STROKE.

STROKE......A stroke is severe damage to some part of the brain because of an interruption or failure of blood supply to that part. the portion of the brain,where blood supply is reduce or stopped may be damaged permanently

CAUSES....(a)...May be due to the formation of clot or lodging of floating blood clot in an artery supplying the brain.

(b)...May also caused by a rupture of the wall of the artery in the brain with consequent release of blood in the brain tissues.

(C)...Rupture may be due to high blood pressure.

The symptoms of stroke develop immediately. within few minutes a patient become unconscious. within a few minutes a person may collapse or become unconscious.there may occur vomiting or convulsions. There is general muscular weakness and paralysis which may cripple some of the muscles permanently.

YOGIC EXCERISES...1...REDUCE YOUR TENSION......FOR THIS.....DO MEDITATION FOR 15 TO 30 MINUTES DAILY.

2....FOR BLOOD PRESSURE....DO TADASAN,NAVASAN,KONEASAN,SUPATVAJARASAN AND SHEETLI PARANYAM

3....KAPAL BHATI

4.... DO BREATHING EXCERCISE DAILY.

5....ANULOM VILOM.

6 AVOID HEAVY AND FATTY FOOD.

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS AND YOGA

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS.........Is a quite common disease especially in men then in women.It is due the Harding of arteries throughout the body.The heart, being vary active organ needs a plenty of supply of oxygenated blood, which is delivered by a set of coronary arteries . If this arteries suffer from arteriosclerosis,the lumen of the arteries become narrow, thus supplying less oxygenated blood to the heart.
CAUSES.......Harding of the of the arterial walls is due the deposition of CHOLESTEROL(FAT) or calcium or the increased proportion of fibrous tissues. the deposition of cholesterol weakens the arteries so that they can easily be ruptured. it may result in the formation of a clot in the artery.
FACTORS...(.a.)..High blood pressure,
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Eating fatty food which causes obesity
YOGIC EXERCISES..........1...... DEEP BREATHING.
2....ANULOM VILOM PRANAYAM.
3.... KAPAL BHATI .
4...SHAVASAN (At least for 15 to 30 minutes in the morning)
5...shalbh asan, bhujang asan, makarasan
6....Eat simple food.

MENTAL HEALTH AND YOGA

MENTAL HEALTH........... Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being, and not merely an absence of disease or infirmity. In true sense a healthy person is the one who has a sound body and a sound mind with an ability to face sresses and strain,and holds certain moral and spiritually ethics, values. according to common pharse, a healthy person is the one who has a sound body and a sound mind , it means that physical health and mental health are intimately related,. any distrubance in one has its effects on the other.
YOGIC EXCERCISE........

1......... YOG NIDRA.......What is this? Yogic nidra is a special type of nidra, this is also called a Sajag nidra... though you are sleeping but you are conscious mentally , you are awakened from inside. but in this your body feel fully in a ARAM AVASTHA. YOUR BODY IS IN A RELAX POSITION. YOG NIDRA PLAY A IMPORTANT ROLE IN A DAY TODAY STRESSFUL JEEVAN.

METHOD OF YOG NIDRA....(.a.)... Lie on the bed, make your body totally in a relax position, close your's eyes gently. This is also called shavasan.
(b).....Try to see your whole body with you inner eyes....as a standing person see a lying person. Start from your feet's thumb, then next feet's finger , then second one, third one and fourth,and fifth .See whole of your foot from below to up with close eyes. Like this see your left foot.
(C)......See your naval , stomach, right lungs, left lungs, heart, see the back of your body
(D).....Do it with right hand , see iits thumb, second, third, fourth, fifth fingers and whole of the arms. and slowly up to the shoulder,
(E)......Now see with close eyes your throat, chin,teeth, right and left nostrils, right and left ear, right and left eyes, and the KAPAL.
(F)......Now let loose your body from head to feet, so that your body is stress free.

......Now feel your whole body weight .this body is nothing but earthy material, and you will smell it like earth.

..... Now feel the whole blood which is flowing in your body, this is nothing but WATER ELEMENT. There is no difference between water flowing in the canal and your blood vessel.Feel it as a sacred water flowing in to your body and give you peace .
.....Now feel the hottness in your nerves, this is AGNI ELEMENT. We feel hotness in our body due to this.now there is no difference between outer Agni and Inner.


