Breathe Through It: How Pranayama Supports Women's Emotional Health
One conscious breath can begin to change your chemistry, your capabilities, and your story
In today's fast-paced world, women often carry invisible emotional burdens—not only from daily stressors, but also from emotional patterns passed down through generations. Himalayan Master Dr. Yogrishi Vishvketu, a global authority on Pranayama, teaches that the breath is a powerful tool for emotional regulation and nervous system healing.
Dr. Yogrishi Vishvketu, Global Yoga Educator, Author & Founder of Akhanda Yoga Institute shares 5 powerful Pranayama and breathwork practices to support emotional wellbeing:
• Kapalbhati (Shining Skull Breath): A detoxifying technique that uses short, forceful exhalations to clear mental fog, uplift mood, and release stagnant emotions. It's like an internal shower for your thoughts.
• Bhramari (Humming Bee Breath): Stimulates the vagus nerve and soothes the nervous system at a cellular level. Its vibrational sound calms anxiety, reduces inner agitation, and helps gently release long-held emotional tension. Dr. Yogrishi has pioneered Restorative Raja Yoga—a unique system that combines specific gentle Asana with Bhramari to support deep self-healing, both Yogically and scientifically.
• Anuloma Viloma (Alternate Nostril Breath): Harmonizes the brain's hemispheres, promoting emotional balance, focus, and steadiness—especially helpful during hormonal shifts.
• Chandra Bhedi (Left Nostril Cooling Breath): Supports the parasympathetic nervous system, cooling emotional heat, regulating reactive states, and reconnecting you to your inner calm and intuitive wisdom.
Dr Yogrishi teaches that conscious breathwork reprograms not only the individual nervous system but also inherited emotional imprints. One conscious breath can begin to change your chemistry, your capabilities, and your story.
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May 18, 2025, 20:14 IST
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