OPTIONAL PROPS: A blanket or pillow (to elevate the hips if necessary or if it feels good)
Alternate nostril breathing is a yogic breath control practice.
In Sanskrit, it’s known as nadi shodhana pranayama. This translates as “subtle energy clearing breathing technique.”
Benefits of this quick practice include:
-Calms and centers the mind
-Brings the mind to the present moment and out of the past (releasing old fears, regret, and worry)
-Therapeutic for the circulatory and respiratory systems -Stress relieving and relaxing for the body and mind
-Helps harmonize the left and right hemispheres of the brain, which correlate to the logical and emotional sides of our personality
-Helps purify and balance the “nadis”, the subtle energy channels, thereby ensuring smooth flow of “prana” (life force) through the body
