For anyone wishing to practice or teach skillful breathing, it is vitally important to clearly grasp the basic structure and function of the human respiratory mechanism. Unfortunately, there are many commonly-held misconceptions about breathing and breath anatomy that have remained largely unexamined and unchallenged by the teaching community.
This lecture will include the description of various advanced pranayams from the system of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan.™ These techniques will include the following: (1) a pranayama meditation technique for treating insanity; (2) one for treating anxiety and inducing deep relaxation a...
New insights into mind-body psychophysiological states.
This talk will explore the practice of meditative breathing in the Yogavāsiṣṭha through the story of Bhuṣunda, a wise crow that instructs sage Vasiṣṭha in the art of observing one’s own breath to transcend sorrow and attain liberation. It will look at the difference between the practice of aware...