YOGA ASANAS AND ITS BENEFITS ! (PRANAYAMA AND KAPALBHATI)

 

                                      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.

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                              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.

 

                                 ANULOM - VILOM

               (ALTERNATE NOSTRIL BREATHING)

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                            SIT IN A STEADY ASANA (SUKHASANA). KEEP YOUR LEFT HAND ON YOUR KNEE IN GYAN MUDRA. CLOSE THE RIGHT NOSTRIL WITH YOUR THUMB AND KEEP RING FINGER AND LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT NOSTRIL. FOLD IN INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER. DRAW IN AIR FROM THE LEFT NOSTRIL. OD THIS ASANA AS SLOWLY AS YOU CAN, TILL YOUR LUNGS ARE FULL. NOW REMOVE THE THUMB AND CLOSE THE LEFT NOSTRIL WITH YOUR RING FINGER. THEN BREATHE OUT SLOWLY THROUGH THE RIGHT NOSTRIL. TAKE THE AIR IN FROM THE RIGHT NOSTRIL AND THEN RELEASE IT THROUGH THE LEFT NOSTRIL (AFTER CLOSING THE RIGHT NOSTRIL WITH THE THUMB). THIS FINISHES ONE ROUND OF ANULOM VILOM PRANAYAMA. COMPLETE 5 SUCH ROUNDS OF ANULOM-VILOM.

                       BENEFITS : ANULOM-VILOM PRANAYAMA REDUCES STRESS AND BOOSTS PRANA. ANYONE CAN DO THIS EXERCISE.

                                      UJJAYI PRANAYAMA

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                           SIT IN A COMFORTABLE ASANA. CLOSE YOUR EYES AND INHALE. TAKE LONG, SLOW, DEEP BREATHS THROUGH BOTH YOUR NOSTRILS. YOUR BREATH SHOULD BE GENTLE AND RELAXED AS YOU SLIGHTLY CONTRACT THE BACK OF YOUR THROAT. YOU THEN MAKE A STEADY HISSING SOUND AS YOU INHALE THE SOUND GENERATED SHOULD BE LOW AND PLEASING TO THE EAR. THERE SHOULD BE NO FLUCTUATIONS IN THE SOUND. MAKE SURE THE SOUND EMERGES FROM THE UPPER PART OF YOUR THROAT.

                             BENEFITS : THE SOUND PRODUCED WHILE DOING THIS PRANAYAMA WILL RELIEVE YOU FROM STRESS AND CALMS YOUR MIND. IT CONTROLS BLOOD PRESSURE AND REGULATES HEART BEAT. THIS PRANAYAMA IS VERY USEFUL IN TREATING ASTHMA AND TUBERCULOSIS.

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                            WHO SHOULD NOT PRACTICE : HEART PATIENTS.

                                BHRAMARI PRANAYAMA

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                               SIT UP STRAIGHT IN SUKHASANA AND CLOSE YOUR EYES. PLACE BOTH YOUR HANDS ON FACE. THE THUMBS WILL BE YOUR EARS. THERE IS A CARTILAGE BETWEEN YOUR CHEEK AND EAR. PLACE YOUR INDEX FINGER ON THE CARTILAGE, MIDDLE FINGER NEAR NOSE, RING FINGER ABOVE LIPS AND LITTLE FINGER BELOW THE LIPS.TAKE A DEEP BREATH IN AND AS YOU BREATHE OUT, GENTLY PRESS THE CARTILAGE. EXHALE WHILE MAKING A LOUD HUMMING SOUND LIKE A BEE. THIS MAKES ONE ROUND. DO 5 ROUNDS IN ALL.

                            BENEFITS : IT GIVES RELIEF FROM TENSION, ANGER AND ANXIETY, AND KEEPS YOU STREE-FREE.

                             WHO SHOULD NOT PRACTICE : THOSE SUFFERING FROM THE INFECTION OF EARS AND NOSE.

                             BHASTRIKA PRANAYAMA

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                           SIT UP ON A COMFORTABLE ASANA. RELAX YOUR SHOULDERS, AND TAKE A FEW DEEP, BREATHES IN AND OUT FROM YOUR NOSE (USE BOTH NOSTRILS). WITH EACH INHALE, EXPAND YOUR BELLY FULLY AS YOU BREATHE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE ALL OF YOUR STRENGTH WHILE BREATHING IN AND BREATHING OUT. BEGIN BELLOWS BREATHING BY EXHALING FORCEFULLY THROUGH YOUR NOSE. FOLLOW BY INHALING FORCEFULLY AT THE RATE OF ONE SECOND PER CYCLE. COMPLETE 20 ROUNDS. DO THIS THRICE.

                        BENEFITS : IT HELPS REMOVING ALL TO TOXINS FROM BODY. IT INCREASES THE OXYGEN CONTENT IN THE BLOOD, WHICH FURTHER PURIFIES THE BLOOD.

                             WHO SHOULD NOT PRACTICE : THOSE SUFFERING FROM HEART DISEASES, HERNIA, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SHOULD NOT PRACTICE. AVOID PRACTISING BHASTRIKA PRANAYAMA IN SUMMER.