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How to do Alternate Nostril Breathing (Anulom Vilom Pranayama)

• Close your eyes. Focus your attention on your breathing.
• Close the right nostril with the right thumb. Simply press the thumb against your nostril to block it.
• Inhale slowly through the left nostril. Fill your lungs with air. First, feel the diaphragm move down, allowing the lungs to expand and forcing the abdomen out; then feel your chest expand with your collar bones rising last.
• Remove your thumb from your right nostril. Keep your right hand by your nose and your lungs full of air.
• Use your ring and middle finger to close your left nostril. Most people find it easier to continue using the same hand to block either nostril, but you're welcome to switch hands depending on which nostril you're blocking. You can also switch if your arm gets tired.
• Exhale slowly and completely with the right nostril. Feel the collar bones dropping, chest deflating, and abdomen shrinking as the lungs collapse. When you've finished exhaling, keep your left nostril closed.
• Inhale through the right nostril. Fill your lungs.
• Close the right nostril and open the left.
• Breathe out slowly through the left nostril. This process is one round of Anulom Vilom Pranayam.
• Continue for 15 minutes. You may take a minute's rest after every five minutes of exercise.