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Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan® employs a wide range of pranayam, using the breath to effect and manage different energy states of health, consciousness, and emotion.1 The links below contain guidelines for simple breathing techniques – pranayam – that will get you started on this path of healing and awareness.
Long Deep Breathing [85KB PDF]: Calm the mind; balance the emotions; harmonize the body, mind, and spirit.2
Alternate Nostril Breathing [85KB PDF]: Energize and calm the nervous system.
Breath of Fire [96KB PDF]: Strengthen the nervous system; purify the bloodstream; energize, stimulate, and wake up; increase vitality.2
Suspending the Breath [65KB PDF]: Recondition the nervous system; integration of the body systems; experience deep stillness, shuniya.
Yogi Bhajan taught many other forms of pranayam such as segmented breath, Sitali, Cannon breath, and whistle breath. See the 3HO World Market for vendors that may sell specific books on Prana, Pranayama, Breathwalk®, and Kundalini Yoga or directly experience them in a Kundalini Yoga class.
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