Yoga Tips - Anulom Vilom Pranayam Full Guide

Yoga Tips - Anulom Vilom Pranayam Full Guide

Anulom Vilom Pranayama or alternate nostril breathing exercise is one of the main practices of Pranayama. Anulom Vilom (Alternate Nostril Breathing) is one of the most effective pranayama (breathing exercises) to purify the mind and body. Anulom Vilom (Alternate Nostril Breathing) is one of the most effective pranayama (breathing exercises) to purify the mind and body. Regular practitioners have also treated their serious health conditions, which include heart problems, cartilage, depression, asthma, high blood pressure and arthritis. Some of the practitioners also treated bent ligaments, neural issues, migraine pain and sinus by exercising anulom vilom pranayam.

The traditional practice is mainly exercised for relaxation and strengthening of the mind and it also prepares the entire body for meditation. More and more people have been engaging themselves in this yoga exercise owing to its convenience.

1. Sit tall, cross-legged on the floor.
2. Bring your left hand to jnana mudra, connecting thumb and first finger, palm face up on your thigh.
3. Bring the first two fingers of the right hand to the center of the forehead, the thumb to the right nostril and the fourth finger to the left nostril.
4. Inhale through left nostril for four counts, covering the right nostril gently with the thumb.
5. Switch, covering left nostril with fourth finger, exhaling through right nostril for eight counts.
6. Reverse- Inhaling through right nostril for four counts, then exhaling through left nostril for eight counts.
7. You have completed one round.