How To Breathe In Hatha Yoga Video

Hatha yoga is the most common form of yoga practice. Learn how to breathe in Hatha yoga with this video clip.

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Slow breath down
Inhale through nostrils
Pull breath into upper chest
Exhale through mouth

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Cindy Mastry has practiced yoga since the age of eight, and also has a background in Jazz and Ballet. Active in the fitness industry for nearly twenty years, she teaches aerobics, kickboxing, and yoga at many fitness centers in the Tampa Bay area. Cindy trained with 84 year-old Master Yogi Monk, Baba Hari Dass at the Mt. Madonna Center in California and owns/operates "Yoga Etc Studio" in St. Petersburg, Florida. Cindy teaches yoga to people of all ages and experience levels and at very competitive rates.

CINDY MASTRY: Namaste. In Hatha Yoga, we use the full yogic breath as our means for breathing. So what is a full yogic breath? It means we've slow the breath down. It means as you draw the air in, in and out of the nose, always using the nostrils. You draw the air in through the nostrils down the nasal passageways all the way down into the deepest part of the spine. The diaphragm expands allowing the belly to expand. You then pull the air up into the midsection which will actually move your ribcage, both front and back. We want to breathe in to the back of the lungs as well, so the air actually moves bones. And then you pull the air up into the very top of the chest right up under your collarbones where your beginning ribs are. And then when you exhale, you exhale in the opposite direction from the top of the lungs allowing the air out of the midsection, so the ribs move back together, the heart stays lifted. And then you draw your bellybutton into your spine to get rid of all the stagnant stale energy and toxins. The yogis believe that your life is not counted by the number of years you live but by the number of breaths you breathe, so they looked to slow down the breath for a longer healthier life.

How to Breathe in Hatha Yoga Video

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