Hi and welcome to a brief tutorial on yujayi breath.
So yujayi breath is a type of breathing technique that stems from traditional pranayama and yoga,
But for the benefit and purpose of what we're talking about here,
It's also used for breath work and meditation.
So you can find a comfortable seat or lying down position,
And you can close down your eyes.
And what I'd like for you to start doing is inhaling and exhaling,
But via your nose,
And you can make your breath a little deeper and a little longer,
But don't go crazy here.
So just a little deeper and a little.
And if you're new to this way of breathing,
Perhaps you get the sense that you're really sniffing the air in and pushing the air out through your nostrils,
And there's a lot of awareness through the nostril area,
And that's fine.
But what I'd like for you to do is bring your awareness to your throat and feel for your throat almost like a snorkel,
Like a vessel that you're breathing through.
So yes,
The air is passing in and out through your nose,
But it's moving via your throat.
Do your best not to overthink.
It'd be helpful to add a little bit of a count here,
So you might come into an inhale for four and an exhale for four seconds,
Just to provide a little bit of anchorage here.
And just stay with that inhaling and exhaling through your nose,
But letting the breath pass through your throat,
And you might feel a sensation in your throat,
A gentle constriction.
And we breathe in such a way for three main reasons,
The first one being that when we breathe through and via our nostrils,
We're filtering the air.
The second one being that when we breathe over the throat in you,
Jai breath,
We create vagal tone,
Which is super,
Super helpful for the nervous system.
And the third one being that we create a texture to the breath,
So that when we come into our breathing patterns,
We've got something a little more tangible to push and pull with,
Which is super helpful.
And so we'll introduce a sound or an idea of a sound to the breath now.
So we'll start with the out breath,
Which is typically a little bit easier.
And I'd like you to think of your exhale as a H-A sound,
Like haa.
So the breath is still passing in and out through the nose,
But feel for this sound of H-A similar to if you were fogging up a bathroom mirror or a window.
See if that makes a difference to your breath.
On the inhale,
Think of the sound as an A-H sound,
Like aah.
Of course,
This is coming in through the nostrils,
Via the throat.
Think of an A-H sound,
Similar to as if you have been shocked.
Keep your abdomen stable.
You are almost gasping,
But again,
In a very balanced way.
So an A-H sound.
On the in breath,
An H-A sound,
Like a strain in your throat.
See if you can relax that and think of this as more relax the muscles of your throat.
And as you inhale and exhale in such a way,
You might get a sense that your breath is a whisper.
And it's the same muscles,
Your whispering muscles,
That we use to breathe with you,
Jai breath.
It does take a little bit of getting used to,
So I'd recommend being patient with yourself.
So inhaling and exhaling through your nose,
But via your throat,
Feeling for the texture of your breath and the audible sound of your breath,
Very similar to the sound of the ocean,
As if you had your ear pressed against a shell.
