In this kriya, you breathe exclusively through the left nostril, which calms the nervous system, supports the heart, and begins to move you from a mindset of reactivity to positivity.
This meditation uses a type of breathing called “sunbreath” to stimulate and adjust the sympathetic nervous system and the right brain hemisphere, which stores many of the negative emotions that lead us to depression and to a lower-functioning immune system.
Anger is an agni granthi - it’s fire. And without fire, there is no heat. Without heat, there’s no transformation: no blood circulation, no food digestion, no spiritual awakening. This meditation adjusts the electromagnetic field of the brain and brings neutrality.
This kriya works to improve the skin by removing the effects of long-term anger and stress through adjustment of the metabolism.
The mental frame from which you see yourself and the world will be totally shifted within and without by this exercise.
"Cold Depression is when the external demand is greater than the internal capacity to deliver and we have spent our reserves. We are depressed but we are so numb and insensitive to our own self, we do not feel it. The depression is therefore “cold.” This leads us to inner anger and isolation...
This meditation is especially useful for dealing with stressful relationships and with past family issues. lt addresses phobias, fears, and neuroses. It can remove unsettling thoughts from the past that surface into the present.
