HOW TO GET CLEAR EYE SIGHT AND SOLUTION FOR ASTHMA?

 

YOGA AND EYE SIGHT

HUMAN EYES NEED CARE AND ATTENTION. AS YEARS GO BY, THE MUSCLES AROUND THE EYES LOSE THEIR TONE. EYESIGHT BECOMES WEAK AFTER THE MUSCLES AROUND THE EYES LOSE THEIR ELASTICITY AND BECOME RIGID, THEREBY REDUCING THE POWER TO FOCUS DIFFERENT DISTANCES. ALSO, TENSION AROUND THE EYES AFFECTS THE BRAIN CAUSING STRESS AND ANXIETY.

EYESIGHT IS DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED WHEN THE MUSCLES OF THE EYES ARE RELAXED. THERE IS A DEEP CORRELATION BETWEEN THE EYES AND THEMIND. IT IS SAID VISION OCCUPIES  40 PERCENT OF THE BRAIN'S CAPACITY. THEREFORE, WHEN WE CLOSE OUR EYES, RELAXATION IS INDUCED IN THE BRAIN. EYE HEALTH CORRESPONDS WITH THE LEVEL OF RELAXATION THAT IT EXPERIENCES.

EYES AND YOGA

 

 

YOGA PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE TO KEEP THE EYE HEALTHY. A YOGA ROUTINE REPLETE WITH ASANAS, PRANAYAMA AND MEDITATION HELPS IN ACHIEVING PEACE AND TRANQUILLITY. YOGIC EYE EXERCISES STRENGTHEN THE MUSCLES OF THE EYES AND THUS HELP IN CURING MANY AILMENTS OF THE EYES. CERTAIN EYE EXERCISES ARE KNOWN TO COMPLETELY RECTIFY EYE PROBLEMS. WITH YOGA, PEOPLE BEGIN TREATING THEIR EYES WITH CARE, WHICH REFLECTS IN GOOD EYE HEALTH.

THE REMOVED LATE WILLIAM H. BATES, AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST, CLAIMED THAT VISION COULD BE IMPROVED WITH EYE EXERCISES LIKE YOGA AND PALMING, EYEBALL ROTATIONS AND GAZE SHIFTING. SO, EYE EXERCISES ARE IMPORTANT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL AND SHOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE REGULAR YOGA ROUTINE. THESE EXERCISE CAN BE PERFORMED AFTER THE ASANAS.

SHAVASANA

BEFORE BEGINNING THE EYE EXERCISES, IT IS IMPORTANT TO PRACTICE SHAVASANA, CORPSE POSE TO RELAX ALL THE BODY PARTS.

OTHER EXERCISES

SIT ERECT WITH HANDS ON YOUR KNEES. LIFT YOUR EYES AND FIND A POINT, WHICH YOU CAN SEE WITHOUT ANY STRAIN. THEN SHIFT YOUR GAZE DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND FIND A POINT WHERE YOU CAN FOCUS EFFORTLESSLY. THIS SHIFTING OF GAZE AT A PARTICULAR POINT, UP AND DOWN IS AN EXCELLENT EXERCISE FOR THE EYES. BREATHING SHOULD BE EVEN AND REGULAR.

THE BODY MUST BE RELAXED AND THE HEAD SHOULD NOT MOVE WHEN THE EYE EXERCISE ARE PERFORMED. EXCEPT FOR THE EYES, THE BODY PARTS SHOULD BE IN A RELAXED POSITION.

PALMING

THIS EXERCISE IS VERY GOOD FOR THE EYES AND PRODUCES A CALMING EFFECT ON THE NERVOUS SYTEM. PALMING IS VERY  USEFUL TO BREAK THE STRESS OF THE EYES BECAUSE EYES NEED DARKNESS TO RECOVER TO BREAK THE STRESS OF THE LIGHT. SO WHEN WE COVER THE EYES AND BREATHE DEEPLY, WE EXPERIENCE RELEASE FROM TENSION IN THE EYE MUSCLES. THE NERVE ARE ENRICHED WITH A RICH SUPPLY OF BLOOD.

