Clever Meditation, Yoga & Pranayama Tips for Busy People – Part 1

Most of us live very busy and hectic lives.  If you are married, have children, have a job, you are going to be busy and even if you don’t have all these commitments, you are probably busy nonetheless.  Throw in other activities you may be participating in, such as higher education & training, a fitness routine, other hobbies & interests, sports, blogging etc., and 24 hours starts to seem like awfully little time per day.  Unfortunately, what seems to often get sacrificed in keeping up with the rat race is the one thing that should not, your daily spiritual practice.  So in this series I will give some handy tips on how you can get more Yoga and Meditation practice into your busy lives by doing some clever multitasking.

Of the many many yoga pranayama breathing exercises there are, I think the following 2 stand apart:  Breath of Fire Yoga Pranayama & Kapalbhati Yoga Pranayama.  These 2 pranayamas have an encyclopedic list of benefits and what’s best about them is that they are both simple to do and easy to incorporate into your daily life… specially when you are driving!

Yes that’s right… driving.  Obviously DO NOT do these breathing exercises if it at all affects your driving, but, generally speaking since driving is mostly automatic for most of us, it provides the perfect opportunity for getting in some additional spiritual work.

A car really is pretty conducive for such pranayama practice.  You are already sitting up, so just straighten your spine (use a lumbar cushion if you need to), you have music available so put on some inspirational tunes, you have a clock to time yourself and you even have a fan to stay cool.  What more can you ask for?  If you have family in the car with you, great, you can all practice together… why not :-).  Both Breath of Fire pranayama and Kapalbhati pranayama breathing exercises that activate energy pathways within you and increase your energy, so there is no risk of them making you sleepy or drowsy.  Really, no significant modification is needed to practice either pranayama while driving so take advantage of this time and give it a try.  

If there are other pranayama exercises you are doing, they too might be suitable to do while driving.  So be creative and see if driving is conducive to incorporating them.  In the next part of this series I will share more multi tasking tips to help you meet your Daily Yoga & Meditation Practice.  Till then keep breathing!

Anmol Mehta

Anmol Mehta is a world-renowned Yoga and Meditation Master with over 40 years of dedicated practice. Since founding anmolmehta.com in 2007, he has shared ancient wisdom with millions and certified over 3,000 instructors through his Yoga and Meditation Teacher Training programs.

Anmol’s expertise spans Zen, Meditation, Yoga, Kundalini, Mantra, and Pranayama, with a personal practice rooted in the teachings of J. Krishnamurti and the direct perception of thought. Following a period of profound enlightenment in his early twenties, he has dedicated his life to bridging deep spiritual insights with practical living.

He is the author of numerous training manuals and continues to lead the Mastery of Meditation and Yoga community toward greater consciousness and health.