- Kathy Unger
You Want to Change Your Life? Change the Way you Breathe!

YES!! It is that simple.
During my first #Kundalini #Yoga class in 2007 my teacher Rainer Perry (Randhir) spoke those words of wisdom and it resonated so deeply inside of me it has changed my life for the better.
“If you want to change your life…. Change the way you breathe.”
Even though I didn’t know the #science behind it – it made perfect sense on so many levels.
After becoming a #Kundalini #Yoga teacher and researching and learning more about breath work – here is a simplified answer:
Every breath you take into your body is recording your physical, mental and emotional state.
When you change the way you breathe the recording changes. The messages you’re constantly sending to your #brain and #body through your #subconscious are changed.
Your #electromagnetic #frequency changes. Your #energy changes. Your thought patterns change.
Your breath is the language of the body. It serves as an interpreter. Your breathe translates what you want to happen and then delivers those messages to your brain and nervous system to bring about the desired #change.
Here are some easy and effective breathing techniques to change your life:
ANXIETY
Long Deep Breathing
Make your inhale expansive filling your lower abdomen, belly and chest
HOLD your breath for 1-2 seconds
Slowly exhale through the nose making the exhale longer than the inhale
For advanced meditators you can: Inhale for 20 seconds / Hold for 20 seconds / Exhale for 20 seconds
ANGER
Sitali Breath
Stick your tongue out and curl the tongue. Inhale and sip the air in through the curled tongue - long and deep for at least 3-5 seconds
Close your mouth
HOLD your breath – let the breathe circulate for 1-2 seconds
Exhale through the nose
DEPRESSION
Breath of Fire *** DO NOT DO BREATHE OF FIRE IF PREGNANT OR MENSTRUATING***
Quick and equal inhale and exhale through the nose with the mouth closed
Should be 2-3 breaths per second
Pump your navel while breathing (out on inhale / inward on exhale)
INCREASE ENERGY Breath of Fire *** DO NOT DO BREATHE OF FIRE IF PREGNANT OR MENSTRUATING***
Quick and equal inhale and exhale through the nose with the mouth closed
Should be 2-3 breaths per second
Pump your navel while breathing (out on inhale / inward on exhale)
CALM NERVOUS SYSTEM & BALANCE BRAIN HEMISPHERES Alternate Nose Breathing
Take your thumb and close off the right nostril
Deeply inhale through the left nostril
Hold for 1-2 seconds as you gently close the left nostril with your pinky finger
Exhale through the right nostril
Inhale through right nostril with left nostril closed with pinky finger
Hold for 1-2 seconds as you gently close off right nostril
Exhale through left nostril
REPEAT
CALMNESS / SENSITIVITY / EMPATHY / SYNTHESIS
Breathe through LEFT NOSTRIL ONLY
Close off the right nostril with thumb
Deeply inhale
HOLD 1-2 seconds
Gently exhale
VIGOR / ALERTNESS / WILL POWER / CONCENTRATION / READINESS FOR ACTION
Breathe through RIGHT NOSTRIL ONLY
Close off the left nostril with pinky finger
Deeply inhale
HOLD 1-2 seconds
Gently exhale

SEGMENTED BREATHING TECHNIQUES:
HEALING / ENERGIZING / UPLIFTING Inhale through nose with mouth closed
4 quick sniffs on inhale
HOLD 1-2 seconds
Exhale 1 long breath
HOLD breath out for 1-2 seconds
CLARITY / ALERTNESS / TRIGGERING GLANDS
Inhale through nose with mouth closed
4 quick sniffs on inhale
HOLD 1-2 seconds
Exhale gently 4 parts out
HOLD breath out for 1-2 seconds
FOCUSING / ENERGIZING
Inhale through nose with mouth closed
8 quick sniffs on inhale
HOLD 1-2 seconds
Exhale gently 4 parts out
HOLD breath out for 1-2 seconds
CALMING / UNBLOCKING / LETTING GO
Inhale through nose with mouth closed
4 quick sniffs on inhale
HOLD 1-2 seconds
Exhale gently 8 parts out
HOLD breath out for 1-2 seconds
Benefits of conscious breathing and meditation:
3 Minutes – positively effects the circulation of blood
11 minutes – positively effects the nervous system and glandular system
22 minutes – balances negative, positive and neutral minds
31 minutes – triggers glands, breath and concentration affects all the cells and rhythms of the body and deeply affects all the layers of the mind
62 minutes – positive pattern of the meditation to the brain brings positive effects to nervous system on a deep long lasting level
2 ½ hours – subconscious mind will dump negative impressions and align with an expansive and uplifting experience of your core spiritual identity
Hope this helped.
Please leave comments below – would love to know how it has changed your life.