Hope you find this video helpful! Right nostril correlates with sympathetic, left nostril with parasympathetic. Relevant research article links available in the description. Did you try? What did you learn? Let me know if you have questions... - Lucas
If you have a constant block in your left nostril would you advise medical intervention? I am 62 and have always as long as I can remember I have had restricted breathing in my left nostril and suffer with high anxiety ?
Would like to know your thoughts about what Gurudev says in this video about the nostrils and breathing czcams.com/video/odGMmoyJPwg/video.html Thanks!
Thanks to the Indian sages who had invented the yogic practices and it's the best gift the world has received. Hope this science benefits the entire mankind! Jai shree Krishna 🙏
I have a deviated septum that constricts the left side. I tend to be high anxiety and often have trouble falling asleep. I will take this advice and try do more solo breathing on that side, even though it is a bit hard to feel im getting air quickly enough.
Hello Ryan - our bodies adapt to all kinds of things. Oddly, most of us have some degree of deviation, but sounds like your is pronounced. I would for sure try to work with it, but I would also assume your body will learn to adapt. Thanks for watching!
Me too, left side constricted. And at night both nostrils block up, so I end up breathing through my mouth. Have put the head end of my bed a bit higher but apparently not high enough and higher is impossiblecause as I sleep on my side. Only thing that helps is sit up for about 10 minutes till the mucus gets loose and comes out through the back/throat. After half an hour it's blocked up again
@@yaki-moon remove dairy products, eggs and grains for a while to see what happens, then bring them back one by one. dairy products very often cause mucus in our system. drinking pure water is also important
Hey, I have this problem as well. Have you tried nasal strips (aka Breathe Right)? I wear them all day. It really opens my nostrils. Definitely give it a try if you haven't!
@@yaki-moonlikely food sensitivity such as inflammatory’s gluten or sugar. When I eat the wrong foods I can recognize it by night time stuffiness. I take a tablet of endur acin niacin and the vessels open immediately. You can also eat a grapefruit. The niacin works for colds also and in winter a humidifier. I had your problem my entire life from sugar and gluten, I didn’t recognize it until I developed an autoimmune disease and a state of chronic inflammation.
I am autistic, I experimented with this exercise : during the day my right nostril breathing is stronger as I am likely in flight or fight, after Valsava exercise my left nostril airflow is a bit stronger or equal with the right nostril, and before falling asleep again my left nostril exhale was stronger...:)
Taking a moment to express my most SINCERE APPRECIATION for this reprogramming practice your being so kindly provides for us to improve our better breathing art and awareness. Discovering your channel for the first time now. Looking forward to tuning in for more. THANK YOU! 🦋 MERCI BEAUCOUP 🦋
Oh, NO !! You have just GOT my HEART !! It is SO SPECIAL with YOU that: you do not only teach about yoga, But you, at the same and RIGHT time, ALWAYS come up with MUCH of HISTORY behind IT ALL !! WHAT a MIND and DIDACTIC you have got, professor !! THAAAAAAANK You !! :j
This works best for those who don’t have a nasal deviation. For me it’s always going to be obvious which side is more dominant than the other, due a deviation with which I was born.
I must I'm 77 and did not know this and your other index finger below the nose test before. Now I find out why I've had health problems for years, I am totally right nostril dominant. My sympathetic has probably been mostly on for decades! Working on the para, thanks.
Brilliant! I watched lots of videos and read books about breathing and still I found this very interesting! Looking forward to watching your other videos. By the way to get to the rest and digest state, I use Dr Andrew Weil’s 4-7-8 breathing technique wherein you inhale through your nostrils for a count of 4, hold for a count of 7 and exhale through pursed lips for a count of 8 and repeat as required. Your instruction is kind of similar but without the “hold for 7” bit.
Fascinating! I've been in fight or flight for years and have been diligently working on reprogramming my body. My left nostril though seems narrower structurally though. I hope this doesn't mean I'll be like this forever.😔
Could a structural issue with the nose actually CAUSE you to be in fight/flight due to triggering the sympathetic state? Or does the nervous system dictate the nostril ? Which way around is it ? Thank you !
hi Lucas, thanks for your videos that are always super clear and helpful!!. you mentioned that sleeping on the right side could help stimulate parasympathetic nervous system, but for digestive reasons I've heard that sleeping on left side is better... what do you think?