STEPS

• RUB YOUR PALMS TILL THEY ARE CHARGED WITH HEAT AND GENTLY PLACE THE PALMS OVER THE EYES.
• WHILE CUPPING THE PALMS OVER THE EYES, TAKE CARE NOT TO APPLY DIRECT PRESSURE ON THE EYES. THE EYES SHOULD RELAX IN THE DARKNESS AND STILLNESS.

THE WARM PRANA CURRENT FLOWING FROM THE PALMS RELIEVES THE TENSION AND STRAIN AROUND THE EYE MUSCLES.

HORIZONTAL EYE MOVEMENTS

1. MOVE THE EYES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND AGAIN RIGHT TO LEFT AND RELAX THE EYES WITH CUPPING THE HANDS OVER THE EYES.
2. THEN MOVE THE EYES DIAGONALLY FROM LEFT  TOP TO RIGHT BOTTOM AND RIGHT TOP TO LEFT BOTTOM.
3. THEN ROTATE THE EYES IN FULL CIRCLES IN CLOCKWISE DIRECTION AND ANTI CLOCKWISE DIRECTION 10 MINUTES.

EYE ROTATION

1. KEEP THE EYES OPEN.
2. LIFT YOUR EYES UP AND THEN LOWER THEM.
3. CONTINUE TO DO THIS FOR 10 TO 12 TIMES WITHOUT BLINKING. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE EYES SHOULD BE STEADY AND RELAXED.

TRATAKA (GAZING)

THIS TECHNIQUE IS CAPABLE OF OBLITERATING THE DISEASES OF THE EYE. THIS KRIYA ALSO IMPROVES VISION, AIDS IN CONCENTRATION AND PURIFIES THE MIND.

STEPS

• SIT ON THE FLOOR IN A COMFORTABLE POSITION WITH THE SPINE ERECT.
• KEEP THE EYES OPEN AND FIX YOUR GAZE ON ANY OBJECT LIKE A CANDLE OR A PICTURE OF "OM".
• WITHOUT BLINKING, GAZE STEADILY AT THE OBJECT TILL TEARS FLOW FROM THE EYES. DO NOT STRAIN THE EYES AND BREATHE DEEPLY.

PRANAYAMA AND MEDITATION

 

TRITAKA CAN BE FOLLOWED BY CONCENTRATING ON THE TIP OF THE NOSE OR ON THE POINT BETWEEN THE EYEBROWS. THE POINT BETWEEN THE EYEBROWS IS CALLED THE THIRD EYE CENTRE OF AJNA CHAKTRA. ACCORDING TO YOGIS, CONCENTRATING ON THIS CHAKRA PREPARES THE MIND FOR MEDITATION.

THE PERIOD OF MEDITATION IS PRECEDED BY PRANAYAMA. THIS MEANS SIMPLE BREATHING EXERCISES THAT INVOLVE DRAWING IN THE BREATH TO A COUNT OF 4, HOLDING THE BREATH TO A COUNT OF 4 AND RELEASING THE BREATH TO A COUNT OF 4, WHICH MARKS AS ONE PRACTICE. 4:4:4 IS THE RATIO TO BE MAINTAINED FOR THIS BREATHING EXERCISE.

INHALATION - 4 COUNTS

RETENTION - 4 COUNTS

EXHALATION - 4 COUNTS 

AFTER PRANAYAMA, ONE CAN START TO MEDITATE ON THE DIVINE WITHIN. RESTLESS THOUGHTS MUST BE GENTLY PUSHED AWAY AND CONCENTRATION ON THE SOUND OF "OM" PRODUCES PEACE AND TRANQUILLITY IN THE MIND OF THE PRACTITIONER.

