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Pranic alignment

Alison Anandi · 2:34

pranayama meditation asana

In this practice

Key teachings

Pranic alignment through conscious breathing
Utilizing vayu energy for physical and subtle body alignment
Listening to the body's internal messages
Breath as a tool for effortless self-realignment

Ideal for

Practitioners interested in breathwork and pranayama
Individuals seeking deeper alignment beyond physical adjustments
Those exploring subtle energy and vayu systems
Yoga teachers and advanced students

Lesson

Instructions

My recent book, Teaching Breathwork: Yoga Teachers Guide is the result of an inner exploration of breathwork over 20 years.

Breath, the silent teacher, whispers wisdom with each ebb and flow.

My second book, a love letter to yoga teachers, unfolds the inner poetry of pranayama. Years of practice have taught me that revelation never ceases - each inhale brings new understanding, each exhale releases deeper truths.

To my fellow guides on this journey: slow down, listen, watch, and feel. The breath speaks a language all its own, rich with insights waiting to be discovered.

Let us attune ourselves to this ancient rhythm, this dance of life within. For in the space between breaths, we find the essence of our practice and ourselves

Get the book on the link below.

Steps

Tadasana (Mountain Pose) with Namaskar Mudra
Ujjayi breath for subtle energy manipulation
Exhaling into specific vayu points (Samana, Prana, Dhana) for alignment
Mindful exploration of gravitational balance

Benefits

Improved physical posture and alignment
Deep sense of inner peace and balance
Reduced gravitational imbalances and physical effort
Enhanced body awareness and proprioception
Subtle energy realignment

Hatha Mudra Prana Mindfulness Pranic Alignment Ama Pranayama

Transcript

pic alignment what can that actually mean well one of the things I was exploring in my book was literally standing in tasan in namaskar mudra and working at stacking my feet my hips my chest and my head like completely chronically aligned and stacked on top of each other and what I was doing as I was using the vu to to do all that so I was using sanava which is the balancing inward drawing energy uh to align the hips and what I did is I exhaled into that point which you'll find in my book that's a bit of a long story to do here but anyway exhaling into that point and it's like my hips just stacked over my feet and then I took another few gentle UI breaths and then I exhaled into the pravi point which is just at the sternum and then my chest seemed to sort of like align itself over my hips then I took another couple of breaths gentle UI breaths and then I exhaled into the Donna point which is this throat area which is the creative force and it's like my next slightly lengthened and my head just balanced itself over these other parts of my body and as I stood there it felt like I was suspended in space and what I mean by that is that there was no gravitational imbalances like nothing pulling me out forwards nothing pulling me back my whole body was at so much peace and all that was literally done by just standing and waiting and exploring and listening to the messages of the Vu and how the Vu and the energy of the vus actually realigns the body so it's not something that you actually do intellectually it's something that the breath assists you to do is to be completely aligned over your feet with no effort whatsoever it's revolutionary

Practice summary

Level: intermediate
Duration: 8 minutes
Equipment: yoga mat
Target areas: full body alignmentspinehipschestheadsubtle energy body
Energy: balancing

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