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.