Every person experiences countless different emotions from early childhood onward. If these emotions cannot flow properly through the body, blockages can occur. You can recognize these as pain, pressure, or aching sensation, for example. Tension can also develop. According to yogis, these blockages can be alleviated with the help of yoga, breathing techniques, and meditation.
If your suffering is too severe, you should of course have it checked out by a doctor – otherwise you can be inspired by the tips in this article.
Find relaxation and relieve blockages: various methods
When the body is ill, various reasons can play a role. Relaxation practices that specifically target the problem area can help.
- Yoga helps to relieve tension on a physical level.
- Meditation with mudras and breathing exercises help the mind relax and find peace. Guided instruction can also be helpful for approaching different situations more calmly, as you feel you can trust.
- Tapping (EFT) can help reduce fears, worries, or insecurities, and increase your focus relatively quickly. It can also help you release blockages. Here, you tap various areas of your body (outside of the hand, top of the head, between the eyebrows, left/right of the eyebrow, under the eye, above the lip, on the chin, collarbone, armpit). This activates certain meridians. Additionally, you constantly repeat a mantra (for example, "I am valuable").
Why can yoga help release blockages?
Depending on the yoga style, the asanas have different effects on the body. In Yin Yoga, for example, the focus is specifically on stretching the body and loosening the fascia on your mat . This can, under certain circumstances, trigger and release certain blockages. If you experience the feeling of being tense or emotionally agitated after yoga practice, that's completely normal. It simply indicates that practicing asanas helps to free up certain energy blockages – by loosening tense, cramped muscles. This can lead to feelings of sadness, stress, anger, irritability, or even relief and joy. It's important that you learn to deal with these emotions now – meditation and breathing exercises can be supportive in this regard.
Heart disease, eating disorders, or tinnitus can also indicate certain energy blockages in your energy field (these are often referred to as psychosomatic illnesses – when both body and mind play a role). You must be aware that every blockage begins in the mind. From there, it also manifests in the body (as palpitations, pain in the head, back, or neck, sweating, etc.). If this applies to you, you can incorporate yoga more often. It is important that you perform each asana very consciously and always focus on your inner self.
These attitudes can support you in this process:
- The Wheel (Urdhva Dhanurasana)
- Child Pose ((Ananda Balasana)
- The Frog (Adho Mukha Mandukasana)
- The Dove (Pada Rajakapotasana)
Breathing techniques: What effect do they have on you?
The combination of meditating on the cushion and special breathing techniques is incredibly powerful.
Stress levels can be reduced with the right breathing technique. Furthermore, when you breathe correctly, end-of-life hormones are released, while stress hormones and negative thoughts are reduced. This state of calm is essential for reaching the blockages. It's not uncommon for our own system to prevent us from getting closer to the blockage. This is because our system has become so accustomed to the current state that we don't want to bring about change. However, with a little practice and the necessary discipline, you'll get closer to your problem.
The most popular breathing techniques include:
- Alternate nostril breathing , which restores balance to yin and yang within the body and reduces anxiety. In addition, breathing alternately through the left and right nostrils has a positive effect on concentration, energy levels, and inner balance.
- Fire breathing ( Kapalabhati) is helpful for recharging your energy and, unlike coffee, can provide new strength, relieve tension, and improve oxygen supply without any side effects. Here, you breathe in and out quickly – for at least 30 breaths. Afterward, take a short break.
- The Wim Hof breathing technique is probably one of the best-known breathing techniques that helps strengthen the immune system, release blockages, establish new connections in the brain, and feel better and more energized.
Meditation: Relax your mind and body
In addition to yoga and breathing techniques, which can be excellently combined with meditation, meditation also helps to release emotional blockages. During the guided instruction, we enter a state in which body, mind, and soul are very calm, allowing us better access to our true core and the intense blockages. This allows them to be released step by step. In this context, it may be helpful to chant certain mantras to further stimulate the throat chakra. This helps to get the energy flowing even more. A loud moan or sigh can also be supportive.
Those who want to go a step further can address the problem internally through chakra cleansing. When all chakras (especially the root and heart chakras) flow freely, it is easier to enjoy emotional and physical health.
What do you need to consider as a beginner?
You can start these methods at any time. If you suffer from severe physical symptoms, you should, of course, have them checked out by a doctor.
If you're sensitive and respond intensely to breathing techniques, yoga, or guided sessions, you should ask someone for support. This way, you can resolve your issues sustainably without overtaxing yourself.
At the beginning, you can start with just yoga or guided meditation, and only then introduce breathing techniques. Always pay attention to your emotional well-being, but at the same time, don't block yourself.
Have you already used these techniques? What effects have they had on your health? Have you been able to release any blockages?
