WHAT IS THE SOLUTION FOR ACIDITY AND INSOMNIA ?

 

HYPER-ACIDITY

IT IS GOOD PRACTICE TO DO VAJRASANA FROM FIVE, TEN TO FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER MEALS. THIS STRENGTHENS DIGESTIVE POWER, SO FLATULENCE AND CONSTIPATION DOESN'T RESULT. THIS COMPLETELY REMOVES THE MAIN CAUSE FOR PRODUCTION OF ACIDS.

THE PROCESS OF DIGESTION IS PERFORMED PROPERLY AND PERFECTLY BY PRANAYAMA.

PRANAYAMA RELAXES THE ORGANS IN THE BELLY. ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF BLOOD REACHES THE ORGANS. THE CONTROL OF BREATHING ADDS SPECIAL CAPACITY TO THE WORKING EFFICIENCY OF THE INTERNAL SECRETING GLANDS.

SHEETALI AND SHEETKARI PRANAYAMA ARE CAPABLE OF REDUCING THE BURNING SENSATION CAUSED BY STRONG ACID LIBERATED IN THE STOMACH. STRONG ACID GETS WASHED OUT IN KUNJAL KRIYA AND WE CAN SAVE OURSELF FROM GETTING ULCER.

YOGIC TREATMENT

• VAJRA ASANA
• BHUJANGA ASANA
• SURYA NAMASKARA
• SHEETALI PRANAYAMA
• JALANDHAR BANDHA
• KUNJAL KRIYA
• YOGA MUDRA
• SALABHA ASANA
• BHASTRIKA PRANAYAMA
• SHEETKARI PRANAYAMA
• SHAVA ASANA

INSOMNIA

YOGA BENEFITS YOUR SLEEP IN VARIOUS WAYS. ASANAS, PRANAYAMA, AND YOGA-NIDRA ARE THE HELPFUL TOOLS IN YOUR EFFORTS TO RE-ESTABLISH A RESTFUL NIGHT'S SLEEP.

ASANAS

• TADA ASANA
• BHUJANGA ASANA
• YOGA NIDRA
• SALABHA ASANA
• SHAVA ASANA

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

BENEFITS 

YOGA HAS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS ON NERVOUS SYSTEM, AND THE BRAIN. CERTAIN YOGA ASANAS INCREASE THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE SLEEP CENTRE IN THE BRAIN, IT NORMALIZE THE SLEEP CYCLE.

YOGA WILL MAKE YOU FEEL ASLEEP SOONER AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF YOUR SLEEP SO THAT YOU NEED LESS SLEEP. YOU WILLHAVE A MORE RESTFUL SLEEP BECAUSE OF THE RELAXING ASPECT OF YOGA AND THE SUBSEQUENT RELIEVING OF STRESS, TENSION AND FATIGUE. THE PRACTICE OF BREATHING ALLOWS FOR MORE OXYGEN IN THE BODY PROVIDING CLARITY IN THE MIND.

YOGA NIDRA IS OF GREAT TO INSOMNIACS, IT RELAXES THE TENSIOS THAT ACCUMULATE IN THE MUSCLES, THE EMOTIONS AND THE MIND, ALLOWING THE PRACTITIONER TO REST DEEPLY. DAILY PRACTICE LEADS TO A DEEPER AND MORE RESTFUL NIGHT'S SLEEP.

SHEETKARI PRANAYAMA

SHEETKARI PRANAYAMA' - A BREATHING TECHNIQUE WHICH INVOLVES HISSING LEADING TO A COOLING EFFECT UPON THE WHOLE BODY.

SEQUENCE

1. SIT UPRIGHT IN A COMFORTABLE POSTURE, KEEPING THEG HEAD, NECK, AND SPINE ERECT.
2. PLACE THE HANDS IN GYANA MUDRA.
3. OPEN THE LIPS AND KEEP THE TEETH TOGETHER.
4. LIGHTLY PRESS THE TIP OF THE TONGUE AGAINST THE LOWER FRONT TEETH.
5. INHALE THROUGH THE MOUTH OVER THE TONGUE WITH A KIND OF HISSING SOUND LIKE THE SOUND OF THE LETTER "S".
6. AFTER FILLING THE LUNGS COMPLETELY, CLOSE THE MOUTH AND EXHALE THROUGH BOTH NOSTRILS WITHOUT RETENTION.