ASTHMA

THE THERAPY FOR ASTHMA USING YOGA INVOLVES FOUR STAGES, OR MAIN GROUPS OF TREATMENT. THESE ARE : 

1. ASANA
2. PRANAYAMA
3. HATHA YOGA
4. MEDITATION

ASANA

ASANAS LIMBER UP THE BODY AND TAKE AWAY STIFFNESS. A LOT OF ASTHMATIC PATIENTS HAVE STIFFNESS IS THEIR CHESTS. ASANA CAN ALSO BE USED AS A MILD FROM OF EXERCISE. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE MORE POWERFUL EFFECTS THAN THIS. THEY MASSAGE AND DIRECTLY INFLUENCE THE DEEPER ORGANS. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HOPE TO BE RESEARCHING HERE IN THE FUTURE. THE PAWANMULTASANA HAS BEEN PROVED, IN RESEARCH, TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE. IT CIRCULATES PRANA, HELPING TO MOVE THE PRANA IN THE NADIS WHEN THERE ARE BLOCKAGES. IT ALSO DEVELOPS AN AWARENESS OF THE PHYSICAL BODY, THE MOST IMPORTANT TERM IN THE TREATMENT OF ASTHMA AND YOGA IS THIS WORD AWARENSS. THAT AWARENESS IS THE KEY TO EVERYTHING.

PRANAYAMA

PRANAYAMA IS NOT BREATHIG EXERCISES BUT A METHOD OF GENERATING PRANA. FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF ASTHMA, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT, FOR PRANA REDUCES INFLAMMATION. THE BASIC UNDERLYING PROBLEM IN ASTHMA IS INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS. TREATMENT IS NOT JUST A MATTER OF OPENING THE LUNGS, IT IS A MATTER OF GETTING RID OF THE INFLAMMATION. PRANA GENERATES, VITALITY, AND THE MORE VITALITY YOU HAVE, THE MORE YOU CAN OVERCOME AND RESIST VARIOUS STIMULI AND THE MORE STRENGTH AND STABILITY  YOU HAVE IN YOUR SYSTEM. VITALITY IS A COMMON WORD AND EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT ENERGY IS, WE KNOW WHEN CUR VITALITY IS LOW AND HIGH, BUT TO RESEARCH THIS IN A PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSE IS ANOTHER THING.

THIS IS WHERE YOGA CAN OFFER IN A BIG WAY, BECAUSE IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH PRANA. IT HELPS US NOT ONLY TO GENERATE PRANA BUT TO CONSERVE PRANA AND TO USE IT WHEN AND WHERE WE WANT TO, WITH AWARENESS AND CONSCIOUS CONTROL. PRANAYAMA ALSO DEVELOPS RESPIRATORY MUSCLES, AND THE MORE CONTROL YOU HAVE OVER YOUR MUSCLES, THE MORE CONTROL YOU CAN HAVE OVER AN ATTACK SO YOU WILL NOT PANIC, YOU WILL FEEL MORE CONFIDENCE. ONCE THE ASTHMATIC PATIENT HAS A BASIC GROUNDING IN ASANA AND PRANAYAMA HE CAN GO ON TO THE SHATKARMAS.

THE HATHA YOGA SHATKARMAS

THE SIX KRIYAS OF HATHA YOGA, THE SHATKARMAS, ARE A POWERFUL AND OFTEN UNDERESTIMATED TOOL. THESE KRIYAS CLEANSE MUCUS FROM THE  BODY AND ALSO HAVE POTENT EFFECTS ON DEEPER LEVELS OF THE HUMAN PERSONALITY. THE SHATKARMAS REMOVE MUCUS FROM THE NOSE IN THE PRACTICE OF NETI AND FROM THE STOMACH IN THE PRACTICE OF KUNJAL WHICH HAS A REFEX EFFECT ON THE LUNGS. THERE ARE MANY EXPLANATIONS FOR THIS PRINCIPLE IN THE ORIENTAL SYSTEMS OF HEALING. THE CLEANSING PROCESS BALANCES  THE DOSHAS, KNOWN IN AYURVEDA AS THE VATA, PITTA AND KAPHA (WIND, BILE AND PHLEGM). AUTOMATICALLY YOU FEEL RELIEF, YOU FEEL LIGHTER, HAPPIER AND STRONGER IF IT IS ONE CORRECTLY. IN TERMS OF REDUCING INFLAMMATION IN THE SHORT TERM, THE SHATKARMAS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PRACTICES, PRANAYAMA REMOVES INFLAMMATION IN THE LONG TERM.

