Basic Breath Training

Topics

1. Safe and effective practices that serve as preparation for formal pranayama
2. Basic breath training, breath awareness and other gentle practices
3. Yogic breathing techniques including conscious exhalation

Questions Answered

1. Describe three breath training basics will prepare students for formal pranayama.
2. Why is a self "check-in" at the beginning of practice valuable?
3. What types of postures are effective for teaching breath awareness?
4. Describe five techniques for teaching breath awareness.
5. What is meant by the term Belly Breathing?
6. How is Belly Breathing related to the Three-Part Breath?
7. What are two different ways that the Three-Part Breath are taught?
8. Aside from breath awareness practices, what other gentle practices are safe considerations for most students?
9. How does awareness of the breath affect the resting breath rate?
10. What is the practice and objective for initial breathwork with new students?
11. What is clavicular breathing? Thoracic breathing? Diaphragmatic breathing?
12. What is yogic breathing?
13. What are the benefits of a conscious exhalation?
14. What is the technique for consciously exhaling in yogic breathing?
15. How is the more advanced technique of diaphragmatic rib cage breathing different from ineffective chest breathing? Why might the two be confused?