12/10/2025
IN MY CLASS breathing through the nose is mandatory. But sometimes I catch a moment like this photo… a student breathing through the mouth, shoulders rising, chest tight, energy spilling out instead of flowing in. We all do it when effort takes over presence. But the body is wiser than we think.🙏🫁👃👃🧘♂️🕉
Breathing 🫁during yoga is not decoration. It’s the invisible architecture that holds the practice from the inside.
IMPORTANT ⚠️
When we breathe through the nose, tiny receptors in the nasal lining send signals to the nervous system: slow down, soften, balance. The air becomes filtered, warmed, moisturized — prepared like a blessing before it enters the lungs. The diaphragm begins to move like a gentle tide, and the whole body listens.
When we breathe through the mouth, the breath is shallow, fast, almost panicked. Mouth-breathing activates the sympathetic nervous system — the ancient “fight or flight” response. It floods the body with stress chemistry and tightens muscles we are trying to open. It’s like trying to meditate with the alarm turned on.
Nose 🫁 👃breathing, instead, awakens the parasympathetic system — the healing, digesting, restoring currents of the body. It calms the heart rate, balances oxygen and carbon dioxide, and tells every cell: you are safe enough to soften.
SO, PRACTICE mindfully, practice smart. 🕉🧘♂️🙏❤️
