Hi,
This is Amy.
Welcome to your guided breathwork session.
We're going to be doing a type of breathwork called Nadi Shodhana.
It also means alternate nostril breathing,
And it's a purifying and clarifying breath that actually helps to bring balance to both the right and left sides of the brain.
So we'll go ahead and get started.
So you'll want to go ahead and find a comfortable seat,
Either sitting cross-leg or just sitting up tall in a chair with the feet planted firmly on the ground.
And just getting comfortable there,
Pushing into the sitting bones and lengthening up through the crown of the head,
Bringing the shoulders down and back,
Bringing the ears over the shoulders,
Just sitting up tall.
And just starting to notice your breath here,
Notice where the breath is in the body.
And we'll begin here by bringing the right hand straight out in front of us,
And we're going to take the pointer finger and the middle finger right in between the eyebrows.
So the fingertips of the pointer finger and middle finger come right between the eyebrows.
And we'll go ahead and close off the right nostril with the thumb,
And we'll take a deep exhale on the left side.
And then we'll inhale on the left side and close off the left side with the ring finger,
Pinky finger,
And exhale on the right side.
And then we'll inhale right side,
Close off the right side with the thumb,
And exhale left side.
So that'll be one round.
And then we'll go ahead and inhale left side,
Close off with the ring finger,
Pinky finger,
And exhale right side.
And inhale right side,
Close off,
And exhale left side.
Again,
Inhale left side,
Close off,
And exhale right side.
Inhale right side,
Close off,
And exhale left side.
And I'll walk you through one more round here.
We'll inhale left side,
Close off,
And exhale right.
And then inhale right,
Close off,
And exhale left.
And just do two more rounds,
Full rounds at your own pace.
And really notice if you can lengthen both the inhale and the exhale.
Noticing if you can breathe deeply into the belly,
Really drawing up the air from the belly,
Activating the parasympathetic nervous system.
And just allowing yourself to be fully focused on your breath,
Quieting the mind,
And just concentrating on this really simple movement.
And then when you're ready,
We'll go ahead and bring the hand back down to the knee or to the thigh.
And just notice here how you feel.
Notice how the body feels.
Notice what the breath is like.
And then when you're ready,
We'll go ahead and bring both the hands to heart center.
And again,
Sitting up tall,
Maybe bowing the chin here just gently honoring yourself for doing just a couple minutes of breath work today.
Just thanking yourself for making this offering to yourself.
Thank you so much for practicing with me.
