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Thursday, 26 January 2017
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
UJJAI PRANAYAMA
Method
In this Pranayama we contract the throat while doing the puraka (inhaling) and when we breathe in by contracting the throat, we make a sound like snoring. We sit in a meditative pose and breathe in through both the nostrils. With some contraction of the throat...
UDGEETH PRANAYAMA
Method
1) Inhale for 3-5 seconds in a rhythmic flow, and breathe it out in about 15-20 seconds while chanting the sacred word 'OM' methodically.
2) After one chanting is complete one should again breathe deep inside for 3-5 seconds in a rhythmic flow and breathe...
PRANAV PRANAYAMA
Method
1) After doing all the Pranayamas, concentrate your mind on inhalation and exhalation, and meditate upon udgitha(OM) with your prana. God has made poles in the shape of ‘omkara’. This pinda (body) and this bramanda (universe) n both are in the form of‘omkara omkara’...
KAPALABHATI PRANAYAMA
Method
Kapala means 'brain, forehead', and bhati means 'glow, radiance, lustre, luminosity, etc.' The pranayama which gives glow, radiance, lustre to the brain or forehead is called kapalabhati.
1) The procedure of this pranayama is a bit different from bhastrika. In...
BHRAMARI PRANAYAMA
Method
1) Inhale completely, press lightly at the root of the nose near the eyes with the middle fingers of both hands, keep the mind centred on the medullary plexus (ajna- cakra). Close both the ears completely with thumbs. Now, humming like a bee and resonating 'OM',...
BHASTRIKA PRANAYAMA
Method
1) Sitting in a convenient meditative pose and filling the breath inside up to diaphragm through both the nostrils and then breathing it out gently is called bhastrika pranayama.
2) The noble resolution (siva sankalpa) during bhastrika
3) While filling the breath...
BAHAYA PRANAYAMA
Method
1) Sit properly in siddhasana or padmasana and throw the breath out, as much as you can, in one go.
2) After throwing the breath out, apply mulabandha, uddayana bandha and jalandhara bandha, and hold the breath out as much as you can.
3) When you feel like breathing...
ANULOM VILOM PRANAYAMA
Method
1) Raise your right hand and with its thumb close the right nostril (pingla nadiand while closing the left nostril use the ring finger and middle finger of the right hand).
2) The palm of the hand should not be in front of the nose; it should instead be...
