This is a 20 minute class and everyone is welcome, even if you have not practiced Pranayama before. Pranayama is the formal yogic practice of controlling the breath. We start the class with the cooling breath (shitali), continue with short belly breathing to oxygenate the body (kapalabhati), then go on to alternate nostril breathing with retention (nadi shodhana) and finally 10-15 second retentions (kuhmbaka). The class ends with a few minutes of meditation.