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How to Stay Alive During a Solar Event. The Nuts and Bolts
Subconscious Alternation of the Breath from Nostril to Nostril
Image: “Storms from the Sun,” by NASA, 24 April 2005, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Storms_From_the_Sun_%286819077978%29.jpg … CC BY 2.0 Generic
Image: “Storms from the Sun,” by NASA, 24 April 2005, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Storms_From_the_Sun_%286819077978%29.jpg … CC BY 2.0 Generic
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Our human breath naturally subconsciously alternates between the left nostril and the right nostril during the day. A small scientific study has reported the interval for coursing of the breath through one nostril as being about 2 hours while waking … and about 4 and a half hours while sleeping.
The article is “Measuring and Characterizing the Human Nasal Cycle, “ by Roni Kahana-Zweit and others. It was published on the National Library of Medicine website …
Link: “Measuring and Characterizing the Human Nasal Cycle,” by Roni Kahana-Zweig, Maya Geva-Sagiv, Aharon Weissbrod, Lavi Secundo, Nachum Soroker, and Noam Sobel, 6 October 2016, at National Library of Medicine (NIH) …PLoS One, 2016, 11(10): e0162918 … https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5053491/ ..
The alternation of the breath from nostril …
Image: “Right-Nostril Breathing,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 24 June 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Right-Nostril Breathing,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 24 June 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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… to nostril is nature’s way of balancing the energies of the ida and the pingala as they course along the spine.
Image: “Left-Nostril Breathing,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 24 June 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Left-Nostril Breathing,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 24 June 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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Conscious Alternation of the Breath from Nostril to Nostril
Rather than waiting 2 to 4 hours to attain a balance of ida and pingala, we can consciously switch to left nostril breathing or to right nostril breathing. We can consciously change the operation of the autonomic nervous system … and the subconscious mind … by practicing left-nostril or right-nostril breathing, as described below. These techniques I find to be a sure way to deal with solstice and equinoctial energies, and with solar wind gusts and geostorms.
I have but one caveat: Only try these yogic breathing practices on your medical doctor’s advice …
Image: “A hand holding a tiny white alarm clock” [cropped], by Lukas Blazek, 21 May 2017, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alarm_clock_friends_situation_with_hand_%28Unsplash%29.jpg … public domain
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How to Do Left-Nostril Breathing
Left-nostril breathing has a calming relaxing effect. It is easily practiced, even by a novice to the science of yoga.
Image: “Left Nostril Breathing,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 14 July 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Left Nostril Breathing,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 14 July 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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While first learning left-nostril breathing, use the thumb of the right hand to close off the right nostril. The mouth is also closed. This forces the breath through the left nostril. The other fingers of the right hand are pointed up, like antennae.
After a while, I found it was possible to switch to left-nostril breathing by simply placing my Awareness on the left nostril, and feeling the breath there. The hand pose was no longer needed.
Image: “Left Nostril Breathing,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 17 June 2016, revised on 13 July 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: Frontal self-portrait, head and shoulders. Thumb of right hand is blocking right nostril. Fingers of right hand are together, and extended upward. On left side of the image are the words: “Right Side of Body and Right Hand.” On the right side of the image are the words “Left Side of Body.” The Legend is “Left Nostril Breathing, Step 1.”
Image: “Left Nostril Breathing,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 17 June 2016, revised on 13 July 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: Frontal self-portrait, head and shoulders. Thumb of right hand is blocking right nostril. Fingers of right hand are together, and extended upward. On left side of the image are the words: “Right Side of Body and Right Hand.” On the right side of the image are the words “Left Side of Body.” The Legend is “Left Nostril Breathing, Step 1.”
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How to Do Right-Nostril Breathing
Right-nostril breathing has an energizing effect. Thus it inhibits the freeze response, and also I feel, the fawn response and the flop response. It is practiced like this …
Image: “Right Nostril Breathing,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 14 July 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Right Nostril Breathing,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 14 July 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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While first learning right-nostril breathing, use the thumb of the left hand to close off the left nostril. The mouth is also closed. This forces the breath through the right nostril. The other fingers of the left hand are pointed up, like antennae.