SHATKARMAS ALSO IMPROVE AWARENESS OF THE INNER CAVITIES. IN VASTRA DHAUTI YOU PUT A CLOTH INTO YOUR STOMACH AND CHURN IT AROUND, THEREBY BECOMING AWARE OF THE SPACE WITHIN YOUR BODY. GENERALLY WE DO NOT FEEL INSIDE OURSELVES, BUT WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING WATER OR CLOTH INSIDE THE STOMACH, OR SOMEHOW PUTTING PRESSURE IN YOUR BODY, THEN LATER ON YOU FEEL MORE SENSITIVE TO THE SUBSTANCES YOU PUT INTO THE BODY. WHEN YOU OVEREAT YOU FEEL IT MORE ACUTELY. IF YOU PUT THE WRONG FOOD OR SOME POISON INTO YOUR BODY. YOU KNOW IT IMMEDIATELY AS THE SENSIVITY AND THE AWARENSS OF THE INTERNAL BODY HAS IMPROVED. AT THE SAME TIME YOU GAIN CONTROL OVER THE BASAL PART OF THE BRAIN, THE ANIMAL BRAIN.

WHEN YOU ARE LEARNING TO VOMIT (KUNJAL), OR LEARNING HOW NOT TO VOMIT (VASTRA DHAUTI), WHEN YOU ARE LEARNING TO PURGE FROM YOUR INTESTINES, THEN YOU ARE DESCENDING INTO A LEVEL OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM WHICH IS UNCONSICOUS. AS THAT PART OF THE BRAIN LIES NOT JUST THE CONTROL OF THE HEART, THE BLOOD PRESSURE AND THE LUNGS, BUT MANY OF THE PSYCHIC CONFLICTS WHICH ARE AT THE ROOT OF MANY ILLNESS. WE START TO PROBE VERY VERY CAREFULLY INTO THE DEEPER, PSYCHIC BODY OF OUR PERSONALITY, SO, CONTROL, OVER THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IS AT THREE LEVELS, PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND PSYCHIC.

MEDITATION

• THE FIRST THREE STAGES LEAD TO MEDITATION. MEDITATION AFFECTS THE MENTAL SIDE OF THE PERSONALITY AS WELL AS THE EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHIC SIDES.
• INITIALLY WE LEARN TO RELAX THE PSYCHIC PROBLEMS. WE START WITH THE MENTAL PROBLEMS, THE OVERACTIVE MIND, THINKING TOO MUCH. WHEN WE WANT TO GO TO SLEEP WE ARE THINKING THE NORMAL STATE FOR MANY PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE AND STRESS OF DAILY LIVING. SO INITIALLY, WE RELAX THOSE TENSIONS THROUGH MEDITATION AND A BALANCE COMES.
• ONCE THE RELAXATION TAKES PLACE, WE BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN AND STABILISE THE MIND. 

YOGIC TREATMENT IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT YOGA NIDRA, A DEEP RELAXATION PRACTICE WITH SYSTEMATICALLY RELAXES ON THE FOUR LEVELS-PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHIC. THE YOGIC PRACTICES SERVE TO EXPAND OUR AWARENESS, GIVING INSIGHT INTO THE CAUSE AND THE EFFECT. AS YOUR AWARENSS DEVELOPS YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS CAUSING THE ASTHMA. THEN YOU BECOME YOUR OWN DOCTOR, YOUR OWN HEALER.

 

DIABETES SOLUTION !

DIABETES MELLITUS IS A DISEASE RELATED TO THE IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE OF THE BODY, THAT IS AN IMBALANCE IN THE FUNCTIONING IS AFFECTED. SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES CAN BE EXCESSIVE THIRST, EXCESSIVE HUNGER OR EXCESSIVE URINATION.

DIABETES MELLITUS CAN BE OF TYPE 1 OR TYPE 2 OR PANCREATIC DIABETES OR GESTATIONAL DIABETES.

TYPE 1 DIABETES IS CAUSED BY NO PRODUCTION OF INSULIN AND THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TREAT THROUGH YOGA. TYPE 2 DIABETES WHICH IS CAUSED BY LIFE STYLE, STRESS RELATED DISEASES CAN BE EFFECTIVELY TREATED THROUGH YOGA.

