Digest #1688 -Deep breathing and breath of fire + Swami Rama

[Guest guest]

Saruj Kaur,

The suspension of breath during yoga is intentional and has the

purpose of healing and of cultivating the stillpoint or Shuniya. There

is no danger in this and may actually save your life. This is very

different from the unhealthy, constricted breath borne of anxiety and

grief. In yoga we expand our inhales and complete our exhales, coming as

close to emptying our lungs as possible, fully letting go, before

inhaling again.

Breath is the first meditation, without which there would be no other

meditation.

Sat Nam,

Dharam

 

Saruj Kaur wrote:

 

>

> Am Montag, 13.10.03 um 17:08 Uhr schrieb Kundaliniyoga:

>

> > Such pauses are not created when people are happy, but occur

> > when they are experiencing some agony, problem, or insecurity. There

> > is

> > a brief natural moment between inhalation and exhalation, but it should

> > not be expanded by bad breathing habits. Such a pause, if

> > unnecessarily

> > expanded, can be a killer; it can create coronary heart disease.

>

> sat nam

>

> thanks for the interesting mail. One question. After many exercices,

> there is some pause in the breathing, breathe in, stop, breathe out,

> stop...

> Can these pause be dangerous???

>

> Saruj

>