{"id":127,"date":"2009-05-12T15:37:22","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T20:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/?p=127"},"modified":"2009-05-12T15:39:41","modified_gmt":"2009-05-12T20:39:41","slug":"cooling-breath-for-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"Cooling Breath for Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"P173\" style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span id=\"span186\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Pranayama<\/span><br id=\"BR175\" \/>Shitali is a cooling pranayama or breathing exercise that is effective in reducing excess heat in the body. Shitali also helps dispel emotions of anger and frustration. It is a practice that brings tranquility and contentment to the mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"ul188\" style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\n<li id=\"li189\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Sit comfortably, with spine long and in alignment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"li191\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Curl the sides of the tongue up so that they touch each other.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"li193\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Close the lips around the tongue, forming a circle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"li195\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Begin to slowing inhale air through the &#8220;straw&#8221; which is the tongue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"li197\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">At the top of the inhalation, release the tongue and close the mouth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"li199\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Exhale out through the nose.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"li201\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Continue for up to 10 rounds of breath.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"li203\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Sit calmly and notice the cooling effect of this pranayama.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PranayamaShitali is a cooling pranayama or breathing exercise that is effective in reducing excess heat in the body. Shitali also helps dispel emotions of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}