A Diaphragmatic Breathing ExerciseWant a diaphragmatic breathing exercise for energy, alertness and clear thinking? This exercise is not only calming and relaxing but easy to learn and takes only a few minutes of your time. It's even helpful on headaches! As with all qigong/chi kung meditations, this one is also a brain exercise, because it promotes the creation of neural pathways — good for brain health, intelligence, creativity and general cognitive ability. It's especially good for whole-brain functioning or whole-brain synchrony and hemispheric balance by thickening and strengthening the corpus callosum. This corpus callosum is a broad thick band of brain tissue made of massive nerve fibers that acts as a bridge between the left and right hemispheres of your brain. It's what allows your hemispheres to communicate in whole-brain thinking. Most of us tend to be predominantly left- or right-brain thinkers, creating an imbalance in hemispheric brain activity and development. Want a healthy brain? You have to develop whole-brain health, which translates into hemispheric balance. Alternate Nostril Breathing is a technique that specifically promotes whole-brain development and hemispheric balance. When you breathe in through the left nostril, you are actually promoting right brain activity. Likewise, breathing in through the right nostril will activate the left hemisphere. By alternating your breathing between left and right nostrils, you are creating healthy brain development. This brain exercise will help with mental clarity and alertness, giving you energy and vitality. Suffering from a headache? Breathe it away with this simple breathing exercise. Alternate Nostril Breathing like all qigong/chi kung yogic breathing increases oxygen in the brain. Since our brain utilizes more than eighty percent of all the oxygen we breathe in, the best way to treat a headache is to feed the oxygen-starved brain. Like all qigong/chi kung techniques, Alternate Nostril Breathing cleanses your body of toxins and contaminants and frees you of debilitating ailments that result from toxicity in your body. If you have a lot of toxicity in your body, practice this breathing exercise for short periods of time. All qigong/chi kung exercises are very powerful in their effects, and this diaphragmatic breathing exercise is no different. You don't want to overdo the exercise and suffer from too many toxins being released from your system at once. And please, read the Disclaimer before attempting any exercise on this website! Steps For Alternate Nostril Breathing
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