How to calm down your racing mind?
Left nostril breathing and its benefits
We were two, three minutes into our session when my life coach stopped me:
“Hazel, wait, wait, wait! Wait for a sec. Your mind is racing, and we need to do something about it.”
Normally such a feedback wouldn’t surprise me at all. I’m well aware that my mind goes a thousand miles an hour. I speak fast, then faster, eventually too fast. No matter how fast I speak though, there is never enough time to finish my sentences.
But that night, I wasn’t being my usual hyperactive self. As it was late, I’d just came home from my basketball training, had a shower and I was feeling exhausted. Even my mind was slow. That’s why I was stunned by her reaction.
How come in such a short time did she realise that my mind was going nuts? Well, I guess she’s an expert.
She told me, “Here’s your first homework. I want you to do left nostril breathing for eleven minutes every day”.
Excuse me? It didn’t sound fun and 11 minutes sounded like an eternity.
That’s how I got introduced to left nostril breathing for the first time and I’ve been doing it ever since.
