Noopur Umarji Breathing Technique – Bhastrika Pranayama — Transcript

Hi, I am Newport with the Art of Living Foundation. I am a breathing and meditation instructor. Today, we'll be learning how to do the Bhastrika pranayama. The Bhastrika pranayama. There are two Sanskrit terms: prana means subtle life force energy, and ayama means directing that life force energy in different parts of our body. Bhastrika pranayama can also be called the bellows breath. You know, if you guys have noticed, we use a bellows to pump air for fire. Just like that, we're going to move our hands in a specific way to pump air into our lungs. So, a few benefits of the Bhastrika pranayama: it's recommended and ideal if you're feeling low or tired, if you're feeling dull, if you're feeling lethargic. Anyone that instantly energizes yourself, the Bhastrika pranayama can be your go-to technique. So, we start by placing our hands in this position: loose fists near the shoulders, elbows slightly touching the waist, and the spine is erect. So here, I am sitting in a diamond posture with my butt on my heel. Feel free to sit this way or any other way where your spine can be erect. Bhastrika involves some amount of energy and enthusiasm in the movement. So, as the hands go up, the fists open up, and as the hands come down, they come back down in a fist. Now, as the hands go up, you take a nice deep breath in, and as the hands come down, you forcefully exhale through the nose. So, let me show you how to do it, and then I'll give you some more instructions. We'll close your eyes, we'll take a normal deep breath in and breathe out, and let's begin. And you can relax. So, you can do this pranayama 15 to 20 times, and like that, you do three such rounds. In between each round, you can take a rest a few seconds. In the break, you can rest your palms on your thighs, palms facing the sky. It's recommended to keep the eyes closed throughout, just so you can experience the flow of energy in the body and let it settle in the body before you open your eyes. So now, after the three rounds, you can sit comfortably, relax your diamond posture if you've been sitting in the diamond posture, and we can sit for meditation. [Music]

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posture with my butt on my heel feel free to sit this way or any other way where your spine can be erected super Sarika involved some amount of energy and enthusiasm in the movement so as the hands go up the fists open up and as the

hands come down they come back down in a fist now as the hands go up you take a nice deep breath in and as the hands come down he forcefully exhaled through the nose so let me show you how to do it and

then I'll give you some more instructions we'll close your eyes we'll take a normal deep breath in and breathe out and let's begin and you can relax so you can do this pro nail 15 to 20 times and like that you do

three such rounds in between each round you can take a rest a few seconds in the bridge you can rest your palms on your ties palms facing the sky it's recommended to keep the eyes closed throughout just so you can experience

the flow of energy in the body and let it settle in the body before you open your eyes so now after the three rounds you can sit comfortably relax your diamond posture if you've been sitting in the diamond posture and

we can sit for meditation [Music]