Here's how it works:

• Choose a comfortable seated or lying position. If sitting, make sure your posture is centered and your spine is erect. If you prefer to lie down, lie on your back and relax your entire body. You may want to place a neck pillow or folded towel under your neck for comfort. Place your hands on your stomach, slightly interlacing the fingers. Your palms should be over your navel.
• Close your mouth and breathe only through your nose for a few moments. Quiet your mind, and focus on your body. Begin by simply observing the natural flow your breath. Let go of any distracting thoughts and allow yourself to focus completely on the present moment.
• When you’re ready, inhale through your nose slowly and with purpose, drawing your breath deep into the lower abdomen and slowly allowing your breath to fill upward (toward the navel) and outward (away from the spine). Initially, focus only on filling the lower abdomen.
• Practice breathing with a controlled, slow breath so you feel the fingers slide slightly apart on the inhalation and back together on the exhalation. As much as you expand on your inhalation, see how much you can expel on your exhalation. You may find your fingertips sliding together a little farther than when you started. Whether they do or do not, the most important thing is to work on breathing from the diaphragm first (belly breathing). Smooth in, smooth out.
• Breathe like this 7-10 times as slowly and as deeply as you can without discomfort or forcing your breaths.
• Now slide your hands up to your ribcage. A good rule of thumb is to position your pinkies to hang over the edge of your lower set of ribs with your thumbs right below the pectorals. 
• Continue breathing, except now inhale into the belly and into the ribs. Fill the belly first before expanding to your ribs. Visualize the breath filling your body from the bottom up. First the belly, then the ribs. Feel the ribs expand in all directions – not just forward, but sideways and into your back. Once the lower abdomen has filled completely, continue the inhalation by filling the mid-torso in a similar manner. Continue to draw the breath upwards, from the navel to the ribs, allowing your breath to gently expand the diaphragm, the ribs, and your mid-section as the breath continues to rise.
• As you exhale, retrace the steps from the inhalation. Exhale starting from the ribs and then finishing off with the belly. The navel drawing in should help fully expel your air. Don’t force your breath in either direction, in or out.
•  Repeat this another 7-10 times slowly and easily. First into the belly, then into the ribs. Out from the ribs, then out from the belly.
• Now cross your hands and place them on your chest, resting the palms just above the heart center with your fingertips gently touching the collar bones. 
• Continue breathing. Start into the belly, then into the ribs, and finally into your chest. Fill up your torso with breaths from the bottom up, all the way to your fingertips. Feel your breath rise along the spine, expanding your interior in all directions.  Exhale the same way the breath came in. From the chest, through the ribs, and out of the belly. You may experience a brief, but natural pause at the top of the inhalation. If this occurs, just allow it to be there for a moment before surrendering to a long, slow exhalation. First, release the breath from the upper chest as the heart, lungs, sternum and shoulders all relax—dropping down and drawing in, toward the spine. Then, expel the breath from the mid-torso, feeling the ribs contract and the navel draw in, closer to the spine. And lastly, release the breath form the lower abdomen, feeling the belly contract and draw inward toward the spine.
• Remember to keep your spine as erect as possible. Just by following the breath from the bottom to the top, from the top to the bottom, you’ll teach yourself to be mindful of how your spinal column is stacked. Again repeat this 7-10 times.

Here’s how the Cleansing Breath works:

1. Stand or sit erect.
2. Inhale a Full Yogic Breath.
3. Hold your inhalation for a few seconds.
4. Pucker your lips as if for a whistle (without swelling out your cheeks). Then exhale just a little air through your puckered lips with considerable vigor.
5. Stop for a moment, still retaining some air, and then exhale a little more air forcefully.
6. Repeat the short bursts of forced air until all of the air in your lungs is exhaled. Remember to use considerable force to exhale the air through your lips.
7. Breath easily and normally for a few moments and then repeat steps 1-5 once or twice more. Refrain from over-using this highly energetic technique at one sitting. We recommend employing it once to three times a month, especially if you live in an environmentally unfriendly area that imposes a health risk to breathing outside air. Otherwise once a month is sufficient.

*It should also be noted that this technique isn’t recommended for those who suffer from chronic cardiac problems, hernia and spinal disorders. In addition, those who suffer from severe respiratory infections, colds and nasal obstruction should not perform this breathing and cleansing technique. Most physicians usually ask people suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes to refrain from performing this breathing technique. Those with abdominal ulcers should also avoid performing the technique. If you’re pregnant, you should not practice this type of breathing exercise until consulting with a qualified yoga instructor who has practiced this breathing technique and is familiar with it.

