BHASTRIKA PRANAYAM

BHASTRIKA PRANAYAM........The winter season is the most suitable time for the practise of this pranayam.By its practise sufficient warmth and energy is obtain in the body.Kapal bhati is a sister pranayam of bhastrika.The difference between the two is only this that in kapal bhati breathe is to be expelled out with full force in quick succession and no effort is needed to inhale it. a little breath goes inside only because it enables to retain the energy to make sudden and brisk exhalations but in bhastrika one has to exercise full force in inhalation and exhalation.
TECHNIQUE.....Sit in padasan.Keep the body , neck and head erect. Rest the palms on the knees.Now close the left nostrils with the ring fingers.Inhale and exhale through the right nostrils with full force. When about 15 to 20 such expulsion are done, the final expulsion should be followed by deep inhalation. perform antrik kumbhak. then exhale slowly through the left nostrils and relax.
Now close the right nostrils with the thumb and repeat the whole technique as first.
Now in the last do bhastrika with both the nostrils simultaneously. in the end retain the breath after inhalation according to the capacity,apply Antrik Kumbhak with three bands and slowly exhale from both nostrils. normalise the breath.
BENEFITS OF BHASTRIKA PARNAYAM.........(A) It cures diseases like ASTHMA, COUGH, MALFUNCTIONING OF THE LIVER, BURNING SENSATION IN THE CHEST AND GASTRIC DISORDER
(B)....It rectifies the swelling of the throat .
(c)....It helps in in the purification of blood.
(D)...IT IS THE MOST BENEFICIAL PRANAYAM IN STIMULATING THE PRANS AS IT ENABLES THE PRAN TO BREAK THROUGH THE THREE KNOTS(GRANTHIS).It purifies the three significant nadies,Ida,Pingla,Sushmna., by thus infiltered the pran in our body.
(E)... It cures asthma,T.B.,Cough,

note......persons suffering from heart ailments should not do this pranayam.

NADI SHODHAN PRANAYAM

NADI SHODHAN PRANAYAM......This pranayam is help full in purifying the entire nervous system in the body, that is why it is called NADI SHODHAN. Air can not enter the NADIES if these are full of impurities such as carbondiaoxide and the organs concerned become week .This pranayam is different from other in the sense that while it makes the respiratory process quite rhythmical, it also makes our breath extremely soft.  SOFT MEANS THAT WE SHOULD NOT HEAR THE SOUND OF OUR BREATH.  By practising this pranayam our whole trachea become so smoothe that we inhale and exhale  air softly without any noise.
It is also help ful in meditation.
TECHNIQUE.......Sit in PADAMASAN, with your neck and spine erect.Keeps your eyes gently closed. place the left hand on the left knee . Placing the two fore fingers of the right hand at the root of the thumb, close the   right nostrils gently with the right thumb. Start inhaling slowly but deeply in MATRA SAY UP TO THE COUNTING OF 5 through the left nostrils. Close the left nostrils with the ring finger, retain the breath in side your lungs for 10 matra means the counting of 10. Now remove the thumb from the right nostrils and exhale slowly through it ..... let it be same matra that is 10. Now do it with right nostrils, inhale through right nostril, retain inside your  body, then exhale through the left nostrils .This become your one round.Increase the rounds according to your capacity
NO FEELING OF SUFFOCATION IN THE PRATICS OF INSPIRATION, RETENTION, AND EXPIRATION OF BREATH SHOULD BE EXPERIENCE BY A PERSON AT ANY STAGE. IF SO REDUCE THE MATRA MEAN COUNTING. MEANS INSTEAD OF 5:10:10 YOU CAN DO BY 4:8:8.
BENEFITS OF THIS PRANAYAM..........(A) It cures the aliments of lungs.
                                                                    (B)It helps the person from mental tension, and headache.
                                                                     (C)It expels all the waste matter from the body and enhances

                                                                           the beauty of the face.it is also help full in the purification of all nadies in our body.THE MOST SUITABLE TIME IS DO IN TH MORNING, AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRACTISE SHOULD BE DONE HALF HOUR BEFORE MEAL OR 3 HOUR AFTER MEAL. TAKE SATWIK AND LIGHT FOOD.

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.