Another technique for breathing and centering yourself for practice is the Ujjayi Pranayama
or Ocean's sound of breath. It's also called powerful breath, warrior breath. There's many
names for it. A lot of people refer to it as the ocean's breath. What you want to do
and the easiest way to begin learning to do this breath is think of yourself when you
inhale, take a nice breath in, and as you exhale, think of fogging a mirror. And you
can leave your hand in front of your face, and as you exhale, And feel that air come
out. In all yoga practice, we breath through the nose, in and out. So what you need to
do is actually close the mouth, so you take a nice inhale in. And as you start this breath,
you, it will feel slightly tense, it will feel kind of forced. And the more you get
used to this breath, it will become easier. As you learn the exhale part of this breath,
then you can incorporate that on the inhale as well. Think of say the word, home to yourself
as you inhale.
And the more you practice, the easier it'll become to make the inhales as the same length
as the exhales. And that's how you do Ujjayi Pranayama.