BENEFITS

• SHEETKARI PRANAYAMA IMPROVES DISPOSITION, RELIEVES HUNGER AND THIRST.
• IT ALSO COOLS DOWN THE BODY.
• IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED DURING A FAST OR TO HELP ENDURE VERY HOT WEATHER.
• IT CLEARS THE COMPLEXION.

SURYA BHEDA PRANAYAMA

SURYA BHEDA PRANAYAMA'  - A BREATHING TECHNIQUE IN WHICH INHALATION IS DONE THROUGH THE RIGHT NOSTRIL.

SEQUENCE

1. SIT IN A COMFORTABLE POSTURE, KEEPING THE HEAD, NECK AND SPINE A STRAIGHT LINE.
2. PLACE THE RIGHT THUMB ON THE RIGHT NOSTRIL, THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE EYEBROWS AND REST THE MIDDLE FINGER AGAINST THE LEFT NOSTRIL.
3. CLOSE THE LEFT NORTRIL AND SLOWLY INHALE THROUGH TEH RIGHT NOSTRIL, FILLING THE LUNGS COMPLETELY.
4. CLOSE BOTH NOSTRILS AND APPLY JALANDHARA BANDHA.
5. LIFT THE CHIN, KEEP THE RIGHT NOSTRIL CLOSED AND EXHALE THROUGH THE LEFT NOSTRIL.
6. TRY TO GRADUALLY INCREASE YOUR PERIOD OF BREATH RETENTION.
7. BUILD UP TO TEN REPEPTITIONS OF SURYA BHEDA IN THE BEGINNING, EVENTUALLY YOU MAY DO FORTY REPETITIONS.

CAUTION

IT ENHANCES HEAT, SO IT SHOULD NOT BE PRACTICED TO PACIFY THESE CONDITIONS, BUT THOSE LADEN WITH BILE SHOULD PRACTICE THIS EXERCISE IN MODERATION.

BENEFITS

• WHEN YOU INHALE SLOWLY THROUGH THE RIGHT NOSTRIL YOU GENERATE HEAT ENERGY WHICH IS SENT OUT THROUGH YOUR BODY.
• IMPURITIES ARE DISPELLED.
• IT HELPS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IN GENERAL.
• IT HELPS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IN GENERAL.
• IT HELPS IN GASTRIC FIRE, COLD AND ASTHMA.
• IT REDUCES WIND AND MUCUS AND INCREASES BILE AND DIGESTIVE POWER.

ANULOMA VILOMA

THIS PRANAYAMA MANIPULATES THE FLOW OF ENERGY THROUGH THE NADIS (CHANNELS) IN YOUR BODY AND ULTIMATELY BRINGS ABOUT A BALANCE OF BOTH STIMULATION AND RELAXATION.

SEQUENCE

• USING YOUR RIGHT HAND CLOSE YOUR NOSTRILS.
• TUCK YOUR INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS INTO THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.
• USE YOUR THUMB TO CLOSE YOUR RIGHT NOSTRIL.
• USE YOUR RING AND LITTLE FINGERS TOGETHER TO CLOSE YOUR LEFT NOSTRIL.
• BREATHE IN THROUGH THE LEFT NOSTRIL CLOSING THE RIGHT.
• HOLD BREATH, CLOSING BOTH NOSTRILS.
• BREATHE OUT THROUGH THE RIGHT NOSTRIL KEEPING THE LEFT NOSTRIL CLOSED.
• BREATHE IN THROUGH THE RIGHT NOSTRIL KEEPING THE LEFT NOSTRIL CLOSED.
• HOLD THE BREATH, CLOSING BOTH NOSTRILS.
• BREATHE OUT THROUGH THE LEFT NOSTRIL KEEPING THE RIGHT CLOSED.
• COUNT TO TWO WHEN INHALING, HOLD FOR THE COUNT OF EIGHT THEN EXHALE TO THE COUNT OF FOUR.

CAUTION

 

 

1. TRY TO MAKE THE INHALATION AND EXHALATION OF EQUAL LENGTH.
2. TAKE CARE NOT TO STRAIN.
3. TRY TO MAKE EVERY BREATH SOFT AND GENTLE.
4. COUNT TO TWO WHEN INHALING, HOLD FOR THE COUNT OF EIGHT THEN EXHALE TO THE COUNT OF FOUR.

