Yogi Bijan said:
" Every beat of your heart is the rhythm of your soul. The voice of your soul is your breath."
“If there is anything Divine in you, it is your breath.” – Yogi Bhajan
Ujjayi
Ujjayi is often called the "sounding" breath or "ocean sounding" breath, and somewhat irreverently as the "Darth Vader" breath. It involves constricting the back of the throat while breathing to create an "ah" sound -- thus the various "sounding" names.This is our default pranayama in class.
Dirgha Pranayama Known as the "complete" or "three-part" breath, dirgha pranayama teaches how to fill the three chambers of the lungs, beginning with the lower lungs, then moving up through the thoracic region and into the clavicular region.
Long Deep Breathing – You can use Long Deep Breathing as a guided meditation for many aspects of self-healing. Choose your own list of qualities to meditate on and consciously receive and accept whatever concept you choose with each inhalation. Then release, or let go of that opposite quality with each exhalation. For example:
INHALE EXHALE
Health disease
strength weakness
energy fatigue
faith fear
peace tension
It seems so simple, but believe me, it works! You already have that infinite creative flow of eternal power within you. This is one way to use it. Keep remembering that breath is life, and therefore breath can rejuvenate and regenerate.
And then there’s the beast, the game-changer, the most healing and transformative breath of all – Breath of Fire, called "Agni Pran" in Kundalini yoga!
Kapalabhati Breathing :