I posted similar thread earlier last year. Never got an answer and have not figured it out myself. I see some new people here…maybe you can help/…
I not able to do [B][U]any[/U][/B] “cooling” pranayama cause I ended up yawning every other breath and tears start to flow a river (no emotions).
I thought maybe I do not get enough breath and oxygen…so I started to extend exhale…employ khumbaka…etc. nothing worked…
Any idea on what it might be and how to cope with it???
In Yoga view, our body has 5 inner vayus, vyana, samaan, udaan, apaana and praana (different air components of varying degrees of impure prana) each responsible for certain functions. They have their 5 counterparts in outer gross body doing respective actions like eyelid movements, sneezing etc. One of them, called Devadatta, triggers yawns.
Pranayama creates waves to do several things like rejuvenating glands or exchanging impure prana agianst pure cosmic one. In a chain reaction, the other vayus are unsettled for a while exaggerating their respective manifestations. Nothing to worry about. All this is well-orchestrated. Hope this helps.
thank you…not like I’m worrying about it…but I’m not able to do any quieting pranayama…
so…you are saying that it is “for a while” … do u mean years or minutes?
do u think this is the “sign” that I should not do calming pranayamas for “a while”?
BTW…what is your book about?
I mean, no need to worry at all. Our body has amazing self-diagnotic and self-correcting mechanism, until we spoil it with relentless medication. Yawning while in Pranayama will go away once the two neighboring vayus are at peace. Any untimel y yawning at other times needs medical attention.
BTW…what is your book about?
I was going through some notes on pranayama last night while putting together my latest blog posting and found some interesting facts.
One is that the breath is self regulating and that every 45 minutes the one nostril restricts and the other relaxes. I had written down to open your nostrils for breathing, place one fist in the arm pit for a minute and notice the effects.
As far as your problem is concerned, I can’t say I know for sure.
Increase the concentration on shavasana then check out the pranayama, though you far out in asana .
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EUREKA! just as per HYP and Iyengar…one should practice pranayama after asana…I should quit going to local studios! they screw up my knowledge:)