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# [[air retaining|Hold your breath]]. You might fond it comfortable to close your nostrils with your fingers. | # [[air retaining|Hold your breath]]. You might fond it comfortable to close your nostrils with your fingers. | ||
# [[full exhaling|Exhale]] through your left nostril. | # [[full exhaling|Exhale]] through your left nostril. | ||
| − | # Keep breathing | + | # Keep breathing like this till the end of your training session, following the [[breath methods|breath method indicator]]. |
# After you're done, you might take some time for meditating and contemplating yourself. | # After you're done, you might take some time for meditating and contemplating yourself. | ||
* '''''NB!''''' Make sure you don't press down on the nostril too hard so the septum is pushed off the center, or so your head starts leaning. | * '''''NB!''''' Make sure you don't press down on the nostril too hard so the septum is pushed off the center, or so your head starts leaning. | ||
Revision as of 15:57, 1 December 2016
Sheetali is the extra preset training type in Prana Breath app, available in Guru version.
Effects
- lowering body temperature
- relieving stress tension
- curing illnesses, related to tongue, mouth and throat
- correcting disorders of spleen
- lessening the appetite
- fighting insomnia
Origin, history
This training type, as well as "Harmony" and "Power", is derived from Pranayama, and is an ancient Vedic technique of breathing gymnastics - Pranayama, and is translated from Sanskrit as "Cooling".
In Prana Breath this training type is adapted even for people that don't practice Yoga and/or don't have much time for practice but still need its effect.
Setting the training
- Download this pattern if you don't have it yet.
- Choose this pattern in Training tab or Control tab.
- Set the optimal training complexity so the training brings you joy, yet doesn't seem too easy. Use the options in Control tab and/or Dynamic tab to adjust all parameters.
Training process
- Choose the comfortable position.
- Empty your lungs, breathing out with effort ("Prepare").
- Bring your tongue all the way out and fold both sides of tongue tube- or straw-like.
- Make a full inhaling ("Inhale") though this tongue-tube.
- Hold your breath. You might fond it comfortable to close your nostrils with your fingers.
- Exhale through your left nostril.
- Keep breathing like this till the end of your training session, following the breath method indicator.
- After you're done, you might take some time for meditating and contemplating yourself.
- NB! Make sure you don't press down on the nostril too hard so the septum is pushed off the center, or so your head starts leaning.
Other questions
How long should I train? How can I combine this pattern with another? Should I always inhale through my nose?
If you have such or other questions, please look through the FAQ page.