There is concept of surya nadi and chandra nadi in ancient indian ayurvedic and yoga texts. Surya nadi means sympathetic system and chandra nadi means para sympathetic system.
Awesome stretches. Just doing these one time has me feeling great. I was actually doing the L stretch this morning before my orthopedic doctor for my hip pain. He thinks the MRI show that it's facet joints, so I'll receive injections in those discs. Has anyone had similar?
I've been so right side dominant throughout my life that my left diaphragm is much weaker than my right. I've much more tended to sleep on my left than right side too. When I close my right nostril I can feel my left diaphragm wake up and get to work
Lucas, my right nostril is dominant most of the time when I'm awake. But sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night, my left nostril is dominant. I've tested a few times and I'm sure about this. Now I do have a slightly deviated septum, but it seems to me that if I can breathe through my left nostril at night, I can do it during the day as well. That leads me to believe I'm spending too much time in fight or flight. Does that seem accurate to you?
Hello Jack - for at least 10% of people, the test is just not so helpful as it's not consistent. I would skip it... it's very un likely you're stuck in one state all the time. Just a breathing anomaly.
Lucas i always left nose dominant and the right side congestion makes me anxious. I saw many ENT doctor they all said normal but I really felt bad. Is the anxiety causes only side dominant ?
Hello Alan - the nasal cycle test doesn't work for everyone. It's always a good idea to get checked out, but don't put too much focus on this one test.
Great video, thnx. Any suggestions for someone like me to get both nostrils fully dilated. I have deviated septum (had the rhinoplasty operation 20 yrs ago to fix but never totally worked) and my right nostril varies from fully dilated but is usually at around 50%+ occluded. If I've been sleeping on my right side when I wake up it will be almost 100% occluded. I use 'breath right' strips but only works sometimes and not for long.
Lucas tons of thanks for this video... I'm from India and didn't know this phenomenon ... My right nostril is dominant most of the time and I feel anxious all the time... should I do left nostril breathing exercise??? just got in the morning and still, my right nostril is dominant. Again thanks a ton for this video...🙏🙏🙏
I thought sleeping on your right creates digestive issues? I seem to prefer right but I've trained myself to sleep on the other side because I thought it's better for me?
For digestive stuff (GERD) people often sleep with their head elevated. But there are different approaches, if you have something that's working, keep going!
@@YOGABODY.Official there are multitudes of scientifically backed reasons why you should sleep on your left , contrary to this video- starting with digestive alignment. YT won't let me link any articles but if you so a search for left side sleeping, the diagram says it all. The rest of the info in this video was priceless anyway so much Thanks. Still figuring out what works for me as the info out there is messy... 🙏🏾🥂
Í feel my left nasal passage to be the smaller one. I don't feel comfortable breathing through it in the times when my left passage is not clogged. I'm pretty screwed and might just have figured why I have issues with my sleep ..
I love your exercises. I know I have poor vagal tone. In the humming exercise i only get to the count of 8 and my voice is pretty shaky. In the breathing out of the left nostril I only get to 7 and I'm out of air. I'm assuming constant practice will get me to 10?
Lucas, because I have right side deviated septum than prevents air flow most days am I doomed to have a life of rest (low energy, cant get up off sofa, etc.) Is there anything besides surgery that can help me get back to balance????
Being right dominant doesn't mean you don't feel sleepy or can't sleep, but it may mean you don't sleep deeply enough and can still mean you are stressed.
I can't see how that quick nasal test would tell you anything about that ..we can have blocked nostrils at any time through a cold or no cold .I get blocked nostrils often on one side and blowing it often clears it ..not always..but I don't see how this test can have any solidity to at all ...
@@YOGABODY.Official thank you for answering and sorry to bother… I need help for relaxing and induce sleep: so will it work if I perform the first exercise (4-8 breathing) exhaling from the right nostril instead of the left one? Greetings from Italy 🌹
If you're experiencing differences in airflow between nostrils or suspect nasal asymmetry due to scoliosis, it's advisable to consult with a specialist. They can assess your situation, provide a proper diagnosis, and recommend appropriate interventions or treatments. - YOGABODY Team
Thank you for the tip, this is fascinating. I’ve suspected that there was a correlation between stress and nasal breath. When I’m stressed my nose is usually stuffy; is that inflammation? And, I’ve been sleeping well for the past month. I’ve been sleeping on my right side, maybe that has helped.