......Now feel the respiratory system, which induces life in us, this is called Yau TATAV. Last you see towards the sky as it is all khali space, like wise all khali space in our body refered to AKASH TATAV.See all this with your eyes close
.... Now see your whole body with inner open eyes.breath slowly , do deep breathing 6 or 7 times.Do not sleep , if you sleep you would not get full use of it. after some time sit on your Assan, slowly open your eyes,and you will feel your whole body is relaxed.

THIS A VARY GOOD EXERCISE TO RELAX FROM MENTAL TENSION.

STRENGTH

STRENGTH........What it means? Strength is what the Upanishad speak....This is one of the great thing to remember,it has been the one great lesson taught in my whole life;be brave, be strong,fight untill deatth . but as the person grow old ,He or She at some stage of his or her life suffer from physical and mental tension,become weak.
Weakness is the one cause of suffering. We become miserable , because we are weak. We suffer because we are weak.We die , because we are weak. Where there is nothing to weaken us, there is no death, no sorrow . STRENGTH is the one thing needfull . STRENGTH is the medicine for the world 's disease.

All power is withinyou , you can do any thing and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak, you are a strong person, you can do any and every thing without the guidance of any one. all power is lying within, in your body. Strength is life, weakness is death . Weakness is constant strain and misery. LET US BE POSITIVE, STRONG, DO WHAT YOU WANT, WORLD WILL BE YOURS, DONOT WEEP, NO BODY IS GOING TO WEEP WITH YOU, LAUGH IF YOU CAN, BECAUSE LIFE IS FULL OF JOY.

DO YOGA DAILY......... MORNING WALK FOR 45 MINUTES DAILY.

ACHING JOINTS

ACHING JOINTS ......Aching joints are sign of ageing but it may occur at any stage,especially in women after menopause.there are two type of arthritis.
1.....Rheumatoid Arthritis...... IT involves the inflammation of the synovial membrane.The joints become stiff and immovable due replacement of cartilage by new tissues.

Osteoarthritis.....It involves deformation of the bones at the joints.the joint cartilages degenerate and their articular surface become rough.

YOGIC EXERCISES.......
1....Trikone asan.
2....Do Tad asan by lying on the carpet.
3....Nav asan.
4....Shalbh asan
5....Padouttan asan....Do it slowly according to your capacity.

6.Most important is do morning walk daily , according to your capacity.

DIABETES

DIABETES.......It is a metabolic disease characterised by passing out large quantity of urine, increased thirst,general weakness, itching of the skin and the appearance of glucose in the urine, as its level rises in the blood. Normally in the presence of INSULIN, a hormone released from islets of LANGERHANS in the pancreas, glucose is converted in to glycogen and store in the liver and muscles. But when insulin is less, glucose level in the blood rises as it is not converted in to glycogen and may start appearing in the urine, this condition is called DIABETES MELLITUS.
DIABETES MELLITUS is a serious disease .It is common one, may appear at any age.
A person who suffer from this disease.....
1....Is advise not to take Sugar.
2....Enough of rice and carbohydrates rich food, potatoes etc.
3.....The person should control his or her weight.
YOGIC EXERCISES......Do yogic exercises daily.......
1.....Surya Namaskar.
2....Janusheer asan.
3....kone asan
4....Supat vajarasan.
5...Bhujang asan.
6...Shalbh asan.
7....Halasan
Above all doing light walk help a lot, Doing light exercise, Regulating one,s diet habits are beneficial.

