Yoga Practice Name
Nadi Shodhana
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 padmasana or sukhasana(any comfortable meditation asana), and adopt any mudra.
- Keep your spine straight and take a few deep breathes to make your mind focused and relaxed, bring focus inwards on your breathing. Perform 5 rounds of normal breathing.
- Close the right nostril with the thumb, and inhale and exhale through the left nostril 5 times.
- Then close the left nostril, and inhale and exhale through the right nostril 5 times.
- Lower the hand breathe 5 times through both nostrils together.
-
While doing this practice, focus on your breathings and feel the positive vibrations inwards.
-
Continue the same process for few more times according to your capacity and comfort.
-
Maintain silence for few minutes and observe the benefits of nadi shodhana.
Practice Keynotes
- Under no circumstance should the breath be forced. Never breathe through the mouth.
Cautions and Limitations
- 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
- Person with breathing ailments must consult the suitability of pranayama with their doctor.
General Benefits
- A content amount of supply of oxygen.
- Carbon dioxide is efficiently expelled and blood is purified of toxins.
- Beneficial for the nervous system.
- Better concentration of mind and clarity of thought.
- It relieves hypertension. Nadi shodhana is also helpful in relieving stress, anxiety, and insomnia.
Benefits for Disease
Depression
