Yoga Practice Name
Chnadra Anulom Vilom
Yoga Practice Branch
Ashtang Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga
Yoga Practice Type
Ashtang Yoga Category
Pranayama
Hatha Yoga Category
Pranayama
Steps and Description
- Sit in vajrasana or sukhasana(any comfortable pose), adopt nasika mudra.
- Keep your spine straight and take few deep breathes to make your mind focused and relaxed, bring focus inwards on your breathing.
- Close your right nostril with your right thumb and inhale slowly through the left nostril(Chandra nadi) as much as you can.
- Without opening right nostril, exhale through the left nostril.
- While doing this practice, focus on your breathings and feel the positive energy inwards.
- Continue the same process for few more times or as much as you can according to your capacity and preferences.
- Maintain silence for few minutes, focus on your breathings and observe the benefits of chandra anulom vilom.
Practice Keynotes
- Focus on your breathings.
- Don't rush the process.
Cautions and Limitations
- Pregnant women should do this Pranayama under a qualified yoga practitioner and should do very slow.
- Those suffering from heart ailments should not attempt retention of breath.
- Under no circumstance should the breath be forced. Never breathe through the mouth.
- Proceed carefully and only under expert guidance. At the slightest sign of discomfort, reduce the duration of inhalation/ exhalation/retention and, if necessary, discontinue the practice.
- Pranayama should never be rushed.
- Person with breathing ailments must consult the suitability of pranayama with their doctor.
Contraindications
- People with low blood pressure, don't do this practice.
General Benefits
- Reduces the body heat.
- Cool downs the body and mind.
- Beneficial in high blood pressure, thus relieves hypertension.
- Beneficial for heart burning related problems.
- Helps with anger issues.
- Makes the mind more focused.
Benefits for Disease
Depression
