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solo
USA
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 Posted - Apr 20 2009 : 07:27:05 AM
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Most mornings when I wake up one of my nostrils is at least mildly congested. It isn't always the same nostil. I have also noticed that this can change during the day. My right nostril might have congestion in the morning and the left in the evening.
Someone in this forum had suggested a neti pot, so I went out and got one last week and have done it daily since then. I think this is a good practice and will more than likely continue this daily. Any other suggestions? Specific type of pranayama possibly?
PS...I just can't see myself running a string between my nose and my mouth as I have seen others do. |
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Jo-self
USA
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Posted - Apr 20 2009 : 11:45:49 AM
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Did you check that you don't have some that is treatable like a sinus condition, deviated septum, or spouse who is trying to smother you with a pillow each night?
I had a similar thing, the Neti Pot seemed to have cleared it up. I do note that I have to be careful with dust and other pollutants. Steam helps as well as gentle palpation of the sinuses.
Alternate nostril pranayama or forms of bellows breath did not do a thing, neither did over the counter stuff. I won't touch new age cures; if your going to dilute the cure, please dilute the price too. :)
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CarsonZi
Canada
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Posted - Apr 20 2009 : 1:18:47 PM
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Hi Solo.....do you ever smoke anything? I found that once I quit smoking pot that my nasal passages cleared up considerably and haven't gone back to being clogged in one nostril all the time. Just a thought.
Love,
Carson
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solo
USA
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Posted - Apr 20 2009 : 3:12:50 PM
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Thanks for the input guys. I bet with continued use of the neti pot (it's only been a week) that this will clear up. I was just curious if there were other things I could do too.
As for my health, I am pretty healthy. No allergies. No persistant sinus infections. No ailments at all really. And I have never smoked a day in my life.
I am thinking that this may just be the next phase of my healing crisis associated with my kundalini awakening. I haven't yet experienced the full blown rise from tail to crown in one fail swoop. I think the system is still being cleansed and the energy gates are still being opened. |
Edited by - solo on Apr 20 2009 3:17:10 PM |
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riptiz
United Kingdom
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Posted - Apr 20 2009 : 5:26:07 PM
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Hi Solo,
When you say congested , do you simply mean one sie is more blocked than the other? If so this is normal for all humans and they switch sides approximately every 2 hrs so you will find that they alternate with the constriction.If you mean congestion as in mucus or other stuff that may be another matter.
L&L
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solo
USA
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Posted - Apr 20 2009 : 7:33:29 PM
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I guess I mean both. I do get mucus out with the neti pot and some days one nostril is clogged with a lot of mucus. But most days, what I am talking about is just restricted air flow in one nostril. One flows much more strongly than the other.
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Originally posted by riptiz
Hi Solo,
When you say congested , do you simply mean one sie is more blocked than the other? If so this is normal for all humans and they switch sides approximately every 2 hrs so you will find that they alternate with the constriction.If you mean congestion as in mucus or other stuff that may be another matter.
L&L
Dave
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riptiz
United Kingdom
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Posted - Apr 21 2009 : 05:24:55 AM
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Hi Solo,
Restricted air flow is normal.Normally there are two times in 24 hrs when both nostrils are fully open with no restriction.All other times one is less restricted than the other and it changes about every 2 hrs during the day.
L&L
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Shanti
USA
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Posted - Apr 21 2009 : 08:21:36 AM
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What Dave is talking about is called swara yoga and has been discussed here.  |
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krcqimpro1
India
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Posted - Apr 21 2009 : 08:57:24 AM
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Solo,
One method suggested by Swami Satyananda Saraswati for one nostril blockage, is to fold your arms across your chest with the the right fist pressed under the left armpit( if left is blocked), and breathe through both nostrils for a few minutes, and vise-versa if the right nostril is blocked. I find it pretty much clears the blocked nostril.
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Nathan
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Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 5:56:58 PM
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I also have alternation of one clear nostril throughout the day. One is clear and the other is getting about 1/4 or less of the air that the clear one gets. I've tried a neti pot, but it doesn't do a lot of good (although I don't use it regularly, mainly because I think this is either natural alternation or a deviated septum). I'm planning to try breath right strips, as mentioned in another similar thread.
Is it safe to practice spinal breathing with one clear nostril at a time? Theoretically it seems like this could cause an imbalance between ida and pingala. Because the clear nostril alternates, ida and pingala should be overall balanced throughout the day, but I wonder if there could be an imbalance caused by deep breathing during pranayama through only or mainly one nostril.
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Mr.Krikkit
Netherlands
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Posted - Jul 16 2009 : 08:34:00 AM
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Perhaps play a wind-instrument ?
I recently purchased a didgeridoo and my nose is cleaned afterwards,
also the lungs get really cleaned with some sounds ( you know when you cough doing those :P . Also great for breathing in whole ( quick shallow breaths ---- long exhales.
Oh and bringing your adams-apple (the throat thing) down and breathing like that brings up a lot of muces, At least at my part it seems to be quite tense (high in throat) and when relaxe medition is done same position is aquired as pushing it manualy.
its also used to cure people who snore.
Friendly greetings,
Mr.Krikkit
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Pranayama for nasal congestion?
