Yoga Breathing: A foundation course on yoga’s most essential practice
Breathing is so basic to yoga that some instruction is offered in nearly every beginner’s class. Yet, the precise fundamentals of yogic breathwork – and its potential to take us into the depths of yoga – are seldom taught to Western students. With “Yoga Breathing,” Richard Freeman responds to this need.
Yogic breathwork, also known as pranayama, literally means “to release life energy from its bounds.” When practiced correctly, pranayama has the ability to attune us to the intricate web of our thoughts, physiology, and energetic patterns – to quiet the mind and heighten receptivity – and to open us to “the intrinsic radiance of being fully present.”
On “Yoga Breathing,” listeners learn the essential principles and techniques of this tradition, including: The fundamentals of yogic breathwork • Finding the thread of the “internal breath” • Sushumna, the body’s central energetic axis • Ujjayi breathing practice • Dristi gazing/breathing • Opening the tree of breath • Lying and seated pranayama • Breathing and postures, and more
At his acclaimed Yoga Workshop in Boulder, Colorado, Richard Freeman considers breathwork so important that he often devotes more than half of his class time to the practice. “Yoga Breathing” distills this master instructor’s rich insights and careful guidance into one complete two-session course, making them available to listeners everywhere.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars So pleasantly surprised
My son sent this after a heart attack and I was afraid it would be too overwhelming. With a little adjustment I would not miss my 20 minutes every day with this wonderful addition to my life. It has raised my consciouness immensely. I consider Yoga Breathing and my son a true blessing. Thank you Richard Freeman with the absolutely heavenly voice.
5 Stars the inner art of breathing and living
Only after listening 15 minutes something inside seemed to shift, a peacefull stilness came naturally…the instrucions are so profound…probably the best on pranayama available…after CD 1 my posture found a natural new balance.
Even after 10 years of experience with Qi Gong,Tao , mindfulness meditation, yoga and Mind/Body Medicine I feel as a beginner with the depth of this CD.
What I really like is the mindfulness approach: not forcing anything but rather creating space through listening: listening to the breath ( allowing it s true nature to unfold) as a first step to also listen to the sensations and feelings ( connected with patterns of thought and images in the mind)that arise…it is about giving space and freedom to what is there and yourself; exploring and allowing the essence of yourself to open…
I highly recommended it…