Alternate Nostril Breath

Submitted by Administrator on Sun, 06/27/2010 - 01:18

Difficulty:

Beginner

Minutes:

Teacher:

David Procyshyn

Sanskrit:

Nadhi Sodhana

Breathing Description:

Alternate Nostril Breath is a gentle, relaxing breathing technique that soothes the nervous system, calms the mind and balances the right and left - hot and cold, sympathetic and parasympathetic, activating and relaxing - aspects of our being.

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is there not a ratio for

Submitted by aravinth_1152 on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 21:50.

is there not a ratio for inhaling and exhaling??? exhaling should be as twice that of inhaling...and for retention 4 times that of inhaling..but no such ratio followed in this nadi sodhana video..

Inhaling/Exhaling Ratio

Submitted by David Procyshyn on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 08:32.

Yes... good question.
My intention with this video was to keep it simple and teach the technique only, to make it easier to learn. You're correct about the ratio - it's inhale/retention/exhale 1/4/2. You of course don't have to do the retention, and it's advisable that you don't when you first start out. Beginners should follow a count of 3 sec on the inhale, 6 sec on the exhale and increase by one count once it becomes easy to do.

first of all i want to

Submitted by aravinth_1152 on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 22:12.

first of all i want to appreciate ur website..and all the videos in it are very nice..i learned yoga and pranayama frm an guru..bt that was long ago..now that i forget all i surfed thru net..n found ur website to be very useful than any others..u can knw that from me bcoming a member in the site..usually that i dont..i hav an question...i do yoga in morning abt 12 asanas.. before that pranayama...asans are in the order
1.sirasana
2.sarvangasana
3.halasana
4.bachimosthana
5.mathayasana
6.punjgasana
7.salabasana
8.thanurasana
9. artha machedrasana
10.mayurasana
11.patha hasthimosthana
12.thirigona asana

and abt pranayama which type of pranayama i must do..or all types i hav to do..i hav a difficulity in formulating a pattern in doing pranayama befora asanas..i want to mention dat i hav 1 hr after all..i am working as doctor...

Pranayama before Asana

Submitted by David Procyshyn on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 23:33.

Thank you so much for the great feedback.
In response to your question, it's difficult for me to tell you what breathing exercises would be best for you each morning practice. It's kind of like telling someone what they should eat for breakfast... each person is different and therefore responds differently to food and to yoga.

I even do a different set of pranayama techniques depending on how I feel in the morning. If I'm feeling lethargic, I'll begin with 50 cycles of Mahat Yoga Pranayama, then 3 rounds of 100 Kapalabhati. If I wake up feeling tense or crampy, I add 3 rounds of 10 repetitions of Uddiyana Bhanda.

You only need to try to discover what effects these have. It sounds like you already have... what feels right?