands,
* (Pic. E) Square Breathing (Sama Vritti).
* (Pic. F) Ocean/ Warrior Breath (Ujjayi)
Have a good day,
Suzy 💞
