{"id":1981,"date":"2019-04-23T12:06:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T17:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestinyoga.com\/?p=1981"},"modified":"2021-10-25T23:03:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T04:03:38","slug":"plavini-pranayama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestinyoga.com\/plavini-pranayama\/","title":{"rendered":"Plavini Pranayama (The Floating Breath) – Benefits & How-To Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is Pranayama?<\/strong> Pranayama is an essential practice in yogic traditions, as it is a technique where one can control and extend their life force from the Sanskrit words \u201cPrana\u201d and \u201cAyama,\u201d which means \u201clife force\u201d or \u201cuniversal energy\u201d and \u201cto expand\u201d respectively. A practice to extend life or one\u2019s life force through breathing. With the flow of the universal energy throughout the body, the practice of Pranayama helps to unblock the body\u2019s <\/span>Nadi<\/span><\/em> or pulse channels through techniques in breathing like <\/span>Puraka<\/span><\/em> (inhalation), <\/span>Antara-khumbaka<\/span><\/em> (internal retention), <\/span>Rechaka<\/span><\/em> (exhalation), and <\/span>Bahya-khumbaka<\/span><\/em> (external retention).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"PLAVINI<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Pranayama involves three types of breathing: Abdominal breathing, Thoracic breathing, and Clavicular breathing. Abdominal breathing focuses on the muscles in the abdomen during inhaling and exhaling. The movement of the body happens in the stomach while breathing through the nose. Thoracic breathing occurs in the thoracic cage. This also involves the abdominals; however, the mid-chest part of the body expands in the thorax. Clavicular breathing is breathing through the clavicles of the lungs, which expands the upper part of the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n

CONTENTS<\/p>\n