In this article, we discuss about What is Ujjayi Pranayama? The ancient origins of pranayama are traced back to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, What is Patanjali Yoga Sutra? where it’s explicitly mentioned that pranayama carries us home to samadhi — a full integration of the yogic practice. In this Pranayama your lungs become widely spread and your chest becomes upward by systematic breathing technique. Ujjayi breathing, also known as the victorious breath or ocean breath, encourages deep abdominal breaths instead of the shallow breathing common to most individuals.
What is Ujjayi Pranayama?
The word Ujjayi Pranayama is derived from the Sanskrit prefix “ud” means bondage or binding, as well as upward and expanding. The prefix is also combined with the root “JI” means to conquer or acquire by conquest. Thus, we can say we conquer ourselves towards the desired goal through this Pranayama. As we discussed, this is the breathing technique from both nostrils, your breath passes through your vocal channel and sounds come out from your throat.
Before incorporating ujjayi breath into your regular yoga practice, it’s important to master the basics, breathing techniques which are called Nadi Shodhan Pranayama 4 Methods of Nadi Shodhan Pranayama. What is Nadi Shodhan? It regularises our breathing pattern from both nostrils. Let us discuss how to perform Ujjayi Pranayama.
Method:
Step 1.: Choose a Clean and calm place to perform Pranayama
Step 2.: Sit on your yoga mate with “Padmasana” or “Siddh asana” or “Sukh asana” (Cross legs position) where you can sit comfortably long time. You’re both hands on your knees with Gyan Mudra.
Step 3.: Keep your spine, neck and head straight line.
Step 4.: Keep your mouth stable and take a breath from both nostrils calmly and gently.
Step 5.: While breathing, think of a ring on your throat and breath passes through that ring.
Step 6.: Take a full breath into your lungs up to your throat
Step 7.: Do Kumbhak for some seconds, then release your breath gently.
Note: While inhaling breath from the nostril your vocal channel (throat) becomes slightly squeeze
Time:
No time bar, do as per your desire.
Benefits:
- Enhance your digestion power.
- Blood becomes purified.
- Remove anxiety and depression.
- Improve mood and mental health.
- Remove hearth-related issues.
- Boost memory power and concentration.
- Very helpful in mental illness, hyperactive people.
- Helpful for insomnia.
- Remove Rheumatoid Arthritis.
- Remove Tuberculosis disease.
- Remove fever.
- Very helpful for students.
- Very helpful in bronchitis.
- Reduce cough from the throat.
Caution.:
- Do not perform this method very fast.
- Do not perform when you are feeling tired.
- Do not perform those who are suffering from health disease.
FAQs.:
Q1: Who can do Pranayama?
Ans: Anyone can do Pranayama from 18 age to 99 years of age provided
- A person not suffering from any health-related issues does not perform
- Pregnant ladies are not to perform pranayama or take advice from a medical practitioner.
Q2: Is Pranayama beneficial for weight loss?
Ans: Yes definitely
Q3: How many times practice this Pranayama?
Ans: Ujjayi Pranayama can practice any length of time according to your capacity.
Q4.: When should practice this Pranayama?
Ans.: Any suitable time morning or evening.
Q5.: Can this Pranayama can do after the meal?
Ans.: No never perform Ujjayi Pranayama after meal.
Q6.: Is this Pranayama can do before a meal?
Ans.: Yes, you can do Ujjayi Pranayama before a meal but do a relaxing Asana like Shavasana after this Pranayama then take a meal of at least 15–20 minutes.
Q7.: Can student perform Ujjayi Pranayama?
Ans.: Yes
