How to Do Pranayam
Breathe in deeply through your nostrils., Breath out quickly through your nostrils., Repeat the process., With practice, speed up your breathing.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Breathe in deeply through your nostrils.
First, feel the diaphragm move down, allowing the lungs to expand and forcing the abdomen out; then feel your chest expand with your collar bones rising last. -
Step 2: Breath out quickly through your nostrils.
Feel your collar bones dropping, chest deflating, and abdomen shrinking as the lungs collapse.
This process of exhaling should be much faster than the process of inhaling
-- almost like a rapid deflation. , When correctly done, your chest will expand when you breathe in and deflate when you breathe out.
Continue doing this for 5 minutes. , Beginners should always start slowly to avoid hyperventilating, but eventually it will be possible to turn this into a rapid breathing technique. -
Step 3: Repeat the process.
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Step 4: With practice
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Step 5: speed up your breathing.
Detailed Guide
First, feel the diaphragm move down, allowing the lungs to expand and forcing the abdomen out; then feel your chest expand with your collar bones rising last.
Feel your collar bones dropping, chest deflating, and abdomen shrinking as the lungs collapse.
This process of exhaling should be much faster than the process of inhaling
-- almost like a rapid deflation. , When correctly done, your chest will expand when you breathe in and deflate when you breathe out.
Continue doing this for 5 minutes. , Beginners should always start slowly to avoid hyperventilating, but eventually it will be possible to turn this into a rapid breathing technique.
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