WHAT IS THE SOLUTION FOR BACK PAIN JOINT PAIN?

SPINAL PAIN SOLUTIONS

BACKACHES ARE SO COMMON THAT MOST PEOPLE SUFFER FROM MILD OR ACUTE SHORT ATTACKS OR LONGER LASTING ONES IN THEIR LIFE TIME. A SPINAL CORD IS NOT JUST A SPINAL CORD. IT IS OUR TREE OF LIFE. THE BRANCHES AND LEAVES ARE THE REMIFICATIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM WHICH SPREAD OUT RIGHT AND LEFT FROM THE SPINAL CORD TO THE MOST DISTANT PARTS OF THE BODY. A VERTEBRA COLUMN RUNS FROM NECK TO WAIST THROUGH THE BACKBONE. IT HAS 26 PARTS WHICH ARE CONNECTED WITH EACH OTHER LIKE A CHAN.

SPINAL CORD

THE SPINAL COLUMN HAS TO BE HIGHLY MOBILE YET SUPPORTIVE AND HAS TO CONTAIN AND PROTECT AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE BODY.
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF MOVEMENTS OF OUR BODY.
THERE ARE MOVEMENTS WHICH CAN BE CONTROLLED BY US AT WILL SUCH AS WALKING, SLEEPING, CHEWING FOOD ETC.
THEY ARE CALLED VOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS.
SECOND TYPE OF OUR BODY MOVEMENTS ARE NOT UNDER OUR CONTROL.
OUR HEART KEEPS ON BEATING WITHOUT ANY EFFORT ON OUR PART.
OUR INTESTINE ALSO HAVE MOVEMENTS DUE TO WHICH OUR FOOD KEEPS ON SLIDING DOWN.

THE CAUSE OF BACKACHES CAN BE MANY BUT THE MOST COMMON ARE FATIGUE, OBESITY, DEPRESSIONS, INJURIES TO BONE, LIGAMENT OR JOINT IN THE SPINE, DISEASE AND SOMETIMES PROLONGED IMMOBILITY. CARRYING EXTRA UNNECESSARY WEIGHT CAN AGGRAVATE ANY BACKACHE.

THE PAIN

NECK PAIN IS ALSO CLOSELY RELATED TO SPINE. IN MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY NECK PAIN AFFECTING THE CERVICAL SPINE IS CALLED CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS.
THIS PAIN SOMETIMES SPREADS OVER TO BOTH SIDES OF SHOUDERS, THE BACK SIDE OF THE NECK.
THE COLLAR BONE AND THE SHOULDER JOINTS.
IN CERTAIN CASES THE PAIN CAN OCCUR IN BOTH THE ARMS AND ALSO IN THE ARM JOINTS.

THE YOGIC METHOD OF TREATMENT IMPLIES

TAKING PROPER DIET.
CORRECTING THE FAULTY HABITS
PRACTISING SOME SELECTED YOGASANAS.

YOGASANAS TONE UP THE INTERNAL ORGANS OF THE BODY. UNTILAND UNLESS OUR INTERNAL ORGANS ARE HEALTHY WE CANNOT BE HEALTHY. OUR NERVOUS SYSTEM SHOULD GET STRENGTH SO THAT ALL BODY MOVEMENTS ARE DONE IN A PROPER WAY. YOGASANAS KEEP THE BODY FREE FROM ALL TYPES OF IMPURITIES AND MAKE IT HEALTHY. YOGASANAS IMPROVE OUR RESISTANCE POWER AGAINST DISEASES AND DO NOT ALLOW ANY EXTERNAL MATTER TO ACCUMULATE IN THE BODY.

