Wednesday, June 6, 2007

BREATHING EXERCISE-5(ANULOMA-VILOMA PRANAYAMA)


This is the concluding blog in the series of Breathing exercise or Pranayama. This breathing exercise is called Anuloma-Viloma Pranayama. Now please listen to the video carefully before you start practicing it. Videos are shown in two parts. I would request viewers who are interested in breathing exercise to see all my previous blogs on breathing exercise before they start practicing it. The details of previous blogs on breathing exercise or pranayama are as follows:

1] PRANAYAMA(BREATHING EXERCISE)-1

2} BREATHING EXERCISE(KAPALABHATI PRANAYAMA(PART-1))

3}BREATHING EXERCISE-3(KAPALABAHATI PRANAYAMA-2)

4}BREATHING EXERCISE-4(BAHYA PRANAYAMA AND AGNISAR KRIYA}

All these blogs are high-lighted entries in my page. The sitting postures and the general precautions are high-lighted in the first blog of this series.

METHOD: The steps to be taken for this Pranayama are as follows:

A} Close the right nostril with the right hand thumb.

B} Inhale slowly through the left nostril till the lungs are filled.

C} Then close the left nostril with the middle and third fingers.

D} Open the right nostril and exhale through it.

E} Then inhales through right nostril and repeat the procedures.

BENEFITS: Diseases like Rheumatisms Gout, diseases pertaining to urinary and generative organs are cured. Pathogenic cholesterol also gets dissolved. Blockage in arteries of heart gets cleared. This is highly effective in case hypertension and all short of diseases relating to eyes. This pranayama along with Kapalbhati almost acts as a panacea.

GENERAL NOTES: Pranayama should be done in empty stomach or five hours after food intake. Follow the precautions prescribed for a particular pranayama before practicing it. Do not rush. Start slowly. Increase the speed as your stamina increases. Follow the sitting posture as explained in the first blog of the series.

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