05/28/2025
Feeling the summer heat creeping in?
It can be hard to cool down when it’s super hot outside. We’ve put together some cooling breathing practices to help you CHILL!
Pranayama- what is it?!
Pranayama is referred to as a breathwork practice. In Sanskrit, prana translates to breath; life force; energy force, and yama translates to control of. So, pranayama means "control of the breath/control of fundamental life force".
We've put together a couple specific pranayama exercises, which target the cooling side of breathwork, to help us all ease into the summer heat! If you try either of these out, let us know how it goes!
Sh*tali Pranayama: This technique is done by curling the sides of your tongue towards one another and sticking your tongue out through your lips. Inhale through your rolled tongue and exhale out through the nose. Repeat 5-20 times. ***If you have difficultly curling your tongue, try making a donut shape with your lips instead; inhale through the lips, exhale through the nose.***
Single-Nostril Breathing: This technique isolates one nostril. For the summer months, it may help to target the left nostril, which is called the Ida Nadi (“subtle channel”/the body’s cooling channel) and is located on the lunar side of the body. Plug the right side of the nostril and breathe in and out through the left nostril for 5-20 breaths. Feel free to also balance it out and do the same on the right side! .
