Hey!
How you doin’? Do you know what you’re doin’? Today we’re coming at you with a post on a breathing exercise which is great to do whenever life feels a little much. Or whenever you want to relax. Or focus. Breathing exercises are great for many reasons, one being that you only need yourself to do them. The breath is our constant companion and through it, we can affect both our level of stress and the speed of our thoughts.
This exercise is commonly used in yoga and is called Ujjayi breathing. During the thousands of years that it has been used, Ujjayi has also gotten the nickname ‘victorious breath’ for its ability to help us conquer our thoughts and be present in the moment. Nice, huh? In Ujjayi, one breathes through the nose and constricts some of the air in the back of one’s throat which creates a sort of wheezing noise, similar to a wave sound.
