| Most of us live very busy and hectic lives. If you are | | | | tunes, you have a clock to time yourself and you even |
| married, have children, have a job, you are going to be | | | | have a fan to stay cool. What more can you ask for? |
| busy and even if you don't have all these | | | | If you have family in the car with you, great, you can all |
| commitments, you are probably busy nonetheless. | | | | practice together, why not. Both Breath of Fire |
| Throw in other activities you may be participating in, | | | | pranayama and Kapalbhati pranayama are breathing |
| such as higher education, a fitness routine, other | | | | exercises that activate energy pathways within you |
| hobbies & interests, sports, blogging etc., and 24 | | | | and increase your energy, so there is no risk of them |
| hours starts to seem like awfully little time per day. | | | | making you sleepy or drowsy. Really, no significant |
| Unfortunately, what seems to often get sacrificed in | | | | modification is needed to practice either pranayama |
| keeping up with the rat race is the one thing that | | | | while driving so take advantage of this time and give it |
| should not, your daily spiritual practice. So in this article I | | | | a try. |
| will give some handy tips on how you can get more | | | | To practice Breath of Fire, begin to breathe rapidly |
| Yoga and Meditation practice into your busy lives by | | | | through the nose putting equal emphasis on the |
| doing some clever multitasking. | | | | inhalation and the exhalation. Allow the stomach and |
| Of the many yoga pranayama breathing exercises | | | | diaphragm to stay relaxed and simply pulse to the |
| there are, I think the following 2 stand apart: Breath of | | | | rhythm of the breath. It is important in breath of fire to |
| Fire Yoga Pranayama & Kapalbhati Yoga | | | | not force the air in very deep, but instead keep it at |
| Pranayama. These 2 pranayamas have an | | | | the tip of nose and just breathe rapidly. |
| encyclopedic list of benefits and what's best about | | | | To practice Kapalbhati pranayama, again keep |
| them is that they are both simple to do and easy to | | | | everything relaxed and simply expel the air forcefully |
| incorporate into your daily life... specially when you are | | | | through your nose, then allow the inhalation to take |
| driving! | | | | place as a simple passive recoil. As you exhale |
| Yes that's right... driving. Obviously DO NOT do these | | | | forcefully, pull your abdominal muscles in towards your |
| breathing exercises if it at all affects your driving, but, | | | | spine, and as you inhale just allow them to re-expand |
| generally speaking since driving is mostly automatic for | | | | naturally. |
| most of us, it provides the perfect opportunity for | | | | If there are other pranayama exercises you are doing, |
| getting in some additional spiritual work. | | | | they too might be suitable to do while driving. So be |
| A car really is pretty conducive for such pranayama | | | | creative and see if driving is conducive to incorporating |
| practice. You are already sitting up, so just straighten | | | | them. So as you are getting to your physical |
| your spine (use a lumbar cushion if you need to), you | | | | destination continue to make progress towards your |
| have music available so put on some inspirational | | | | spiritual destination as well. |