How Tonglen Meditation Can Help You Build a Loving Relationship to the World
This form of meditation is the bridge between my social-justice work and my inward-focused practice.
breathwork
How Transformational Breath Helped Me Learn to Let Go
Practicing this form of breathwork made me aware of how much we’re all holding onto—and how important it is to release stuck emotions.
Day 3: The Relationship Between Pranayama and Asana
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Breathing Is An Act of Liberation
It’s well documented that practicing breath control through yoga can help with the body’s stress response. However, for Black people living in America, the connection to breath is complex.
Yoga for Back Health: 3 Ways to Improve Posture with Your Breath
Your spine is a few inhales away from freedom! Create space in the tissues with simple exercises you can do in a chair.
Master Class: This Energy-Boosting Breathwork Is Better Than Caffeine
Even better news for tired yogis: It doesn’t require much effort.
High-Vibe Minute: Sama Vritti Pranayama
YJ Influencer Denelle Numis demonstrates a pranayama technique to raise your vibration in a minute's time.
Yoga for Stress and Anxiety Breathing Practice
This week, we offer up a quick 1-minute yogic breathing practice that you can do before potentially stressful situations, like public speaking, or flying.
Is Darth Vader Breath Necessary?
We're often encouraged in yoga class to practice ujjayi breathing, or Victorious Breath. But, as Katie Silcox explains, this strong, heating pranyama technique should only be used at certain times in your practice for very specific purposes.
How to Access Prana and Let Your Light Shine
Katie Silcox explains how to tune into the prana body and remove obstacles to your own luminescence.
One Deep Breath
No matter how busy you are, you can always come back to the present and back to yourself.
How Are You Breathing?
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