breath work
noun
variants
or breathwork
: conscious, controlled breathing done especially for relaxation, meditation, or therapeutic purposes
Yoga is a 5,000-year-old physical and philosophical discipline from India that joins the mind and body together through breath work, or pranayama, and postures, or asanas.—
Hilary E. MacGregor
Hilary E. MacGregorSome general principles of breathwork are: make your breathing slower, deeper, quieter, and more regular whenever you think about it; deepen the exhalation phase of breathing by squeezing more air out of the lungs at the end of each breath … and keep your attention on the breath more of the time.—Andrew Weil
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Kundalini yoga is focused on calisthenic movements, breath work, and chanting.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
Aidan Lyon, a philosopher at Leiden University in the Netherlands and the author of Psychedelic Experience: Revealing the Mind, has argued that breath work, meditation, and even engaging with a piece of art could count as psychedelic experiences.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2024
Yoga consists of three parts—the physical poses (asana), meditation (dhyana), and breath work (pranayama).
—Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 23 Sep. 2024
The flow through the movements is seamless, requiring concentration, control, and breath work.
—Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
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Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
Aidan Lyon, a philosopher at Leiden University in the Netherlands and the author of Psychedelic Experience: Revealing the Mind, has argued that breath work, meditation, and even engaging with a piece of art could count as psychedelic experiences.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2024
Yoga consists of three parts—the physical poses (asana), meditation (dhyana), and breath work (pranayama).
—Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 23 Sep. 2024
The flow through the movements is seamless, requiring concentration, control, and breath work.
—Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
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breath work
noun
variants
or breathwork
: conscious, controlled breathing done especially for relaxation, meditation, or therapeutic purposes
Western practitioners believe yoga's deeply relaxing breath work allows the body's healing abilities to take over.—Norine Dworkin, Psychology Today
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