How To Do Basic "Breath of Fire":

• To practice this breathing exercise sit up in a comfortable position.
• Elongate your spine upwards, lengthen your neck and subtly bring your chin back and in like a soldier at attention. This will align the spine with the back of your head.
• Close your eyes.
• Rest your hands in any comfortable position.
• Relax your stomach muscles.
• Now begin to breathe rapidly through the nose with equal emphasis on the inhalation and exhalation. It will be like very fast sniffing. Keep the breath shallow, just at the tip of the nose.
• Proceed at a comfortable pace and establish a steady rhythm. You will find the stomach pulses on its own in rhythm to the breath.
• Build up the pace and power with which you do the breathing.

• Build up the time for this pranayama to 11 minutes.