(bright sitar music)
- Sat Nam, yogi, welcome to this channel.
My name is Mariya Gancheva, and this is our Breath series,
which is a program of 100 days.
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Let's practice.
Today, we're gonna work on segmented breath.
And there is a beautiful lecture on this,
so I hope you actually go and watch this
before we start the breath,
where we're gonna examine what the ratios are,
what they mean, what does a segmented breath really mean?
And it is really taking the breath
and cutting into different ratios
that affect us differently.
It's a stroke breath.
We can be inhaling for four, holding, exhaling for two.
We can be working on balancing.
You can be inhale for four, exhale for four.
We can be inhaling in one stroke,
and then exhaling for four.
And different different ratios
have very different effects on us.
I strongly encourage you to watch the lecture
so you understand the differences
and the significance of which type of breath.
But I want you to experience at least one
so we know what we mean by segmenting
and really feel the benefit of basically cutting your breath
into different pieces.
We're gonna do a four-and-one ratio,
meaning we're gonna be inhaling for four,
holding, and exhale in one go.
And that way, we are working on expanding the inhale
and contracting the exhale.
It's a very calming, beautiful breath.
Let's try it.
We're gonna start by exhaling completely.
(gentle bell music)
And now we gonna start inhaling for four.
(inhales) One, (inhales) two,
(inhales) three, (inhales) four, hold for short,
and exhale in one go. (exhales)
And again, (inhales) one, (inhales) two,
(inhales) three, (inhales) four.
Hold, and exhale. (exhales)
Imagining that type of gradation of the breath.
Keep breathing, inhaling for four.
Holding, and exhale in one go. (exhales)
(gentle bell music continues)
(Mariya breathing rhythmically)
And inhale deeply, (inhales)
and exhale and relax.
You've now experienced just a simple breath
of different measure.
And as we go through this program,
we'll have a whole series of different types
and different ratios where you can experience
the different effects of holding them for longer
or having the longer breath in or the longer exhale.
And the more strokes in one breath and the less strokes
and how that affects because only through experience,
we can actually realize what the benefits are.
But it's a very simple way of doing things.
It's not a very complicated breath.
It's very widely used in Kundalini yoga
and it has its benefit.
Thank you so much for practicing with me today.
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and to educate you.
There are plenty of lectures
that go through the different breaths
and the different techniques,
and what they really mean for us in our life.
I can't wait to see you there.
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and really experience the fullness of this knowledge
of our breath.
Sat Nam, I can't wait to see you again.
(bright sitar music)