FOOD

FOOD IS ESSENTIAL FOR GROWTH. LIVING ORGANISM SOMETIMES DAMAGE THEIR PARTS BY ACCIDENTS.
CONSTANT WORK ALSO CAUSES WEAR AND TEAR OF THE BODY PARTS.
WE NEED FOOD WHICH CAN GIVE ALL THE INGREDIENTS REQUIRED BY OUR BODY.
ANY DIET TO BE ADEQUATE MUST FIRST OF ALL PROVIDE ENOUGH ENERGY AND ENERGY IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF CALORIES.
THE AMOUNT OF CALORIES REQUIRED VARIES WITH AGE, SIZE AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK DONE, FROM 1500 CALORIES FOR THE LIGHT WEIGHT SEDENTARY WORKDER TO THREE TO MORE TIMES THIS AMOUNT FOR THE HEAVY MANUAL WORKER.
THE DIET WHICH CONTAINS ALL ESSENTIAL IN RIGHT QUANTITY WILL BE A BALANCED DIET.
CARBOHYDRATES AND FATS PROVIDE ENERGY TO OUR BODY.
WHEAT, RICE, POTATO, BANANA ETC. ARE RICH IN CARBOHYDRATES.
GHEE, BUTTER, OILS, CREAM, AND MILK ARE FULL OF FATS.
PULSES, MILK, CHEESE, FISH AND MEAT ARE RICH IN PROTEINS.
VITAMIN AND MINERALS ARE PRESENT IN MILK, CHEESE, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
IT IS NECESSARY TO KNOW WHAT TO EAT, HOW MUCH TO EAT AND HOW TO EAT.
THE GREAT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE EAT TOO MUCH, TOO FAST AND TOO OFTEN.

WE SHOULD ALSO REDUCE THE QUANTITY OF SUGAR PARTICULARLY AFTER THE AGE OF 40. SUGAR SHOULD BE REPLACED BY HONEY, DATES AND SWEETENERS.

ASANAS SHOULD BE PRACTICE:

BRIKSHA ASANA
TRIKONA ASAN
BHUJANG ASAN
GOMUKHA ASAN
VEERA ASAN
JALANDHAR BADHA

AFTER PRACTISING ALL THESE SIX ASANAS SHAV ASANA MUST BE DONE. WE HAVE SO MANY OF TREATMENT. BESIDES TAKING THE CORRECT DIET, SLEEPING ON HARD BED IS VERY NECESSARY.

BY YOGIC METHOD OF TREATMENT THE SPINAL PAIN CAN BE FULLY CURED. IT IS ONLY THE RESTORATION AND CORRECTION PERIOD WHICH VARIES. IF THE PAIN HAS BEEN THERE FOR ONE YEAR, OR MORE, IT MAY TAKE TWO MONTHS OR MORE TO CURE IT FULLY. IF THE PAIN IS OF LESS THAN ONE YEAR IT CAN BE CURED WITHIN FOUR TO FIVE WEEKS. FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM NECK AND SPINAL PAIN YOGIC DIET AND YOGASANA CAN HAVE BOTH CURATIVE AND CORRECTIVE EFFECT.

ARTHRITIS SOLUTIONS

THE WORD "ARTHRITIS" REFERS TO INFLIMATION OF A JOINT AND IS DERIVED FROM TWO GREEK WORDS "ARTHRON" MEANING JOINT AND "ITIS" MEANING INFLAMATION THE LINING MEMBRANCE. "RHEUMATISM" ANOTHE TERM IS USED GENERALLY FOR VARIOUS ACHES AND PAINS IN MUSCLES AND JOINTS AND MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. THE MAIN FEATURES OF ARTHRITIS IS INFLAMATION WHICH IS REACTION OF THE JOINT TISSUES TO SOME FORM OF INJURY OR DAMAGE.

RHEUMATIC FEVER

RHEUMATIC FEVER CAUSES A SHOOTING AND PAINFUL TYPE OF ARTHRITIS THAT USUALLY AFFECTS MULTIPLE JOINTS AND IS CONSIDERED AS MIGRATORY BECAUSE IT TENDS TO MOVE FROM JOINT TO ANOTHER. THE DISEASE OFTEN CAUSES SERIOUS AND PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE HEART.

SOME PATIENTS WITH THE SKIN DISEASE PSORIASIS DEVELOP A FORM OF ARTHRITIS THAT WAS LONG THOUGHT TO BE MERELY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
IN MOST OF THE PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM THIS DISEASE, DISTANT JOINTS OF THE FINGERS AND TOES ARE INVOLVED.
THIS IS A SERIOUS DISEASE OF THE LARGE INTESTINES AND IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
THIS TYPS OF ARTHRITIS TENDS TO IMPROVE AS THE COLITIS IMPROVES.
SINCE THE EARLY DAYS OF SERUM THERAPY IT HAS BEEN OBSERVED THAT SOME PATIENTS RECEIVING ANTISERUMS PREPARED FROM ANIMALS DEVELOPED URTICARIA (HIVES) AND TRANSIENT, BUT PAINFUL ARTHRITIS.
TJHIS IS A TYPE OF ARTHRITIS THAT HAS BEEN KNOWN SINCE THE TIME OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS. IT MAINLY AFFECTS THE MEN AFTER THE AGE OF 40 AND IS UNCOMMON IN WOMEN.
A VERY SEVERE DISEASE OF JOINTS CAN RESULT FROM DISEASE OF THE TRACTS IN THE SPINAL CORD AND PERIPHERAL NERVES.

