{"id":452,"date":"2016-09-01T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vinyasayogaacademy.com\/blog\/?p=452"},"modified":"2026-08-17T11:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:27:59","slug":"benefits-of-nadi-shodhan-pranayama-alternate-nostril-breathing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vinyasayogaacademy.com\/blog\/benefits-of-nadi-shodhan-pranayama-alternate-nostril-breathing\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Nadi Shodhan pranayama (Alternate Nostril Breathing)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This simple breathing technique helps calm your mind and body by releasing the accumulated stress. It also helps purify the&nbsp;<em>nadis<\/em>&nbsp;(subtle energy channels), thus enabling smooth flow of&nbsp;<em>prana<\/em>. By de-stressing the mind and body, this pranayama lets you relax, making the body more fertile and approach the process of conception with a fresh perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits of Alternate Nostril Breathing (Nadi Shodhan Pranayama)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Excellent breathing technique to\u00a0<strong>calm and center the mind<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our mind has a tendency to keep regretting or glorifying the past and getting anxious about the future. Nadi Shodhan pranayama helps to bring the mind back to the present moment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Works therapeutically<\/strong>\u00a0for most circulatory and respiratory problems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Releases accumulated stress<\/strong>\u00a0in the mind and body effectively and helps relax.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helps\u00a0<strong>harmonize the left and right hemispheres of the brain<\/strong>, which correlate to the logical and emotional sides of our personality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helps purify and balance the nadis, the subtle energy channels, thereby ensuring\u00a0<strong>smooth flow of prana<\/strong>\u00a0(life force) through the body.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maintains body temperature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This simple breathing technique helps calm your mind and body by releasing the accumulated stress. It also helps purify the&nbsp;nadis&nbsp;(subtle energy channels), thus enabling smooth flow of&nbsp;prana. By de-stressing the mind and body, this pranayama lets you relax, making the body more fertile and approach the process of conception with a fresh perspective. Benefits of Alternate Nostril Breathing (Nadi Shodhan Pranayama)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[276],"tags":[136,137],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditation-and-pranayama","tag-benefits-of-nadi-shodhan-pranayama","tag-nadi-shodhan-pranayama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinyasayogaacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinyasayogaacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinyasayogaacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinyasayogaacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinyasayogaacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vinyasayogaacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3391,"href":"https:\/\/vinyasayogaacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions\/3391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinyasayogaacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinyasayogaacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinyasayogaacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinyasayogaacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}