8 Min Intro to Breath Awareness with Zakiya
Yoga for Beginners - The Basics and Introductory Practices
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8m 43s
Join Zakiya for a breath awareness introduction to understand how and where your body breathes.
Becoming aware of our breath has been shown to engage our parasympathetic nervous system or “rest and digest” system. This calms our stress response. This happens just by noticing it, without even trying to change it. We call this breath awareness. Once you know how your body is breathing, you can begin to lengthen and strengthen your breath.
If you’ve never done any breath awareness practices before, go gently and pause whenever you need to. You can use this breath awareness technique in other practices, including meditations and asana (posture) practices.
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