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Wave breathing pranayama for lowering blood pressure is a powerful tool in yoga. In this practice of wave breathing, the blood pressure is controlled by the practice of pranayama. One of the most important fact in wave breathing is to find out how exactly one should breathe. Because wrong method of breathing may not give [...]
December 19th, 2009 | Posted in pranayama | Comments Off
Health benefits of pranayama are present within the human control system. There is no need of particular treatment of medicine or regular visit to doctors. But you all by yourself can perform pranayama conveniently at home after gaining good understanding about pranayama benefits. Pranayama is divided into two parts. Prana + ayama. Prana means the [...]
December 19th, 2009 | Posted in pranayama | Comments Off
Health benefits of pranayama for asthma patients are very positive for many people. There are many who wish to find a quick relief from asthma and asthma pranayama has been giving excellent results. Asthma gives lot of discomfort such as breathing problems and gaining excess weight. It is very difficult to control asthma attacks. In [...]
December 19th, 2009 | Posted in pranayama | Comments Off
Cure diabetes with pranayama is the latest mantra and many women who seek relief from diabetes are opting pranayama. There are side effects with pranayama and there are good results with the practice of pranayama. Diabetes has become a common problem for many women and it is important to check the levels of sugar in [...]
December 19th, 2009 | Posted in pranayama | Comments Off
Benefits Of Ujjayi Pranayama enable an individual to enjoy good health. Ujjayi pranayama relaxes mind and brings lot of quietness. It also lowers blood pressure and slows down the heart rate. Ujjayi pranayama can also be used to raise the blood pressure and heart rate apart from pain reduction, sleeplessness and other tiredness in the [...]
December 19th, 2009 | Posted in pranayama | Comments Off
If you have asthma, you don’t need me to describe it for you. It can be stressful. But it doesn’t have to be. You may not have known before, but yoga can be a safe remedy for people who suffer from asthma. Yoga has really become a huge part of cures for various human ailments. [...]
November 11th, 2009 | Posted in Cure & Healing, pranayama, Yoga | Comments Off
The procedure is, in brief, the act of forcefully pushing the air out of your lungs to the point of your stomach being sucked in. You should breathe in normally and breathe out with incredible force, to the extent that it should affect your abdominal area. If you have any sort of chronic disease, you [...]
October 31st, 2009 | Posted in Cure & Healing, Postures & Poses, pranayama | Comments Off
The word “shitkari” means quite literally ‘that which cools’. “Pranayama” means ‘breathing’. Together, you can guess what this exercise is intended to do! That’s right! It serves the purpose of cooling the body as well as the mind (and in that order). It’s a pretty nifty technique, and a nice change from the usual cooling [...]
October 31st, 2009 | Posted in Postures & Poses, Practices, pranayama | Comments Off
As must of us know, many animals must pant in order to keep cool. This works because the act of panting dramatically ups the amount of saliva in the mouth as the tongue is being stretched. The air doubly collects moisture from the surrounding area and ends up being ‘swamp cooled’ when it passes through [...]
October 31st, 2009 | Posted in Basics, pranayama, Yoga | Comments Off
I know that you all are probably as excited to try this technique as I was when I first tried it, so I’ll get right to the point. I just want to warn you of two things – Firstly, when you try out this breathing technique, make sure that your head is up and your [...]
October 31st, 2009 | Posted in pranayama, Yoga | Comments Off