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Description: If you’ve ever taken a yoga class, you’ve no doubt heard your teacher say to (1) breathe through your nose (2) breathe slowly, and (3) breathe deeply. But why? What’s the point? And how slow? How deep? CONTENTS 00:00 Ujjayi "Ocean" Breathing - How to Breathe in Yoga 00:32 Yoga without Breathing is Not Interesting 00:48 Nose is for Breathing / Mouth is for Eating 01:18 Parasympathetic Response 01:34 Nose Filter / Humidifier 02:40 Volume of Breathing 03:52 Ujjayi Breathing / Ocean Breathing 06:41 Yoga Breathing in a Pose Benefits if Nasal Breathing *Filtration *Humidification *Temp control *Nitric Oxide release *Nervous system signaling Benefits of Ocean Breathing / Yoga Breathing 1) It gives you more control of the breath, like a nozzle on a hose 2) It vibrates your vagus nerve and soothes your stress response How to Practice Ocean Breath / Ujjayi Breath? *Your glottis separates your mouth from your trachea *You can constrict is easily on the exhale *It takes practice to learn on the inhale as well Rate & Volume of the Breath *Ideal breathing pace is 4-6 breaths / min in yoga *In classes where you hold poses for 5 breathes, that’s not 5 seconds, that is approximately a 1 minute hold *Inhale should be equal lengths *Breath volume should be around 300-500 ml per breath NOTE: If the torso is compressed, like in plow pose, you might only take in 150 ml of air, but you keep the rate of breathing the same Nervous System & Yoga Breathing *Yoga asana practices are nervous system training more than anything else *Without breathing, yoga classes are remedial gymnastics, lots of fun but not very interesting from holistic health perspective *With yoga breathing, yoga practices are an extended, powerful nervous system training WANT MORE? * 21-Day Yoga Breathing Challenge yogabody.com/breathing * My podcast: LucasRockwoodShow.com * Main site: yogabody.com Like this video? Please subscribe for more youtube.com/c/YOGABODY_Official?sub_confirmation=1 Have a question? Please post down below. #YogaBreathing #ujjayi #Yoga