A short transcript excerpt in which Niraj Naik explains rhythmic breathing: breathing to a steady beat harmonizes bodily functions (blood flow, enzymes, hormones) and can stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system when using longer exhales. He gives a practical pattern (inhale for 2 counts, exhale for 4 counts) and recommends a few minutes daily to reduce stress and aid digestion.
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Okay? Rhythmic breathing. So when you have a music that has a beat, for example.
If you breathe into a rhythm, okay? And out to a rhythm. So in, two, three, four. Out, two, three, four. In, two, three, four, out, two, three, four. That rhythmic breathing, okay? It harmonizes the blood flow from your heart to your brain. It harmonizes all the functions in your body. Your enzymes, your hormones, everything starts to harmonize, and you feel really good, okay? That's the first step of. Of becoming a yogi and an expert breath worker, okay? So rhythmic breathing, all right? Now, you can also still breathe in a rhythm, but you can change.
The number of beats in and out. So if you want to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system, if you want to get into more relaxed healing states, okay? Which is very useful if you're very stressed out, then you breathe in for two and breathe out for four. So it's like you're doubling the speed of your exhale. So imagine going in, into, out, 2, 3, 4. In, 2, out, 2, 3, four. So it'd be like this.
And if you just do that for a few minutes a day, okay, that can get you into a very nice relaxed state, especially if you have to eat your food, okay. And you want to digest your food. If you're somebody suffers from indigestion a lot, this is the best way to prevent indigestion and heartburn and stuff like that. Super powerful stuff, okay?
So this rhythmic breathing and then changing the rate, okay, can really help you.
Just harmonize and rebalance your nervous system. So that's the first component of soma. The first component is rhythmic breathing, okay?