Slow Your Roll and Breathe

Here’s an excerpt from sustainable movement teacher, Jenni Pynch ,from an article posted on Elephant Journal.

Breathe.  And.. slow – everything – way – down.  Seriously! Try it out by matching the length of your movements with the length of your breaths.  Practice this simple technique by using your inhalations to prepare yourself for a movement and your exhalations to move.  In yoga we attempt to balance the inhalation and the exhalation until they become equal in length, called sama vritti or same fluctuations.  You could do this all day long, simply by noticing how all movements make more sense when you do them mindfully and with your breath.  Vinyasa yoga teaches this “linking” of our movement to our breath by flowing from shape to shape while breathing continuously.

Our breath is constant, always in flux, rising & falling and available to us at all times.  The ancient yogis called this specific kind of energy regulation pranayama or breath control.  To receive the full benefits from any workout we need to move oxygen rich blood through the whole body, activating and balancing the entire system.  By moving and breathing in unison, we create a valuable mind-body connection that keeps us focused and in the present moment.

Here is a link to the full article-

https://www.elephantjournal.com/2019/05/slow-steady-in-honor-of-world-turtle-day-2019/

Photo by Jeremy Bishop