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East meets West: Swara Yoga - Breathing, nostril dominance etc, some papers/articles etc.

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http://www.amazon.com/Swara-Yoga-Swami-Mukti-Bodhananda/dp/8185787360


Here's the section on nostril dominance from Chiara's notes to Gregor Maehle workshop

"Gregor stressed again the difference between Buddhist meditation (very slow process just on awareness and breath) and Yoga meditation. He made the comparison of an Atari computer (vipassana) and a superprocessor (Yoga meditation).
He went again on the importance of Pranayama in balancing the nadis, since depending on the dominant nostril we will be more or less successful in the activities we start.
For example the right nostril should be open if we want to commit a crime, are a policeman wanting to arrest a criminal, give a public speech, study the Shastras, study a difficult scientific text, performing kriyas...
The left nostril should be open for conception, breastfeeding, counselling, listening to a friend, artistic activities, all other yogic activities.

By learning to regulate which nostril is predominant we can make sure that the activities we need to perform are successful (and to be honest after reading the Svara Yoga book I have started to notice that my right nostril is always more open whenever I feel it is a good time to study...).
It is better to lie on the left side than to drink a coffee, same effect. Lie on the right side if you want to fall asleep quickly etc etc.

Right nostril - sympathetic nervous system, catabolic
Left nostril - parasympathetic nervous system, anabolic
We have a dualistic mind, night and day, Ida and Pingala

Gregor mentioned the Shiva Svarodhaya Shastra, which has been translated into English (it is in the Svara Yoga book of the Bihar School of Yoga)

Every 90 minutes or so, on average, the dominant nostril changes. There are a few minutes where no nostril is dominant, both hemispheres are suspended (we feel a bit weird) the central nadi is active and prana enters it. This time is what Yogis want to elongate".

from Guest post by Chiara Ghiron
www.theyogicat.com
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I asked Chiara if she had any articles on this from the western perspective, research papers etc.

Of course she does.

Thank you yet again to Chiara for providing these links, have been wanting to read some more on this for some time.


Here there are some references on breathing, nostril dominance, contralateral hemispheres. I am not sure all can be freely downloaded.
The last is an interesting review from the IJYT which I passed to Anthony, he may be able to share it on the blog or just ask me or him for it.

Physiology of nostril breathing exercises and it's probable relation with nostril and cerebral dominance.
http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JMCJMS/article/view/7885/6431

The effects of unilateral nostril breathing during the night on heart rate and sleep apnea in young sportsmen
http://www.npbrjournal.com/article/S0941-9500(11)00053-4/abstract

Sex- and diagnosis-related differences in nostril dominance may be associated with hemisphere dysfunction in affective disorders
http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/issues/sag-12-42-1/sag-42-1-4-1011-1321.pdf

The emergence of emotional lateralization: Evidence in non-human vertebrates and implications for farm animals
http://www.journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/applan/article/S0168-1591(13)00052-X/abstract
Voluntary Breath Regulation in Yoga: Its Relevance and Physiological Effects
http://www.resourcenter.net/images/AAPB/Files/Biofeedback/2008/biof_breathing_regulation.pdf
The Psychology of respiration: Eastern and Western perspectives
http://iayt.metapress.com/content/y144x63037425587/
This last one can be found below
















And also this

from KHYF. 

Question: Should we be throwing out the baby with the bath water.

Kausthub Desikacar and any organisation he's associated with, past/present or future, may be discredited,  due to the "varying allegations of sexual, mental and emotional abuse against Dr. Kaustaub Desikachar" but what about the scholarship, some excellent articles have appeared under the KHYF banner? Do we throw those out as well?



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