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Nostril-nāḍī breath (svara: lunar left vs solar right)

स्वर / नाडीsvara / nāḍī

also: svara-yoga, nostril-breath, ida-pingala-breath, left-nadi, right-nadi

pra-nadi-svara

Definition

The svara-yoga doctrine of the two breath-channels read at the nostrils, as Svoboda applies it to living in space: the LEFT nostril channels the lunar, cooling, calming, rejuvenating nāḍī (iḍā in the fuller tradition); the RIGHT nostril channels the solar, fiery nāḍī (piṅgalā) that drives the digestive fire. Which nostril is dominant is changeable and consequential: right-side lying opens the left nāḍī (rest); left-side lying opens the right (digestion). [TRADITIONAL — svara-yoga / haṭha-yoga, transmitted by Svoboda; claimed-classical: Śiva Svarodaya].
Traditional

Prāṇa relevance

⚑ A direct, closed dwelling↔prāṇa physiology: bodily ORIENTATION in a room (which side you lie on, which way you face to eat) is held to switch the dominant nāḍī and so the quality of prāṇa flowing — rest vs digestion. Facing EAST to eat 'aligns the Water quadrant (NE) with your Watery left nostril, and the Fire quadrant (SE) with your Fiery right nostril' — the chapter's explicit DIRECTION↔NOSTRIL↔ELEMENT mapping, a strong on-thesis link from compass orientation to breath/prāṇa. This is the prāṇa node of the dining and bedroom sections; pairs with pra-prana (the breath of life).

Sources

  • txt-svoboda-vastuch. 8 'Bedroom' (PDF p.215)Traditional✓ verifiedlie on the right side to open the left (lunar/calming) nāḍī and induce restful sleep; left-side lying opens the right (fiery) nāḍī, good for digestion after a heavy meal
  • txt-svoboda-vastuch. 8 'Dining Room' (PDF pp.217–218)Traditional✓ verifiedeat with the right nostril dominant to increase digestive fire; open it by lying on the left side or closing the left nostril; facing east aligns NE/Water with the left nostril and SE/Fire with the right

Other attributes

System Of Origin
yoga-tantra (svara-yoga / haṭha-yoga nāḍī doctrine; Svoboda applies it to bodily orientation in a dwelling)
Location In Body
the two nostrils and their nāḍīs; left nostril = lunar/iḍā (calming), right nostril = solar/piṅgalā (fiery, digestive); switched by lying on the opposite side
Function
Governs which quality of prāṇa predominates: left/lunar nāḍī relaxes and rejuvenates (best for sleep); right/solar nāḍī enkindles jaṭharāgni (best for eating). Practical levers: lie on the RIGHT side to induce sleep (opens left nāḍī); before a meal, open the RIGHT nostril by lying on the left side a few minutes, or by closing the left nostril and breathing rhythmically through the right, so the digestive fire is well-enkindled.
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