JOINT DISEASES

THERE ARE MANY OTHER UNCOMMON DISEASES, SUCH AS, HEMOPHILIC ARTHRITIS WHICH RESULTS FROM REPEATED BLEEDING INTO THE JOINTS OF BLEEDERS, ASEPTIC NECROSIS OF BONE WHICH RESULTS FROM OBSTRUCTION TO THE BLOOD SUPPLY. REITER'S DISEASE IS ANOTHER FORM OF ARTHRITIS OF UNKNOWN CAUSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNFLAMATION OF URETHRA AND EYES AND WITH DIARRHOEA AND SKIN LESIONS.

UNDER THE YOGIC SYSTEMS OF TREATMENT, THE ARTHRITIS OR RHEUMATIC PATIENTS AR ADVISED TO DO THREE THINGS:

UNDER THE MAINTAIN HYGIENCE CARE
PROPER DIET
PRACTICE OF SELECTED YOGASANA.

THE PRINCIPLES OF YOGIC PERSONAL HYGIENCE IS CLASSIFIED AS

THE REMOVAL OF DISEASE
THE PURIFICATION OF ALL EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ORGANS OF THE BODY
AUTO-IMMUNIZATION
THE MENTAL, MORAL AND SPIRITUAL SUBLIMATION

THE YOGA WAY OF LIVING AND YOGASANAS HAVE SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC IMPORTANCE. THEY NOT ONLY HELP AND INDIVIDUAL TO MAINTAIN GOOD HEALTH BUT ALSO CURE HIM OF SUCH AILMENTS AND DISEASES WHICH HAVE PROVED IMPEDIMENTS IN THE PATH OF PROGRESS AND PURSUITS.

A PROPER DIET FOR ARTHRITIS OR RHEUMATIC PEOPLE MEANS - TO TAKE WHAT IS BENEFICIAL AND STOP WHAT IS HARMFUL. WITH THIS CONSIDERATION THEY ARE ADVISED TO STOP TAKING BANANA CURDS AND TOBACCO IN ANY FORM. THEY CAN TAKE A CUP OF HOT MILK. THEY CAN TAKE HALF-BOILED EGG. SALAD, TOMATO, CUCUMBER, RADISH AND PAPAYA.

THE NON-VEGETARIANS CAN TAKE FISH WITHOUT SPICES. THEY SHOULD DRINK 10 TO 12 GLASSESS OF FRESH WATER. HALWA AND SALTED BISCUITS SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN. PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATIC PAIN ARE ADVISED TO PRACTICE THE FOLLOWING SELECTED ASANAS REGULARLY.

SANTULAN ASANA
TRIKONA ASANA
SIDHA ASANA
GOMUKH ASANA
BRIKSHA ASANA
SET-UBANDHA ASANA
VEERA ASANA
NATRAJ ASANA
SHAV ASANA

IF THE ARTHRITIS OR RHEUMATIC PATIENTS FOLLOW THE ABOVE MENTIONED YOGIC DIET, YOGA HYGIENE AND YOGASANAS, THEY SHOULD FEEL ASSURED BY GETTING FULLY CURED FROM SUCH DISEASES. SOME OVER ENTHUSIASTIC LEARNERS TRY TO DOALL THE ASANAS OF THIS SERIES DAILY BUT THIS WILL DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD TO THEM. THEY ARE ADVISED TO PRACTICE TWO TO THREE ASANAS DAILY AND GO ON ADDING OTHER ASANAS OF THIS SERIES GRADUALLY.

HEART AILMENT SOLUTION!