Ummm why does my breathing switches whenever i laydown. Example i laydown facing right side then the right side of my nose can breath easily and if i laydown facing left then the left side of my nose could breath easily?? Hope you understand my question.
Not absolutely at all, just one of many ways to check in with yourself and get some insight. For many people, maybe even 80%, it can be pretty accurate.
I am at a disadvantage right off as the opening in my left nostril is smaller than my right nostril. My dentist brought this to my attention a couple of years ago. Not sure how to address this
Hope you find this video helpful! Right nostril correlates with sympathetic, left nostril with parasympathetic. Relevant research article links available in the description.
Did you try? What did you learn? Let me know if you have questions...
- Lucas
I can't tell at all which is more dominant. Maybe I'm totally balanced. :-P
Hope you reach wider audience.
I'm In fight or flight and I've had issues with my left nostril for awhile
If you have a constant block in your left nostril would you advise medical intervention? I am 62 and have always as long as I can remember I have had restricted breathing in my left nostril and suffer with high anxiety ?
Would like to know your thoughts about what Gurudev says in this video about the nostrils and breathing
czcams.com/video/odGMmoyJPwg/video.html
Thanks!
Thanks to the Indian sages who had invented the yogic practices and it's the best gift the world has received. Hope this science benefits the entire mankind! Jai shree Krishna 🙏
Yes
I have a deviated septum that constricts the left side. I tend to be high anxiety and often have trouble falling asleep. I will take this advice and try do more solo breathing on that side, even though it is a bit hard to feel im getting air quickly enough.
Hello Ryan - our bodies adapt to all kinds of things. Oddly, most of us have some degree of deviation, but sounds like your is pronounced. I would for sure try to work with it, but I would also assume your body will learn to adapt. Thanks for watching!
Me too, left side constricted. And at night both nostrils block up, so I end up breathing through my mouth. Have put the head end of my bed a bit higher but apparently not high enough and higher is impossiblecause as I sleep on my side. Only thing that helps is sit up for about 10 minutes till the mucus gets loose and comes out through the back/throat. After half an hour it's blocked up again
@@yaki-moon remove dairy products, eggs and grains for a while to see what happens, then bring them back one by one. dairy products very often cause mucus in our system. drinking pure water is also important
Hey, I have this problem as well. Have you tried nasal strips (aka Breathe Right)? I wear them all day. It really opens my nostrils. Definitely give it a try if you haven't!
@@yaki-moonlikely food sensitivity such as inflammatory’s gluten or sugar. When I eat the wrong foods I can recognize it by night time stuffiness. I take a tablet of endur acin niacin and the vessels open immediately. You can also eat a grapefruit. The niacin works for colds also and in winter a humidifier.
I had your problem my entire life from sugar and gluten, I didn’t recognize it until I developed an autoimmune disease and a state of chronic inflammation.
I am autistic, I experimented with this exercise : during the day my right nostril breathing is stronger as I am likely in flight or fight, after Valsava exercise my left nostril airflow is a bit stronger or equal with the right nostril, and before falling asleep again my left nostril exhale was stronger...:)
same here dear soul and a warm hug!
This nasal.cycle gives me trouble sleeping at night.
Taking a moment to express my most SINCERE APPRECIATION for this reprogramming practice your being so kindly provides for us to improve our better breathing art and awareness. Discovering your channel for the first time now. Looking forward to tuning in for more. THANK YOU! 🦋 MERCI BEAUCOUP 🦋
Mind. Blown.
This is the most useful piece of information I think I've ever come across. Why did no one tell me this?
Oh, NO !! You have just GOT my HEART !!
It is SO SPECIAL with YOU that: you do not only teach about yoga,
But you, at the same and RIGHT time, ALWAYS come up with MUCH of HISTORY behind IT ALL !!
WHAT a MIND and DIDACTIC you have got, professor !! THAAAAAAANK You !! :j
Thanks for your support!
This works best for those who don’t have a nasal deviation. For me it’s always going to be obvious which side is more dominant than the other, due a deviation with which I was born.
