Class
 
 Savasana; (10 minutes) Get comfortable..... center the head, and soften the under side of the neck down. Put your gaze into the brow, keep it resting here as you sequentially relax the face and head; relax the brow, relax the eyes (letting the eyes fall deep into their sockets), relax the nose, relax the cheeks, the mouth, relax the jaw, relax the tongue down into the lower palate and let the very tip of the tongue float up--follow the line upward and relax the soft palate, let the ears fall back and down; keeping the gaze resting into the brow... Let the relaxed state of face and head trickle down through your whole body, really enjoy this part. When you feel satisfied, be aware that you are breathing, and as you breathe, listen… If you can not quite hear the sound of your breathing, notice the natural movement of the body, the movement that ripples through you as you breathe. Feel the movement, feel the energy, let yourself be rippled through…, the gaze is into the brow.. you are attentive, at rest, peaceful rest, inwardly listening to the sound  Easy sitting pose; (5 minutes) When you are ready, come to sitting, get comfortable… keep the gaze resting steady ahead, and again, sequentially relax face and head..; feel the soft pillowy space behind you and let your head rest back into it. Listen… Feel the movement… feel the upward rise of the inhales, letting the upward rise help you sit tall. With the exhales, stay tall, and let all your weight settle down. Do this a few times, inhale, sit tall, exhale, let your weight go down, feeling how you are brought into increasingly perfect alignment with each new breath. When you are ready, open up into the front and back body… as you inhale the lower belly expands, once the lower belly is full, open up into the back body, and breathe evenly into the front AND back body; this will take the breath up along the passage of your spine. The sensation of the breath may be more feelable now, there may be an obvious vibration, that the mind is aware of and the body feels . . . Open the seat; (15 minutes) Take a deep full breath in, as you exhale, slowly bow the head; as the chin lowers, this chest rises to meet the chin; take a few breaths here… When you are ready, inhale the head back to center, sit tall, and as you exhale, fold forward; be here for about 60 seconds- then release, switch the legs, and repeat.. Inhale, sit tall, exhale, fold forward...(for about a minute, and then release). seated cat/dog straight legged forward fold cobbler pose – janu-vira – half lotus (repeat to the other side) sit tall  Breathing Patterns; (50-60 minutes) Simple puraka/rechaka; lengthening the inhale/exhale Breathe normally. When you are ready, follow the exhale, and at the very bottom of the breath, swallow… Breathe in… at the very top of the breath, right there where you feel you are done inhaling, be aware of the feeling there, and on purpose, inhale just a little bit more… Breathe out, at the very bottom of the breath, just as before, exhale a little bit more. (12 breaths) Heart breathing Breathe in through the nose, at the top of the breath open the mouth and exhale whispering the sound Aaaaahh… As you exhale, listen. Listen for where you are hearing the sound. Try to get the sound to drop down, into the heartspace. Let it radiate from here. You will actually hear the sound become more pleasant, more resonant, more fulfilling. (8 breaths) Om breathing (click here to listen) Continue as above, with the Aaaaahh sound radiating from the heart (for 3 or 4 more breaths), then--- breathe in through the nose, and out through an open mouth, this time slowly closing as you exhale, Aaauumm… Listen to the sound… (do this for some time, about 8-12 breaths). When you are ready, softly offer your voice to the whispered sound. Get totally into this part, this is where the yoga happens, freely give your voice to the sound and let them merge. Do this quietly for awhile, as though the soft sound were only for you to hear. And then, again, when you are ready, set it free.. Let the sounds be as soft or as loud as you like, immerse fully in the giving nature of the sound. [rest/meditate for 3-5 minutes before continuing] -Samavritti -Plavini -Kapalabhati/Pant Breathing/Bhastrika -[rest] -Bhramari -Meditate HomeSounding%20Out%20Om.htmlSamavritti.htmlPlavini.htmlKapalabhati.htmlBhramari.htmlOMTALKS.htmlshapeimage_5_link_0shapeimage_5_link_1shapeimage_5_link_2shapeimage_5_link_3shapeimage_5_link_4shapeimage_5_link_5
YOGA BREATHING CLASS (breathing techniques at bottom of page are linked to audio)