Ujjayi (Victorious Breath or Ocean Breath)

Heat is created in the body with the practice of ‘Ujjayi’ Pranayama. So it is advisable to practice it in winter.

Procedure for Ujjayi (Victorious Breath or Ocean Breath):

• Sit in the position of Padmasana or Siddhasana.
• Close the mouth.
• Contract the lower part of the tongue and the glottis and inhale rapidly and deeply through both the nostrils and fill the lungs up to the brim.
• Then practice Kumbhaka for as much time as possible.
• Then close the right nostril with the right thumb and slowly exhale through the left nostril.
• While inhaling, expand the thoracic cage.
• This makes a faint sobbing sound as the glottis is half-closed.

Advantages of Ujjayi (Victorious Breath or Ocean Breath):

• This Pranayama reduces the heat of the head and cures asthma, tuberculosis and diseases of the lungs.
• It kindles the gastric fire and activates the digestive system, the respiratory system and the nervous system.

Therapeutics

• Tuberculosis
• Asthma
• Respiratory disease
• Digestive disorder