Welcome,
Everyone.
This is Kavalia Shanti,
And today we're going to practice a pranayama breath that is very helpful for calming,
Calming the mind,
Calming the breath,
Calming the body.
It can be really nice at the end of a long day or perhaps before you're getting ready to go to sleep.
Before we start the breath itself,
Let's just settle in,
Finding a nice comfortable position or perhaps laying down,
And bring your attention inward.
Inward,
Start to notice your belly rising on the inhale and falling on the exhale,
Letting your day go,
Not worrying about anything that's on the to-do list for later,
Simply giving yourself this time to be here with your breath.
And the breath that we're going to practice is a segmented breath with three inhales and one long exhale.
And those three segmented inhales are like you're sniffing in the air.
So you'll inhale,
And then exhale long and slow.
Three sniff inhale,
Exhale long and slow.
And as you're inhaling,
If you're newer to segmented breathing,
It can be helpful to focus on the belly and imagine it getting bigger and bigger and bigger on each inhale,
And then slowly deflating on the exhale.
And we'll be practicing that all together for the next several minutes.
So let's begin.
Inhale and exhale.
Three inhales,
Long exhale.
Three inhales,
Long exhale.
Three inhales,
Long exhale.
And continue just like that.
Breathing in,
Breathing in,
Breathing in,
And breathing out.
Breathing in,
Breathing in,
Breathing in,
Long exhale.
Finding your own steady rhythm of three sniffs in,
Long exhale out.
Whatever speed is right for you is perfect.
Simply breathing in,
Breathing in,
Breathing in,
Exhale out.
Breathing in,
Breathing in,
Breathing in,
Breathing out.
Smooth and consistent.
And to end,
Inhale nice and deep.
Open mouth,
Exhale,
Let it all go.
Well,
I hope you found this breath helpful to kind of bring all the energy down a little bit.
Until next time,
Sat Nam.
