from the right nostril and breathing out from
the left one.
When we just start, there shouldn’t be any
breath retention, and the duration of
inhalation should be the same as the duration
of exhalation.
You can notice that in normal life we exhale
very fast. When we go for Pranayamas, we try
to make our breath longer. But what happens
is: we first breathe out almost all the air we
have inside and then just push ourselves to
continue the exhalation until we reach a
certain number of counts.
So, in the beginning, we need to focus on
breathing from the belly and making our
breath smooth, i.e., taking in and letting out
the same amount of air throughout the
inhalation and exhalation. Think of an air
balloon with a hole it in. The air goes out
slowly and gradually until the ballon becomes
completely flat. Your breath should be like
that. To master this skill, we need about three
months.