Benefits of Pranayama

Have you heard of Pranayama aka Breathing exercises in yoga?

These slides explain some of the amazing benefits of pranayama that regulate your emotions, cleanse the body on physical, mental, and spiritual levels, as well as help to reduce stress and alleviate fatigue.

Scroll through the slides to see 2 easy beginner pranayama techniques that you can start doing today. And let me know if yuh have any questions in the comments🥰

These are from my online yoga course “Yoga as a way of living” where I share a high-level yet quite detailed overview of what true yoga Not the “yoga with goats” or “yoga with wine” :)

Traditional yoga I was so blessed to be immersed in is what set me up for this completely new holistic lifestyle and helped me to heal so many aspects of my life.

A bit more on the subject of Pranayama below…

The energy that enters the body is called Prana, and the one that leaves the body, Apana.

There can be a disbalance of Apana, which means it is not leaving the body properly and thus problems with toxins accumulation can arise in all areas of the body.

The main goal of Pranayama is to bring Prana and Apana towards the navel region, where Agni (the fire energy is sitting). Then bring both Prana and Apana up towards the Shushimni Nadi (the central spinal column) and then re-distribute it to all the chakras. Read more in slides