Bhastrika Pranayama aka Bellows Breath

• Raises vital energy and increase alertness
• Produces good energy boost and substitute for a caffeine fix
• When done correctly you should feel invigorated with a heightened sense of awareness

• Inhale and exhale rapidly through your nose, keep mouth relaxed and closed
• Breaths in and out should be equal in duration and as short as possible
• It will be noisy
• Use diaphragm to push air out of stomach 
• After 5 breaths breath normally for 15 seconds
• Each time you practice this technique increase your time by five seconds or more until you reach a full minute 

• Raises vital energy and increase alertness
• Produces a good energy boost

• Sit with back straight while learning this exercise 
• Place tip of your tongue against the ridge of tissue behind your upper front teeth, keep it there throughout the entire exercise
• Exhale through your mouth and around your tongue
• Inhale for 4 counts
• Hold breath for 7 counts
• Exhale for 8 counts
• Exhale complete through your mouth making a whoosh sound
• That's one breath 
• Inhale again and repeat the cycle three more times for a total of four breaths 

• Relieves tension in the face by stretching jaw and tongue
• Relieves stress and anxiety

• Kneel with your butt resting on your feet, place hands on your knees, this exercise can be done in any position
• Place your hands on you knees
• Inhale through the nose
• Exhale through the mouth making a "ha" sound
• As you exhale open your mouth wide and stick your tongue out as fas as possible towards your chin
• Allow both eyes to look towards the ceiling
• Inhale, returning to a neutral face
• Repeat 3-5 times