- The nerves of the body get blocked due
to stress.
- Toxins in the body cause blockages in the body.
- Nadis also get blocked due to physical and mental trauma or due to unhealthy lifestyle.
Introduction
Nadi Shodhana is a type of
breathing technique in yoga. Nadi literally means subtle energy channel,
and Shodhana means cleansing or purification. According to ancient yoga,
there are nadis called subtle energy channels in the human body, which get
blocked due to various reasons.
Nadi Shodhana Pranayama Technique
helps in clearing the blocked energy channels. Sick and weak people can
take special benefits from this pranayama. This is a very good pranayama
for heart and breathing patients, due to which the mind is calm and the nerves
are purified.
Due to blockage of veins
How to do Nadi Shodhana
Yoga
- First of all, sit in the position of
Siddhasana, Padmasana or Sukhasana.
- Slowly calm the breath.
- Bend the fingers of the right (straight)
hand, close the right nostril with the thumb and fill the breath with the
left nostril. Begin by taking a
full, deep breath with a slow, gentle exhalation.
- Close the left nostril with the fourth
and fifth fingers and for a few moments do internal Kumbhaka (Kumbh means
pitcher, that is, to stop breathing like filling a pitcher did
Kumbhaka).
- Remove the thumb and exhale slowly
through the right nostril.
- Then inhale through the right
nostril. Close both the nostrils.
- Then exhale through the left nostril.
- Complete 9 such
rounds by breathing alternately through both the nostrils. After each
exhalation, remember to inhale through the same nostril from which you
exhaled. Keep your eyes closed and take long, deep, smooth breaths
without any force or effort.
Nadi Shodhan can also be
very beneficial if practiced regularly for at least five minutes, but
practicing daily for ten to fifteen minutes provides even deeper benefits.
Increase the practice by doing this three to four times daily. Hold the breath for as long as you can comfortably hold it and when you exhale, the rate of exhalation is slow.
When you become sure of this practice, then make a Pose of breathing.
What are the benefits of
Nadi Shodhana
- Nadi Shodhana
Pranayama helps to calm the mind and prepares it to enter a meditative
state.
- Practicing it
for just a few minutes every day helps to keep the mind calm, happy and
calm.
- It helps to release accumulated stress and fatigue.
- Fills the body with oxygen
- Cleanses the body by
flushing out toxins
- Reduces stress and
anxiety
- Calms and rejuvenates
the nervous system
- Helps to balance
hormones
- Supports clear and
balanced respiratory channels
- Helps in reducing
respiratory allergies that cause fever, sneezing
- Balancing solar and
lunar, masculine and feminine energies
- Promotes mental
clarity and alert mind
- Enhances the ability to concentrate
- Brings balance to the
left and right hemispheres of the brain
- Do not breathe through your mouth or make any sound while inhaling.
- Place the fingers very lightly on the forehead and nose. No pressure needs to be applied.
- If you feel lethargic and are yawning after practicing Nadi Shodha Pranayama, check the time when you inhale and exhale. Your exhalation should be longer than your inhalation.