In time, I found it was possible to switch to right-nostril breathing by simply placing the Awareness on the right nostril, and feeling the breath there. The hand pose was no longer needed.
Image: “Right Nostril Breathing,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 17 June 2016, revised on 13 July 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: Frontal self-portrait, head and shoulders. Ring finger of right hand is blocking left nostril. Fingers of right hand are as together as possible, and extended upward at a 45-degree angle. On left side of the image are the words: “Right Side of Body.” On the right side of the image are the words “Left Side of Body and Left Hand.” The Legend is “Right Nostril Breathing.”
Image: “Right Nostril Breathing,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 17 June 2016, revised on 13 July 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: Frontal self-portrait, head and shoulders. Ring finger of right hand is blocking left nostril. Fingers of right hand are as together as possible, and extended upward at a 45-degree angle. On left side of the image are the words: “Right Side of Body.” On the right side of the image are the words “Left Side of Body and Left Hand.” The Legend is “Right Nostril Breathing.”
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Long Deep Breathing Helps Us Judge Whether to Do Left-Nostril Breathing or Right-Nostril Breathing When We Are in Danger During a Solar Event
Alice B. Clagett: When the breath becomes long and deep, the feelings of a person facing stressful events become less involved in the outcome. The person becomes the neutral witness of the events that are unfolding. This is the yogic state known as ‘neutral mind’.
I advise practicing Long Deep Breathing all day long. I have found that this breathing technique helps me judge whether to switch to right-nostril breathing or to left-nostril breathing when danger looms during a Solar event. Long deep breathing can help me gain that extra instant in which I am able consciously to decide on a right course of action.
Image: “Long Deep Breathing,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 22 April 2016, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: Sitting with a straight spine, slowly fill the lungs up with air as if pouring water into a vase. Then exhale completely. Continue … COMMENTS: My hands are raised to show how the lungs feel full of air. While meditating, it is fine to leave your hands, palms up, on your knees. Some yoga groups do long deep breathing with hands in ‘gyan mudra’, whose description can be found online. –Alice B. Clagett
Image: “Long Deep Breathing,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 22 April 2016, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: Sitting with a straight spine, slowly fill the lungs up with air as if pouring water into a vase. Then exhale completely. Continue … COMMENTS: My hands are raised to show how the lungs feel full of air. While meditating, it is fine to leave your hands, palms up, on your knees. Some yoga groups do long deep breathing with hands in ‘gyan mudra’, whose description can be found online. –Alice B. Clagett
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It could be, for instance, that I might have a notion of ‘acting out’ during a Solar event. Long deep breathing can help me decide that left-nostril breathing will help me avoid acting out. In that way it can help me inhibit my own fight-or-flight response.
Image: “Facial Expressions: Angry-Fight Response” [effected, adapted], self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 12 June 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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It might also be that, while doing long deep breathing, I notice other people ‘acting out’ or in danger of ‘acting out’. Long deep breathing can help me decide that right-nostril breathing will help me to safely get away from these people before they begin to ‘act out’. In that way long deep breathing can help me inhibit my own freeze, fawn, and flop responses.
Image: “Molotov” [cropped, adapted], by Joy Garnett, 2003, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molotovflickr.jpg … CC BY-SA 2.5 Generic
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For details on long, deep breathing, see the article “Long Deep Breathing“ by Healthy Happy Holy Organization (3HO). That can be found at their website https://www.3ho.org …
Link: “Long Deep Breathing,” by 3HO … https://www.3ho.org/article/long-deep-breathing/ ..
For more on neutral mind, search my blog category: Neutral mind – stillness – witnessing – compassion
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Coming up next is Matthew Nihra with an explanation of the difference between traditional Enlightenment and ascended Enlightenment. → https://wp.me/p2Rkym-v8Y ..
In love, light and joy,
Alice B. Clagett
I Am of the Stars
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This is part of Chapter 13 of a blog series on Mastering the Mind and the Human Electromagnetic Field, and on the relationship of that field to the Universe.
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Written and published on 16 April 2016; revised on 12 February 2019; on 18 June 2022 through 31 October 2022; and on 10 May 2023; revised on 11 August 2023.
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