HOW TO AVOID HEART ATTACK ?

 

                          YOGA NOTES FOR HEART PATIENT !

                           

                       A TIRED AND OVERWORKED HEART NEEDS REST MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, FOR REST ENABLES THE LEVELS OF VITAL ENERGY, PRANA, TO BUILD UP AND BEGIN THE WORK OF REGENERATION. ADEQUATE REST SHOULD BE COUPLED WITH ASANA AND PRANAYAMA, A SHORT WALK EACH DAY AND MODERATE LIFESTYLE.

                           ASANSAS ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT, BUT SHOULD NEVER BE PRACTISED BEYOND CAPACITY. THE HEART MUST NEVER BE STRAINED, AND AT THE SLIGHTEST SIGN OF DISTRESS OR PAIN THE PRACTICE OF RELAXATION SHOULD SUPERVENE.

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•         1.                  ASANA : BEGIN WITH PAWANMUKTASANA PARTS 1 AND 2 . THESE SHOULD BE COLD IN SUMMER BUT WARM IN WINTER. IF PAWANMUKTASANA PART 2 PROVES TOO HARD, IT SHOULD BE OMITTED. SHAVASANA SHOULD BE PRACTISED WHENEVER TIREDNESS SUPERVENES, AND THERE SHOULD NEVER BE ANY HURRY TO FINISH THE PRACTISES. YOGA SHOULD BE A SOURCE OF REST, RELIEF AND RELAXATION WHICH WILL GRADUALLY SPILL OVER AND TRANSFORM THE WHOLE LIFE. THESE ASANAS SHOULD CONTINUE DAILY FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS. THEN SHAKTI BANDHA ASANAS, IF POSSIBLE, CAN BE INTRODUCED, AND THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ASANAS ARE RECOMMENDED: VAJRASANA, SHASHANKASANA (RELAXING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES), SARPASANA, YOGA MUDRA, BHUNAMANASANA.

•      2.              PRANAYAMA : PRANAYAMA IS VERY IMPORTANT BOTH IN THE INITIAL RECOVERY OF A HEART PATIENT AND IN THE SUBSEQUENT REHABILITATION AND REJUVENATION PERIOD. PRANAYAMA SHOULD NEVER IMPOSE A STRAIN ON THE HEART AND LUNGS. IF IT DOES, THEN ITS PURPOSE HAS BEEN DEFEATED. IT SHOULD BE SOOTHING TO THE ANXIOUS MIND, RELAXING TO THE EXITED NERVES AND STABILIZING TO THE IRREGULAR HEART AND CIRCULATION. THE MOST IMPORTANT PRACTICES ARE NADI SHODHANA TECHNIQUE ONE AND TWO, AND UJJAYI PRANAYAMA. BREATH SHOULD BE ONLY SLIGHTLY DEEPER THAN NORMAL, WITHOUT RETENTION, EITHER INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL. IT SHOULD BE AS NATURAL AND AS A QUIET AS POSSIBLE, AND THE AWARENESS SHOULD FOLLOW THE INFLOWING AND OUTFLOWING BREATH VERY CLOSELY. WATCHING THE BREATH IS WATCHING THE MIND AND GREAT RELIEF OF TENSION AND ANXIETY WILL BE EXPERIENCED IMMEDIATELY. CAREDIAC FUNCTION IMPROVES AND MENTAL STABILITY DEVELOPS WEEK BY WEEK. THE HEART BENEFITS GREATELY FROM THE MORE EFFICIENT OXYGENATION PROCESS AND DAMAGED TISSUES ARE RAPIDLY REPAIRED. TEN ROUNDS OF NADI SHODANA AND TEN ROUNDS OF UJJAYI PRANAYAMA ARE RECOMMENDED.

• 3.               YOGA NIDRA : RELAXATION SHOULD BE PRACTISED AT REGULAR INTERVALS DURING THE ASANA PROGRAM. SHAVASANA,  MATSYA KRIDASANA OR ADVASANA CAN BE ADOPTED. THE FULL PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA SHOULD BE FOLLOWED ONCE A DAY.

• 4.                     MEDITATION : MEDITATION SHOULD BE LEARNED NOT AS A DISCIPLINE BUT AS AN ENJOYABLE PASTIME FOR THE CARDIAC PATIENT. ESPECIALLY WHILE CONFINED TO BED IN THE INITIAL PHASE OF RECOVERY, AND LATER ON DURING REHABILITATION, IT IS MOST USEFUL AS A MEANS OF BECOMING AWARE OF THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL TENSIONS WHICH HAVE WROUGHT SUCH HAVOC UPON THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. THE MOST SUITABLE PRACTICES ARE AJAPA JAPA USING THE MANTRA SOHAM, AND ANTAR MOUNA (INNER SILENCE). THESE PRACTICES BRING DETACHMENT FROM THE MENTAL PROCESSESS, FEARS AND IMAGINATIONS WHICH ARE THE ROOT CAUSES OF MENTAL AGITATIONS AND TENSIONS.

