Ten basic breathing methods of yoga

First Breathing Method:

(1) Lie on your back, feet together, and palms on the ground

(2) Stretch your knees, inhale through your nose, slowly lift your right foot into a vertical position, exhale through your nose, slowly lower your right foot, and change to your left foot to do the same action.

(3) Inhale in through your nose, straighten your hands at the same time, and slowly grow onto your head

(4) Exhale through your nose and put your hands down

Repeat steps (2)-(4) ten to twenty times. The effect: It can purify a large amount of blood and strengthen the heart and lungs. It is suitable for people suffering from bronchitis and asthma, and increases resistance to colds. In addition, it is also effective for dampness of hands and feet and neuralgia.

Second breathing method:

(1) Sit or sit while playing a lotus flower, straighten your spine

(2) Gently place your hands on your knees, relax your shoulders, and face forward

(3) Inhale slowly through your nose

(4) Constrict your mouth like a whistle and exhale slowly

Repeat the steps of (3)-(4) ten to twenty times. The effect is: it can purify blood, improve skin diseases, is also effective on lung disease, and can even expel tuberculosis bacteria. In addition, it can also prevent colds and influenza.

Third breathing method:

(1) Sitting or sitting while playing lotus flowers

(2) Put your hands on your knees, inhale slowly through your nose, tilt your head forward, and place your lower forehead on your chest. At this time, please keep your back straight.

Repeat the steps of (2)-(3) ten to twenty times. The effect is: It stimulates the parathyroid gland, promotes the supply of calcium, and also increases physical strength. It can also cure cough, cold, asthma, and nasal congestion.

Fourth breathing method:

(1) Sitting or sitting while playing lotus flowers

(2) Put your hands on your knees, place your forehead on your chest, inhale slowly through your nose, and retract your abdomen back

(3) Slowly exhale from your nose and your body returns to its original state

Repeat the steps of (2)-(3) ten to twenty times. The effect is: to promote digestion and remove excess abdominal fat. In addition, it can also strengthen the reproductive organs and control sexual desire

Fifth breathing method:

(1) Lie on your back, with your hands folded or fingers sandwiched, and place it on your navel

(2) Inhale through the nose to expand the abdomen, exhale through the nose, and shrink the abdomen repeatedly for ten to twenty times. Effect: Strengthen will and spirit.

Sixth breathing method:

(1) Sitting or sitting while playing lotus flowers

(3) Put your hands on your knees, inhale through the nose, then exhale from the throat to the bottom of your body in several times, and repeat it for ten to twenty times. Effect: Excrete bacteria from the throat, mouth, and trachea. In addition, it also affects facial nerve paralysis. effect

Seventh breathing method:

(1) Sitting or sitting while playing lotus flowers

(2) Press the left nostril with the ring finger and little finger of your right hand, and then take a deep breath slowly from the right nostril

(3) After inhaling, press your right nostril with your thumb and slowly exhale from your left nostril.

(4) Inhale through the exhaling left nostril, then press the left nostril with your ring finger and little finger, and exhale through the right nostril. Repeat this for ten to twenty times. Effect: Purify the nasal cavity, have an effect on rhinitis, and can also prevent coughing and colds.

Eighth breathing method:

(1) Sitting or sitting while playing lotus flowers

(2) Roll your tongue and breathe in through the gap

(3) Block the right nostril with the thumb of your right hand and slowly exhale deeply through the left nostril

(2)-(3) Repeat it ten to twenty times. The effect: It can purify the blood and is effective on skin diseases. In addition, it is also effective on gallbladder diseases such as excessive bile. It can also promote digestion and eliminate excessive gastric acid. It is also effective on anemia.

Ninth breathing method:

(1) Sitting or sitting while playing lotus flowers

(2) Fit your arms under your head, inhale through your nose, massage your breasts and chest out your chest, and clamp your arms together.

(3) Similarly, exhale and retract your hands

(2)-(3) Repeat it ten to twenty times. Effect: It can increase the amount of oxygen absorbed, is suitable for all respiratory diseases, and can also strengthen the heart, lungs or chest cartilage

Tenth breathing method:

(1) Open your feet to the same width

(2) Inhale through the nose, raise your hands, bend your knees slightly when exhaling through the nose, and place your hands on your knees. Repeat this for ten to twenty times. Effect: Purify the nasal mucosa and prevent bronchitis. It is also effective for early pulmonary tuberculosis and nerve paralysis. (Internship Editor: Wu Jinyu)