What makes Viniyoga a breath centered practice is the way we focus on breath as as origin of movement. In āsana, the bones or the structure of the body that we should care about the most is the spine. In fact, one of the most important ways of categorizing āsana is based on the movement of the spine, the way that the process of the āsana affects the movement of the spine, how all other parts: shoulders, hips, knees, etc. are affected by the position of the are affected by the position of the spine, and many other factors. An especially important part of this classification is how the breath supports the movement of the spine.

When we look at the relationship between breathing and movement, what we see and experience as yoga practitioners is that, more than the movement aiding the breath, it's actually that the breath is the origin and instigator of physical movement.

Join Chase for weekly classes on Wednesdays with Yoga for Meditation or free live class on Thursdays with 15-Minute Breathing & Meditation. Find these classes at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/ Chase Bossart, Yoga Well's Executive Director, clarifies the foundational physiological understanding of yoga and how this relates to prāṇāyāma practices including concepts, applications, and tools in our program, Advanced Viniyoga Applications: Prāṇāyāma - Breathing in Viniyoga. Learn more at https://courses.yogawell.com/advanced-viniyoga-applications-2