Autonomic Balancing
Nogare (Soft Breathing)
- Structure
- Deep inhale through nose to the belly, slow and silent exhale through the mouth with tongue on the palate.
- Benefit & Nervous System Impact
- Rapidly lowers heart rate between high-intensity martial exchanges; Downregulating.
- Duration & Rationale
- Between sparring rounds
- Best For
- Restoring oxygen debt mid-combat, calming adrenaline.
- Good If Combined With
- Post-sparring recovery.
- Source / Origin
- Okinawa/Japan (Kyokushin Karate)
- Intensity & Safety
- Low
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Icaro Continuous Exhale
Autonomic Balancing
Maintains the healer's trance while anchoring the nervous systems of ceremony participants; Downregulating.
Plavini (Floating Breath)
Autonomic Balancing
Cleanses digestive tract, buoyancy; Grounding.
Nadi Shodhana
Autonomic Balancing
Balances left/right brain hemispheres; Downregulating.