Nadi Shodhana: Space Element Expansion for Kundalini Healing

Part of my Kundalini Yoga and Breathwork guide · Teachings by Guru Sanju

Background

These techniques were meant to increase the space element in your energy field. It was very important because without space in your energy field, your nervous system, your brain, your Kundalini, your consciousness—all became stuck. The mind became extremely activated, and you received negative thoughts, obsessive compulsive tendencies, and all the problems connected with blockages and trauma. You felt stagnant and stuck in life.

So I taught you this technique step by step. You could always ask how many times you needed to do each technique, and that depended on your progress, on how your system responded. Here in this discourse, I described the steps. The number of repetitions I always told individually.

Checking the Dominant Nostril

The first technique was to check from which nostril you were breathing more. You needed to place your hand near your nose, close your eyes, take a few breaths, and observe which side was dominant.

If you noticed that the right nostril was more active, it meant your sympathetic breathing was dominant. Your pingala nadi was more active. You needed to balance both. If the left nostril was more dominant, that also indicated imbalance. So in the session I always told what needed to be done for your specific state, but the technique to test the dominant nadi—whether sympathetic or parasympathetic—was simply observing from which nostril the breath was flowing more.

This was the first technique.

Arms-Up Breath Awareness Posture

After that, you needed to lift your arms straight upward and keep both arms raised. You sat in this position for at least five to ten minutes, keeping your attention on the breath. This posture expanded the energy field and increased the space element.

Your focus remained completely on your breath.

Slow Mouth Exhalation

Next, you performed mouth exhalation very slowly, with your eyes closed. This could be ten times, twenty-one times, depending on what your system required.

You exhaled gently like this:
Haaaaa…
Or sometimes a soft Ooooh… sound.

You continued exhaling until your belly fully deflated. Your belly had to empty completely, the air shifting out from deep within. This was the second technique.

Alternate Nostril Breathing (Anulom Vilom)

The third technique was alternate nostril breathing.

You placed your hand in the correct position:
Thumb ready to close the right nostril, the last two fingers ready to close the left, and the index and middle finger folded inward in Vishnu Mudra.

Then you closed the right nostril and inhaled from the left very slowly.

When the inhalation from the left was complete, you exhaled from the right.

When the exhalation from the right was complete, you inhaled from the right, then closed the nostril, and exhaled from the left.

This was one complete round.
There were multiple rounds—eleven, twenty-one—depending on what your system needed. This was the alternate nostril breathing technique.

External Kumbhak (Breath Hold After Exhalation)

Next technique was the external breath hold, or external kumbhak.

You inhaled slowly and naturally from the nose, and then exhaled completely from the mouth.

When your exhalation was complete, your belly went in naturally. You held the breath at that point for three to five seconds, or even one or two seconds if that was more suitable. The number of repetitions needed to be higher if you were holding for shorter durations.

Nourishing Nadi Shodhana

Then came the technique of nourishing or purifying the energy channels.

Inhalation was from the left. You closed the right nostril and inhaled slowly from the left. Then you held the breath for one second and exhaled from the right.

Again, inhalation from the left… hold for one second… exhale from the right.

Each inhalation and exhalation needed to be extremely slow. Very slow. Almost silent. It could be done twenty-one times or eleven times. For every student I guided individually.

The last technique was belly breathing in lying down posture.

Belly Breathing in Lying Down Position

You lay down and positioned your hands such that both hands rested under your navel, making a triangle around it.

When you inhaled, the belly rose.
When you exhaled, the belly fell.

This technique restored grounding and stability.

Everything I taught in the video was exclusively for remembering the sequence. You could always ask questions later. The same techniques were provided in writing as well, and the rest we discussed through messages.

Complete Round of Purifying Nadi Shodhana (Demonstration Section)

For the nourishing nadi shodhana, the steps were extremely slow. First you inhaled from the left, held your breath for one second, and exhaled from the right. The inhalation had to be very slow. Then hold one second, exhale from the right.

When your exhalation from the right was complete, you inhaled from the right. Hold for one second. Then exhale from the left.

I demonstrated it exactly like this:
Inhale left… hold one second… exhale right… inhale right… hold one second… exhale left.

From the beginning point to the ending point, the nadi loop completed one cycle.

There should be no sound in the inhalation or exhalation. Slow, slow, slow—so slow that even the breath sound did not arise.

This was one complete round.

I taught you to practice it until you truly mastered it.

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