Central Channel Breathing
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- In the Pantry today... Join Tash for this breathing exercise to reduce stress in your body, calm the mind and connect you to your centre. Become grounded, more present and energise your body with this breathing practice. This breath technique was created by Dr Sue Morter, check out her book The Energy Codes for more information.
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Greetings, Tash! Thank you SO much for sharing this practice! Great instruction, I just have one question! On the final exercise where we're putting all the locks and the breathing up and down together, are we ever releasing the locks? Or are you holding the locks the entire time as you're breathing up and down? Thanks so much
Hi Joanna, in the final practice we are holding them all the way through and each breath pass can serve as a reminder to keep them on, however, to start with you can practice just holding (drawing up) on the exhale, or just holding on the inhale. Or holding for one cycle and releasing for the next. There's really no absolute, do what you are able to in the moment and just enjoy the flow of breath. Eventually, the locks will become more natural and you won't need to focus on them as much.
Thank you for putting this together. It's a great complimentary video to The Energy Codes.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I'm a visual learner and this is so helpful to me.
Thank you thank you thank you! I'm loving that book, but I couldn't quite understand how everything worked together. Now I feel so much more confident in my practice. This book is helping me with anxiety, and I'm so glad to have found your channel! I've saved about a dozen of your videos and can't wait to do more!
Yay your comment has made my day. I'm so glad these videos have been useful :) 😍
Thank you so much for doing that! I wouldn’t have understood the exercise from the book without your demonstration! You made it really clear and easy to understand
Thank you so much for this beautiful video! Loved your red pants root connection♥️ and setting was lush. On severe lockdown and hearing natural sounds from outside was LOVELY..
I loved how you stopped saying how difficult it is bad stopped using the word try, they fire not so useful neurology when learning something new in my experience.
Thanks a lot again,v v helpful.
What a great video! Thank you so much! I read this in the book but it was hard to learn from just words on a page - your instruction, tips and encouragement meant that I can actually feel it and understand it. Thank you, again!
Yay I'm so glad :)
I agree! Great video because it gave me a deeper feeling sense of each area as I’m learning the Energy Codes.
Thank you so much. Your informations are powerful. You are a wonderful teacher ❤️ 💕 ♥️
Thank you so much! I appreciate the lovely feedback :)
Thank you!! I am studying Sue's Book. This helps make it a little easier
Awesome enjoy your journey through the enenrgy codes
Thank you Sweetie, the "cuddle" really helped me imagine and visualize.
Thank you so much for this! So useful. Do you tighten your locks the whole time while breathing in and out, or do you soften as you exhale and then tighten again as you inhale? Thank you
Hi, ideally you would hold the locks the whole way through the breath practice, however, to start with you can practice just holding (drawing up) on the exhale, or just holding on the inhale. Or holding for one cycle and releasing for the next. There's really no absolute, do what you are able to in the moment and just enjoy the flow of breath. Eventually, the locks will become more natural and you won't need to focus on them as much.
thanks so much for the vid...quick question though, ive only started sue's program but she says everything the same as you, except she has you breathe in from above to the belly/muhla bonde lock then exhale to the earth, then reverse...not to the heart lock, which in trying it your way seems more difficult,,is that part when you get to more advanced central channel breathing? Also it was kind of confusing when you explained the mula bonde,were you saying it involves all 3 of areas you have us squeeze in...the anal, the genital and the perennium? it sounds like you are trying to get us to isolate the perennium, but the lock is yoga is an anal lock? and sue describes it as a keigel, whoch would involve all 3...thanks
Hi thanks for your questions. There is no heart lock it's just a focal point to take the breath to, you can take it to the belly or the heart or just breath it straight through.
The mulabandha is the root chakra lock (Muladhara is the root chakra Mula=root and bandha=lock or bind) and centred in the perineum which is between the anus and genitals also sometimes referred to as the taint.
In the yogic practice there are other forms of contraction for the anus (ashwini mudra) and genitals (vajroli mudra) but not used in this breath practice.
You are correct I am trying to get you to eventually find the place between the anus and genitals, this is where the transverse perineal muscles sit and those are what we are drawing up. Initially though you can just draw everything up until you get used to distinguishing between the three areas.
It is more subtle than a kegel, but that is probably the easiest way for Sue to describe it without going into a lot of detail and overwhelming everyone.
I hope that helps clear things up, please feel free to ask any other question you may have :)
I love you so much for this
This was awesome!!! Thank you! Im reading Sue Morter’s book (energy codes) and didn’t understand this. You explained it beautifully! Thank you
You are so welcome!
Thank you this has been so helpful
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this! 🙏🏾😊
Hi...Do we have to perform moola bandha while breathing in and imagining breath being coming above head...And while breathing out do we have to hold the moola bandha
Hi Shalini, you don't have to use mulabandha at all or you can hold it for the entire duration of the breathing practice. It gets easier with practice. But initially, I'd suggest you just try to hold it as you breathe out and up, then you can add it to the downward breath and eventually to the inhale too. Dr Sue recommends that you maintain it all the way through if you can.
In this central Channel breathing - is there any relaxation of the bandas in between or should they all be tightened all the time through the breathing?
Hi Eva, you can choose to release them either on the in or out-breath, or you can hold them the entire time, the trick is to learn how to hold them without it being a "tightness" It's more a gently drawing up of the energy. Dr Sue loves her Moolabandha and does recommend you hold it for the entire time but I'd let your body guide you to see where it's at and how familiar it is with the bandhas. You can totally do the breath without any bandhas too.
This was amazing, thank you!
Thank you Aussie!
Thank you. When you exhale to the ground, should you be releasing the mulha bhanda or keeping it locked?
Hi Lesley, keep it locked if you can, you can use each exhale to ensure the bandha is still there. Dr Sue talks about keeping the bandha through the whole breathing sequence. But feel free to play around with it, you can practice engaging it on one breath cycle and releasing for the next or engaging on exhale and releasing on inhale and vice versa, this will help you build up a solid knowledge of the bandhas and create strong muscle memory in your body so it becomes something gentle and more of an upward intuitive feeling rather than a strong internal holding. I'd suggest also practising breathing down into the perineum for 5 to 10 breaths after you're done with the central channel breathing practice to relax any tense muscles that may still be holding on, this also gives you an added grounding sensation and ensures you don't inadvertently create issues with your pelvic floor.
The Yoga Pantry. Thank you that is really helpful advise. I think I am getting it, but breating into the perineum to relax the muscles after practising seems like a good idea. Great channel by the way.
Thank you. Keep on working at it and soon it will be second nature :)
Thank you for this!
Glad it was helpful!
I just started reading The Energy Codes and found your video. So helpful thank you very much! ❤️
Thank you.
No one else has described how to do that particular Pranayama in the videos I have found until yours. I'm new but not new. Many years I squandered searching all the ways that were of no service to me. But these last couple years I have learned much thru good folks like you. But you gave me a much clearer understanding of what and how to use the, what I called The 3 Lock Box. But you introduced a 4th lock. I'm like wow. Your love, energy, experience, and instruction is greatly appreciated. Thank you for this piece of the puzzle