Standing Deep Breathing
Pranayama (Bikram)
Breathwork
Beginner
Standing Deep Breathing, Pranayama (Bikram), is a beginner breath practice. Warms lungs, opens the chest, focuses.
How to cue it
- Interlace hands under the chin
- Inhale to lift elbows, exhale to drop the head back
At a glance
- Drishti
- Up / forwardWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Pranayama
- Level
- Beginner
- Chakra
- Throat (Vishuddha)
Take care
Neck, dizziness.
Good to know
Bikram opening 'Pranayama Series'. Generic Sanskrit.
Build your class with Standing Deep Breathing in Cue
Drop Standing Deep Breathing into a sequence, keep these cues beside it, set the timing, then teach the whole class off one screen you can read from across the room. Free to start.
Also from Cue
Printable pose cards
68 cards. 60 poses, 6 breath practices, 2 sun salutations.
- Front is the pose. Back is three cues, drishti, benefits and counter poses.
- Made to test yourself on, for teacher training or your own study.
- Lay them out to build a class, then keep it in Cue.
Instant download. Print at home on cardstock, cut and go.