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Pranayama
Pranayama Surya & Pranayama Chandra
Carla's note
Two single-nostril pranayamas in five minutes, seated, with Chin Mudra. In Surya Bhedana you breathe in through the right nostril and out through the left, a technique traditionally associated with activation. In Chandra Bhedana the direction is reversed, breathing in through the left and out through the right, with a calming effect. The breath stays slow and effortless. Surya Bhedana suits the morning and Chandra Bhedana the evening.Carla Gonçalves
The practice, step by step
- 1Seated posture and Chin Mudra
- 2Surya Bhedana: breathe in through the right, out through the left
- 3Chandra Bhedana: breathe in through the left, out through the right
If it is your first time
Breathe slowly, without counting. If one nostril is blocked, do only what is possible.
If you already practise
Surya in the morning and Chandra in the evening, with the counts you already know.
What you need
- mat or chair
