The Yogi Cleansing Breath

The Yogis have a favourite form of breathing which they practice when they feel the necessity of ventilating and cleansing the lungs… They conclude many of their other breathing exercises with this breath,…This Cleansing Breath ventilates and cleanses the lungs, stimulates the  cells and gives a general tone to the respiratory organs, and is conducive to their general healthy condition…This breath will be found quite refreshing when one is tired and generally ”used up.”

1. Inhale a Complete Breath

2. Retain the air a few seconds.

3. Pucker up the lips as if for a whistle (but do not swell out the cheeks), then exhale a little air through the opening, with considerable vigour. Then stop for a moment, retaining the air, and then exhale a little more air. Repeat until the air is completely exhaled. Remember that considerable vigour is to be used in exhaling the air through the opening in the lips.

Excerpt from The Hindu-Yogi, Science of Breath by Yogi Ramacharaka

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