Yoga - Mindfulness of breathing

One of the key elements in yoga is breathing. The main premise behind it is to coordinate your movements with your breathing, creating fluid meditation.

Yoga breathing helps to relax and balance your body and mind, while providing a steady rhythm for movement. Focusing on the rhythm of your breathing and how your body feels with each movement helps you make a connection between your mind and body.

Each posture has a specific flow of breathing. Lengthening or expansion movements are done with inhalation. Shortening, folding, or compressing movements are done with exhalation.

Using proper yoga breathing while practicing yoga will result in inspirational movement, longer and deeper poses, a fully concious experience, and better health.