YOGA IS A WAY OF LIFE, A SPECIFIC MODE OF THINKING AND NATURAL LIVING. YOGA IS NOT MERELY A SYSTEM OF PHYSICAL EXERCISES OR ASANAS, BUT A PERFECT SYNTHESIS OF BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT. IT IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED PERSONALITY. IT CONSISTS OF NOT ONLY HATHAYOGA, BUT YAMA, NIYAMA AND PRATYAHARA WHICH EMPHASIS THE BASIC TRUTH, "UNRIGHTEOUS MEANS LEAD TO RUIN".

YOGA SYSTEM OF TREATMENT IS THE SAME FOR HEART AILMENTS AS FOR HYPERTENSION. THE TREATMENT COMPRISES THREE STEPS,

OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN YOGIC PRINCIPLES
YOGIC DIET
PRACTISING YOGA ON SELECTED BASIS.

ONE MUST BE RELAXED AND KEEP ONESELF FREE FROM ANXIETY, NERVOUSNESS, TENSION, AND RESTLESSNESS.

THOUGH IT IS NOT EASY FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL TO BE RELAXED IN EVERY CONDITION AND SITUATION, IT CAN BE DONE WILL THE PROPER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT SELF, SOCIETY AND THE NATURE AND BY DEVELOPING THE SELF-POWER FOR OVERCOMING TENSION-CREATING PROBLEM.
SMOKING CIGARATTES AND USE OF TOBACCO ARE INJURIOUS TO HEALTH.
TEA, COFFEE AND ALCOHOLIC DRINKS SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED AND INTAKE OF BUTTER, EGGS, EXCESSIVE FAT CONTAINING FOOD ITEMS SHOULD BE STOPPED.
HE SPICES, PICKLES, RED CHILLI BE EXCLUDED FROM FOODS. OVER EATING SHOULD BE AVOIDED AT ALL TIMES.
OVER REACTION SHOULD BE SHUNNED, ASIT GIVES RISE TO BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIABETES.
EVEN HEART FUNCTIONING CAN BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY EATING TOO MUCH.
THE OLD ADDAGE STILL STAYS, EAT BREAKFAST LIKE KING, LUNCH LIKE A QUEEN AND SUPPER LIKE BAGGAR.
EAT A BALANCED DIET WHICH INCLUDES SALAD, GREEN VEGETABLES, FRESH FRUITS, ALONG WITH DAILY DISHES OF THE DAY.

THOSE WHO SUFFERING FROM HEART AILMENTS SHOULD PRACTICE YOGA IN PHASES, THE FIRST BEING SHAVASANA (CORPSE POSE). PROPER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF SHAVASANA IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

SHAVASANA, OR THE DEAD MAN'S POSE OR THE POSE OF TRANQUILLITY GIVES PHYSICAL AND MENTAL RELAXATION TO THE PRACTITIONER. DURING RELAXATION, THE CONSCIOUS MIND SENDS A MESSAGE TO A PARTICULAR ORGAN LIKE HEART OR LIVER WHICH IS RECEIVED BY THE INSTINCTIVE MIND AND THE ORDER OS IMMEDIATELY CARRIED OUT.

SHAVASANA HAS BEEN APPLIED SUCCESSFULLY BY MANY EMINENT CARDIOLOGISTS THE WORLD OVER.

PRANAYAMA FOR INCREASING

BREATHING!

SIT ERECT PADMASANA, INHALE SLOWLY THROUGH BOTH THE NOSTRILS TO FILL THE LUNGS WITH AIR. CONTRACT THE THROAT BY TAKING THE CHIN BACK TOWARDS THE NECK. THEN, FORCE THE AIR UPWARDS BY DRAGGING THE STOMACH AND THE LOWER ABDOMEN BACKWARDS TOWARDS THE SPINE AND UPWARDS AND HOLD THE BREATH BETWEEN THE HEART AND THE THROAT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE (BUT NOT FOCIBLY). NOW CLOSE THE LEFT NOSTRIL WITH THE RING AND LITTLE FINGERS OF YOUR RIGHT HAND AND EXHALE SLOWLY THROUGH THE RIGHT NOSTRIL.

DO THIS COMBINED PROCESS FIVE TIMES THEN IN INHALING AS BEFORE EACH TIME, BREATHE OUT THROUGH THE LEFT NOSTRIL FIVE TIMES CLOSING THE RIGHT NOSTRIL WITH YOUR THUMB. GRADUALLY THE NUMBER OF THIS KIND OF BREATHING OUT CAN BE INCREASED TO TEN TIMES FROM EACH NOSTRIL.

