Breath is life
Breathing is fundamental to life. One can live without food and water for several days, but cannot survive if breathing stops for even a few minutes.
9/19/20241 min read
According to yogic philosophy, we are alive because the cosmic energy from the Universe flows into the body through the breath, which is the life energy force or as called in yoga, Prana.
From a medical point of view, the most important component of breath is oxygen. Due to stress and negative mental states, breathing becomes shallow and irregular. We tend to hold our breath whenever the mind is upset. This leads to accumulation carbon dioxide in the blood which triggers anxiety, stress and emotional reactions.