Ujjayi Pranayama

Let’s talk about Ujjayi Pranayama, Ujjayi comes from Sanskrit and means victory, so it can be translated as the victory breathing technique. This Pranayama has many health benefits and is very easy to do.

To see a demonstration, watch the video below from our Ayurveda expert!

Step-by-step

Lower your head, trying to touch your chin to your chest. In this position, notice that your throat feels a little closed. We will close it, causing a similar sensation in this Pranayama during breathing.

1. Sit with your spine and neck erect;
2. Inhale through the nose;
3. Exhale all the air through your nose;
4. Focus on contracting and closing your throat and inhale through your nose, forcing the air down your throat. The passage of air through the contracted throat makes a sound, but if you don’t hear the sound, that’s okay, with practice it will happen;
5. Exhale through your nose again, contracting your throat, the same noise happens here;

Repeat 7 to 10 times.

At first, you shouldn’t notice much, but over time practicing Ujjayi Pranayama, you will feel a lot in the throat area.

Benefits

Ujjayi Pranayama brings several benefits, especially in the throat area:

• Purifies the entire body;
• Relaxes the nervous system;
• Increases lung capacity;
• Benefits people who suffer from throat problems, they improve a lot when they practice constantly;
• Improves thyroid problems with this practice;
• Prevents thyroid problems, which is very important for those who have a family history of thyroid problems.

Read also our articles on hashimoto’s thyroiditis and hyperthyroidism.

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