Nadi Shodhana Pranayama
This is a great breathing technique that relaxes your body and mind while boosting your alertness.
- Curl your right ring finger and pinky fingers into your palm.
- Join your middle and index fingers and point your thumb upright.
- Rest your left hand on your thigh.
- Gently press the extended two fingers to seal off the left nostril as you inhale for 4 counts through the right nostril.
- Close your right nostril by pressing down with your thumb, releasing the left nostril as you exhale out of it for 4 counts.
- Close the left nostril, open the right, and breathe out of it for a count of 4. Practice 4 - 6 rounds.
See the video below for demonstration.
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