It’s All in the Breath

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2011

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Tami Simon speaks with Leslie Kaminoff, a yoga educator with more than 30 years of experience in the fields of yoga and breath anatomy. He is the founder of The Breathing Project in New York City, a non-profit dedicated to teaching breath-centered yoga. Leslie is the coauthor of Yoga Anatomy, and with Sounds True, a program called Freeing the Breath: Health, Clarity, and Relaxation Through Better Breathing. In this episode, Tami speaks with Leslie about the most common misconceptions about better breathing, how to experience a "breath koan," the relationship between the motions of the breath, and what it feels like in the whole body to take one beautiful breath. (62 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.3	For those seeking genuine transformation, sounds true dot com is your trusted partner
0:09.7	on the spiritual journey, offering diverse in-depth and life-changing wisdom.
0:16.8	Many Voices, one journey. Sounds true.com. com.
0:23.0	You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
0:29.0	You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
0:31.0	Today my guest is Leslie Kamenoff. Leslie is a yoga educator with more
0:35.8	than 30 years experience in the fields of yoga and breath anatomy. He's the founder of The
0:42.2	Breathing Project, a New York City nonprofit dedicated to teaching
0:46.6	the principles of individualized breath-centered yoga. Leslie Kamenoff is the co-author of Yoga Anatomy and with sounds true a program
0:57.6	called Freeing the Breath, Health, Relaxation, and Clarity through through better breathing, where he helps listeners become
1:06.0	liberated from dysfunctional breathing patterns and opens them to new levels of health and
1:12.3	well-being. In this episode of Insights at the Edge,
1:17.0	Leslie and I spoke about various misconceptions about better breathing.
1:27.0	Surrender and what it might feel like to be breathed. We talked about a breath coon and the power of attending to the exhale and allowing the inhale to take care of itself.
1:37.0	Finally, we talked about the relationship between emotions and the breath and what it feels like in the body to take a beautiful
1:46.0	breath. Here's my conversation it's all in the breath with Leslie Kam're an expert on breathing and what I'm curious about to begin is
2:00.0	somebody comes to you and they say, I know I could have better health if my breathing
2:07.0	was better. I feel it. I can sense that I'm tense sometimes, that sometimes my breathing is shallow. I don't have a lot of time to work on this to make
2:16.2	any big changes in my life, but help me. What would you suggest?
2:20.3	Okay, well first of all, the word expert is kind of a scary word, you know, I'm very interested in breathing in its relationship to health and well-being and also the specifics of yoga practice and how it affects the
2:36.5	mechanics of what we're trying to do in yoga.
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