During certain movements while performing Asanas, the breath gets held. Is it necessary to breathe normally throughout and in all the postures?
Yes. We should breathe normally throughout. If the breath is held, there is a higher expenditure of body energy. A certain amount of body rigidity is also produced. This comes in the way of relaxation. The process of holding the breath also disturbs the principal features of an Asana such as stability, naturalness, pleasurability, etc. with normal breathing, efforts will be minimised while performing as Asana and that will give pleasure and stability. An Asana is a still posture, and so with practice your breathing gets slower and the breathing span gets lengthened. Thereby the objective of performing Asana is achieved. The weakness of certain muscles and their disuse results in a desire to hold the breath during their movements. If the leading practices are mastered before performing the traditional Asana itself, the tendency to hold the breath will go.
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