pranayama

This simple technique will help you finally master lengthening your inhalations and exhalations.

We trust our breath to keep us alive, to help us through panic or pain, and support our meditation and yoga practices. But that’s not all it can do. Here's how your body moves with your breath.

Make these part of your daily routine to support immunity as we head into cold and flu season.

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.

How physician Ingrid Yang brought yoga therapy and pranayama to the the frontlines of the pandemic.

Bookmark this practice for all of those stressful days.

The right prop for Pranayama breathing can enhance and deepen your Pranayama yoga practice. A Pranayama pillow can allow you to take poses deeper and hold them longer. A common way to use this style of pillow is to place it along the length of your spine to support opening your chest for enhanced breathing. When shopping for a Pranayama yoga pillow, look for a pillow that is firm enough to offer support, yet soft enough to be comfortable. Here is our review of four different Pranayama yoga pillows so you can find the right one for you.

Learn how master teacher Rodney Yee discovered the power of pranayama to quiet the mind and why it's a focus of every asana class he teaches.

The best remedy for the fast pace of parenthood? Simply taking a deep breath and seeing where it goes.

In part two of this three-part series on The Science of Breathing, learn how to take advantage of the power of the breath on the mat in various types of poses and with five different pranayama techniques.

Sage Rountree offers suggestions for supported seated poses when you struggle with tight hips.

Strengthen the prana in your core, and you'll be able to digest anything life throws your way, writes Katie Silcox. Do you actively stoke the fire in your belly?

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.

Despite his regular yoga practice, Neal Pollack, like many of us, experiences occasional back issues. Yoga helps, and also keeps him aware that his body, though functional, isn't perfect.

Katie Silcox explains how to tune into the prana body and remove obstacles to your own luminescence.

Kelly Bonner teaches a stressed-out roommate how controlling the breath can lead you back to OK.

Neal Pollack is doing his best to inject some yogic wisdom into his parenting.