Yesh Breath

This breath features a very light and rapid breath through the nose. Like kapalabhati, it emphasizes the exhalation but retains a bit of active inhalation as well. Jiggly bits get jingled by jumping …

I think of the arm wrap as providing a hug to the thyroid, like a mudra. The movement of the arms facilitates fascial flossing and a simple, juicy stretch. The eagle wrap offers a quick fix and a lit…

We are complex creatures aren’t we? Even the autonomic nervous system is in on the seemingly unending paradox of living while dying at the same time. Its two aspects work in opposition to each other:…

It's hot. I'd prefer to be… not. This breath comes in over the tongue and goes out through the nose, which makes it feel cooling and relaxing. Put the breath on an equal count to give the mind someth…

Raise your arms to 60 degrees with the palms facing up like cups. Connect the thumbs to the ring fingers with the lightest possible contact. Begin by pumping the breath out through the nose, pulling …

This practice is subtle: both invisible and inaudible. Its imagery extends the sense of skin into the lungs and the feeling of lungs into the skin. The billowing body becomes soft and sensitive, unfu…

There are five necks in the body: the wrists, the ankles, the neck. Necks are narrows, they are bends in the river. It is at riverbends collect detritus. Use the easy alchemy of breathe to let soft s…

Like a wild horse, the breath can be unpredictable, powerful, alert. To cultivate the experience of being both horse and rider requires intimacy without manipulation. But first, we construct a stable…

A dominant attribute of our attention economy is overwhelm. Too multiply connected, hyperlinked, we drown in conversational currents and social circuits. Overwhelm leads to more overwhelm, stimulatio…