Red Poppy by Georgia O'Keefe
If you can read chicken scratch... Here is a viniyoga sequence designed to prepare for alternate nostril breathing.
The intention is a practice for someone who has some yoga experience, especially some experience with the Nadi Shodhana pranayama technique. The sequence activates a lot of right vs. left movement which prepares the hemispheres of the mind and body to work together and to shift mental focus from side to side of the body. It's quite a nice effect.
Please, if you use it or like it, let me know and attribute it properly. Viniyoga is a breath-based practice, where postures are held and released repeatedly, with the rhythm of the breath. This facilitates neuromuscular repatterning, among many other benefits.
Asana Reason Repetitions
I don't have time to post about the technique... but here is a beginner's primer. The only thing missing from this link is a discussion of how to valve the breath through the active nostril. I will have to post about that NEXT time.
The second to last posture is a supine twist, jtara parivritti.
Happy weekend....
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