BENEFITS

• ANULOMA VILOMA RESTORES THE NATURAL BALANCE IN YOUR BREATHING.
• IT WILL REMOVE TENSION, FEAR, AND WORRY AND WILL MAKE THE MIND CALM, POISED AND SERENE.
• THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF THIS PRANAYAMA, HAPPINESS, HEALTH, VIGOUR AND MELODIOUS VOICE CAN BE ATTAINED.

BHASTRIKA PRANAYAMA

"BHASTRIKA" MEANS THE "BELLOWS" IN SANSKRIT. JUST AS A BLACKSMITH WORKS HIS BELLOWS, SO ARE THE ABDOMINAL MUSCLES EXERCISED DURING THIS PRACTICE IN WHICH AIR IS FOREFULLY DRAWN IN AND OUT.

SEQUENCE

1. SIT STRAIGHT IN A COMFORTABLE POSTURE. PADMASANA IS THE BEST ASANA TO ADOPT.
2. LET THE LEFT HAND REST ON THE LEFT KNEE AND PLACE THE RIGHT HAND NEXT TO THE NOSE.
3. INHALE AND EXHALE QUICKLY IN SHORT AND HAVE SHALLOW BREATHS THROUGH BOTH NOSTRILS FROM FOUR TO TEN TIMES.
4. CLOSE OFF BOTH NOSTRILS AND APPLY BOTH JALANDHARA AND MOOLABANDHA WHILE RETAINING THE BREATH.
5. RAISE YOUR HEAD AND EXHALE THROUGH THE RIGHT NOSTRIL TO COOL THE BODY DOWN.
6. NOW APPLY UDDIYANA BANDHA DIRECTLY AFTER THE EXHALATION.
7. BEGIN YOUR PRACTICE WITH THREE ROUNDS OF TEN PUMPINGS AND THEN VERY GRADUALLY WORK UP TO A MAXIMUM OF EIGHT ROUNDS OF A HUNDRED PUMPINGS.

CAUTION

• EXTENDING A SERIES FOR SO LONG CAN ALSO CAUSE DIZZINESS.
• COMFORT AND NOT RECKLESS EXCESS SHOULD GUIDE YOUR MOTIVES AND MANNER OF DOING.
• EXCESS IN PRACTICE MAY INDUCE DIZZINESS, DROWSINESS AND LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

BENEFITS 

• THIS PRANAYAMA MAKES YOU RELAXED AND REVITALIZED.
• IT REVIVES AND STIMULATES THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.
• BHASTRIKA BREATHING CLEARS THE MIND OF CONFUSION AND ENHANCES YOUR POWERS OF FOCUS.

BHRAMARI PRANAYAMA

IN THIS BREATHING PRACTICE A SOFT "HUMMING-BEE" SOUND IS PRODUCED DURING EXHALATION. SO, THIS PRANAYAMA IS NAMED BHRAMARI.

SEQUENCE

1. SIT IN A COMFORTABLE POSTURE KEEPING THE HEAD, BACK AND SPINE ERECT.
2. PLACE THE RIGHT THUMB AGAINS THE RIGHT NOSTRIL BUT DO NOT CLOSE IT.
3. INHALE SLOWLY AND DEEPLY THROUGH BOTH NOSTRILS.
4. PRESS THE RIGHT NOSTRIL WITH THE RIGHT THUMB.
5. RETAIN THE BREATH FOR A WHILE, THEN EXHALE TOUCHING THE LUNGS THROAT AREA AND LARYNX.
6. WHILE INHALING AND EXHALING, CONCENTRATE THE CONSCIOUS MIND ON THE THROAT AND PRODUCE A HUMMING SOUND LIKE THE BUZZING OF A BEE.

BENEFITS

• IT MAKES THE VOICE SWEET, AND HELPS IN CLARITY OF SPEECH.
• IT IS USEFUL FOR HYPERTENSION AND DEPRESSION AND AIDS BRAIN CELLS.
• BREATHING BECOMES DEEP AND SUBTLE.
• THE EXTENDED EXHALATION IN THIS BREATHING EXERCISE IS VERY GOOD FOR PREGNANT WOMEN IN PREPARATION FOR LABOUR.