Health Matters

This is for the puspose of meditation .

How to do it:-

1. Sit in the asana that you are comfortable in .

2. Now chant Oooooom in your mind while taking very slow breaths.

3. The breathe should be slow enough to produce any kind of sounds.

4. It should be done for 10-15 minutes daily.

benefits:-

1. it is good for stress related disorders.

2. It is helpful for people with insomnia, if done at night before sleeping.

Bhramri is originally taken from the word Bhramar , which means humming bee, as in this one produces the sound like a humming bee(Bhramar).

How to do it:-

1. Sit in any asana that you are comfortable in.

2. Now close your ears with the thumb and fore finger on the forehead and remaining three fingers should cover the eyes at the base of the nose.

3. Now breathe in and breathe out making sound like a humming bee (Bhramar).

4. This should be slowly increased to 10 minutes.

Benefits:-

1. This Pranayam is extremely good for meditation and it increases your concentration power, besides of-course treating the tension and other stress related dis-orders.

2. It is also very beneficial in the cases of high BP, heart, heart blockage, paralysis, migraine pain, confidence and confidence building.

It also one of the important pranayams and has got numerous benefits.

How to do it:-

1. Sit in any comfortable asana .

2. Breathe air out and touch your chin to chest.Squeeze your stomach completely and be in that state for a while.

3. Now release chin and breathe in slowly. Do it atleast 3-5 times and max upto 11 times and at most should not exceed 21 in any case.

Benefits:-

1. It is beneficial for all types of problems of stomach.

2. It is also very good for uterus and urinal problems and in case of hernia.

Prercautions:- It is not advisable for those with heart problems and those with high blodd pressure.

Bhastrika Pranayama involves rapid movement of the belly like the bellows of a blacksmith. In this pranayama, equal emphsis is be laid on exhalation and inhalation


How to do it:-

1. Sit in the Padmasana ,Vajrasana or Siddhasana Pose, whichever is comfortable to you.

2. Breathe in through both the nostrils forcefully, till the lungs are full and diaphragm is stretched.

3. Then breathe out forcefully but make sure that the abdominal cavity does not blow up when you breathe in.

4. The pace should be about 1 second for inhalation and about the same for exhalation Do a round of 10 repetitions and then inhale completely, hold your breath in for 1-5 seconds and then exhale completely. This completes 1 round. Take a short break.

5.Work your way up to doing 5 rounds.

Benefits:-

1. Relieves inflammation of the throat and increases gastric fire.

3. Removes diseases of the nose and chest and eradicates asthma etc.

4. It gives good appetite.

5. It breaks and dissolve the tumors.

6. It enables one to know the Kundalini.

7. It removes all diseases which arise from excess of wind, bile and phlegm.

8. It gives warmth to the body.

. Purifies the Nadis considerably

10. Very much useful in Muscular Dystrophy and Oxygen deficiency disorders.

11. This Pranayama brings about a proper balance of the three Doshas i.e. Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, and maintains their balance. Blood is purified and the body gets rid of foreign objects and toxins.

12. Stabilizes Prana and calms mind, and helps the upward journey

‘Kapal’ means forehead and ‘Bhati’ means light. Hence, Kapal-Bhati refers to that exercise which makes the forehead luminous and lustrous. Kapal-Bhati Pranayama makes its Sadhak’s head luminous.

How to do it:-

1. Sit in one of the asanas suggested for doing pranayams and mudras and those are either Padmasana , Siddhasana or Vajrasana, in which more preference should be given to first two.

2. Breathe air in from both of air nostrils and then breathe the air out forcefully leading to contraction of stomach.

3. This has to be done for at-least for beginners and should be extended to 5 mins and 10 mins at max.

Benefits:-

1. Face becomes lustrous and attractive.

2. It is extremely beneficial for all your problems relating to abdomen including obesity.

3. It is beneficial for your brain and nervous system and if of-course is useful in problems relating to stress and stress related disorders.

Precaution:-
Breathe in normally and breathe out forcefully.

Anulom VIlom Pranayam

This Pranayam is all about getting your breathing right and it means taking the air inside in a nice way, the air which gives life to your body and your soul.

How to do it:-

1. Sit in one of the asanas Vajrasana, Padmasana or Siddhasana , whichever you feel more comfortable in, and close your eyes.

2. Now hold your right nostril closed with your thumb and breathe in from your left nostril.

3. Now close your left nostril with your middle and ring finger and breathe out with your right nostril.

4. Now Breathe in with your right nostril keeping the left nostril closed and then breathe out with left keeping the right one closed with your thumb.

5. Do this for atleast 10 minutes.

Benefits:-

It is beneficial 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.

Precaution:- Breathe into lungs and not in to the stomach for the absorption of air is done by lungs and not by stomach.