Downward Facing Blog

This little blog post may make a huge difference in your yoga practice
(the five levels of the spectrum of prana and why you should know about it)
 
The ancient hatha yoga texts teach that the breath should be made to travel UP the spine as you inhale and DOWN the spine as you […]

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Everything in your perception is made up of the five elements, either on a subtle level such as in the form of thoughts and dreams, or in a gross form such as in the way we interact with physical reality; like your body.
Those five elements are space, air, fire, water, and earth. Notice that it […]

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To recap; the breath is the energetic link between the body and the mind. The inner breath flows where we put our concentration to, and generally in yoga there is a focus to draw the inner breath upwards towards the crown of the head. To help draw the energy upwards, the pelvic floor is contracted, and […]

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To recap; the breath is the energetic link between the body and the mind. The inner breath flows where we put our concentration to, and generally in yoga there is a focus to draw the inner breath upwards towards the crown of the head. To help draw the energy upwards, the pelvic floor is contracted, and […]

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I can explore the breath endlessly. The more I practice, the more I realize that the practice of yoga for me is contained in the exploration of the dynamics of breathing.
To understand why pranayama is so important, an understanding of the sheaths of your body is useful. First is the physical body, then the breath […]

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