Hi,
This is Vishnu.
Today I want to discuss about the breath-mind connection.
Breath is the link between our body,
Our mind.
The breath is like a string of the kite and mind is like a kite.
Sometimes we cannot control our mind directly but we can use the breath as a string to control the kite as the mind.
Maybe you notice when you're angry or breathing is faster.
Whenever you're happy and excited your inhalation is longer,
Your exhalation is shorter.
Whenever we sad,
Depressed,
Whenever we not feeling good,
Our exhalation is longer,
Inhalation is shorter.
Whenever we peaceful,
Calm,
Relaxed,
Our breathing is rhythmic.
So the breath,
Whatever happens in the mind it affect our breath.
Whatever changes happens,
The pattern of the breathing we do,
It also have an effect with our mind.
This is the reason it's very important as a preparation to make sure that your mind is calm,
Settled and grounded before you're going to enter the meditation.
You need a preparation.
The pranayama is a preparation.
The breathing technique is a preparation.
Actually maybe most of them are thinking pranayama is connected to breathing technique.
Actually prana means life force energy.
Yama means control,
How to control and regulate the life force energy.
The breath in Sanskrit we call as shvasa.
The shvasa is different than prana and shvasa is more closer to the life force energy.
That's why often we call us due to the breathing,
The prana level is going very high.
We get prana through our food,
Through water,
From the nature and then from the breathing.
Breathing is a primary life force energy we get it most of the time.
That's what we call as a breathing technique but actually through the breath we're consuming,
We're taking was the prana,
The life force energy.
The more the life force energy increase it makes our mind calmer,
Relax.
The more the life force energy is drained we feel mentally tired,
Fatty,
We feel stress,
Unnecessary,
Unpleasant,
Unwanted thoughts,
Emotions,
Feelings.
It constantly comes to disturb us during meditation,
Not only just in meditation in our day to day life.
So the pranayama is most important part of before practicing the meditation and there is also breath meditation.
You just being aware about only your breath,
Your inhalation and exhalation and different breathing techniques as per yoga we have.
And during the meditation your breath becomes shorter and shorter,
Thinner and thinner,
Lighter and lighter.
There is a point come you doesn't even feel that you're breathing.
It happens but we doesn't feel it.
It's become like a tiny thread.
It's just going in and out and we cannot even identify or notice.
That is the stage of dhyana,
Means meditation.
The right word of meditation is dhyana.
Thank you.
I hope you gain some knowledge and some information about how the prana,
The breathing technique,
The shvasaya,
How it's connected to the meditation practice as a preparation.
Thank you and talk to you again.
