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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 ... Full story

Pranayam term is formed of joining two words- pran and ayam. It means strengthening and expanding the life force. Pran is the life energy or force, which empowers all the work of mind, body and senses. Without pran, our body is dead. Pran is also responsible for keeping our mind and body healthy. When this ... Full story

One of the best things one could do for their emr is to practice yoga. However, did you know that yoga is one of the best ways to cool off? Its true, the most effective method comes from yoga, a very simple pranayam that cools your whole body from within, more effective than any air conditioner. Once I was in a large group, in a small room, in the worst of summer. The electricity failed leaving us boiling and miserable. We all did the breathing exercises given below and very soon everyone was comfortable enough to go back to work. Once I was in a large group, in a small room, in the worst of summer. The electricity failed leaving us boiling and miserable. We all did the breathing exercises given below and very soon everyone was comfortable enough to go back to work. “At first I thought of leaving,” said Sudha, a homemaker. “But after just a few minutes of the breathing I was so comfortable I did not feel the heat and actually forgot all about it.” Breath in through the mouth and out through the nose. To breathe in open the lips as wide as you can, exposing the teeth and gums. Touch the teeth together. As you breath in air will go through your teeth, instantly cooled by your saliva. Then close your mouth and breathe out through the nose. If you are doing it right you will immediately feel the coolness go right down your body. It also strengthens weak teeth and gums. Full story

1. Bhastrika: Take deep breathes and fill the lungs with air and then exhale. Take deep breath but do not fill the air in the stomach. Air should be filled up to the diaphragm. Inhale deeply and exhale completely so that the lungs become free of air. Do not stop the breath. This ... Full story

BHASTRIKA PRANAYAM Sit in Sukha Asana and take deep breathe so that your lungs are full with fresh air. Hold the air for a few seconds and release it through nose. Repeat this for 5-10 times till your breathing system is perfect. KAPAL BHATI PRANAYAM Sit in Sukha Asana and take a deep breathe. Exhale the air by pushing the stomach inside and let the process of fresh air inhalation be done with least effort. Repeat this process of exhaling the air by pushing the stomach inside and inhaling fresh air with least efforts atleast 200 times or say for about 15 minutes. By doing this Kapal Bhati Pranayam for 15 minutes or more every day you can cure the following diseases. Indigestion Acidity and gas. Obesity. All other abdominal related diseases BAGHI PRANAYAM Sit in Sukha Asana and exhale the air to the maximum possible level and try to move your stomach inside by pressure. Hold it for a few seconds then inhale fresh air. Again exhale the air as above and repeat the process for 10-15 times. By doing this Baghi pranayam you can cure all problems relating to abdominal and intestine. Full story