 This body sigh or physiological sigh is a pranayama practice PERFECT for when you are feeling stressed, anxious, out of breath, or just plain tired. It's resets the nervous system, improves breathing efficiency of both taking in the good and letting go of the bad, and can help improve your mood. Perhaps you've heard of it from popular podcasts - like the Huberman Lab. It's much like many pranayama practices we already work with in Yoga.
The basics of this breathwork are: Step 1: Inhale (nose) Step 2: Sharp Second Inhale (nose) Step 3: Long slow (mouth) When you exercise your breath this way you are working with both sides of the nervous system, stimulating the vagus nerve, and it utilizes more of our lungs' capacity to deeply take in oxygen and more efficiently let go of carbon dioxide. The inhales are stimulating and opening for the lungs getting in more O2 The exhales are relaxing, and allow for a long release of CO2. Inhale, big sniff, exhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaale. Inhale, big sniff, exhaaaaaaaaaaaaale. Inhale, big sniff, exhaaaaaaaaaaale. Inhale, big sniff, exhaaaaaaaaaaale.
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