Alternate Nasal Breathing

Karin shares with you her take on the Yoga practice of Alternate Nostril Breathing or Nadi Shodhana.

Whether you’re nervous about a project or presentation, anxious about a conversation, or just generally stressed out, Nadi Shodhana  is a simple yet powerful technique that settles the mind, body, and emotions to bring you back to your center.
 
With just a few minutes of alternate nostril breathing, you can restore balance and ease in the mind and body. Sometimes when we feel frazzled or find ourselves doing too many things at once, it’s because energetically, we are out of alignment.
 
This breath is great for restoring that necessary balance tiny mindfulness habits will change your life – having a short, consciously chosen “Me-time” is very beneficial to how you feel and your ability to switch off from the hectic world we live in.
 
The trick is to make it your daily routine by attaching the initiating trigger to something you already do, for example right before you start your work day.

Tiny mindfulness habits will change your life – having a short, consciously chosen “Me-time” is very beneficial to how you feel and your ability to switch off from the hectic world we live in – 

The trick is to make it your daily routine by attaching the initiating trigger to something you already do, for example, right before you start your work day.

Your benefits of this breathing meditation session:

 

  • Improves our ability to focus the mind
  • Calms and centres the mind.
  • Releases stress and relaxes the body.
  • Encourages presencing- staying in the present moment with breath (releasing worries and fears)
  • Balances the right and left side of the brain- restoring harmony to both your logical and emotional parts of the brain.
  • Balances your feminine and masculine aspects.
  • Harmonizes the lungs and circulation.

Bookmark this page so next time you find yourself doing too many things at once, or you sense panic or anxiety begin to rise you can move through a few rounds of alternate nostril breathing.It’s a great way to hit the reset button for your mental state.

If you are looking to insert more mindfulness moments into your daily life, you might want to check out The Home Office Tea Sets, created to help you with concentration, re-hydration, taking enjoyable breaks, switching off from the day to day to create a rejuvenating experience.

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