Pranayama
Oct 12, 2025 Dhileep

Step 1: The "Emergency Brake" (4-7-8 Breathing)

When stress hits, your breath becomes shallow. This signals "Danger" to your nervous system. You can hack this system using the 4-7-8 technique.

How to do it:

  • Inhale quietly through the nose for 4 seconds.
  • Hold the breath for 7 seconds.
  • Exhale forcefully through the mouth (making a whoosh sound) for 8 seconds.

Repeat this cycle 4 times. It acts as a natural tranquilizer for the nervous system, lowering cortisol immediately.

📜 Step 2: Ancient Wisdom on "Nervous Repair"

Breathing helps in the moment, but to fix chronic anxiety, Siddha medicine points to one root cause: Broken Sleep Patterns.

Ancient texts state that deep sleep is the only time the body repairs "tired nerves" (Naramgum Aarum) and soothes a "wounded heart" (Punpatta Ullamum). Without this, no amount of meditation will fully work.

⚠️ The Warning: Akala Nithirai (Irregular Sleep)
If you stay up late and try to recover by napping during the day, you create Mantham (dullness/heaviness) in the mind. This heaviness clouds your judgment and increases anxiety.

The Fix: To heal anxiety, you must sleep at the "proper time" (night) to let the body tighten its structure and clear the mind.

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