SURYA NAMASKAR 

 

SURYA NAMASKAR OR SUN SALUTATION IS VERY GOOD EXERCISE FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM DIABETES. IT INCREASES THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO VARIOUS PARTS OF BODY, IMPROVING INSULIN ADMINISTRATION IN THEM. THIS EXERCISE GIVES ALL THE BENEFITS IF PRACTICED AT THE RATE OF 4 ROUNDS PER MINUTES. IF PRACTICED AT SLOW SPEED, IT OFFERS THE BENEFITS OF ASANAS.

ASANAS 

ASANAS ARE BENEFICIAL IN TREATMENT OF DIABETES. IMPORTANT ASPECT OF ASANAS IS STABILITY AND COMFORT EXPERIENCED IN THE POSITION. AFTER ATTAINING THE POSITION, ONE NEEDS TO RELAX ALL THE MUSCLES AND TRY TO MAINTAIN THE POSITIONS FOR LONG. DUE TO VARIOUS TWISTS, STRETCHES AND STRAINS IN THE BODY, THE INTERNAL ORGANS ARE STRETCHED AND SUBJECTED TO STRAIN. THIS INCREASES THE BLOOD SUPPLY, OXYGEN SUPPLY TO THE ORGANS INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY AND FUNCTIONING OF THE ORGANS.

STRETCHING VARIOUS GLANDS RESULT IN INCREASED EFFICIENCY OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM. ASANAS LIKE DHANURASANA (BOW POSE IN PRONE POSITION), ARDHAMATSYENDRASANA (HALF SPINAL TWIST), VAJRASANA YOGA MUDRA, PAVAN MUKTASANA, SARVANGASANA, HALASANA, MATSYASANA HAVE BEEN FOUND USEFUL IN CURING DIABETES. THESE ASANAS HAVE POSITIVE EFFECT ON PANCREAS AND ALSO INSULIN FUNCTIONING. BUT TO GET THE DESIRED RESULT, ONE NEEDS TO MAINTAIN THE ASANA FOR LONGER DURATION WHILE RELAXING THE MUSCLES.

PRANAYAMA

 

THERE ARE 8 TYPES OF PRANAYAMA MENTIONED IN HATHA YOGA. ONE OF THE BASIC PREPARATIONS FOR PRANAYAMA IS NADI SHODHAN PRANAYAMA OR ALTERNATE NOSTRIL BREATHING, THIS TYPE IS FOUND USEFUL IN DIABETES AS THIS PRANAYAMA HAS CALMING EFFECT ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, WHICH REDUCES STRESS LEVELS, HELPING IN DIABETES TREATMENT. ALSO YOGIC RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT BHRAMARI AND BHASRIKA PRANAYAMA HELP IN NERVOUS SYSTEM. BHASRIKA HAS CALMING EFFECT ON MIND, BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYTEM. BHASRIKA IS A REVITALIZING PRANAYAMA, WHICH INCREASES OXYGEN LEVELS AND REDUCES CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS IN THE BLOOD. IN BHASRIKA, THE ABDOMINAL MUSCLES AND DIAPHRAGM ARE USED WHICH PUT PRESSURE ON THE INTERNAL ORGANS. BUT BEFORE PRACTISING THESE PRANAYAMAS, ONE MUST LEARN AND PRACTICE DEEP BREATHING, FAST BREATHING, ALTERNATE NOSTRIL BREATHING, BANDHAS (JALANDHAR BANDHA OR CHIN LOCK, MOOLA BANDHA AND UDDIYAN BANDHA OR ABDOMINAL LOCK) FROM ANY YOGA EXPERT.

MEDITATION 

PRACTICE OF MEDITATION IS ESPECIALLY USEFUL IN MANAGEMENT OF STRESS. RELAXED AND CONCENTRATED STATE OF MIND IS THE AIM OF ANY FORM OF MEDITATION WHICH CREATES CALMING EFFECT ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND BRINGS BALANCE BETWEEN SYMPATHETIC AND PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEMS, INITIALLY MEDITATION MAY BE DIFFICULT, AND ONE CAN PRACTICE OMKAR CHANTING, THE CONCENTRATION ON BREATHING.

