One of the Five Principles of Yoga is Pranayama or Breathing Exercise which promotes proper breathing. The Yogis realized the importance of an adequate oxygen supply thousands of years ago that is why they developed and perfected various Breathing Techniques that will help to revitalize the mind and the body.
Pranayama - the science of breath control, consist a series of exercises intended to meet these needs and to keep the body in vibrant health.
Concentrating on the breath, quietens the mind, the first step in meditation.
Proper Breathing in a Yogic point of view is to bring more oxygen to the blood and to the brain, and to control prana or the vital life energy.
These techniques have also proved to help the prevention of major diseases and cure minor illnesses.
Breathing is important for two basic reasons.
It is the only means of supplying our bodies and its various organs with oxygen which is vital for our health.
Breathing is one of the ways to get rid of waste products and toxins from our body.is Pranayama - Prana, means life force, and yama means ascension, expansion and extension. Pranayama is the expansion of life force through control of the breath. There are many things out of our control. However it is possible to take responsibility for our own states of minds- and to change them for the better. Meditation practices are techniques that encourage and develop concentration, clarity, emotional positivity, and a calm seeing of the true nature of things. This is a way you get in touch with how you think, feel and your patterns and habits of your mind, and a way to cultivate new and positive ways of being and bring about a new understanding of life.