Welcome,
I'm Jocelyn.
This is the fourth in a series of short breath breaks.
Each breath break highlights a different breathing technique to balance the nervous system,
To balance the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system in our body.
Normally breath breaks have three cycles of nine breaths.
However,
In this breath,
Which is the alternate nostril breathing,
We're going to do just nine cycles.
The alternate nostril breathing requires the use of your hand.
So I'm going to take my glasses off.
You're going to use your thumb,
And that's going to close off your right nostril when it's time.
And your pointer finger and your middle finger,
Your first and second fingers,
Will kind of rest on your third eye,
Or right between your eyebrows,
Mind's eye center.
And your ring finger will be what closes off to your left nostril.
And we're going to be inhaling and exhaling through one nostril at a time.
We're going to go through nine full rounds,
And that is this breath break.
So you'll start by closing off your right nostril with your thumb and inhaling through that open left nostril.
Then you're going to close off your left nostril and then open up the right nostril to exhale out the air.
Then you'll be breathing in through that open right nostril,
Closing off the right nostril and opening up the left nostril to exhale out.
And that is one round of alternate nostril breathing.
So we'll be doing nine rounds.
So get comfortable and place your first two fingers between the eyebrows at that mind's eye center.
Close off that right nostril and inhale through the left nostril.
Close off the left nostril,
Open the right and exhale through your nose.
Leaving the right nostril open,
Inhale.
Close off the right nostril with your thumb and open the left nostril to breathe out.
Inhale through the left nostril.
Close off the left nostril with your ring finger and open your right nostril and exhale out.
Inhale through the right.
Close off the right and exhale through the left nostril.
Inhaling left.
Closing that off and exhaling right.
Inhaling right.
Closing that off and exhaling left.
Inhaling through your left nostril.
Closing that off,
Opening the right and exhaling.
Inhale through the right nostril.
Closing that off and exhaling through the left nostril.
Inhaling left.
Closing that off and exhaling right.
Inhaling right.
Closing that off and exhaling left.
Four more.
Inhaling left.
Closing that off and exhaling right.
Inhaling right.
Closing that off and exhaling left.
Inhaling left.
Closing that off and exhaling right.
Inhaling right.
Closing that off and exhaling left.
Two more.
Inhaling left.
Closing that off and exhaling right.
Inhaling right.
Closing that off and exhaling left.
Last time.
Inhaling left.
Closing that off and exhaling right.
Inhaling right.
Closing that off and exhaling left.
And then dropping your hand down to your lap and allowing your own natural breath.
Just feeling your body breathing you,
Feeling the natural rhythm of your breath.
That was a very short breath break.
It's something you can do throughout the day to balance your nervous system throughout the day.
If you need a buddy for your breath break,
This recording is always available.
And thank you for joining me.
Namaste.
