Ode
Israel
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Posted - Aug 26 2019 : 12:41:36 PM Show Profile Email Poster Edit Topic Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Message Delete Topic
Hi
I am doing the practice of meditation for 4 month i also started spinal breathing pranyama for the last 3 month...
I went to a tm(Transendental meditation course) and they said to me to do alternate nostril breathing pranyama before the practice of meditation...i told them i am doing the spinal breathing pranyama so they told me to do the spinal breathing than the nostril breathing and than the meditation...
Is it ok to do the spinal breathing before the nostril breathing and than do the meditation...because my tm instracture insisted on me doing the altarnate nostril breathing pranyama before the meditation ..
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Thankyo
Ode
Christi
United Kingdom
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Posted - Aug 27 2019 : 5:02:23 PM Show Profile Email Poster Visit Christi's Homepage Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
Hi Ode,
The advice given in AYP is that if you really want to do alternate nostril breathing (nadi shodana), then to add it as a short session before Spinal Breathing Pranayama.
See
lesson 41.1"Still, if you are an avid nadi shodana practitioner, or are strongly attracted to it, it will do no harm to incorporate it into your routine. If you have time, you can do some alternate nostril breathing before spinal breathing. .... Keep in mind that nadi shodana is not recommended if you are a beginner in spinal breathing. There is plenty to learn in taking up spinal breathing - new habits to develop - and nadi shodana is not in the mix for the reasons mentioned. But, since it has been asked about by several people, and perhaps wondered about by others, it is covered here."
It is not included in the basic mix of AYP practices because Spinal Breathing does everything that alternate nostril breathing does plus a lot more. And it does it more effectively. But still, alternate nostril breathing is a nice practice and very enjoyable and beneficial, especially when some ecstatic conductivity is present in the subtle nervous system.
Christi
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Ode
Israel
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Posted - Aug 27 2019 : 8:49:24 PM Show Profile Email Poster Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
Ok thankyo christi
