HOW DOES CONTROLLED BREATHING HELP US?
Once breathing is controlled using the ujjayi pranayama techniques, the yogi or the practitioner can have the power to mange the other important mechanisms that make the body tick. This is because breathing is at the base of all functions of the body. Without breathing, we cannot get the oxygen needed to carry on these functions. Without breathing, we cannot exhale the toxic gases that the body produces while doing these multifarious jobs. These work include moving the organs, producing the enzymes from certain glands as well as the acids for breaking up of the food, bringing out or extracting the vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients from the consumed meal, taking the nutrients to the different parts of the body including the cells and finally pushing out the waste or toxic materials as urine, sweat or stool produced within the body when these jobs are being carried out. Mentionably, the body can carry out its innumerable jobs only when it gets the input (read food). The foodstuffs
