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