This is a great practice to support parasympathetic activity; balance left/right hemisphere activity in the brain; and is my go-to practice for supporting sleep!
1. Take your left thumb and cover your left nostril. Breathe in deeply through your right nostril. Briefly hold your breath at the top of your inhale.
2. Now close your right nostril with one of your fingers, and release your left thumb from your left nostril (alternating nostrils). Breathe out through the left nostril. Exhale all of the air out.
3. Now breathe in through that same left nostril. Hold at the top.
4. Switch again - cover your left nostril and open your right nostril. Breath out through your right nostril. Exhale all of the air out.
5. Repeat this sequence for a total of 5-10 rounds.
Note: You will complete one exhale and one inhale before switching nostrils.
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