The Breathing Wave: Yoga as Energy Medicine

April 19th, 2017

By Parvati Devi

Guest writer for Wake Up World

Deepening your awareness of your breath is a vital key to unlock the alchemical power of Hatha Yoga. The breath is like a bridge to your inner and outer worlds. When you focus on its flow, your breath will gently, yet powerfully, dissolve any notions of being separate. Awareness of the breath will bring you to rest in a field of profound unity with all that is.

When the body is relaxed and healthy, its various rhythms (cardiovascular, craniosacral, respiratory, etc.) flow in a synchronous dance within the whole. Inherently linked to these body patterns, the breath rises and falls in response to a pulse of energy that moves through your spine.

In a previous article, I explored the presence of a wave of energy that exists in the spine. The awareness of this energy is at the core of my work in Yoga as Energy Medicine (YEM). By understanding it, your yoga poses – and ultimately your life – will effortlessly flower from deep within.

This energy wave exists within everyone and everything. It is the pulse of life itself. (Learn more here…) Yet because we live stressful lives, fueled by habits and choices that perpetuate stress, we hold tension in our body/being. Our breath becomes shallow and tense, and our we lack vitality and ease. With age, injury and stress, the wave and our energy flow lessen. We can become rigid in body, mind and spirit, which can be the root cause of illness and distress.

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