Energetic Breathwork 5: Alternate Nostril Breath To Infinity

Access Infinity with this advanced practice. Please do Energetic Breathwork practices 1 - 4 before starting this one. Don't practice on a full stomach and keep your hands at the ready in case you feel faint during your first practice. You can add the mudra practice on subsequent sessions. Nice calming music and 1-minute breath holds utilizing: breath of fire, tummo breathing, alternate nostril breathing, nose-only breathing, alkaline breath, and gasping breath. Great for clarity and enhanced focus.

Transcript

Welcome back to Relationship Yoga's Energetic Breath Work for Healing. It's best not to practice this on a full stomach. Today's optional mudra, If you want to deepen your practice, Is called the anatta mudra, The infinity mudra. Which helps focus our energy on infinity. And the expansion of consciousness. Helps us create spiritual awakening and harmonizes the body's energy. You can hold that during the practice and you can continue with that up to 30 minutes after the practice if you want enhanced benefits. Today's intention is to reach infinity. To help with clarity and focus. And in today's session, We'll be doing Breath of Fire. Alternate nostril breathing. Tumor breathing, Nose only breathing, Alkaline breath, And what's called gasping breath. So, To do this, It's best to be sitting upright so you can access the full capacity of your lungs. We'll complete three rounds together and after each round there will be a breath retention of one minute. So let's begin. Short rapid exhales through the nose only, Breath of fire. Breath to fire it's a rapid exhale from the nose by contracting the lower dantian the bottom of our abdomen. Which naturally pushes the breath out of the nose and with a passive inhale we don't draw in the breath, The breath draws in naturally by itself. You alternate nostril breathing left nostril and crossing over the left hand left index finger closing the right nostril right nostril crossing our arm over and pressing the left nostril with the right index finger left Right. Two more breaths. Two more breaths, In through the mouth, Out through the mouth. Nose only breathing, Both nostrils. Tumor breathing. Alkaline breath. It's in the nose, Out the mouth. Gasping breath. We are gulping in the air with a quick inhale through the mouth. Taking the breath fully in deep down as we exhale out of the mouth. Five. Four. 3 2 1 One. Take a whole breath in. And hold. It's okay if you feel light-headed. It's okay if you feel tingling. And slowly exhale out all of your air, All the way out. And then hold the external breath hold. Let your body do what the body does naturally. As you completely relax. Filling your body with the universe's energy, Which is infinite. There is no limit. Drawing it into your heart. You are the infinite. Awareness. Experiencing this body. You are that which is simply always aware. Fine. Four. Three. Cheers! One recovery breath in. Hold at the top. Exhale. Letting the stress leave the body. Returning to normal breath. Getting ready for the next round. Let's begin. Breath of Fire. Alternate nostril breathing, Left nostril. Right nostril. Rat. Two more breaths. Nose only breathing, Both nostrils. In and out only through the nose. Tumor breathing. Alkaline breath. In the nose, Out the mouth. Gasping breath in the mouth, Out through the mouth. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Take a whole breath in. And hold. Filling your body with the universe's energy. And slowly exhale out all of your air, All the way out. Holding a breathless state. Everything becoming still. You enter more and more fully into the present moment experience. Filling your body with the universe's energy. Which is infinite, There is no limit. Letting it pour down the top of your head. From your fontanelle, The chakra above your crown chakra. It's about eight inches above your head. Feel it raining down. Energy, Infinite energy on your hands. Fine. For. . . Free you. One recovery breath in. Hold at the top. Exhale. Let the stress leave the body. Good. Returning to normal breath. Getting ready for the next round. Let's begin. Breath of Fire. Alternate nostril breathing, Left nostril. Right nostril. Left. Right. Two more breaths. Nose only breathing, Both nostrils. Tumor reading. Alkaline breath. Gasping breath in the mouth, Out through the mouth. Five. Four. FREE! Two. One. Take a whole breath in. And hold. And slowly exhale out all of your air, All the way out. Hold at the bottom, The breathless state. Drawing the energy up from beneath where you are sitting. Realizing there is access to infinite energy below you, Drawing it up through the root tip of your spine, Drawing it all the way up. Bringing it up to the third eye. Focusing our attention there. Fine. Four. Three. Too. One recovery breath in. And hold at the top. Exhale. Good. Returning to normal breathing. Resting in perfect peace. And stillness. Thank you so much for letting me guide you through this breathwork session today. I hope you feel more peace. A sense of harmony. A lightness in your body, In your energy. And a sense of enhanced clarity and focus as you move on to the next moment. And now our quote for the day. You are love's only chance to choose itself. So choose wisely.