I take a seat across from him. A minute later, we begin to breathe. We start with jiya pranayama, which involves curling the tongue to the back of the mouth and holding the breath. We run through some bhandas, a method of redirecting and holding prana inside the body by contracting muscles in the throat, abs, and other areas. Then I lie down in front of him so that I’m looking up at the white acoustic tiles on the ceiling.
