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About Kara-Leah GrantKL's the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Yoga Lunchbox, mother to a toddler and passionate about both writing and yoga. She lives in Wellington, teaches yoga and is excited about heading make into the workplace. She also loves to cook while blasting dance music and reliving her go go dancing days.
Hey KL,
I of course could not agree more
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Cheers,
Anmol
Anmol,
You are the one who has inspired me to add more pranayama to my practice – you’ve got such great guidance on specific pranayama on your site.
Blessings,
KL
A great article I’ve forwarded to friends and other yoga students. Being conscious of our breath is such an easy way to integrate yoga into our lives – even if we “don’t have time”!!
As always KL, you’re an inspiration. Thanks!
Much love
Trudi
Yeah – thanks for sending it out, much appreciated.
You make a great point too about lack of time… there’s always time to breath
Blessings,
KL
Yes Kl, i totally agree with you in this matter.It is good you shared it with everybody.
Somehow, people in the west are always focused on mastering the asanas, not realising that one can never be a master in anything, for we will always feel that there is always some room for improvement.
We must never ignore the Pranayama, and concentrate only on asanas, which in a way defeats the very purpose of Yoga.
It is true because of the various blockages in ourself, initially the breathing routine may seem a bit boring, but as we set ourselves to release these blockages , we can feel such a divine feeling flowing in ourselves, freeing us from from all our preconcieved ideas and thoughts.
I would like to share a few things about Bhastrika and Kapalbathi.
Before doing Bhastrika, one must always say to one self that “divine energy is flowing through my mind, body and soul,divine love is flowing through me, divine healing is flowing through me’, or any such things. Believe me, what we say starts happening pretty soon. I have always heard Yoga teachers say to never start Bhastrika without saying such things.
And before doing Kapalabati, one must always throw out the things one does’nt like in oneself to light of God : it is a good way to release all the negativity inside us.
I am sure you must be aware of these things, however I thought of mentioning it for the benefit of others.
I have been doing this and it is working wonderfully for me.
Thank you for such a thought provoking article on Yoga.
Love, Rama .
Hey Rama,
Thank you so much for your insight. It’s easy to forget once one falls in love with pranayama that initially it can seem quite boring, like nothing is happening. I really like the idea too of setting one’s intentions clearly before doing pranayama. Using the mind in this way must make the practice so much more powerful.
Thanks for stopping by.
Blessings,
KL