- Monday, January 2, 2012, 13:44
- Pranayama
A gentle and easy introduction to the art of Pranayama with two of the most basic exercise.
Pranayama is the fourth limb of Astanga yoga, and is also called as the "Heart of Yoga." Pranayama teaches us to how to use our lungs to the optimum capacity; as a result of which, the cells in our ...
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- Friday, December 23, 2011, 12:45
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Diabetes is a disease which is life threatening with diabetic complications. If not treated in time, the diabetic patient is susceptible to many risks of the bodily damages. The risk factors are associated to damaging kidney, nerve, vision, heart, and circulatory system. Though there is a wide awareness, the proportion of increase of diabetic patients ...
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- Friday, December 16, 2011, 15:51
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Pranayama or the practice of restraining the prana or breath, is one of the key components of yoga and is being taught freely to students who are paying for yoga classes.
However, for us who are at the conservative end of the yoga practitioners' spectrum, pranayama is not something that we teach freely. We know that ...
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- Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 13:25
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POWER-PRANAYMA is a highly effective and intensive rhythmic breathing technique. If it is practiced regularly with empty stomach for 45 to 90 days all chronic, uncurable or deadly diseases like cancer, liver cirrhosis, hepatitis B, Parkinson, diabetes, HIV, asthma, allergies, are cured with 80-90% results. All diseases of lungs, heart, brain and kidney are permanently ...
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- Monday, September 12, 2011, 14:15
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Bhastrika and kapalbhati pranayama are both Yoga breathing exercises that can help the practitioner improve lung capacity and manage breathing conditions such as asthma. These breathing exercises are best used in the morning and both provide benefits that impact the entire body, resulting in more energy and better overall health.
Kapalbhati pranayama helps the internal organs ...
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- Friday, August 26, 2011, 13:23
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If weight loss is your aim, you will need to be vigilant about not only your diet, and also about the way you expend your energy and burn the excess calories to see the extra fat melt away. Over the years, many weight loss programs have evolved and gained prevalence among legions of practitioners who ...
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- Monday, August 8, 2011, 14:09
- Pranayama
Pranayama or the practice of restraining the prana or breath, is one of the key components of yoga and is being taught freely to students who are paying for yoga classes.
However, for us who are at the conservative end of the yoga practitioners' spectrum, pranayama is not something that we teach freely. We know that ...
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- Monday, August 1, 2011, 15:09
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Yoga is now considered to be as popular as jogging. The main difference is that while in jogging, it is all about heart rates and fitness, yoga is more about the body and mind connection, a connection that is achievable through the practice of pranayama. Pranayama is a practice of breathing, and it is ...
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- Monday, July 11, 2011, 13:39
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You can live without food and water for a few days, but you cannot live without breathing for a minute. As per yoga philosophy prana is life. Prana is the Sanskrit word for breath. If you can control your breath, you can control your life. Pranayama is ideal for improving your blood circulation, improving concentration ...
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- Friday, July 8, 2011, 15:21
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When I first encountered pranayama, I thought it was a complete waste of time. I had been taking classes for a couple of years and had just found the instructor I later came to see as my first "real" yoga teacher. One day she announced to the class, "Today we're going to do some pranayama." ...
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- Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 13:50
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Dirgha Pranayama Known as the "complete" or "three-part" breath, dirgha pranayama teaches how to fill the three chambers of the lungs, beginning with the lower lungs, then moving up through the thoracic region and into the clavicular region.
Benefits
Promotes proper diaphragmatic breathing, relaxes the mind and body, oxygenates the blood and purges the lungs of residual ...
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- Thursday, June 16, 2011, 8:47
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The modern day lifestyle can be very fast and furious leaving many people feeling depressed tired and basically unable to cope. While these symptoms are not good they are simply our body's way of telling us to slow down and to take a few deep breaths.
Most of us think that breathing is an involuntary act ...
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- Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 7:40
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In the normal breathing pattern the diaphragm moves downward when the person inhales and moves upward when the person exhales. An asthma patient breathes in an unnatural way by using only the upper portion of the chest. This is very unnatural for the system as the full chest is not used in this way.
Over the ...
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- Monday, June 13, 2011, 8:36
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In addition to basic long, deep breathing, the most common pranayama techniques include victorious or ujayyi breath, breath of fire and alternate nostril breathing.
Ujayyi or victorious breath is done only through the nose and involves a slight constriction at the back of the throat. Take a long inhale with your mouth closed and when you ...
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- Sunday, June 5, 2011, 2:43
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Shitali means cooling. This pranayama cools the system and hence the name. It can be practiced at any time, at any place and whenever necessary.
How to do :
Sit straight on the floor. Open your mouth slightly, in such a way that the tip of your tongue should be closer to both lines of the teeth.
Inhale ...
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