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Alternate Nostril Breathing Links the Subconscious Mind to the Conscious Mind
Alice B. Clagett: Alternate nostril breathing is a yogic technique that brings the ida and the pingala to the light of Awareness. In terms of physiology, alternate nostril breathing links or hooks the autonomic nervous system to the somatic nervous system.
In terms of esoteric lore, alternate nostril breathing unites the subtle bodies termed the lower mental body and the higher mental body. In my own parlance, alternate nostril breathing brings the subconscious mind under the control of the conscious mind. I have but one caveat: Only try this practice on your medical doctor’s advice …
Image: “Alternate 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: “Alternate 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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Here are the steps to take in order to practice alternate nostril breathing …
MOVIE CREDITS: Image: “Alternate Nostril Breathing: Breathing in Through Left Nostril,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 14 July 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … and … Image: “Alternate Nostril Breathing: Breathing in Through Right Nostril,” 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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1. Use the right hand to block off the right nostril. The fingers of the right hand are held up, like antennae. Inhale long and deep through the left nostril.
Image: “Alternate Nostril Breathing, Step 1,” 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. Right Nostril is Blocked.” On the right side of the image are the words “Left Side of Body.” The Legend is “Alternate Nostril Breathing, Step 1.”
Image: “Alternate Nostril Breathing, Step 1,” 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. Right Nostril is Blocked.” On the right side of the image are the words “Left Side of Body.” The Legend is “Alternate Nostril Breathing, Step 1.”
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2. Release the block on the right nostril. Use the ring finger or index finger of the right hand to block the left nostril. Exhale long and deep through the right nostril.
Keeping ‘the same finger and hand position’, inhale long and deep through the right nostril.
Image: “Alternate Nostril Breathing: Step 2,” 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 and Right Hand.” On the right side of the image are the words “Left Side of Body. Left Nostril is Blocked.” The Legend is “Alternate Nostril Breathing, Step 2.”
Image: “Alternate Nostril Breathing: Step 2,” 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 and Right Hand.” On the right side of the image are the words “Left Side of Body. Left Nostril is Blocked.” The Legend is “Alternate Nostril Breathing, Step 2.”
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3. Then switch back to the finger position shown in step 1, and exhale long and deep through the left nostril.
Keeping the same finger position, begin again with the instructions for Step 1.
Continue with this alternate nostril breath for a few minutes, but stop at any time if you begin to feel uncomfortable.
Image: “Alternate Nostril Breathing, Step 1 (aka Step 3),” 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. Right Nostril is Blocked.” On the right side of the image are the words “Left Side of Body.” The Legend is “Alternate Nostril Breathing, Step 1.”
Image: “Alternate Nostril Breathing, Step 1 (aka Step 3),” 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. Right Nostril is Blocked.” On the right side of the image are the words “Left Side of Body.” The Legend is “Alternate Nostril Breathing, Step 1.”
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More Information
There is a good description of alternate nostril breathing by Healthy Happy Holy Organization (3HO) in their article “Nostril Breathing” …
Link: “Nostril Breathing,” by 3HO … https://www.3ho.org/practice-open-new/nostril-breathing/ ..
See also my blogs …
Link: “Unified Mind: Integrating the Lower Mental Body into the Higher Mental Body,” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 6 September 2016; published on 7 September 2016; revised on 16 May 2023 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-64E ..
Link: “Tummy Talk: Uniting the Mind and Healing Soul Wounding,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 23 March 2017; revised on 16 May 2023 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-74T ..
Image: “Alternate 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: “Alternate 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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Matthew Nihra: Breathing practices or pranayama such as Left Nostril Breathing, Right Nostril Breathing, and Alternate Nostril Breathing help a person yoke the subconscious mind to the conscious mind.
Image Markup: “Iceberg: Conscious Mind with Somatic Nervous System and Subconscious Mind with Autonomic Nervous System. Subconscious Mind Merges into Conscious Mind,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 26 June 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … CREDITS: Image: “A photomontage of what a whole iceberg might look like. The upper part is a real image (Image:Iceberg-Antarctica.jpg). The part below the waterline is another iceberg image upside down,” by Uwe Kils, 3 July 2005, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iceberg.jpg … CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported
Image Markup: “Iceberg: Conscious Mind with Somatic Nervous System and Subconscious Mind with Autonomic Nervous System. Subconscious Mind Merges into Conscious Mind,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 26 June 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … CREDITS: Image: “A photomontage of what a whole iceberg might look like. The upper part is a real image (Image:Iceberg-Antarctica.jpg). The part below the waterline is another iceberg image upside down,” by Uwe Kils, 3 July 2005, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iceberg.jpg … CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported
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After mastering pranayama you may wish to go on to mudras, mantras, asanas, and kriyas.
In the image below, for example, kundalini yoga students are practicing Sat Kriya, a yoga technique I will be recommending in video 14 of this series.
Yoga mudras, mantras, asanas, and kriyas can be practiced to achieve the same effect as pranayama, but with somewhat more difficulty in terms of technique. For more on that, see the “Healthy Happy Holy Organization“ website … https://www.3ho.org ..
Link: “3HO” … https://www.3ho.org … Search: mudra … mantra … asana … kriya
Image: “Miri Piri Academy students train for Level 1 and Level 2 IKYTA Kundalini Yoga Teacher Certification,” by Saraswatikhalsa, 21 October 2008, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yoga_at_Miri_Piri_Academy.jpg … CC BY-SA 4.0 International
Image: “Miri Piri Academy students train for Level 1 and Level 2 IKYTA Kundalini Yoga Teacher Certification,” by Saraswatikhalsa, 21 October 2008, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yoga_at_Miri_Piri_Academy.jpg … CC BY-SA 4.0 International
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The next section describes a simple breathing practice through which we can attain the traditional form of enlightenment known as ‘One Mind’. → https://wp.me/p2Rkym-vau ..
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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.
Chapter 13 is the first of two miniseries on the topic of Enlightenment. The page you are viewing now is Chapter 13B. Enlightenment I: On Mastering the Subconscious and Conscious Minds – Introduction.
Navigation links for the Enlightenment I miniseries are at the top and near the bottom of each page of this series. Navigation links for the complete Mastering the Mind series are at the very bottom of each page.
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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