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Step 1
Sit on a chair or on the floor and keep your back as straight as you can.
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Step 2
Use your right thumb to cover up your right nostril. Let your middle and forefingers curl into your palm. Let your pinky and ring fingers stay together in the air.
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Step 3
Keep the right nostril closed off with your right thumb while breathing in for 4 counts through your left nostril.
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Step 4
Then close off the left nostril with your ring and pinky fingers. Hold both nostrils closed for 8 counts.
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Step 5
And the end of the 8 counts, release your thumb from your right nostril and exhale out of that side for another 8 counts.
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Step 6
Inhale through your right nostril for 4 counts and close both nostrils. Hold for 8 counts and release the ring and pinky fingers from your left nostril while exhaling for four counts.
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Step 7
Inhale through your right nostril for 4 counts and close both nostrils. Hold for 8 counts and release the ring and pinky fingers from your right nostril while exhaling for four counts. Repeat the full cycle 10 times.
