
Alternate Nostril Breathing
This particular breathing technique is calming for both mind and body, and helps relax your nervous system, and can increase focus in 1-5 minutes.
- Sit up straight
- With your right hand, fold your middle, ring, and pinkie fingers into your palm
- Rest your index finger on the left side of your nose, and your thumb on the right, just below the bridge
- Gently press your thumb to block your right nostril and inhale through your left nostril
- Release your thumb, press your index finger to close off your left nostril, and exhale through your right nostril
- Inhale through the right nostril, close it off, and exhale through the left
- Inhale through the left nostril, close it off, and exhale through the right
- Repeat for up to five minutes