Heart or head? From where do you operate and how to balance left brain/ right brain hemispheres.
When I started yoga classes, we looked at breathing and whether the breath runs equally through both nostrils. You find this out very quickly by alternate nostril breathing.
For me, blocking off one nostril then the other showed vast difference in the rate of flow. You could fit a freight train up my left nostril and very little passed through the right nostril.
Although a mechanism within the body exists which allows for one nostril to dominate for an hour or so before the process reverses, it can’t operate as designed if we - as many do - breath through our mouth because - it’s easier.
Used a neti pot for awhile to clear the nostrils and the passages which link and, after awhile, the breath runs free through both nostrils.It still does.
Left nostril - right brain, right nostril - left brain. When both sides of the brain are equally nourished, it can’t help but balance heart and mind. Does this approach to breathing make you a better person? Depends on the state of your head and your heart.