SPECIAL EXERCISES FOR
HEART DISEASES!

THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM CHRONIC DISEASES PAINS ETC. MAY CONTINUE THIS COMBINED ALTERNATING PROCESS FOR HALF AN HOUR AT ONE SITTING.
WHEN THIS PRANAYAMA IS REGULARLY PRACTICED TWICE DAILY WITH WELL BALANCED AND WELL REGULATED DIET, ANY KIND OF DISEASE CAN BE ROOTED OUT.
SOME YOGIS CALL THIS PRANAYAMA "HIRDAY STAMBHOY PRANAYAMA" THEY PRACTICE IT FOR KUNDALINI AROUSAL.
THEY BRING THE PRAN TO HEART AND KEEP IT THERE AND CONCENTRATE ON EYE-BROW CENTRE.
FOR ENHANCING BLOOD CIRCULATION AND MAKING THE MUSCLES FLEXIBLE AND CORRECTING PAIN IN THE JOINTS SANTULANASANA SHOULD BE PRACTICED.
IN ORDER TO DO THIS ASANA, YOU WILL HAVE TO STAND ON ONE LEG AT A TIME.
THOSE WHO FEEL ANY DIFFICULTY IN STANDING ON ONE LEG SHOULD STAND NEAR A PILLAR OR THE WALL FOR SUPPORTING THE BODY WEIGHT AND LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD.
THIS ASANA MUST BE DONE FOUR TIMES DAILY.

FOR RELIEVING CONSTIPATION AND TONING UP THE TISSUES OF THE SPINAL COLUMN AND MUSCLES OF THE CHEST AND LUNGS AND FOR IMPROVING THE THROAT, MATSYASANA (CROCODILE POSE) IS RECOMMENDED.

YOGA CAN CURE THE STRESSESS AND STRAINS CAUSED BY "FRET AND FEVER" OF MODERN LIFE. WE ONLY NEED TO LOOK INTO OUR RICH ANCIENT HERITAGE FOR THAT. BUT IT SHOULD BE YOGA IN TOTALITY AND NOT HATHA YOGA ALONE. IT SHOULD BE COMPLETE AND HARMONIOUS SYSTEM OF YAMA, NIYAMA, ASANA, PRANAYAMA, PRATYAHARA, DHARMA, DHYANA, AND SAMADHI. YOGA MAY NOT MAKE YOU IMMORTAL BUT IT CERTAINLY CAN PREVENT HEART AILMENTS.

HOW TO DO PRANAYAMA?

OF ALL THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BODY, BREATHING IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO BREATHE IS TO LIVE AND TO BE ALIVE IS TO BREATHE. MAN CAN SURVIVE FOR WEEKS WITHOUT SOLID FOOD AND SEVERAL DAYS WITHOUT WATER BUT WITHOUT AIR HE CANNOT LIVE FOR MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SECONDS. YOGIS MEASURE LIFE NOT IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF YEARS BUT THE NUMBER OF BREATHS TAKEN. MODERN CIVILISED MAN DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO BREATHE. OUR UNNATURAL LIVING CONDITIONS IN MODERN CITY, STUFFY AND SUFFOCATING APARTMENTS, CRAMPED WORKING CONDITIONS IN MODERN CITY, STUFFY AND SUFFOCATING APARTMENT, CRAMPTED WORKING CONDITIONS IN FACTORIES AND OFFICESS, SUFFOCATING APARTMENTS, CRAMPTED WORKING CONDITIONS IN FACTORIES AND OFFICES, OUR FAULTY AND WRONG METHODS OF WAKING STANDING AND SITTING HAVE ROBBED US THE RHYTHM OF LIFE AND OF NATURAL AND CORRECT BREATHING.THE RESULT IS THAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AFFECTING SUNKEN CHESTS, NARROW SHOULDERS, ASTHMA AND RESPIRATORY DISORDERS.

MAN'S MENTAL POWER, HAPPINESS, VITALITY, RESISTANCE, SELF-CONTROL CAN BE INCREASED BY THE ART OF BREATHING. THE ACTS OF SPEAKING, SINGING, HUMMING, WHISTLING, LAUGHTER, CRYING, SOBBING, SWIMMING, GOSPING, YAWNING, PANTING, SNIFFING, COUGHING AND SNEEZING REQUIRE ELEMENTRAY FORM OF BREATH CONTROL.