Excellent!!! I'm a 30 year plus student and teacher of Classical Yoga ( My Planet Joey) and loved your presentation on all levels.
Thank you!
I love these exercises! They are very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to teach it.
Blessings!
Thank you so much Lucas. I keep benefiting from your wonderfully informative and super pleasant presentations. 🙏
Hope you continue practicing too!
- YOGABODY Team
Omg wow didn’t know this, human body is so simple, yet so complex and cool.
I must I'm 77 and did not know this and your other index finger below the nose test before. Now I find out why I've had health problems for years, I am totally right nostril dominant. My sympathetic has probably been mostly on for decades! Working on the para, thanks.
Such a well explained, practical video. Thank you!
Brilliant! I watched lots of videos and read books about breathing and still I found this very interesting! Looking forward to watching your other videos. By the way to get to the rest and digest state, I use Dr Andrew Weil’s 4-7-8 breathing technique wherein you inhale through your nostrils for a count of 4, hold for a count of 7 and exhale through pursed lips for a count of 8 and repeat as required. Your instruction is kind of similar but without the “hold for 7” bit.
Hi Robert - if that works for you, that's a good practice!
Fabulous thanks Lucas. It is perfectly suited to my learning styles. Best teaching on this I have ever come across. Thank you.
Thanks, Maura!
Mumtaz = excellent in arabic, as usual..& yet very simple explanation & démo. Thank you
Fascinating! I've been in fight or flight for years and have been diligently working on reprogramming my body. My left nostril though seems narrower structurally though. I hope this doesn't mean I'll be like this forever.😔
It's unlikely you're always stressed, but many of us trend that way... if you have structural abnormalities, ignore the nasal cycle test.
@@YOGABODY.Official thanks
I''m quite impressed by your training on the matter keep it up!
This is wonderful teaching and instruction. Thank you for this sequence for practice.
Thank you!
I really like your videos! Informative and practical. Thank you so much!
Great exercise,with a very good communicator...worked with me
thank you so much ..your each video is highly informative and interesting .
Thanks for watching, Tanu!
Could a structural issue with the nose actually CAUSE you to be in fight/flight due to triggering the sympathetic state? Or does the nervous system dictate the nostril ? Which way around is it ? Thank you !
This is awesome. Thank you for sharing!
hi Lucas, thanks for your videos that are always super clear and helpful!!. you mentioned that sleeping on the right side could help stimulate parasympathetic nervous system, but for digestive reasons I've heard that sleeping on left side is better... what do you think?
Need to binge watch this channel for all my health problems
Thank you for this helpful video!
This was very useful Thank you very much
Excellent...thanks Lucas
Thanks Lucas. This is so interesting. Can't wait to try it.
Thanks Sharon!
its already there in Indian scriptures as surya nadi and chandra nadi.. thanks for explaining it ...
Sam - Thanks so much for your support!
There is concept of surya nadi and chandra nadi in ancient indian ayurvedic and yoga texts. Surya nadi means sympathetic system and chandra nadi means para sympathetic system.
Huh, that breath of fire thing is something I've always done subconciously. Parents always thought it's odd.
I’m wondering if the gut and vagus nerve play a part in signaling nervous system switches?
Thank you so so so much, this helped me right away 💖🙏🏽
Thanks Arez!
A SEVERELY a deviated septum makes this one a tough call for me. I almost have no “right nostril.”
It's pretty common... I wouldn't overthink it, I would just skip this practice in your case.
Thank ypu for the information ...helped me
We're glad you found it helpful!
- YOGABODY Team
How many rounds of the first exercise did you do?
That was awesome !!
Thank you !
Awesome stretches. Just doing these one time has me feeling great. I was actually doing the L stretch this morning before my orthopedic doctor for my hip pain. He thinks the MRI show that it's facet joints, so I'll receive injections in those discs. Has anyone had similar?
Why lay on the right side? I’ve always read that laying on the left side stimulates digestion (would assume this correlates with parasympathetic)
Did you know that your nostril dominance naturally changed a couple times a minute. So this test doesn’t make sense.
It's is Chandranadi and Suryanadi yogic practice which is invented in indian culture.
