Breath Awareness in Yoga Asanas

Breath is life. Breathing brings energy into the body, and creates movement in all the vital organs. Breathing is also one of the main ways for the body to release toxins. Breathing is essential to all asana practice. 

In this yoga download, yoga therapist Leslie Kaminoff shares some of his specific, practical breathing strategies based on 30 years of experience teaching groups and individuals, with an emphasis on how to practice or teach these skills even in group settings.  Using varied guidance for more flexible students and new students, Lesllie shares his expertise on handing the power back to the student so they're doing their own yoga by being in touch with their own body and breath, and not simply following someone's choreographed instructions. His approach encourages students to get in touch with their breath, using it as a barometer during asanas, and how knowing when to stop a particular pose based on one's breath can be an extremely transformative experience.

He suggests that asana practice be viewed from the perspective of breath awareness and breath re-patterning. All levels of yoga students and yoga teachers will be able to deepen their practice and teaching by experimenting with a few of these simple techniques.

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