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Hi
How do you change pose in yoga? While inhaling, exhaling or holding air?
Regards
Anjali
Hi Anjali
There are many ways to experiment with the breath in our practice. Traditionally in a Vinyasa style practice, the inhale occurs on an expanding pose, example from Downdog stepping forward to lunge pose would be an inhale, while exhale occurs more on the contracting or compression part of the posture, so from lunge, stepping in forward fold and exhale.
Try a basic Sun Salutation and as you take a breath with each movement, feel in your body how the breath matches to the shape in the body.
Let me know if you have any further questions
Thanks for reading
Michelle Jayne
How do you change pose in yoga? While inhaling?