I've been so right side dominant throughout my life that my left diaphragm is much weaker than my right. I've much more tended to sleep on my left than right side too. When I close my right nostril I can feel my left diaphragm wake up and get to work
I love ur videos. Thank so much …
Excellent information!!
Lucas, my right nostril is dominant most of the time when I'm awake. But sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night, my left nostril is dominant. I've tested a few times and I'm sure about this. Now I do have a slightly deviated septum, but it seems to me that if I can breathe through my left nostril at night, I can do it during the day as well. That leads me to believe I'm spending too much time in fight or flight. Does that seem accurate to you?
Hello Jack - for at least 10% of people, the test is just not so helpful as it's not consistent. I would skip it... it's very un likely you're stuck in one state all the time. Just a breathing anomaly.
@@YOGABODY.Official thank you!
Thank you 😊
Wow, Lucas, you have very high arches! I guess I never saw your feet before.
La tua lezione è minuziosa ,mi sono iscritta ma non conosco l'inglese potresti sottotitolare la lezione in italiano ?GRAZIE
Thank you 🙏🌺
Thanks for watching Tatjana!
Right
My right nostril is anatomically very smaller than my left. So it mostly feels like breathing is easier on the left side
Hello Elke - everyone has a unique body, but keep checking... often it will change every couple of hours.
I'm really stressed out right now and air only passes through my left nostril. What does that mean?
Hello Dyvel - nasal cycle is very interesting, but not a predictor of everything. Just one tool in the toolkit.
Basically these are called chandashodan pranyam and kapalbhati pranyam..
very very very good yoga boy
both my nostril suck , i had a turbinectomie now maybe empty nose syndrom because of a horrible dr 10 years ago
Very knowledgeable, well deserved for someone who looks like a good aged Daniel Radcliffe 😁
I love your videos.
This is so interesting
My sympathetic nervous system enables when the video ges interrupted by advertisments.
Lucas i always left nose dominant and the right side congestion makes me anxious. I saw many ENT doctor they all said normal but I really felt bad. Is the anxiety causes only side dominant ?
Hello Alan - the nasal cycle test doesn't work for everyone. It's always a good idea to get checked out, but don't put too much focus on this one test.
Great video, thnx. Any suggestions for someone like me to get both nostrils fully dilated. I have deviated septum (had the rhinoplasty operation 20 yrs ago to fix but never totally worked) and my right nostril varies from fully dilated but is usually at around 50%+ occluded. If I've been sleeping on my right side when I wake up it will be almost 100% occluded. I use 'breath right' strips but only works sometimes and not for long.
Lucas tons of thanks for this video... I'm from India and didn't know this phenomenon ... My right nostril is dominant most of the time and I feel anxious all the time... should I do left nostril breathing exercise??? just got in the morning and still, my right nostril is dominant. Again thanks a ton for this video...🙏🙏🙏
Glad you found the video helpful.
- YOGABODY Team
Isn't inhale through left and exhale through right to increase parasympathetic? What does breathing like that do?
Are you doing all 20 quick short exhales utilizing just one inhale's amount of air ?
No no... :) exhale / release (passive inhale) / exhale
Thanks!
What about nasal congestion? Is it relevant if one of my nostrils is congested?
If you have congestion or allergies, it usually will not work.
Check out Patrick Mckeown on how to relieve congestion 😊
I thought sleeping on your right creates digestive issues? I seem to prefer right but I've trained myself to sleep on the other side because I thought it's better for me?
For digestive stuff (GERD) people often sleep with their head elevated. But there are different approaches, if you have something that's working, keep going!
@@YOGABODY.Official there are multitudes of scientifically backed reasons why you should sleep on your left , contrary to this video- starting with digestive alignment.
YT won't let me link any articles but if you so a search for left side sleeping, the diagram says it all.
The rest of the info in this video was priceless anyway so much Thanks.
Still figuring out what works for me as the info out there is messy... 🙏🏾🥂
If I do 30 round.one time. Or 2 time do this in a day.
Í feel my left nasal passage to be the smaller one. I don't feel comfortable breathing through it in the times when my left passage is not clogged. I'm pretty screwed and might just have figured why I have issues with my sleep ..
Hello Petar - don't put too much weight on this test, people are different, the body adjusts.
I love your exercises. I know I have poor vagal tone. In the humming exercise i only get to the count of 8 and my voice is pretty shaky. In the breathing out of the left nostril I only get to 7 and I'm out of air. I'm assuming constant practice will get me to 10?