Here’s how the Respiratory Revitalization Breath works:

1. Stand or sit erect.
2. Breathe easily and normally for a few breaths.
3. Inhale a Full Yogic Breath (belly breath) through your nose.
4. Retain your inhalation for as long as you can comfortably.
5. Exhale vigorously and fully through your open mouth so that you empty your airways.
6. Inhale another Full Yogic Breath (belly breath) through your nose.
7. Once again retain your inhalation for as long as you can comfortably.
8. Exhale vigorously and fully again through your open mouth so you empty your airways.

Several times every other day employ the Respiratory Revitalization Breath to keep the stale air out of your respiratory system and to keep your blood oxygenated. In a couple of weeks you’ll notice the medicinal effects of this breathing technique and how it enhances your overall energy level.

Here’s how Alternate Nostril Breathing works:

1. Find a comfortable sitting position, making sure your posture is erect.
2. Relax your left palm comfortably into your lap and bring your right hand just in front of your face.
3. With your right hand, bring your pointer finger and middle finger to rest between your eyebrows, lightly using them as an anchor. The fingers you’ll be actively using are the thumb and ring finger.
4. Close your eyes and take a deep breath in and out through your nose.
5. Close your right nostril with your right thumb. Inhale through the left nostril slowly and steadily.
6. Close the left nostril with your ring finger so both nostrils are held closed; retain your breath at the top of the inhale for a brief pause.
7. Open your right nostril and release the breath slowly through the right side; pause briefly at the bottom of the exhale.
8. Inhale through the right side slowly.
9. Hold both nostrils closed (with ring finger and thumb).
10. Open your left nostril and release breath slowly through the left side. Pause briefly at the bottom.
11. Repeat 5-10 cycles, allowing your mind to follow your inhales and exhales.

Steps 5-10 represent one complete cycle of alternate nostril breathing. If you’re moving through the sequence slowly, one cycle should take you about 30-40 seconds. Move through 5-10 cycles whenever you feel stressed, frazzled, unclear, or in need of a reset button.

Tip: The length of your inhales, pauses, and exhales should be as consistent in duration as possible. For example, you can start to inhale for a count of five, hold for five, exhale for five, hold for five. You can slowly increase your count as you refine your practice.

Here’s how Chest Expansion Breathing 1 works:

1. Stand comfortably erect and breathe easily.
2. Place the hands on each side of your body as high as you can toward your underarms so that your thumbs are positioned near your armpits, your palms are touching the side of your chest, and your finger tips are positioned over your ribs.
3. Slowly inhale a Full Yogic Breath and hold your breath for a short time.
4. As you exhale slowly gently push your rib cage up toward your underarms so they keep your ribs in place.
5. Slowly inhale a Full Yogic Breath and hold your breath for a short time again.
6. This time as you exhale slowly, gently push your rib cage back toward your back so you keep the surface of your chest expanded slightly.
7. Raise your arms over your head and stretch them as high as you can as you inhale a Full Yogic Breath. As you exhale lower your arms down to your sides.
8. Repeat steps 1-7 twice more.
9. Relax and breath normally.
10. Practice this breathing technique a couple of times a month to promote chest expansion.

Here’s how Chest Expansion Breathing 2 works:

1. Stand close to a wall with your palms chest high on the wall; or lie on the floor with your face toward the floor, your belly touching the floor, and your palms on the floor shoulder high.
2. Inhale a Full Yogic Breath and hold your breath for a moment.
3. As you exhale forcefully push yourself from the wall or floor until you’ve fully extended your arms.
4. Now inhale slowly using a Full Yogic Breath as you lower your body to the wall and/or floor.
5. Inhale a Full Yogic Breath again and hold your breath for a moment.
6. As you exhale forcefully push yourself from the wall or floor until you’ve fully extended your arms again.
7. Repeat steps 4-6 which will make the third time you’ve done this chest expansion breathing exercise.
8. If you’re standing, lower your arms to your sides and remain standing; and if you were doing push-ups move to a sitting position. In either case breathe easily a few times as you end this breathing exercise.
9. Practice this exercise and Chest Expansion Breathing 1 as often as you like and time permits. You’ll notice a difference in your chest expansion, energy and muscle tone after a couple of weeks.
10. In combination with the other breathing techniques, your favorite meditation techniques, and proper eating you’ll begin to see the relationship between all of these mind/body techniques and your growing enlightenment.