I realized that all my life I have taken small shallow breaths. I learned the technique of ujjayi breath (which in Sanskrit ...

Repeat for five to 10 breaths. Ujjayi pranayama is also known as yogic breathing. This breath is typically used when practicing yoga poses. To practice ujjayi: Inhale slowly through your nose.

But yoga mostly makes me… uncomfortable. From the hissing ujjayi breath to the groin-punishing poses to the inscrutable, translated-from-Elvish instructions ("release any stale energy and breath ...