Bhramari Pranayama, often called Humming or Bee Breath, is an ancient yogic technique. It involves making a humming sound during the...

Nadi Shodhana Pranayama, also known as Alternate Nostril Breathing, is one of the breathing practices we explored in recent months in our yoga group classes. Nadi is a Sanskrit word meaning “channel” or “flow” and shodhana means “purification.” According to the traditional yoga texts, Nadi Shodhana is primarily aimed at clearing and purifying the subtle energy channels of the mind-body organism, right and left sides of your brain while bringing balance to the system as a whol