​OM Fitness & Yoga Practices

• Bhastrika Pranayama Meditation
• Prana Mudra Practice​
• Nadi Shodhana Pranayama​​

• Simple Hip Opening Practice
• Social Media Tips & Tricks
• Surya Namaskar A - Beginner​​​​

• Exercise Snippets
• Words of Wisdom

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Bhastrika Pranayama Meditation
(Bellows Breathing Meditation)

Sit comfortably on the floor or in a chair with the back free and the chest lifted. You can sit with the hands in a comfortable position or in Prana Mudra (aids in moving the breath and life force through the body - see details on position below).

The video runs 5 minutes and 30 seconds and contains three cycle of the breathing each being 21 breaths.  The breath is a pumping in and out of the belly to create a bellows effect in the abdomen.  If you find it challenging to do all 21 to start, simply do as many as you can and build up to the 21 from there.

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Prana Mudra

Form 1:  In each hand, with a light touch, bring the tip of the thumb to the tip of the ring and pinkie fingers together.  Extend the index and middle fingers out long and together.  

Form 2:  Do as in Form 1, but wrap thumb over finger nails of the ring and pinkie finger.  This form, in addition to the benefits listed below,  helps balance the two hemispheres of the brain to function more in unison with each other.

Prana Mudra energizes our root chakra and our pelvic area.  It helps ground us and increases vitality, helps reduce fatigue and nervousness and can improve vision.  It also helps digestion, assimilation and elimination, as well as, improve concentration and will power.

Prana Mudra can be done anywhere, at any time, and in any position to gain its benefits.  When practicing, lift the perineum and contract the anus lightly.  Keep the ribs and chest relaxed and the breath slow and smooth.  Mudra can be held for 5 - 45 minutes.

Combined with the Bhastrika Pranayama Meditation, Prana Mudra helps us be more stabilized and calm.

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Surya Namaskar A

This video runs just under 7 minutes and moves through 3 cycles of Surya Namaskar A.  I am teaching the flow as a beginner variation with the knees on the ground, but feel free to hold plank and lower down to a full Chaturanga Dandasana and then into Urdhva Mukha Svanasana if your practice is more advanced.

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Simple Open Hip Practice

This is a simple 15 minute practice to help open up the hips.

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Nadi Shodhana Pranayama
Alternate Nostril Breathing / Energy Channel Balancing

Nadi means 'channel', relates to the energy channels in the body.  Shodhana means 'purification'.  So this practice is about purifying the energy channels in our body.

Vishnu Mudra
This mudra, "gesture or seal", is in honor or receiving the blessings of the universal consciousness and is named in honor of the Hindu deity, Vishnu.  

We perform the mudra using the right hand by extending the thumb, ring and pinkie fingers away from each other while curling the index and middle fingers in to the palm of the hand.


​How to Do the Practice
In a comfortable seated position, let the left hand rest on your left leg/knee, in the right hand use the Vishnu Mudra position to facilitate the closing and opening of the nostrils.


- Using the thumb of the right hand, gently close the right nostril and inhale gentle through the left side.
- After the inhale, close the left nostril with the ring finger, release the hold with the thumb and exhale through the right nostril.
- Inhale through the right nostril, after inhalation, close the right nostril with the thumb, release the hold on the left nostril and exhale through left nostril.

This is one full cycle.  You can repeat as many time as you like.  I generally recommend 3-5 times in a single practice.  

finger position for Nadi Shodhana

Vishnu Mudra