NADI SUDHI PRANAYAM
Nadi sudhi is a balancing Pranayam. It restores and promotes a balance between IDA nadi and PINGLA nadi. IDA flows through the left nostril and PINGLA flows through the right. Each nostril has different functions to perform. During breathing practices and pranayama practices, we find both of our nostrils are open and breath flows through both the nostrils. this is balancing of PRANA. The aim of Nadi Sudhi Pranayam is to restore balance at the cellular level.
The method of the practice of Nadi Sudhi is simple. Just sit in a comfortable posture with NASIKA MUDRA. Inhale slowly in left nostril with keval kumbhak and exhale slowly in right with keval kumbhak. inhale slowly in right nostril with keval kumbhak and exhale slowly in left with keval kumbhak. this completes one round. One needs to do a minimum of twenty-seven rounds in a single sitting.
BREATH CHARACTERISTICS
Breathing should be slow, steady, continuous, and effortless.
The ratio between inhalation and exhalation should be 1 : 2.
The method of the practice of Nadi Sudhi is simple. Just sit in a comfortable posture with NASIKA MUDRA. Inhale slowly in left nostril with keval kumbhak and exhale slowly in right with keval kumbhak. inhale slowly in right nostril with keval kumbhak and exhale slowly in left with keval kumbhak. this completes one round. One needs to do a minimum of twenty-seven rounds in a single sitting.
BREATH CHARACTERISTICS
Breathing should be slow, steady, continuous, and effortless.
The ratio between inhalation and exhalation should be 1 : 2.
In yoga more attention is given to exhalation or expiration. Why?
All of us know that we have a central nervous system and the autonomic nervous system.
The autonomic nervous system has two branches known as Sympathetic and Parasympathetic.
The sympathetic branch sympathizes with our action whereas the Parasympathetic nervous system restores normalcy.
Think of a situation where you see a snake. You get an immediate reaction. You decide either to kill or flee. This reaction is supported by our sympathetic nervous system. Tension should have been melted away in minutes after the snake disappear but it is not so. He stays with the thought of the snake for a longer period. This is a stress response. A strong Parasympathetic nervous system will do a job.
Our breathing out is our parasympathetic nervous system for all practical purposes.
Through longer exhalation, we can easily strengthen our parasympathetic branch and manage stress.
Nowadays hypertension, hyperacidity, insomnia, stress, and stress disorders are the epidemics, otherwise called silent killers of the human race.
JUST PRACTICE NADI SUDHI WITH KEVAL KUMBHAK DAILY AND BE FREE FROM THESE EPIDEMICS.
With this background, let us practice Nadi sudhi with 1:2 ratio starting from 6:12 and slowly improve as per capacity.
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