Nadi Shodhana Pranayama Video

Nadi Shodhana Pranayama (Alternate Nostril Breathing)

In this Ayurvedic pranayama video, you will be led through a 20 minute Nadi Shodhana breathing practice. Nadi Shodhana is the most important and revered pranayama practice in Ayurveda. It is considered balancing for every dosha because it balances both sides of the body. Nadi Shodhana pranayama, works to balance the left and right hemispheres of the body and the mind. It also balances the left (ida) and right (pingala) nadis or energy channels of the body. The right side of the body is considered the solar or masculine side. The right side also corresponds with the organs of digestion, the liver, the gallbladder, the right kidney, ear, eye, nostril, hand, and foot. Conversely, the left side of the body is associated with the lunar or feminine side. It corresponds with the organs of nourishment like the heart, stomach as well as the left kidney, ear, eye, nostril, hand, and foot. Each one of us will have a more dominant side although it will change day-to-day and even hour-to-hour. That is why this form of pranayama is so beneficial, because it balances both the left and right sides, the lunar and the solar, the masculine and the feminine. Now press play on the video and follow along as you are led through the Ayurvedic pranayama technique of Nadi Shodhana pranayama or alternate nostril breathing.

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