BREATHING

DEEP AND CORRECT BREATHING IS THE BASIC LESSON IN YOGA. IT FEEDS THE BODY'S TISSUES, ORGANS AND GLANDS WITH OXYGEN, REMOVES MUCH OF BODY WASTE AND IMPURITIES. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THE ANCIENT YOGIS DISCOVERED WAS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EMOTIONS AND BREATHING. WHEN ARE EXCITED OR AGITATED, OUR RATE OF RESPIRATION BECOMES RAPID AND DISORDERED WHEN WE ARE COMPOSED, OUR BREATHING IS SLOW, CALM AND RHYTHMICAL. PRANAYAMA MEANS CONTROL OF THE PRANA.

FORM OF BREATH

PRANA IS MUCH MORE THAN MORE BREATHE.
PRANA IS THE POWER BEHIND AND WITHIN BREATH.
IT IS THE VITAL FORCE IN EVERYTHING.
IT IS COSMIC ENERGY THAT PERVADES THE WHOLE UNIVERSE.
IT IS PRESENT IN ALL FORMS, FROM THE LOWEST TO THE HIGHEST, FROM THE ANT TO THE ELEPHANT.
THE PRANA IN THE AIR PERFORMS A NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS IN THE HUMAN BODY.

PRANA - IT CIRCULATES IN THE AREA AROUND THE HEART AND CONTROLS BREATHING.
APNA - IT CIRCULATES IN THE LOWER REGIONS OF THE ABDOMEN AND CONTROLS EXCRETORY FUNCTIONS (URINE AND FAECES)
SAMANA - IT STIMULATES THE GASTRIC JUICES AND AIDS DIGESTION.
UDANA - IT REMAINS IN THE THORACTIC CAGE, AND CONTROLS THE ABSORPTION OF AIR AND FOOD.
VYANA - IT SPREADS THROUGHOUT THE BODY AND DISTRIBUTES THE ENERGY FROM FOOD AND BREATH.
NAGA - IT RELIEVES ABDOMINAL PRESSURE BY PROVOKING EXCRETION.
KURMA - IT CONTROLS THE EYELIDS TO PREVENT FOREIGN BODIES FROM ENTERING AND DAZZLING LIGHT FROM HARMING THE EYES.
KRKARA - IT PREVENTS CERTAIN SUBSTANCES FROM RISING INTO THE NASAL CAVITIES OR DESCENDING INTO THE THROAT CAUSING SNEEZING AND COUGHING.
DEVADUTTA - IT ENSURES THE ABSORPTION OF EXTRA OXYGEN INTO A TIRED BODY AND CAUSES YAWNING.
DHANANJAYA - IT REMAINS IN THE BODY EVEN AFTER DEATH AND SOMETIMES CAUSES THE CORPSE TO SWELL. BEFORE DEALING WITH VARIOUS.

KEEP IN MIND THESE INSTRUCTION

DURING PRANAYAMA

THE PRANAYAMA MUST BE PRACTICED REGULARLY IN A ROOM THAT IS AIRY. THE PRACTICE CAN BE CARRIED ON WITH BETTER RESULTS BY THE SIDE OF A RIVER, IN A TEMPLE, CHURCH, OR ANY OTHER PLACE OR WORSHIP, A LAKE OR AT THE TOP OF A HILL OR IN A CIRCLE OF A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN OR ANY OTHER CALM AND QUIET PLACE FREE FROM CHIL, MOSQUITOES, BUGS, ANTS, FLIES OR CRAWLING INSECTS.

LOOSE FITTING CLOTHS SHOULD BE WORN AND CONSTRICTING COLLARS, TIES AND TIGHT BELTS AVOIDED. A FOLDED BLANKET OR RUG SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE FLOOR ONE GENERALLY EXPERIENCES LAZINESS AFTER GETTING UP FROM BED, THIS CAN BE DRIVEN OFF BY DOING A FEW KUMBHAKAS. BREATHING SHOULD BE DONE THROUGH NOSE AND NOT THROUGH MOUTH. AVOID BREATHING DIRTY AIR.

