Did you know that a very simple nasal breathing test can provide insight into your autonomic nervous system? It’s called a nasal cycle test. You can check whether your body is in a sympathetic, fight or flight state, or a parasympathetic, rest and digest state.
The nasal cycle test only takes a moment, and afterwards, if needed, you can attempt to override your nervous system response by using simple yoga breathing exercises. This video will show you how.
VIDEO CONTENTS
00:00 Intro
00:23 Nasal Cycle Test
00:57 Sympathetic Nervous System
01:05 Parasympathetic Nervous System
03:30 Nasal Cycle Phenomenon
04:51 Yoga Breathing Exercises
05:23 Right To Left Nostril Practice
08:37 Benefits Of Right Side Sleeping
09:17 Breath Of Fire Practice
DISCLAIMER - Please do not use this video to diagnose or treat a health condition. Check with a trusted healthcare provider before starting any self-care routine. For 10 to 20 percent of people, this test will not work because of temporary or permanent nose or sinus problems including deviated septum, allergies, inflammation and other problems.
PHYSIOLOGY
Discovering your dominant nostril at any given time, will help you understand your body’s responses better. Right nostril dominance means that your nervous system is in fight or flight. While left nostril dominance means it’s in rest and digest.
For example, if you’re hungry, you’ll almost always breathe through your right nostril, so fight or flight mode, because in the past humans needed to physically hunt or gather food. Then after a meal, you’ll want to switch to your left nostril, to rest and digest. So the blood will move away from your heart, lungs and muscles and focus on your digestive system.
Ancient yoga practitioners intuitively understood that their nose was giving them insight into their nervous system. While in medical literature this concept has evolved and the alternating right/left nostril dominance is now referred to as the nasal cycle.
Although the reasons why this left/right nostril dominance happens remains unknown, what is clear is that for most people the nasal cycle test will help you check whether the correct nostril is dominant when you need it to be and give a quick insight into the current state of your nervous system.
WHEN MIGHT YOGA BREATHING EXERCISES HELP?
*Minor nervous system disturbances (such as not being able to sleep the night before a big meeting)
*Major nervous system disturbances (illnesses, extreme life situations)
*Everyday situations - this this where you’ll find the most consistent results
RESEARCH
72% of people show Nasal Cycle patterns: [ Ссылка ]
Nitric Oxide concentration in less dominant nostril: [ Ссылка ]
Nostril preferred breathing & the ANS effects: [ Ссылка ]
More detailed explanation: [ Ссылка ]
Right vs Left nostril research: [ Ссылка ]
Nasal Cycle at night: [ Ссылка ]
3 PRACTICES WE’LL LEARN
1) Nasal Cycle Test
2) Right To Left Nostril Switch
3) Breath Of Fire
WANT MORE?
* 21-Day Yoga Breathing Challenge: [ Ссылка ]
* My podcast: [ Ссылка ]
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