Yes, you'll improve very quickly!
I would like to consult you privately. Is there a way to do that?
is the mudra (with the hand used to close the nostril) important or not? ive always wondered
The mudra can help with focus and breath control.
- YOGABODY Team
Lucas, because I have right side deviated septum than prevents air flow most days am I doomed to have a life of rest (low energy, cant get up off sofa, etc.) Is there anything besides surgery that can help me get back to balance????
How can i find out that I have deviated septum?
How often we should do breathing exercises..for beginners to kill anxiety a sleepless nights
Daily before bed to start...
Nice 👍
Much helpful video. Thanks and regards
Glad it helped!
- YOGABODY Team
We always forget that we’re mammals. The prefrontal cortex gets in the way.
Agreed.
Can you provide references to any scholarly articles supporting this claim?
Hello Karthik - check the description.
@@YOGABODY.OfficialThanks got it!
Why then do I feel sleepy right now even though my right nostril is more dominant?
Being right dominant doesn't mean you don't feel sleepy or can't sleep, but it may mean you don't sleep deeply enough and can still mean you are stressed.
My nose got crooked in a car accident and I almost can't get air through my left nostril. Maybe that's why I get anxiety so easily..?
I can't see how that quick nasal test would tell you anything about that ..we can have blocked nostrils at any time through a cold or no cold .I get blocked nostrils often on one side and blowing it often clears it ..not always..but I don't see how this test can have any solidity to at all ...
Podrías poner subtítulos al español en el video 🙏🏽
Does it work the same way right/left if you are left handed ?
These practices are all annoyingly for right handed people, sorry! A little confusing to switch hands but can do of course
@@YOGABODY.Official thank you for answering and sorry to bother… I need help for relaxing and induce sleep: so will it work if I perform the first exercise (4-8 breathing) exhaling from the right nostril instead of the left one?
Greetings from Italy 🌹
Seems odd that you inhale through both and exhale through only one.
magical ❤
Thanks for the support! - YOGABODY Team
My body feels tingly all the time… but my left nostril is free and clear… why do I still feel awful?
Can a person having bp do kapalabhathi? Please guide me sir.
It's best to consult with a doctor regarding Kapalabhati if you have high blood pressure.
- YOGABODY Team
Bedside manner so on point I want Lucas to tuck me 🛌 😴
I have left side dns ,after dns correction only i can shift to parasympathetic please reply
What if my nose has slight scoliosis and one nostril gets more air in general
If you're experiencing differences in airflow between nostrils or suspect nasal asymmetry due to scoliosis, it's advisable to consult with a specialist. They can assess your situation, provide a proper diagnosis, and recommend appropriate interventions or treatments.
- YOGABODY Team
My left nostril is deviated though
Thank you for the tip, this is fascinating. I’ve suspected that there was a correlation between stress and nasal breath. When I’m stressed my nose is usually stuffy; is that inflammation? And, I’ve been sleeping well for the past month. I’ve been sleeping on my right side, maybe that has helped.
Hello Paul - remember it's just a test, it fails. So can be just nose / mucus stuff nothing to do with nervous system too.
Ummm why does my breathing switches whenever i laydown. Example i laydown facing right side then the right side of my nose can breath easily and if i laydown facing left then the left side of my nose could breath easily?? Hope you understand my question.
Usually it's the opposite, right side sleeping will promote left nostril, but everyone is different.
How absolute is this?
Not absolutely at all, just one of many ways to check in with yourself and get some insight. For many people, maybe even 80%, it can be pretty accurate.
Are there any modification suggestions for those that suffer with vertigo or syncope when breathing is short like this?
Hello Rach - I don't know any treatments for syncope but will do future videos if I learn more.
Did anyone else think that in the thumbnail he was blowing a snot-rocket into his hand?
Pranayama?
Yep
Yes it is a pranayam called Anulom Vilom as he stated it is from rishis
I am at a disadvantage right off as the opening in my left nostril is smaller than my right nostril. My dentist brought this to my attention a couple of years ago. Not sure how to address this
Hello Tori - if your dentist made note, I would go see an ENT and see what you can learn. Sometimes there are very simple solutions.