Couttsey: Divya Yoga
Prana or the life energy contains of all the powers of the world. It is the biggest medicine. Pranayam purifies the life energy. It increases the oxygen content in the body. The main reason for diseasesis the negative thinking and deficiency of oxygen. Pranayam is the only solution for this and it cures diseases.
The disease arises in the mind of the person, when the person’s thinking becomes negative then it has the direct effect on the respiratory system. The polluted air present inside the body mixes with blood and causes diseases. Medicine can control diseases like cancer for a limited time but the actual cure can be done only with Pranayam. Oxygen is that life energy, which is vital for the life. Its deficiency can be fatal. Life is the game of breathes and the life remains balanced with the balance of breathes. A person who understands this synchronization of breathes leads to healthy and disease free life.
Pranayama is an aspect of Yoga, that deals with breathing. Pranayama is a method of controlling prana or life force through the regulation of breathing. It is the breathing process or the control of the motion of inhalation, exhalation and the retention of vital energy.
Pranayam regulates the movement of breath, it gives peace of mind. When a person keeps Mauna Vrata (does not talk at all) truth gets place in to his heart. The body gets full amount of oxygen with the process of Pranayam, which increases the resistance power of the body. This process balances all the hormones. When the air is thrown out several things are also thrown out and when the air is taken in many things are taken in. The life energy, which is going out and coming in get transformed with the help of Pranayam. It arouses the internal strength of the person and whole body becomes rejuvenated. Seven simple steps of Pranayam supplies oxygen to the body. Pranayam is the Sanjivini (life saver) for life energy; it gives nutrition to the life energy.
The following are a few pranayama exercises taken from Swami Ramdev’s teachings —
1. Bhastrika Pranayam
Procedure : Take deep breaths and then completely breathe out.
Duration : 2 mins atleast. 5 mins maximum.
Benefits : helps in heart, lungs, brain, depression, migraine, paralysis, neural system. increase aabha
2. KapalBhati Pranayam
Procedure : Push air forcefully out. Stomach will itself go in.
Duration : Start with 30 times or 1 min. increase upto 5 mins min. upto 10 mins max.
Benefits : increases aabha and tej. helps in obesity, constipation, gastric, acidity, Croesus(liver), hepatitis B, uterus, diabetes, stomach problems, cholesterol, allergic problems, asthma, snoring, concentration, and even cancer and AIDS.
3. Bahya Pranayam
Procedure : Breathe air out, touch chin to chest (Jalandhar Bandh?), squeeze stomach completely and hold for a while. then release chin, breathe in slowly.
Duration : 3 times to 5 times normally. maximum upto 11 times. And extremely max upto 21 times (in winters).
Benefits : Helpful for stomach(udar), hernia, urinal, uterus
Caution: not for heart and high BP patients
4. Anulom Bilom
Procedure : Hold your right nasal with thumb, breathe in from left. Now open right nasal and close left nasal with middle and ring finger and breathe out from right nasal. Now breathe in from right nasal. Now close right nasal and open left and breathe out and in from left nasal. and so on.
Duration : atleast 10 minutes.
Benefits : Helpful for heart, high BP, heart blockage, vat-cuf-pit, arthritis, cartilage, bent ligaments, sinual fluid reduced, parkinson, paralysis, neural related, depression, migraine pain, asthma, sinus, allergy
Imp : breathe into lungs not to stomach. no organ in stomach absorb oxygen. Do not hurry. Do it slowly. Rest whenever needed (in any pranayam).
5. Bhramari Pranayam
Procedure : Close ears with thumb, index finger on forehead, and rest three on base of nose touching eyes. Breathe in. And now breathe out through nose while humming like a bee.
Duration : 10 minutes
Benefits : tension, hypertension, high BP, heart, heart blockage, paralysis, migraine pain, confidence, concentration
6. Udgeet Prayanaam
Procedure : Breathe in deeply, and chant ‘Om’kar. OOOOOOm ( long O and small m )
Duration : 10 minutes or more
Benefits : meditation, peace of mind and relaxation.
7.Ujjayi Prayanaam
Procedure : Sit erect in any comfortable posture. Keep spine erect. Inhale, slowly drawing air by both the nostrils in such a way that while inhaling the touch of air is experienced in the throat and some sound is produced. During inhalation do not allow abdomen to bulge out, let the chest expand. After completing inhalation slowly exhale. During exhalation chest should go inside and abdomen should remain steady.
Benefits : raises body heat, the sound vibrations calm and focus the mind, letting you relax more. Lower blood pressure and slow heart rate. Effectively used for pain reduction, insomnia, and migraines.
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