Harness Your Energy with Breath Control by Conrad Raw

Article:
You probably already know that the brain has two hemispheres,
the right and left, and that the left side of the brain
generally controls the right side of the body and vice versa.

The left part of the brain is in control when logic is needed.
It controls verbal tasks, paying attention to details and linear
thinking. The right hemisphere, on the other hand, is more
creative. It covers visualization and intuition.

Wouldn't it be great if you could call on the creative or the
logical qualities of your mind or the other when you needed it?

The truth is you can, just by using a little breath control.
Paying attention to how you breathe and taking the time to
breathe correctly can make a big difference in your energy
levels.

You've probably thinking you didn't know there was a wrong way
to breathe, and there really isn't, there are just more
efficient and less efficient ways depending on what you want to
do.

Let's say for example that you're studying for a test. Maybe
it's a math test. You need all the logical brain you can handle
so that you can focus on remembering and understanding the
material at hand.

Take a quick break from your studying, use the tip of one finger
to gently close your left nostril by pressing it against the
fleshy part of the nose. Then just breathe in and out through
the right nostril for a couple of minutes.

Likewise, if you need energy to harness your creative powers,
gently hold the right nostril closed and breathe only through
the left nostril. This process works because it activates
different energy pathways in the body, activating different
properties of your mind. It's a very powerful process.

This is a really simple way to change your energy patterns
through breath control and to give yourself a little boost and
an extra dose of focus. It has been scientifically shown that we
naturally breathe out of one nostril at a time, and we
unconsciously change which nostril we are using about every 90
minutes, and the levels of activity in the parts of the brain
actually change correspondingly to the change in the breath.

This makes a lot of sense because it keeps a good supply of
oxygen going to both parts of the brain, but when you need a
boost you can easily selectively breathe through one nostril or
the other to bring more energy and focus into the work that you
are doing.

This is one simple way to use breath control to improve your
life. It just takes a few seconds; I hope you'll try it!

About the author:
Conrad Raw is an expert in practical techniques for personal and
spiritual development. He is the author of "Forbidden Secrets Of
Personal And Energetic Development." He travels the world to
learn and teach and is the founder of <a
href="http://www.greaterhumanpotential.com">Greater Human
Potential</a>, a website devoted to bringing you easy to learn
techniques to increase your human evolution.