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'''Sama vritti''' ({{langx|sa|समावृत्ति|samavritti}}) is a [[pranayama]] technique.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-21 |title=Covid-19 recovery: A complete guide to how yoga and breathing can help build immunity |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/health/covid-19-recovery-a-complete-guide-to-how-yoga-and-breathing-can-help-build-your-immunity-7717481/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> It involves equating the durations of [[inhalation]] (''puraka''), retention (''antara [[kumbhaka]]''), [[exhalation]] (''rechaka'') and second retention (''bahya kumbhaka'') before inhaling again.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kriyananda|first=|authorlink=Kriyananda|title=Kriya Yoga|url=|date=1994|publisher=Ankh Hermes|isbn=9020251597}}</ref><ref name=Ansgar>{{cite book|last=Schoeberl|first=Ansgar|title=The Gift of Abhyasa: A Personal Encounter with the Yogic Trinity|url=|date=2013|publisher=Books on Demand|isbn=9783848267217|page=46}}</ref><ref name=Baldwin>{{cite book|last=Baldwin|first=Hilaria|authorlink=Hilaria Baldwin|title=The Living Clearly Method: 5 Principles for a Fit Body, Healthy Mind & Joyful Life|url=|date=2016|publisher=Harmony/Rodale|isbn=9781623366988|page=56}}</ref><br />
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''Visama vritti'' involves breathing with different duration in each step.<ref name=Ansgar/><br />
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==Technique==<br />
''Sama vritti'' involves controlling the natural breathing process (''sahaja vritti''). It is often considered a basic technique, but its usage can be deceptively challenging due to the relative difficulty to retain breath as opposed to inhaling.<ref name=Baldwin/> Its quality depends on every person's fitness and lung capacity, although the required ability to optimize breath and tolerate retention improves with practice.<ref name=Ansgar/> It is recommendable to start by unequal breath or ''visama vritti'', with reduced retention times, and progressively adapting into ''sama'' over time.<ref name=Ansgar/><ref name=Baldwin/><br />
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To execute ''sama vritti'', the user must be comfortably seated or prone, with the spine straight and the eyes closed. Focusing mentally on the breath, the user then inhales counting up to a chosen number (for instance, up to three), retains breath counting up to the same number, exhales the same time and retains again before continuing.<ref>{{cite book|last=Schmid|first=Arlene A.|title=Yoga Therapy for Stroke: A Handbook for Yoga Therapists and Healthcare Professionals|url=|date=2018|publisher=Jessica Kingsley Publishers|isbn=9780857013279|page=175}}</ref><br />
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