Nadi Shodhana

Purifying breath is the extra preset training type in Prana Breath app, available in Guru version.

Effects

• purifying the mind
• bringing serenity
• balancing sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
• equilibrating excitation and relaxation

Origin, history

This training type, as well as "Harmony" and "Power", is derived from Pranayama, and is an ancient Vedic technique of breathing gymnastics, and is translated from Sanskrit as "Energy channel purifying".
In Prana Breath this training type is adapted even for people that don't practice Yoga and/or don't have much time for practice but still need its effect.
It is considered as first stage of "Anuloma Viloma Pranayama", and also enhances the effect of "Clear mind" pattern.

Setting the training

1. Download this pattern if you don't have it yet.
2. Choose this pattern in Training tab or Control tab.
3. Set the optimal training complexity so the training brings you joy, yet doesn't seem too easy. Use the options in Control tab and/or Dynamic tab to adjust all parameters.

Training process

1. Choose the comfortable position.
2. Empty your lungs, breathing out with effort ("Prepare"), with your left nostril closed.
3. Make a full inhaling ("Inhale") though your right nostril.
4. Alternate nostrils, and exhale through your left nostril.
5. Inhale through your left nostril.
6. Close your left nostril, and exhale through the right one.
7. Keep breathing, alternating nostrils, till the end of your training session, following the breath method indicator.
8. After you're done, you might take some time for meditating and contemplating yourself.

• NB! Make sure you don't press down on the nostril too hard so the septum is pushed off the center, or so your head starts leaning.

Other questions

How long should I train? How can I combine this pattern with another? Should I always inhale through my nose?
If you have such or other questions, please look through the FAQ page.