Niraj NaikFounder & CEO of SOMA Breath | Music-Powered Breathwork Pioneer | DJ, Speaker & Author

Calm the nervous system with this breathing technique | Niraj Naik | SOMA Breath®️

8 Mar 2023 · 0 min

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Short instructional segment describing a breathing practice (called “slow rechakra”) that lengthens the exhalation via pursed lips. According to the speaker, extending the exhalation activates the parasympathetic nervous system, allows carbon monoxide to build up, promotes transfer of oxygen from red blood cells into body cells (described as ‘hyperoxygenating’), and produces a cleansing/energizing effect.

The slow rechakra is where you extend your exhalation. Okay. Now, you can do this either just by extending your exhalation, by breathing out.
So you're breathing out through pursed lips.
What happens is now you're allowing the carbon monoxide to build up because you're breathing out very slow. You're not inhaling or exhaling again. And what that means is that first your nervous system quietens down. You switch on the parasympathetic because you're extending your exhalation. But what's also happening is that your oxygen that you've got all bound to your red blood cells actually gets absorbed into the cells where it needs to go. And this has a very powerful cleansing effect through your bloodstream at the same time hyperoxygenating your cells in your body. Okay, so this is a great way to energize your body and get the oxygen where it needs to go.