CONSTIPATION

CONSTIPATION....In old times constipation was and old age disease and mostly the elder people suffer from it. let us first know what is it? It is untimely obstruction in the excretory system, no passing of stool for a day or may follow by number of days,foul smell, hard excretion and also one feels difficulty in passing stool.
CAUSES.....Mainly it is caused by wrong food habits,late night eating, taking more fried roasted and spicy food which is devoid of fibers,Eating food in a great hurry,under tension and worry,eating while moving,talking and working.eating while watching TV is vary much wrong because we do not know how much we are eating,because we munch all the time while we watch something on the TV.Gulping big morsels of food ,not chewing food properly ,regular use of strong purgative also causes constipation.
Not taking food at proper time causes petrification of food in the large intestine which causes indigestion,gas,acidity,stomach -ache,PILES,headache,migraine,obesity, and so many other diseases related to body.
GENERAL REMEDIES......By regulating and improving FOOD HABITS--one should eat in a quite and stress free atmosphere,slowly and in joyful mood and chewing it properly so that more of the mastication is done in your mouth. take food when you are hungry and only two meals a day....morning and evening---- take sufficient salad and green vegetables in between the meals.FRESH AND SWEET JUICY FRUITS SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN.Avoid spicy food as it may cause ULCER. Heavy oily food should not be taken at night .
REMEDIES...... Nothing should be taken after 7 pm.After each meal relax in SHAVASSAN for 10 to 15 minutes, and must go for EVENING WALK FOR 20 TO 25 MINUTES OR SIT IN VAJAR ASSAN.
TAKE 1-2 glasses of fresh water in the morning before going to toilet,and luke warm water in winter.
YOGIC EXCERCISES........Tadassan, Triyak Tadassan, Bhujang assan,Katichakrassan.

Practising yogabhyas daily will not only relieve you of constipation but will make your body healthy and disease free. you will feel cheer full whole day.

SWADHYAY

To know one's ownself is Swadhyay. Acording to Shri Vinoba Bhave,Swadhyay is the study of one subject, which is the basis or roots of all other subjects or actions upon which other rest, but which itself doesnot rest upon any thing. in other words,Swadhyay is the study of the subject and not the object. Study of self or self analysis, what is this... how can we know it...Such questioning if sincerely pursued can lead us to self realisation.

swadhyay implies both studying scriptures and studying your own experiences leading to self realization. by constantly being aware and observing our thoughts ,actions and reactions, we can begin to understand what is that makes us act and react negitively or egoistically in any given situations, and then try to correct the old, unwanted conditions which are blurring our vision.through the practise of SWADHYAY, we can see where we are making mistakes in our life and rectify things by adjusting and adapting our behaviour and thinking. How can we act in the right time ,say right things and think the right thought without rocking the boat of life-THIS IS THE RESULT OF SWADHYAY OR SELF REALIZATION. Once we master it we will be able to glide our life smoothly and coolly and cheerfully.The person who practise Swadhyay thinks all people are the creation of GOD .THE BHAGWAT GITA STATES THAT ONE WHO SEES GOD IN EVERY BODY AND EVERY BODY IN GOD IS TRULY A REALISED SOUL. SUCH A RADICAL UNIVERSALITY SEEMS TO BE IN FOUNDATION AND IDEAL OF SWADHYAY.

Through the practise of swadhyay we can understand our ownself in a better way .By the process of self-analysis, we not only come to know and accept our limitations, habits,potential,etc, but also come to know how to act appropriately in any situation according to our abilities and needs.SATSANGS is the best way to know about Swadhyay.COMPANY OF THOSE MASTERS WHO HAVE ATTAINED SELF REALIZATION.There is no better way than Satsang for the refine ment of SELF.

MIGRAINE AND YOGA

Migraine is a severe pain in the head,which can be felt inside the skull.It is also called pain in the half brain or in the full brain or in the forehead.It is mainly due the contraction of blood vessels of the brain by which the proper supply of oxygen is reduces in the brain.And some time the arteries which supply blood to the brain expand so much that the blood rush to the brain , that affects the eyes and for a while the thing lying before us cannot be seen by a person properly. And sometimes we feel that head is swirling.
Reason of Migraine

• Hormonal imbalance in the body,
  
• the persons who drink more,


• mental tension,


• loosing ones temprament unecessarialy,
  
• working more than capacity,


• working late night,


• not taking proper sleep,


• moving in the sun,


• prolong fasting,

Another reasons that must be taken are shortage of blood in the body,kidney problem,brain tumor,high blood pressure,. constipation, sinuses.etc.
sometimes a person is vary short tempered,speak loudly,and is jealous in nature,more proudy.

