6 Deep Exercises to Shift Your Brain Waves and Expand Your Consciousness

by Justin Faerman
The Spirit Science

1. Nadi Shodhana (Alternate Nostril Breathing)

Brainwave States Experienced: Gamma & Theta (long practice), Alpha (short practice)

The brain is split into two hemispheres, connected by the corpus callosum, which is a broad band of nerve fibers that sends neural signals between the two and facilitates communication within the brain. Practices that synchronize the functioning of the two hemispheres have the effect of harmonizing the brain and shifting brainwave state away from beta and into the positive end of the spectrum.

There are a number of ways to do this, including the meditation above, however each practice has its own unique effects and lends itself towards giving rise to specific brainwave states, each with their own nuances and benefits.

Alternate Nostril Breathing (Sanskrit: Nadi Shodhana) is an ancient breathing practice that has the effect of altering brainwave patterns by working to synchronize brain hemisphere communication specifically.
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