PRANAYAMA AND KAPALBHATI (YOGA)

 

                                      PRANAYAMA

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                          AFTER A DETAIL DISCUSSION ON VARIOUS ASANAS, NOW WE DISCUSS "PRANAYAMA". WHAT IS PRANAYAMA? CATEGORISED AS A PART OF BAHIRANGA YOGA, PRANAYAMA IS GAINING EXPERTISE OVER CONTROLLING BREATH. THE ESSENCE OF PRANAYAMA IS EXPLAINED BELOW IS VERY SIMPLE TERMS.

                        AIR IS ONE OF THE FIVE BASIC ELEMENTS THE UNIVERSE IS MADE OF . IT KEEPS OUR BODY ALIVE. "PRANA" IS BREATH OR VITAL ENERGY IN THE BODY.  ON SUBTLE LEVELS PRANA REPRESENTS THE PRANIC ENERGY RESPONSIBLE FOR LIFE OR LIFE FORCE. ITS FUNCTIOING NEVER CEASES. PRANAYAMA WORKS TOWARDS KEEPING ONE'S PRANA HEALTHY AND ALIVE.

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• ALWAYS BREATHE THROUGH NOSE WHILE PRACTISING PRANAYAMA.
• IF YOU FEEL TIRED WHILE DOING PRANAYAMA, DO SOME LIGHT EXERCISE (SUKSHAMA VYAYAMA) OR TAKE REST IN BETWEEN.
•  DO NOT HOLD THE BREATH FORCIBLY.
•  DO LONG CHANTING OF OM AT LEAST THREE TIMES BEFORE DOING PRANAYAMA.
•  PRANAYAMA CAN TREAT MANY DISEASES.  IT IS A PROVEN FACT THAT REGULAR PRACTICE OF PRANAYAMA KEEPS ALL ILLNESS AT BAY.
•  APART FROM GAINING CONTROL OVER PRANA, IT IS POSSIBLE TO GAIN TOTAL CONTROL OVER MIND. THIS HELPS IN SHARPENING OF BRAIN.
•  IT ENHANCES FLEXIBILITY OF BODY. REGULAR PRACTICE WILL FILL YOUR BODY WITH ENERGY AND BOOSTS GLOW FROM WITHIN.
•  PRANAYAMA REMOVES TRIDOSHA (VATA, PITTA AND KAPHA) FROM THE BODY AND ENSURES LONGEVITY.
•  PRANAYAMA SHOULD BE DONE AT A PURE, CALM AND QUIET AND CLEAN PLACE.
•  AVOID PRANAYAMA IF YOU HAVE FEVER. PREGNANT LADIES SHOULD NOT PRACTICE PRANAYAMA.

                              BENEFITS : PRANAYAMA REMOVES ALL HEALTH RELATED PROBLEMS. IT BECOMES FREE OF ALL TOXINS AND FULL OF ENERGY. REGULAR PRACTICE OF PRANAYAMA HELPS ELIMINATES ALL NEGATIVE EMOTIONS FROM BODY (LUST, ANGER, GREED, AND EXCESSIVE PRIDE).

                         PRANAYAMA IMPROVES DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND MEMORY. IT AWAKENS KUNDALINI KRIYA AND PROMOTES LONGEVITY.

                        LISTED BELOW ARE 7 POWERFUL PRANAYAMA EXERCISES. PRACTICING THESE EXERCISES REGULARLY WILL KEEP YOU HEALTHY AND FREE OF ALL KINDS OF DISEASES. PRANAYAMA HELPS ONE IMMERSE HEEP INTO DHYANA.

                      KAPALBHATI

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                         SIT COMFORTABLY IN SUKHASANA WITH YOUR SPINE ERECT. PLACE YOUR HANDS ON THE KNEES, PALMS OPEN TO THE SKY. TAKE A DEEP BREATH IN FROM BOTH NOSTRILS. MAKE SURE THE AIR FILLS IN TO THE CHEST. EXHALE WITH FULL FORCE AND PULL YOUR STOMACH. PULL YOUR NAVEL IN BACK TOWARDS THE SPINE. TAKE 20 SUCH BREATHS TO COMPLETE ONE ROUND OF KAPAL BHATI PRANAYAMA. AFTER COMPLETING THE ROUND, RELAX WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED AND TAKE A DEEP BREATH. EXHALE. DO THREE MORE ROUNDS OF THIS BREATHING TECHNIQUE.

                         BENEFITS : IT REMOVES ALL PHLEGM RELATED CONDITIONS AND CHEST CONGESTION. IT IS ALSO VERY HELPFUL IN TREATING ASTHMA-BRONCHITIS.

                        WHO SHOULD NOT PRACTICE:

                        THOSE SUFFERING FROM HERNIA, HEART DISEASES, DIZZINESS, AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SHOULD AVOID PRACTICING KAPALBHATI.