Welcome to the Anxiety Slayer series. Our mission is to assist you with creating more peace and tranquility in your life

through anxiety release exercises and supportive tools created to slay your

anxiety.

Breathing to calm your mind and heal your body.

Yoga breathing or prananiama is the science of breath control.

It consists of a series of exercises, especially intended,

to meet the body's needs and keep it in vibrant health.

Aureveda and yoga both recommend that we spend time each day practicing some simple breathing exercises for peace of mind and increased immunity.

One of the most popular and effective exercises is something called Nadi Shodana or alternate nostril breathing, a simple technique that

controls the flow of vital energy, Prana, to the brain and has a very calming and

balancing effect. Nadi means channel and shodana means cleaning or

purifying. Both Ayrvedic and Chinese medicine place great significance on keeping the channels of the body and mind clear and consider it vital to our well-being.

The benefits of alternate nostril breathing include calming anxiety, giving relief from stress,

rounding the mind, diffusing anger, clearing the energy channels of the body, and encouraging flow of vital energy.

How alternate nostril breathing works.

Alternate nostril breathing works by balancing the opposite energies in the body in a very similar way to the Chinese theory of yin and yang

one nostril is cooling one heating, one has male energy and the other has female.

Breathing through one nostril stimulates the left hemisphere of the brain and the other nostril stimulates the right.

So by spending just 10 minutes a day switching your breath between nostrils, you can balance your

brain, calm your mind, and boost your immunity.

Sound good?

Here's how to do it.

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