Teacher:
David Procyshyn
Difficulty:
Beginner
Style:
Hatha Yoga
Gentle Yoga
Yoga for Anxiety/Stress
Yoga for Back Care
Pranayama Yoga
Duration:
19
42
(49 votes)
Our breathing is a natural place to begin when learning how to activate and strengthen the core. Our breath affects how much tension we hold in our bodies, how calm or active our nervous system is and how we use the power that is within us. In this class, the first of a series of three on core stability, David teaches you two breathing techniques that you may use in all of your future classes. The second class in this series is Integrating the Breath and the Bandhas and the third class is Finding Stability In All Poses. You can also find all three together in our program Establish Your Core Stability and Strength and on our Yoga for Beginners page.
Comments
Thank you so much for this
Joannakd 1 month ago
Thank you so much for this wonderful site! You are the best teacher for me. Your calming voice and precision - I love it :) Namaste
Excellent! Thank you! I
JMWallis 4 months ago
Excellent! Thank you! I learned three part breath 20 years ago but this goes through it so much more thoroughly! I am starting over my yoga practice anew with your series and am so grateful for it!
i dont know if it is good or
sasuke 4 months ago
i dont know if it is good or bad but i think you should take your shirt off so we might see exactly how you breathe in and out..
Namaste :)
Judith del carmen 5 months ago
Namaste :)
Thank you
Mollyvt 6 months ago
Thank you for this wonderful series. I have taken yoga classes on and off for years, and your beginner series has been the most wonderful refresher -- and I have learned SO much already. One question I have is that I always seem to fill up with breath too quickly. It leaves me with an odd breathless sensation at the top of each breath - as if I'm trying to add breath to an already full vessel. Advice? Thank you. Namaste.
breathing into lower back?
sarakoenig 9 months ago
Hi David, new to the practice of yoga and your website was recommended by one of my yoga instructors -and I am so glad! You are wonderfully calming -and precise- teacher. One question -and I may have just missed this in the video. When you have your hand on your lower back and you are breathing "into the lower back" should you feel your hand move or your lower back expand? I'm getting nothing there. Thank you!
Re: breathing into the lower back
David Procyshyn 9 months ago
The short answer is 'not really'. The spine prevents much movement from happening. But the idea isn't really to move the lower back with your breath, it's to consciously direct the breath into all areas. Does that make sense?
Not brand new to yoga, but
Mamacita204 10 months ago
Not brand new to yoga, but coming back again. This practice was such a great grounding way to begin. Thank you
Namaste
The exhale
bcun20 10 months ago
Hi David, great video. Do you have a preference for the exhale and whether it begins at the collar bones and moves down, opposite to the inhale or the same way as the inhale, release from abdoman, rib, collar bones? I have read it done both ways but I noticed that there was no mention here.
Breathing
David Procyshyn 10 months ago
Thanks! I don't find that there's a reason to do it one way over the other. The more important aspect to focus on is clearing the air completely and that can be done either way.