•          5.                  SHATKAMA : JALA NETI IS AN EXCELLENT PRACTICE FOR THE HEART PATIENT. IT CAN BE LEARNED AND PRACTISED EVEN WHILE STILL CONFINED TO BED, AND SHOULD BE ADOPTED EVERY MORNING. KUNJAL AND LAGHOO SHANKHAPRAKSHALANA SHOULD NOT BE ADOPTED BY THE HEART PATIENT, AT LEASE FOR MANY MONTHS, AS THEY IMPOSE A STRAIN ON THE HEART.

•                            6.  KARMA YOGAM : SELFLESS SERVICE, WHERE ONE WORKS WITH ALL ATTENTION, CARE AND CREATIVITY, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO THE RETURNS, REWARDS OR PROFITS OF THIS WORK, CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY ADOPTED DURING RECOVERY FROM A CARDIAC ILLNESS.

•                              7.  CHANGING THE LIFESTYLE : HEART ATTACK AND CARDIAC STRAIN OCCUR MOST FREQUENTLY IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE VERY RAJASTIC, ACTIVE, COMPETITIVE TEMPERAMENT. BUSINESSMEN WHO BECOME OBSESSIVELY INVOLVED IN THEIR WORK ARE PRIME CANDIDATES FOR HEART ATTACK, FOR THEY NEGLECT TO TAKE TIME OFF FOR RELAXATION AND CELL REJUVENATION. THEY NEGLECT TO INCLUDE RELAXING PASTIMES IN THEIR LIFESTYLE, BECOMING TOTALLY DEDICATED TO THEIR JOB.

• MANY PEOPLE HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO REALLY RELAX AND HAVE REPLACED IT WITH A CONCEPT OF RELAXATION WHICH IS USUALLY COMPRISED OF STIMULATING HABITS SUCH AS SMOKING, DRINKING AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES WHICH EXCITE AND EXHAUST RATHER THAN RELAX THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. SKIPPING SLEEP AND OVEREATING FURTHER TIRE OUT THE HEART, CIRCULATORY AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS.

• 8.                        SWADHYAYA : STUDY OF VARIOUS SCRIPTURES AND INSPIRING LIVES OF SAINTS WHO HAVE DEVOTED THEMSELVES TO THE REALIZATION AND SERVICE OF THE HIGHEST TRUTH, RATHER THAN TO THE ACQUISITION OF MATERIAL AND EMOTIONAL POSSESSION, IS OFTEN A REVELATION TO THE HEART PATIENT , SETTING AN EXAMPLE FOR A WHOLE NEW DIMENSION OF STRESS-FREE LIVING.

• 9.                       BHAKTHI YOGA : THE CHANNELING OF EMOTIONAL ENERGY AWAY FROM PERSONAL OBJECTIVES, DESIRES AND ATTACHMENTS TOWARDS THE UNIVERSAL SELF OR GOD CAN ALSO BRING RELIEF TO THE CARDIAC PATIENT. CHANTING, KIRTAN AND OTHER KINDS OF SINGING CAN ALSO BE VERY RELAXING FOR PEOPLE WHOSE EMOTIONS ARE OFTEN DEEPLY ENTANGLED IN A MESH OF ATTACHMENTS. RELEASE OF PERSONAL EMOTIONAL ENTANGLEMENT OFTEN PROVIDES IMMENSE RELIEF AND PAVES THE WAY FOR FULL RECOVERY.

• 10.                DIET : DIET SHOULD BE LIGHT, AVOIDING MEAT, EXCESSIVE PROTEIN, MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS, OIL AND EXCESSIVE SPICES. THESE SHOULD BE REPLACED BY WHOLE GRAINS, FRUITS AND FRESH VEGETABLES. THIS WILL REDUCE OBESITY WHICH IMPOSES CONSTANT, EXCESSIVE STRAIN ON THE HEART. MEAL TIMES SHOULD BE REGULAR AND THE AVOIDANCE OF EATING BETWEEN MEALS SHOULD BECOME A RULE OF LIFE.

OVEREATING MUST BE AVOIDED, AS IT UNDOUBTEDLY STRAINS THE HEART. THE EVENING MEAL SHOULD BE TAKEN BEFORE 7 P.M. THESE RULES ENSURE THAT THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS ARE NOT CONTINUALLY OVERTAXED, AND LIBERATE ENERGY FROM DIGESTION INTO HEALING.