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Guide to Ujjayi Breathing & Ashtanga Pranayama Seq
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Be sure to adopt a position that enables you to sit tall with the head, torso, and hips in a true vertical line so that you can illuminate shushumna nadi through your study of breathing. The vertical axis can be thought of a spanning from the crown of the head down to the center of the pelvic floor and also upward from the pelvic floor to the crown.
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