Learn Ujjayi Breath

This video is for beginners who want to learn how to practice Ujjayi pranayama. This breathing technique is a general favorite. It calms the mind, enhances concentration and sleep, balances the energy, and creates internal heat. It's a great breathing practice to have in your toolbox as it can fill any moment with the soothing calmness of the ocean waves.

Transcript

Welcome to this introduction course into Ujjayi breath. Ujjayi bread? Is a kind of pranayama where we close the back of the throat to create, To imitate the sounds of the waves of the ocean. This breath is very calming for the nervous system, Creates heat in the body and also allows our mind to be focused, Because the mind gets to be immersed in the wave-like movement and in the wave like sound. So, For this Dhyana Yama practice, For this breathing practice, Just get on a comfortable seat. You don't have to be seated on the floor with the legs crossed. You can be seated on a chair or the edge of a couch where your back is long without any extra effort. And we're just going to bring our hands to the knees or to the thighs. We're going to start by inhaling through the nose and exhaling out the mouth. We're going to exhale out the mouth. As if you wanted to fog a mirror. So close the eyes. Start taking deep inhales through the nose. Exhale out the mouth as if you were fogging a mirror. Keep with this breath. And pay attention to the sensations in your throat. As you exhale. Doing two more rounds just like this. Without the practice, Just take a few normal breaths in and out the nose to feel, To observe. As you exhale, Gently open the eyes. So we're going to go into part two of this Pranayama or breathing practice, Which is doing the same sound, Just breathing in and out the nose. So we want to have that little constriction, Small constriction in the back of our throat. And a way to do this is to just push a little bit the tongue on the top of your mouth, On the roof of the mouth. Soon. Again, We're going to do it with our eyes closed so that our full concentration can be on the breath. And on the sound of the breath. So get in your comfortable position, Keep the chest open, The body softening down into the ground We're going to start breathing this Ujjayi breath in and out the nose. So you want your tongue to be pressing. Behind the teeth, A little bit to the top, The roof of the mouth. And you want to create this little constrain to the back of the throat so that your breath sounds, Imitates the sound of the waves of the ocean. And immerse your attention on the sound of your breath. For the last few rounds. Next time you exhale gently, A goal of the practice. Breathe normally in and out the nose. Observe and feel. Taking one more deep breath here. Exhaling opening the eyes. So thank you for joining this introduction video into Ujjayi breath.