YOGIC EXCERISES

• Tadassan,
  
• Navassan,


• Janusheerassan,


• Konassan,


• Bhujangassan,


• Dhunarassan,
  
• Makkarassan,


• Pavanmukatassan
  
• PRANAYAM--->Anulom vilom,Kapalbhati,Bhastrika and Bhamari
  

Solutions to Migraine
Do yog nidra,and meditation daily recite OM .

Diet Solutions

• avoid oily food,


• take green vegetables,


• juicy fruits,badam(almond),


• juice of locky(cucurbita),


• Donot fast.

And above all Be cheerful, avoid mental tension, take proper sleep,avoid coffee and tea in excess.

kapal bhati pranayam

Kapal bhati pranayam is a pranayam that purifies the intellect. kapal means skull and bhati means to shine the brain.Kapal bhati makes the skull shine.

MEANING....Forcible explusion of breath through the nose and its retention is Kapal Bhati. When we practise this pranayam with devotion and dedication,the Apan Vayu starts ascending from the mid of the spinal cord towards the skull and purifies the mid brain and when the breath is expelled out with great force ,this purifies the whole brain.

Benefits of this Pranyam are

1..It flushes out impure residual air from the lungs and fresh supply of air reaches the lungs. due to large absorption of oxygen it makes blood pure.

2....It purifies the nostril and respiratory system

3....Increases the power of memory and thinking

4....the angry person can control its anger.and the angry person become calm and quite by regular practise.

TECHNIQUE....Sit in padamassan or Sukhassan. place the palms on the knees. close the eyes gently.keep the back straight.Exhale up to maximum,then inhale up to the throat through the nostrils and apply mool band. now start expelling the breath through the nostrils with force number of times.let there should be little pause.

SIMULTANEOUSLY,with the forceful exhalations,contract side by side the lower abdomen towards the spine by inward strokes.perform this according to capacity. In the BEGINNING ,DO it 5 to 10 minutes. gradually increase it.

HEART PATIENTS AND THOSE SUFFERING FROM BLOOD PRESSURE SHOULD AVOID THIS PRANAYAM.

yoga and hypertension

Blood pressure refers to the force exerted by the blood vessel against any unit area of vessel wall and it is always measured in mmHg. if we say that a pressure in the vessel is 100mm Hg it means that the force exerted is sufficient to push the column of mercury up to 100 mm. hypertension should not be considered as a disease it is a state in which blood pressure is maintain at 140 mmHg SYSTOLIC or more and 90 mmHg DIASTOLIC or more.It is hypertension.

The quantity of blood that passes a given point in the circulation in a given period of time is termed as blood flow.Maintenance of normal blood pressure depends upon balance between cardiac out put and peripheral vascular resistance, determined by how much smooth muscles of arteries contract. there must be a balance between sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous control.

main causes of hypertension are stress,lack of physical exercise,overeating,over weight, faulty foods habits, smoking,make the arteries harder and by this the peripheral blood vessel become narrow and giving rise to increased peripheral vascular resistance thus increasing systolic and diastolic blood pressure. as the blood pressure rises the person become restless and feel heaviness in head. continuously rise in BP brings about paralytic attack ,impairment to renal function by which kidney fail.Daily yoga practise and having simple diet, doing assans of Yoga one can control hypertension.

YOGA ASSAN like VAJARASSAN, MAKARASSAN, SHALABHASSAN, TADASSAN,AND SHAVASSA.perhaps SHAVASSAN is the most important assan which make your body relaxed from stress and tension.

Pranayam like anulom vilom, shitkari, and brhamri.it is also advisable do Meditation daily .

above all changing outlook towards life style,stress free, tension free,positive thinking and peaceful state of mind throughout the day,will bring control on your hypertension.

breathing

health and yoga are vary much correlated with one another .if a person do yoga daily,he or she can lead vary healthy life. early in the morning when the air is rich in oxygen simple deep breathing help a lot. sitting straight in sukh assan inhale plenty of fresh air inside.keep it for few seconds inside your body.when it become uneasy to hold exhale out.all the foul air rich in carbon dioxide come out.and you will feel fresh. it also relieve you from tension.and mostly from headache.this exercise can be repeated five times in the morning.