ESPECIALLY FOR DIABETES, CONCENTRATION ON PANCREAS DURNG THE MEDITATION PRACTICE HAS SHOWN POSITIVE EFFECTS ON SUGAR LEVELS. ONE EVEN VISUALIZE THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF PANCREAS, PROPER INSULIN ADMINISTRATION IN THE BODY WHICH CAN HELP IN THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES.

YOGA NIDRA

YOGA NIDRA IS VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS OF DEEP RELAXATION, IT HELPS ALLEVIATE THE STRESS AND HAS VERY GOOD POSITIVE EFFECTS ON THE ENTIRE PSYCHOSOMATIC SYSTEM.

 

CLEANSING PROCESSESS

MASTER CLEANSING OR SHANKHA PRAKSHALANA IS RECOMMENDED FOR DIABETES, COMPLETE SHANKHA PRAKSHALANA TAKES 1 DAY AND IS RECOMMENDED ONCE IN 6 MONTHS, BUT SMALLER VERSION OF IT CAN BE DONE 3 TIMES A WEEK. THIS PROCESS CLEANSES THE GASTRO INTESTINAL TRACT COMPLETELY. THIS PROCESS IS DONE BY DRINKING 2 GLASSESS OF WARM, SALTY WATER AND LEMON IS ADDED TO IT. THEN PERFORMING 6 DIFFERENT EXERCISES. THESE EXERCISES SPEED UP THE PERISTALTIC MOVEMENTS AND ONE NEEDS TO EVACULATE BOWELS. IN 2 HOURS ABOUT 7 TO 8 BOWELS ARE COMPLETED TILL THE CLEAR WATER IS EVACULATED.

YOGA THERAPY HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE EFFECTIVE IN THE TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS AND DISEASES :

• HEART DISESES, SUCH AS CORONARY ALTERY DISEASE.
• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
• BACK PAIN
• ARTHRITIS
• ASTHMA
• SINUSITIS AND HAY FEVER
• HEADACHE
• CERTAIN ENDOCRINE DISEASES
• DIGESTIVE DISORDERS, SUCH AS HEARTBURN AND ULCERS, CONSTIPATION, COLITIS, DIABETES AND MANY OTHER CONDITIONS.

SOLUTION FOR BACK PAIN

BESIDES THE ABOVE MENTIONED ASANA AND PRANAYAMA PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA, CONCENTRATION AND MEDITATION GIVES THE BEST RESULT.

ASANAS

ASANA REMOVES RIGIDITY AND BRINGS FLEXIBILITY TO JOINTS AND HELP TO CORRECT BAD POSTURE.

PRANAYAMA

BREATHING PATTERNS CAN AFFECT THE SPINE IN VARIOUS WAYS, SUCH AS MOVEMENT OF THE RIBS AND CHANGES IN PRESSURE WITHIN THE CHEST AND ABDOMEN. EXHALING CAN HELP RELAX MUSCLES.

RELAXATION AND MEDITATION

RELAXATION PROVIDES A PHYSIOLOGIC ANTIDOTE TO STRESS. VISUALISATION TECHNIQUE MAY ALSO BE USED. FOR EXAMPLE, VISUALIZING A MOVEMENT BEFORE IT IS ACTUALLY PERFORMED MAKES IT EASIER TO MOVE THE  MUSCLES THAT ARE BEING USED.

ASANAS

YOGIC TREATMENT : DURING THE FIRST WEEK, PRACTICE THE FOLLOWING ASANA: PAWAN MUKTA, BHUJANGA ASANA, UTTANPADA ASANA, SHAVA ASANA, SECOND WEEK AND ONWARDS:

• PAWAN MUKTA ASANA
• BHUJANGA ASANA
• SHALABHA ASANA
• UTTANPADA ASANA
• EKPADA UTTAN ASANA
• ANULOM-VILOM AND NADI SHODHAN PRANAYAMA
• SHAVA ASANA

CONSTIPATION

 

AFTER PERFORMING KUNJALA EMPTY STOMACH AND FOUR NAVAL CORRECTING POSTURES, THE PRACTICE OF UDARA SHAKTI VIKASAKA EXERCISE OF SUKSHMA VYAYAMA ALONGWITH THE PRACTICE OF TADASANA, URDHVA HASTOTTANASANA, MAYURASANA  ARE CONSIDERED ADVANTAGES FOR CONSTIPATION.

