The 7 Best Yoga With Adriene Breath Sessions To Improve Your Flow

In true Yoga with Adriene style, this video starts off in the comfiest pose of them all: lying on your back. From there, Mishler guides you through deep breathing techniques to help you cultivate a stronger relationship with your breath, while relieving stress and anxiety. You’ll also do a reclined cobbler’s pose and other moves that help you focus on deep inhalations and long exhalations.

This 20-minute video is a good go-to whenever you want to calm your nervous system and relieve stress and anxiety. Do it on your yoga mat or right in your chair at work — whatever you need to do to reset. By the end you’ll definitely feel more present and balanced.

This short and sweet video focuses on Ujjayi Pranayama, also known as the victorious breath. It’s an audible breath or an internal sound that’s used in yoga to anchor the mind. In this video, Mishler points out that it’s pretty popular in hatha or flow yoga classes for its calming effect — so it’s possible you’ve done it before.

To get started, you’ll sit up tall on your mat and notice how your breath sounds naturally. Breathe in, breathe out, and listen. Then give Ujjayi a try. Take a deep breath in, open your mouth, and let it out with a long “ha”. This exhale will sound almost like ocean waves. You can also make the sound in the back of your throat with your mouth closed. Mishler says the aim is to eventually connect this breath to movement.

Kapalabhati, or skull shining breath, is a powerful, rhythmic breath that consists of short, strong exhales and passive inhales, Mishler explains in her video’s description. She calls it a “cleansing breath” that can help reboot the system and sharpen focus.

For a quick reset, do alternate nostril breathing, or nadi shodhana pranayama. To give it a try, you literally pinch one of your nostrils closed and alternate breathing in through one side of the nose, then the other. According to Mishler, this little trick can help calm your nervous system to relieve stress. It’s also helpful when you need to concentrate, she says in the video, or whenever you have a headache.

Another option is Lion’s Breath, or simha pranayama in Sanskrit. This breath is combined with a kneeling pose to relieve stress, boost vitality, and open up your chest and neck. According to Mishler, the breath can feel kind of strange at first, and she even admits to resisting it at first. But give it a try and see how you feel.

Breathing is so important to yoga that Mishler actually offers a 30-day journey focusing exclusively on breath. While you’ll do traditional yoga poses in each video, most of your energy will zero in on those all-important inhales and exhales. Try this Day 1 video for a quick, mindful reset, or go through the entire playlist over the course of a month to really change how you feel.