Yoga Breathing Exercises For Better Health & Fitness

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Bhramari

Bhramari or Nasal Snoring is more difficult than the usual mouth snoring. In Bhramari, the lips are closed and vibrations of the soft palate are caused entirely by nasal airflow unlike the usual mouth snoring. In order to be able to practise Bhramari, you may start by practising mouth snoring in order to develop some voluntary control over the palate vibration process. Approach control develops gradually. Bhramari is beneficial to Pregnant Women as preparation for labor. In Bhramari (Nasal Snoring) the soft palate must be lifted toward the top of the pharynx sufficiently to produce flutter which may be very hard to control. The sound produced is commonly described as similar to the buzzing of a bee. Although, in Bhramari, one breathes both in and out through both nostrils, producing a snoring, buzzing or humming sound in both directions. The sound your produce may somewhat be different, inhaling produces a sound with a higher pitch than exhaling which has a lower pitch. Bhramari is customarily described to involve rapid inhalation that produces a high humming sound like that of a male bee and slow exhalation ...
... that produces a low humming sound like that of a female bee. Common yoga exercise in many Yoga Seminar .

Sitkari (Teeth Hissing)

Sitkari pertains to the sound made by drawing air in through the front teeth – either tightly closed or slightly opened – with the tongue tip regulating the air pressure and sound. This technique pertains only to inhaling, except that exhaling normally takes place through both nostrils, after a usual full pause. The sides of the tongue are pressed against the teeth, lining the sides of the mouth, if they are closed tightly; or expanding between the upper and lower sets, if the jaw is opened slightly. The sound, a kind of reversed hissing, like that made when one suddenly touches ice or a hot object or feels a draft of hot or frigid air, should be regulated so as to be smooth and to sound pleasant. The experience has been described as “sipping air.” This technique usually cools the mouth and may have both a cooling and a relaxing effect upon the whole body. Lips should close at the end of inhalation, preparatory to holding the full pause with chin lock. Closure of the lips ends the hissing sound, si, with a “sip.”

Sitali (Tongue Hissing)

This Yoga Exercise is also one of the basic breathing exercises. The breathing technique Sitali refers to the sound caused when air is drawn in through the protruding tongue folded into a tube.During inhalation, curl up both edges of the tongue so that it forms a kind of tube. Breathe in through this tube. During inhalation the air passes over the moist tongue, cooling down and refreshing the throat. In order to be sure that the tongue remains moist, roll it back as far as possible against the palate. Do this during the entire exhalation so that the next breath is just as refreshing as the first.

The resulting tongue position may appear more like the lower portion of a bird’s beak than a tube, but variable opening or closing of the tube-like passage in the folded tongue, in co-operation with faster or slower inhalation, makes possible variations in loudness and softness and smoothness of the reversed hissing sound. Again, a cooling effect may be noted and, indeed, sought through this and the foregoing technique whenever needed. The tongue is drawn back into the mouth and the lips are closed at the end of inhalation. We can breathe out either through the throat or, alternatively, through the nostrils.

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