YMI 002: What is Yoga? What is the Role of the Breath in Yoga? Plus a Guided Full Yogic Breathing Exercise

Summary: Happy Memorial Day and welcome back to the 2nd session of The Yoga, Meditation, and Inspiration Podcast for Beginners, hosted by yours truly. Not familiar with podcasting? Be sure to check out the session notes from Session #1 for a more in-depth explanation, as well as what you can expect from this particular podcast, designed specifically for listeners like you, who are just beginning their yoga journey. Session Summary: In this session, we cover a couple of your basic questions: What is yoga? and What is the role of the breath in yoga? Plus, building on our exercise from last week's podcast, I introduce and guide you through a practice known as full yogic breathing. This exercise is meant to help you become more in-tune with the natural rhythm of your breath and to begin guiding the breath...a very important aspect of your yoga practice. In this session, we discuss: What is yoga? The 8 Limbs of Yoga Hatha Yoga What is the role of the breath in yoga? Mind-Body-Breath Connection The breath as a tool and gauge Ujjayi Breathing A Guided Full Yogic Breathing Exercise Next week's special guest Links mentioned in this session: Donna Farhi, Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit: A Return to Wholeness Mark Stephens, Yoga Sequencing: Designing Transformative Yoga Classes Yogadrienne community Facebook page Thanks so much for listening! Please let me know what you think in the comments, and be sure to stay tuned next week for session 3! Namaste,