Into yokuqala esiyenzayo lapho sifika kulo mhlaba ukuphefumula. Eyokugcina iwukukhipha umoya. Konke okunye kuwela ndawana thize phakathi, nakuba kubonakala kubaluleke kakhulu. Lesi senzo esiyinhloko somsebenzi womuntu sibizwa ngokuthi ukuphefumula, okuhambisana nathi kuyo yonke indlela yethu yokuphila. Sima kangaki ukuze sibuke umoya wethu? Ubuwazi yini ukuthi ngokulungisa ukuphefumula kwethu, sivula indlela eya empilweni yemvelo, ilungelo esinikezwa lona kusukela ngesikhathi sokuzalwa. Ukuzivikela okuqinile, ingqondo ezolile futhi ecacile - lokhu kungafezwa ngokwenza imikhuba yokuphefumula njalo. Akekho umuntu emhlabeni ongakwazi ukuphefumula. Phela, le nqubo iqhubeka ngokwemvelo futhi njalo, ngaphandle komzamo, akunjalo? Kodwa-ke, umkhuba wokuphefumula we-yogic ikuvumela ukuthi ulawule ukugeleza kokuphefumula, ususe amabhlogo ku (iziteshi zamandla amancane), ulethe umzimba ekulinganiseni komphefumulo nomzimba. Ukuphefumula kungumngane wethu empilweni. Umngane ongakhohlwa ukuthi yimiphi imizwa esiba nayo nganoma isiphi isikhathi ngesikhathi. Khumbula: ukuthola injabulo, ulaka, ukucasuka, ukuphefumula kuyashesha. Ngomoya ozolile nolula, ukuphefumula kuyalingana. Igama elithi “pranayama” liqukethe amagama amabili - prana (amandla abalulekile) kanye ne-yama (stop). Ngosizo lwamasu e-Pranayama, umzimba ugcwaliswa ngenani elikhulu lamandla abalulekile, asenza sibe sihle futhi sibe namandla. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izinga eliphansi le-prana emzimbeni lingabangela ukwanda kokukhathazeka nokucindezeleka. Ukutadisha okuzimele kwesiyalo sokuphefumula i-Pranayama akunconywa. Ngokusho kwe-Ayurveda, kuya ngokungalingani kwe-doshas, kuyadingeka ukwenza izivivinyo ezahlukene zokuphefumula.
Nazi ezinye izibonelo: 1. Vula amakhala akho abe banzi ngangokunokwenzeka. Phefumula ngaphakathi nangaphandle ngokushesha ngawo womabili amakhala ngokushesha okukhulu futhi izikhathi eziningi ngangokunokwenzeka. 2. Sebenzisa umunwe wakho ophakathi nendawo ukuvala ikhala lesobunxele, donsa umoya bese uwukhipha ngokushesha kwesokudla. 3. Vala ikhala elingakwesokudla, phefumula kwesokunxele. Bese uvala ngokushesha ikhala lesobunxele, exhale kwesokudla. Qhubeka ushintshana.