SURYA NAMASKARA IS FOUND MORE USEFUL FOR CONSTIPATION.

AFTER PRACTICING ASANAS, BHASTRIKA AND SURYABHEDAN PRANAYAMAS SHOULD BE PRACTICED FOR 5 TO 10 MINUTES. BUT IN THE BEGINNING, PRANAYAMA MAY BE PRACTICED FOR ONE TO TWO MINUTES ONLY.

PRACTICE OF LAGHU SHANKHAPRAKSHLANA ONCE A WEEK IS ALSO BENEFICIAL AND THEREFORE ADVISABLE, ONLY TILL THE AILMENTS CONTINUES. HOWEVER, AFTER THE AILMENTS IS CURED IT MAY BE PERFORMED ONLY ONCE A MONTH.

PRACTICE OF AGNISARA KRIYA AND BREATHING THROUGH RIGHT SWARA IS FOUND ESPECIALLY BENEFICIAL IN THIS DISEASES.

THE PATIENT OF CONSTIPATION SHOULD ARDENTLY OBSERVE YAMA NIYAMAS.

HEART DISEASES

YOGA TREATMENT

THERAPEUTIC YOGA SHOULD BE PRACTICED WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL CONCERNED IS NOT AFFECTED BY EMERGENCY TYPE OF CONDITION. YOGIC SYSTEM OS TREATMENT IS THE SAME FOR HEART AILMENTS AND HYPERTENSION.

SUGGESTED ASANAS

FIRST THREE WEEKS

• VAJRASANA
• SHAVA ASANA

FORTH AND FIFTH WEEK

• PAVANAMUKTA ASANA
• SHASHANKA ASANA
• UTTHAN PADA ASANA

SIXTH WEEK ONWARDS

• SARVANGA ASANA
• SHIRSHA ASANA
• SURYA NAMASKARA
• NADI SHODHAN PRANAYAMA
  UJJAYAI PRANAYAMA
• JAL NETI

BESIDES THE ABOVE MENTIONED ASANA AND PRANAYAMA PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA, CONCENTRATION AND MEDITATION GIVES THE BEST RESULT.

THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM PLAYS A ROLE IN THE NOURISHMENT OF TISSUES. ELEMENTS NECESSARY FOR NOURISHMENT OF TISSUES ARE CARRIED TO THEM BY BLOOD. PRACTICE OF PRANAYAMA REJUVENATES THE TISSUES WITH A FRESH SUPPLY TO OXYGEN.

ASANAS IMPROVE CARDIOVASCULAR EFFICIENCY. THE YOGIC EXERCISES GIVE A GOOD MASSAGE TO THE PERPETUALLY WORKING HEART. ASANAS INVOLVE VERY LITTLE MUSCULAR ACTIVITY. IN SUCH A CONDITION, THE HEART BEATS IN A CONTROLLED MANNER. WHEN THE MUSCULAR ACTIVITY IS LESS, THERE IS MINIMUM PRODUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE. THIS REDUCES THE LEVELS OF STRESS TO THE HEART.

YOGA ENHANCES HEART HEALTH, LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE, REDUCES CHRONIC STRESS, BOOSTS IMMUNE SYSTEM AND ENHANCES COGNITIVE ABILITY. YOGA HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AS WELL AS RECURRENCE OF HEART ATTACKS, HYPERTENSION, AND CORONARY HEART DISEASES. YOGA AFFECTS THE HYPOTHALAMUS DIRECTLY, THE AREA OF THE BRAIN, CONTROLLING THE ENDOCRINE ACTIVITY AND IT HELPS TO PREVENT HEART ATTACKS.