Follow your nose - for a good night's sleep

In a previous post, I noted that right nostril air stimulates the sympathetic part of our autonomic nervous system - which gives us our "fight and flight" energies. Left-nostrilled air resonates with the parasympathetic part - giving us the space to "rest and digest."

Based on this , Swami Rama, in his Science of Breath, provides this advise for a good night's kip:

"...when individuals go to bed, they should lie on the left side for five or ten minutes, activating the right nostril to create increased body heat. As soon as they are warm and comfortable, they should turn ot the right, allowing the left nostril to open. Doing so relaxes, calms and prepares them for sleep."

Sweet dreams...it works