Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Pranayama with Alternate Nostrils/Nadishodhan pranayama

Video tutorial below
When your right nostril is predominant or more active, then the rate of metabolism is twice! (he asked doctors present there to take this up as a topic for research) So when right nostril is active, food intake is called for! Or Knowledge can be shared.

When left nostril is active, then it is appropriate for singing, dance, music and meditation – no talk is required or less talk is preferred.

Panch Prana (5 Pranas)
Prāṇa

• Governs inhalation and the chest region.
• Responsible for breathing and energy intake.

Apāna

• Located in the lower abdomen.
• Controls elimination, excretion, and downward-moving energy.

Samāna

• Centered in the navel region.
• Manages digestion and assimilation of nutrients.

Udāna

• Found in the throat and head.
• Governs speech, upward movement, and spiritual growth.

Vyāna

• Responsible for circulation and distribution of energy.
• Pervades the entire body.

Then there are 5 Upa Pranas – these are responsible for burping, sneezing, yawning, hiccups, twitching of eyes etc.
Nāga – Responsible for belching and hiccups.
Kūrma – Controls blinking and eye movement.
Kṛkara – Causes sneezing and hunger signals.
Devadatta – Governs yawning.
Dhananjaya – Persists even after death; linked to decomposition and certain post-mortem processes.

It is a deep knowledge – how these Pancha Pranas and Upa Pranas enter the body and leave the body. Amazing is the realm of Prana. If you master Prana, you would gain a lot of knowledge on life and environment.

In old days or ancient days, beloved or sweetheart was called as Pancha Prana – You are my heartbeat or sweetheart used to be ‘You are my Pancha Prana’

Prana flows through our body in 186000 different channels or nadis and each of this channel or nadi has a specific purpose or function!

This is just to bring to awareness that knowledge on Prana is so vast, what we think we know on breath is nothing!