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One of the key components of yoga is teaching you a breathing exercise that will help you not only control your air intake but also coordinate it in order to receive maximum benefits from the movements you are performing.
Regardless of what form of workout you are doing, how you inhale and exhale is going to affect your performance. By practicing a breathing exercise you can train yourself to inhale during the concentric or easier portion of the movement and then exhale on the eccentric or more difficult part.
This is really important in order to be able to generate the most strength possible.
An additional benefit that occurs when you practice a breathing exercise is that you will turn your focus inward. This will help to teach you to really listen to your body and understand what the movement is doing to it. Also, when you have more of an internal focus you will have better balance and agility which will be particularly useful for activities such as yoga.
You will likely learn a few different methods - one will be a faster type of inhalation and exhalation that is designed to quickly transport oxygen throughout the body thus helping to increase your energy levels a great deal. The second type will be more relaxed in nature and will focus on inhaling as deeply as possible to create a calming effect and bring your heart rate as low as possible.
Learning the proper technique through yoga will be very beneficial for you as you can also transfer it over to your daily life. Far too often, when just sitting at work or at home we really aren't focusing on how we are bringing in air and are actually inhaling very shallowly. This is not ideal in terms of keeping us energized and feeling well. If your body is not getting the oxygen it needs it is going to lead to feelings of lethargy, dulled mental abilities and you may even feel like you want to sleep. This makes paying attention to this part of yoga training very important.
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