Pranayama Breathwork, Stress, and Anti-Aging

Once you’ve breathed and braced your way through your dose of heavy squats above, we can now focus on a more relaxed, calming breath – Pranayama Breathwork.

In a yoga sense, “pranayama” is breathing, and breathing is life. The word literally translates to the “control of life force.” Even outside the practice of yoga or meditation, breathing techniques have been known to reduce stress, assist in digestion, improve the quality of a regenerative sleep, and it even possesses certain anti-aging qualities.

In the above article, 4 Pranayama Techniques Worth Practicing, the author takes us through nostril breathing, skull-shining breath, victorious breath, and cooling breath – we feel more relaxed already.