Stage 1- Plavini Pranayama
Breathe in with ease.
Relax at the top of the breath for a moment without straining the heart.
Exhale with ease and relax the muscles as much as possible.
Plavini pranayama
breathing technique which involves gulping air and swallowing it into the stomach and retaining it.
Poorna - Salabhasana ...
Plavini
Practice of this Pranayama demands skill on the part of the student. He who practices this Plavini can do Jalastambha (solidification of water) and float on water for any length of time. Mr.
Plavini - (Floating breath) After inhalation the air is filled in to stomach and kept inside for some time. Swami Satyananda mentions that one can inhale the air via mouth while practicing this.
For example, in the case of the dhauti called plavini-pranayama, where you swallow air into your stomach only to belch out toxic gases along with the air swallowed, ...
This Asana will help one to float on water easily with Plavini Pranayama. Therefore it is called fish-pose, Matsyasana. Spread a blanket and sit on Padmasana by keeping the right foot over the left thigh and the left over right thigh.
He would swim, dive, and float on her waters in Matsyasana (fish position) with Plavini Pranayama. He could also cross the broad Ganges with her forcible currents, as he was a strong swimmer.
 See also: Prana, Meditation, Breath, Hatha, Asana
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