Most of us think of asanas or postures when we think of yoga, all the bendy poses yoga’s famous for.
However, there are eight limbs or aspects of yoga to help us lead a meaningful life with less suffering. Asanas are only one of these limbs or practices.
Pranayama or breathing exercises is another less well-known but marvelously helpful practice.
One such practice is alternate nostril breathing, nadi shodhana. Like a fresh spring breeze to the head, mind, and emotional state, it cools and refreshes. Emotions calm, settle. A new steadiness and grounded clarity arises and remains even after just a few rounds of alternate nostril breathing.
Click on the link above for a video to learn nadi shodhana, and try this simple yet amazing yoga practice.
To read more about the eight limbs of yoga, click on this link for another great article, “What Are the Eight Limbs of Yoga?”
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