Posts Tagged ‘ujjayi breath’

Personally, I can’t imagine I would get into a class of 10,000 people… but clearly, for at least 10,000 people this is exactly what blows their hair back.

In the spirit of the first full day of summer,  The World’s Largest Free Yoga Class in Central Park takes place in less than nine hours, beginning at 6pm, and will have the remarkable distinction of being the only yoga class to actually be visible from space. Yikes!

The class will be led by uber-instructor, Elena Brower and hosted by Reggie Watts.  Clearly, an event such as this, it’s not just the 10,000 ujjayi breaths you’ll be hearing throughout the class… the likes of Buddy Wakefield, Grammy nominee DALIEN, aka 13 Hands, WAH!, O’Nkosi Rhythms and others.

Here’s a little more info… grab your mats and jump a plane.  You’ve got only nine hours to get to New York’s Central Park to get your breath on… with only another 9,999 other people!

The foundation of yoga is in the breath…. It’s a fact that we who practice are already well aware.  But are we doing it right?

Here’s a little beginner’s guide to achieving the Ujjayi, more fully realized- read: done correctly- in your practice.