HOW TO DO EXERCISE

EXERCISE NO 1

SIT ON THE FLOOR IN SUKHASANA POSTURE (EASY POSTURE) WITH BOTH LEGS STRETCHED BEFORE YOU.
BOW BEND ONE LEG AND PLACE ITS FOOT UNDER THE THIGH OF THE OPPOSITE LEG.
THEN BEND THAT LEG AND PLACE IT UNDER THE OTHER LEG.
THE BODY SHOULD KE KEPT PERFECTLY STEADY WITH HEAD, NECK AND BACK IN A STRAIGHT LINE.
CLOSE THE RIGHT NOSTRIL WITH THE RIGHT THUMB AND SLOWLY INHALE THROUGH THE LEFT NOSTRIL AS LONG AS YOU CAN WITH EASE AND COMFORT.
THEN EXHALE THROUGH THE SAME NOSTRIL.
DO THIS AT LEAST TEN TIMES.
THIS WILL CONSTITUTE THE FIRST ROUND.
TO BEGIN WITH TWO ROUNDS IT MUST BE DONE DAILY AND INCREASED UP TO 12 ROUNDS GRADUALLY.

INHALE THROUGH THE RIGHT NOSTRIL BY CLOSING THE LEFT NOSTRIL WITH THE LITTLE AND RING FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND JUST IN THE SAME MANNER AS ONE PREVIOUSLY. THEN EXHALE THROUGH THE SAME NOSTRIL. THIS MUST BE DONE AT LEAST TEN TIMES.

EXERCISE NO 2

IN THE SAME SITTING POSTURE, CLOSE THE RIGHT NOSTRIL WITH THE RIGHT THUMB AND INHALE THROUGH THE LEFT NOSTRIL.
THEN CLOSE THE LEFT NOSTRIL WITH THE RING AND LITTLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND AND EXHALE THROUGH THE RIGHT NOSTRIL AFTER REMOVING THE THUMB.
INHALING AGAIN THROUGH THE RIGHT NOSTRIL AND CLOSING IT WITH THE THUMB.
EXHALE THROUGH THE LEFT NOSTRIL.
REPEAT IT AT LEAST TEN TIMES.

EXERCISE NO 3

IN THE SAME SITTING POSTURE, INHALE THROUGH BOTH THE NOSTRIL AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WITH EASE AND COMFORT AND EXHALE THROUGH BOTH THE NOSTRIL IN THE SAME MANNER.
DO IT ATLEAST TEN TIMES AND REPEAT THE NUMBER GRADUALLY.

EXERCISE NO 4

IN THE SAME SITTING POSTURE, DRAW THE AIR IN THROUGH THE NOSTRIL, REAIN IT AS LONG AS YOU CAN WITH EASE AND COMFORT, THEN EXHALE SLOWLY.
THIS PROCESS MAY BE REPEATED TWELVE TIMES.
THIS WILL CONSTITUTE ONE ROUND AND THE NUMBER OF ROUNDS MAY BE INCREASED GRADUALLY.

EXERCISE NO 5

IN THE SAME SITTING POSTURE CLOSE THE RIGHT NOSTRIL WITH THE RIGHT THUMB AND INHALE THROUGH THE LEFT NOSTRIL.
THEN CLOSE THE LEFT NOSTRIL WITH THE RING AND LITTLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND , RETAIN THE BREATH AS LONG AS YOU CAN AND EXHALE THROUGH THE RIGHT NOSTRIL BY REMOVING THE THUMB.
DRAW IN THE AIR THROUGH THE RIGHT NOSTRIL AND RETAIN IT AS BEFORE, EXHALE IT THROUGH THE LEFT NOSTRIL BY REMOVING THE RING AND LITTLE FINGERS.
THESE SIX PROCESSESS CONSTITUTE ONE PRANAYAMA WHICH MUST BE DONE AT LEAST 20 TIMES DAILY IN THE MORNING.
IN THIS PRANAYAMA THE IDEAL TECHNIQUE IS THAT WHEREIN PURAKA IS FOR 20 SECONDS, KUMBHAKA FOR 30 SECONDS AND RADHKA FOR 40 SECONDS.
THE PRANAYAMA EXERCISES ARE MOST EFFECTIVE AT SUNRISE OR EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING FACING EAST.