This Video is about a popular pranayama among the yogic practices called Nadi Shodhana Pranayama, otherwise called Alternate nostril breathing or Anulom-Vilom. The focus of this video is to understand,
- What is Nadi Shodhana, and the etymology, definition, and meaning behind it.
- Why we need to do NS - To understand the positive effects at the physical, physiological, mental, and spiritual levels. To understand what happens at the subtler level of your brain.
- How and when to do this practice. What scriptures recommend on the length of breath, ratios, and number of times you repeat and how long.
- Who has to do it. What are the contraindication and Who benefits from this pranayama.

Contents

0:00 Introduction
1.10 What is Nadi Shodhana
4:56 Why we need to do Nadi Shodhana
9:33 How to do Nadi Shodhana
14:49 Breath Length and Breath Ratio
18:44 Ratio as per Thirumandiram
21:55 Contraindications of NS

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