The Story of Breath: Day Four
The Body School: The Story of Breath • 2h 6m
Overview:
Today's lesson is less science and more into the heart of pranayama: the history, leaders and luminaries of pranayama and in other traditions.
- We begin with some exercises for the vagus nerve :) eyeball and neck releases
- There is a 15 minute talk I play via YouTube of Iyengar speaking on pranayama. It's not the best quality but I really respect Iyengar's teachings and wanted you to get a gist of who he is.
- What the sutras and Gita say about pranayama
- What Kundalini is and the controversy of it
- What Kumbhaka, puraka and rechaka mean
- We will go over who Wim Hof is next class :)
We end today with a Kundalini Kriya - a bit different from the previous days' of pranayama. This is one of my favourites especially for the morning, for kicking a cold, bad mood or for energizing. It's called the Surya Kriya and it's one I sometimes do before I get out of bed :)
Up Next in The Body School: The Story of Breath
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The Story of Breath: Day Five
Class Overview:
- Q & A to start
- We BEGIN with a 30 minute go-to breath set I teach all the time
- Luminaries: we look at what the Wim Hof method is all about and watch a 7 min video of him talk
- The accessory muscles (in brief) for respiration
- Depression, anxiety and pranayama
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The Story of Breath: Day Six
Class overview:
Today is half lecture, half lymphatic kriya practice:
- A discussion on the vayus or the five "winds" of the body and how they intersect with the "nadis" and chakras.
- We practice a kundalini kriya. A heads up that it is intense and good for your lymphatic and immune system, i...
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The Story of Breath: Day Seven
Class Overview:
Today we begin with Q & A and a 20min talk from Joe Dispenza that ties together all of what has been taught in the last few days.
- We follow it with a pranayama practice designed integrate the proposed theory of pulling energy up to the brain, via the cerebral spinal fluid...
