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RE: The Preventative Medicine of Nadi Shodhana
i am very surprised with these 10-15 minutes, i remember reading to do it for max 5 minutes and i have been limiting myself to this time for years
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@bubke
When I lived in the ashram in Germany I did intensive Pranayama sessions where our kind of Nadi Shodana, it is with retention of breath also, was done for up to 60 minutes.
Since it is calming and harmonizing you can do it for a long time, time is only limited by the amount of time the practitioner can sit comfortably.
Since it is the preparation for the energy awakening pranayamas of Kundalini Yoga, we needed to do it for quite a long time in those sessions before we could do those practices safely.
It's good to work with a respected, well practiced teacher when it comes to pranayama. I guess that's my personal philosophy. We practice a few techniques like 3 or 4 for 2 hours. In a group setting including senior teachers and practitioners. The golden rule imho: ask, do i feel comfortable, is my body feeling calm, relaxed, strong, centered? If yes, good. If no, change, stop, shift. Samadhi is for real ❤🙏 🌾🌲🌳
Thanks, i agree with you. I must say i recall where i read that advice and it was a publication of Bihar School of Yoga in India, i regard that institute as the highest level so i am curious about their reasons, i think it might have been a beginner's warning. Anyway, as i said, i agree 100% with what you said: Do, evaluate, redo/stop
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