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Practice Patience

The goal of yoga is enlightenment . That's it. Yoga was originally developed to lead the practitioner to freedom from suffering ... (continued)

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M.S.Rajaram,Pondicherry,India

Here it is to be explained that right upper palm is more sensitive by virtue of its more active status,due to the activeness of the pingala nadi and therefore we use right hand for Nadi-shodana,for accurate observation

Yesheen

When u say the Ida nadi begins on the left do u mean the left if I was looking at someone else (I.e. their right) or do u mean my left as if I was looking down at myself?

jodi

Why do you use the right hand for Nadi Shodhana? Can the left be used? if not - why not?

Masha

Thank you so much for this wonderful article. It explains very clearly what the nadis are and the purpose of Alternate breathing.

Rajendar Menen

Am sharing this article with my other yogi friends...You are a truly high class journal.

Roy

Thank you so much. Very clear. Illustrating the balancing of these energies is also very useful. Just felt it for the first time!

Ankur

Thanks for providing such a great article. It really helped me understand the benefits of Alternate Breathing.

Please keep sharing more awakening articles.

angel Kyodo

the mudra used in Nadi Shodhana is "vishnu mudra"

rajendar menen

your site is fantastic. please remember that you are doing a huge service to humanity!!

cheers from bombay, india.

Sally Thomas

To the left of your article "Balancing Act" is a column that invites one to participate in a survey, yet when I click on the "Survey" button, nothing happens. Kindly look into.

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