Marie Powell

Hello yoga students,

Ujjayi Breathing practice (pranayama) is a tranquilising breath. You can use it to calm the mind, to centre yourself and it can be helpful before you sleep or if you have trouble sleeping.

I have found and excellent explanation and demonstration of the UJJAYI BREATH which we use throughout our yoga practice:

Here is the link. COPY AND PASTE TO YOUR URL.
If you would like further instruction please ask me at class.

Beyond Yoga: Ujjayi Breathing - YouTube
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0LAr_YhSRQ
Apr 27, 2011 - Uploaded by Stella Cheung
http://www.yogagals.com Most of us who have been to a Yoga Practice have been told to use Ujayi Breathing ...

ALTERNATE NOSTRIL BREATHING / NADI SHODHAN demonstration Copy & Paste: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbbr6Udg1UA
Benefits of Nadi Shodhan Pranayama (Alternate Nostril Breathing) An excellent breathing technique to calm and centre the mind. • Our mind has a tendency to keep regretting or glorifying the past and getting anxious about the future. Nadi Shodhan pranayama helps to bring the mind back to the present moment. • Works therapeutically for most circulatory and respiratory problems. • Helps with headache • Helps insomnia and sleeping problems • Releases accumulated stress in the mind and body effectively and relaxes it. • Helps harmonize the left and right hemispheres of the brain, which correlate to the logical and emotional sides of our personality. • Helps purify and balance the nadis, the subtle energy channels, thereby ensuring smooth flow of prana (life force) through the body. • Maintains body temperature.

BREATHE THROUGH THE NOSE !...10-15% more Oxygen!

Here is the link, it is very interesting. Breathe through the nose! - Yoga and Meditation
www.yogameditation.com › Articles › Issues of Bindu › Bindu 13
Nitric Oxide (NO) is a gas previously regarded as an environmental pollutant. The gas is ... More oxygen in the blood. We compared ... Quite rightly it revealed that breathing through the nose led to a 10 - 15% higher oxidation of the blood.


KAPALBHATI Breathing technique Pranayama

This is a stimulating practice.  Energising.

Here is a good demonstration of Kapalbhati by Debby Andersen.

Do not do the breath retention part, have a look at the breathing process,
forceful exhalation, passive inhalation.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VfSiy1yON0‎

Jan 27, 2012 - Uploaded by Debby Andersen

more at http://www.debbyandersen.com Kapalabhati (Frontal Brain Cleansing Breath or sometimes referred to ...

"Yoga is not about doing the poses. It's about undoing what's in the way of the poses." - Leslie Kaminoff


'SO HUM' MEDITATION This is a simple technique beautifully explained in Yogabindu's youtube, the link follows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKNzaWGm0o8


Link to website:
Yoga stretches after Walking or Running

Yoga for Runners - 25 min version - YouTube
? 26:44? 26:44
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSAS2UbW5cI‎
Nov 25, 2010 - Uploaded by YogaDownload.com

Yoga for tennis elbow and improved flexibility in the arms and shoulders:

Copy and paste to your URL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d8c-ZKF1Ns

Vashistha Tennis elbow
Vashistha Yoga

Yoga for STRESS & ANXIETY a 20 minute practice, link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJJWArRfKa0
yoga with Adriene.

I also suggest practicing Ujjayi breath (pranayama), Bhramari breath and Hridaya mudra which is a hand mudra (gesture) and is beneficial during times of stress and anxiety, it influences the heart in a positive way.

Here is the link to two good demonstrations and some information on the Hridaya mudra:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKxdRfqKX2Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMbya2wcli4

Yoga for complete Beginners 20 minute Yoga with Adrienne
Cut and paste to your URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7AYKMP6rOE

Inspirational Story:

INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO of Arthur Boorman, a badly affected war vet. whose body was in pain and he had limited movement. The short, pictorial story shows how his practice of yoga brought him back to full strength and wellbeing.. Worth Watching !
Never, Ever Give Up. Arthur's Inspirational Transformation ... Click 'view'... then click on Blue writing to start the youtube video (4:55) www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIXOo8D9Qsc

Apr 30, 2012 - Uploaded by Diamond Dallas Page Arthur Boorman was a disabled veteran of the Gulf War for 15 years, and was told by his doctors that he would ...



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