-
Step 1
Sit in a comfortable seated posture of your choice. If you like, you can prop your knees on yoga blocks, blankets or bolsters in a cross legged posture, knees on both knees, extend your legs in front of you or even sit on a chair. Just make sure that you can sit comfortably with a tall, straight spine for at least 5 minutes.
-
Step 2
Secure a yoga strap around your upper arms, just above the elbows, so that your arms are held shoulder width apart. Extend your left arm so that your hand rests on your left knee and bend your right elbow, touching your nose with your right hand.
-
Step 3
Press your outer upper arms against the yoga strap throughout the exercise, helping to flatten your shoulder blades across your back and in turn, allowing more air to enter your lungs and assisting your spinal posture.
-
Step 4
Close your left nostril with your right index finger, inhaling slowly and deeply through the right nostril. At the end of your exhalation, open the left nostril and close the right with your thumb. Exhale slowly and deeply. Alternate fingers, always inhaling through the right nostril and exhaling through the left. Repeat the single nostril breath exercise for 1 to 3 minutes.
-
Step 5
Take a moment to rest, breathing normally, and then alternate the breathing, inhaling through your left nostril and exhaling through the right. Repeat for 1 to 3 minutes.
