Then we can move to the next step and try to
make out exhalation a bit longer. And again at
least 3 months of practice.
When our exhalation is twice as long as the
inhalation, we can try breath retention
between inhalation and exhalation. Then
again, we need to take time to grow the length
of breath retention.
And the final step is breath retention between
exhalation and inhalation. As you can see, it’s
quite a long process. It trains not only your
lungs, but also your nervous system, and it
changes your breathing habits.
I’ve seen many times how Alternate Breathing
is performed on group classes when students
need to breathe out twice longer than they
breathe in and when they need to make breath
retention in between both inhalation/
exhalation and exhalation/inhalation.
Personally, I never repeat after the teacher
once I see this approach.
Why? Because my body is not ready for this
exercise. Instead of getting relaxed after
practice, I get too much tension.