Journey to Bliss: SOMA Breath for Inner Harmony

It is the exhale used throughout the rhythmic rounds. You breathe in through the nose, then let go with an audible sigh, letting the heart soften. Niraj says to keep it gentle, with no force and no tension, and to leave no pause between inhale and exhale.

After each rhythmic round you take a deep breath, exhale fully and hold. The session describes this as pressing pause on life, with tingling and warmth building. When you feel the first urge to breathe, take a small sip in, blow it out and keep holding. If it gets uncomfortable, simply return to normal breathing.

You choose a moment of love, joy or bliss and play it like a film, turning up the colours, lights and sounds. Then you point to where you feel it in your body and notice its colour. During the breathing you imagine breathing that colour in, so it fills your whole being.

On the inhale you gently contract upward through the sphincter and pelvic floor, then release on the exhale. The guidance describes it as squeeze, release and go with the flow. During the big breath it is imagined as a spiral of light rising up the body.

After a deep breath in, you hold until the first urge to exhale, then release with a hum. The hum is meant to make the whole body vibrate, and the session calls the repeated hums a symphony from the heart. You repeat this for several rounds.

You imagine a bubble of bliss around you rising into the stars, sent as a gift to someone you love and then spreading across the planet. You leave with a sense of bliss in the heart, and the closing words invite you to carry it into your decisions and actions.