{"id":45,"date":"2009-01-21T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/?p=45"},"modified":"2009-01-19T20:55:39","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T01:55:39","slug":"shining-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"Shining Head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Exercises posted to the &#8220;Try This!&#8221; section are for you to try at home. <\/em><br \/>\nThe shining head breathing exercise will give you a quick energy boost and help clear your mind.<\/p>\n<p>1. Stand erect or sit on your heels.  Lean your trunk forward and place your hands on your thighs.<\/p>\n<p>2. Breathe in gently through the nose, then breathe out quickly and forcefully, pulling in your abdominal muscles strongly as you do so.  Breathe in and out in this way 10-12 times, concentrating on expelling through the nose all of the impurities your body has been breathing in.<\/p>\n<p>3. Stop if you feel giddy; close your eyes and breathe normally until the feeling has passed.  Perform step 2 once on the first occasion, but work cautiously up to repeating the exercise two or three times in a session for the greatest therapeutic value.<\/p>\n<p><em>* Note: If you have high blood pressure or respiratory problems such as bronchitis, asthma or emphysema, consult your doctor before attempting this exercise.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This exercise is from <em>Yoga: A Basic Guide<\/em>, by Howard Kent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exercises posted to the &#8220;Try This!&#8221; section are for you to try at home. The shining head breathing exercise will give you a quick&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48,"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}