controlling breath

[Guest guest]

Hello, I'm new here and am exploring Kundalini yoga on my own with a home

practice. There or no teachers or studios around Hatha or otherwise. I was

introduced by Gurmukh's prenatal DVD and postnatal DVD. I have been practicing

using her regular DVD that I've borrowed from Netflix. I have also practiced

using Maya Fiennes and her DVDs. When not doing Kundalini, I'm usually found

doing Vinyasa yoga either with Jason Crandall or Baron Baptiste recordings.

My specific question at the time is controlling the breath. There is a

meditation at the end of the Gurmukh DVD where you take a deep breath, release

all air, then repeat the syllables of Sat Nam 4 times. It feels so impossible

for me and makes me feel like I am about to pass out. It leaves me gasping for

air. There is also an asana where we do a forward bend, release all air, and

then pump the abdomen without breathing for 15-30 seconds I believe. I'm not

able to do that one either. How do I build up to these things? I hope this

type of question is appropriate here as I have no other person to ask.

I am really enjoying Kundalini and I feel like it will benefit me emotionally

and physically with some health issues I am facing.

thanks.

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

I recently read on one of the 3HO sites about this very thing--the inability

to substain our breath. Yogi Bhajan said that it is because we fear death.

Therefore when we are new to KY the holding of the breath can be anxiety

provoking rather than calming and centering. He recommended starting with

whatever period of time that one could do it comfortably and working up from

there.

 

" Keep it up and you will be kept up " Yogi Bhajan

 

Sat Nam,

 

Jaya (Jennie)

 

 

 

 

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Kelli B. Haywood <

kudzumountain wrote:

 

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>

> Hello, I'm new here and am exploring Kundalini yoga on my own with a home

> practice. There or no teachers or studios around Hatha or otherwise. I was

> introduced by Gurmukh's prenatal DVD and postnatal DVD. I have been

> practicing using her regular DVD that I've borrowed from Netflix. I have

> also practiced using Maya Fiennes and her DVDs. When not doing Kundalini,

> I'm usually found doing Vinyasa yoga either with Jason Crandall or Baron

> Baptiste recordings.

> My specific question at the time is controlling the breath. There is a

> meditation at the end of the Gurmukh DVD where you take a deep breath,

> release all air, then repeat the syllables of Sat Nam 4 times. It feels so

> impossible for me and makes me feel like I am about to pass out. It leaves

> me gasping for air. There is also an asana where we do a forward bend,

> release all air, and then pump the abdomen without breathing for 15-30

> seconds I believe. I'm not able to do that one either. How do I build up to

> these things? I hope this type of question is appropriate here as I have no

> other person to ask.

> I am really enjoying Kundalini and I feel like it will benefit me

> emotionally and physically with some health issues I am facing.

> thanks.

>

>

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