Introduction and question about breathing

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone.

I would like to introduce myself. I am Mike and I am from New Jersey. I

have been practicing yoga for roughly 2 years. I started with ashtanga, then

moved to kundalini for a little while and now I am practicing by a book

called " A Systematic Course in the Ancient Tantric Techniques of Yoga and

Kriya " by Satyananda Saraswati, which starts with what the author calls

Integral Yoga, which includes hatha,raja,mantra,karma,bhakti, jhana,

kundalini and kriya yoga.

 

Here is my this question:

In pranayama it is said that you should not force the air in, but

sometimes for no reason my left nostril gets very congested during my

practice and it is hard to breath through that nostril without making any

noise or in other words without adding a little force. I know what it feels

like when one nostril is more open then the other, but in some situations it

seems like one of the nostrils get almost completely stuffed up. I do not

have any allergies and do not take any sort of medication. I noticed even

when I am sitting at work, I will check my nostrils one hour and one would

be fully open and the other almost fully open and then an hour later one of

them would be completely clogged up and the other fully open. It seems this

happens without any sort of change in the external environment. Has anyone

ever investigated this sort of thing?

BTW, I have been doing jala neti for about 5 months and it helped a bunch,

but i still sometimes run into the situation described above.

Anyone have any suggestions?

 

With Love,

Mike

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi JiNN,

 

I too have same problem, better contact ENT Doctor, I contacted Dr. and he

said I need to go for miner operation..

 

Good Luck

Venkatesh

 

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:33 AM, JiNN <jinnproduction wrote:

 

>

>

> Hi everyone.

> I would like to introduce myself. I am Mike and I am from New Jersey. I

> have been practicing yoga for roughly 2 years. I started with ashtanga,

> then

> moved to kundalini for a little while and now I am practicing by a book

> called " A Systematic Course in the Ancient Tantric Techniques of Yoga and

> Kriya " by Satyananda Saraswati, which starts with what the author calls

> Integral Yoga, which includes hatha,raja,mantra,karma,bhakti, jhana,

> kundalini and kriya yoga.

>

> Here is my this question:

> In pranayama it is said that you should not force the air in, but

> sometimes for no reason my left nostril gets very congested during my

> practice and it is hard to breath through that nostril without making any

> noise or in other words without adding a little force. I know what it feels

> like when one nostril is more open then the other, but in some situations

> it

> seems like one of the nostrils get almost completely stuffed up. I do not

> have any allergies and do not take any sort of medication. I noticed even

> when I am sitting at work, I will check my nostrils one hour and one would

> be fully open and the other almost fully open and then an hour later one of

> them would be completely clogged up and the other fully open. It seems this

> happens without any sort of change in the external environment. Has anyone

> ever investigated this sort of thing?

> BTW, I have been doing jala neti for about 5 months and it helped a bunch,

> but i still sometimes run into the situation described above.

> Anyone have any suggestions?

>

> With Love,

> Mike

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Venkatesh.

Thank you for your reply.

 

I do not believe an ENT Doctor can have a solution since, I believe the

reasons why the nostrils get clogged has nothing to do with the actual

nostrils but in little problems in the dynamics of the body (physical and

spiritual).

I have been very mindfull of my breathing the last couple of days, and

this has kept me very calm and concentrated and it seems nostril blockages

did not occur.

 

Sat Nam

 

With Love,

Mike

 

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 3:04 AM, Venkatesh Desai <vendesai wrote:

 

>

>

> Hi JiNN,

>

> I too have same problem, better contact ENT Doctor, I contacted Dr. and he

> said I need to go for miner operation..

>

> Good Luck

> Venkatesh

>

>

> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:33 AM, JiNN

<jinnproduction<jinnproduction%40gmail.com>>

> wrote:

>

> >

> >

> > Hi everyone.

> > I would like to introduce myself. I am Mike and I am from New Jersey. I

> > have been practicing yoga for roughly 2 years. I started with ashtanga,

> > then

> > moved to kundalini for a little while and now I am practicing by a book

> > called " A Systematic Course in the Ancient Tantric Techniques of Yoga and

> > Kriya " by Satyananda Saraswati, which starts with what the author calls

> > Integral Yoga, which includes hatha,raja,mantra,karma,bhakti, jhana,

> > kundalini and kriya yoga.

> >

> > Here is my this question:

> > In pranayama it is said that you should not force the air in, but

> > sometimes for no reason my left nostril gets very congested during my

> > practice and it is hard to breath through that nostril without making any

> > noise or in other words without adding a little force. I know what it

> feels

> > like when one nostril is more open then the other, but in some situations

> > it

> > seems like one of the nostrils get almost completely stuffed up. I do not

> > have any allergies and do not take any sort of medication. I noticed even

> > when I am sitting at work, I will check my nostrils one hour and one

> would

> > be fully open and the other almost fully open and then an hour later one

> of

> > them would be completely clogged up and the other fully open. It seems

> this

> > happens without any sort of change in the external environment. Has

> anyone

> > ever investigated this sort of thing?

> > BTW, I have been doing jala neti for about 5 months and it helped a

> bunch,

> > but i still sometimes run into the situation described above.

> > Anyone have any suggestions?

> >

> > With Love,

> > Mike

> >

> >