Heart Intuition & Mind intuition

[Agua del Cielo]

Alternate nostril breath

There are quite a few versions around, i will describe the basic technique.
The yogis, who "invented" this technique made the observation, that you usually breath more through one nostril than through the other. This normally switches every twenty minutes or so. You can observe this in youself.
The further observed that, when breathing more through your left nostril, your right brain is being active and vice versa.
This would be the background, the technique aims at balancing both of them. Like in the balancing exercises that Ra spoke of, its not only about both extremes being in balance, but more so (at least to my understanding) about a "deeper truth" that lies beyond polarity arising when both polarities (not talking about sto and sts here) are fully present and permeate each other fully.
So, a higher state of consciousness that is much more than just the sum of left brain plus right brain would arise.

The technique

(Using your right hand, if you switch hands, the fingers have to switch)
Place your forefinger on your third eye
Close your right nostril with your thumb
Breath in through your left nostril counting to seven
Keep your right nostril closed, additionally close your left nostril with your middle finder
Hold your breath counting to seven
Open your right nostril
Exhale counting to seven
Without pausing, inhale through your right nostril counting to seven
Close both nostrils, hold your breath counting to seven
Open your left nostril
Exhale through your left nostril counting to seven

From there on, repeat without pausing

The tantric version involves a little more:
-visualize a equilateral triangle of light, the tip being at your third eye, the other corners being somewhere around your left and right nostril.
When inhaling, visualize a point of light moving up at the ( corresponding to the nostril) side of the triangle to the third eye, resting there as you hold your breath and moving down on the other side as you exhale through the other nostril.

-pelvic diaphragm contraction ( i hope this translation is accurate)
As you inhale, contract your pelvic floor more and more
Hold the contraction at its maximum as you hold your breath
Gradually loosen the contraction as you exhale

Please let me know, if the desription is comprehensible.
Its a liitle bit difficult to explain without showing personnaly, much more in english