Friday, January 4, 2013

Basic Pranayam



I try to write a simple yet effective article for starters. Believe me give your 30 minutes to Yoga you will get back a lot.

Best Time:

Morning Time before Sun Rise

Best Place:

Place with fresh air, Silent and clean, if possible on ground under open sky

Let’s Start:

 Finish your daily morning routine. Go to your “Best Place”. 

Most Important:

Free you mind from thoughts.Its easy constraint on you breathing you wont be able to think.

 [0-3 Minute BHASTRIKA PRANAYAM]



Sit in a comfortable position , preferably Padmasan. Breathe in through both the nostrils, till the lungs are full and diaphragm is stretched. Then breathe out gently. Take deep breaths and then completely breathe out.
                                       

 

 

 

 

[3-8 Minutes ANULOM VILOM PRANAYAM]


Sit in any comfortable position. In nutshell breathing is done alternately from each nostril. Use your left hand to close nostrils as shown in photo.
Now begin to first exhale through left nostril, and then inhale through the same, by closing the right nostril. Then exhale through the right nostril and lastly exhale through the left nostril.

 




[8-13 Minutes KAPALBHATI PRANAYAM]


Take in a deep breath and exhale quickly and suddenly, making a puffing sound while you do it. Focus on exhaling forcefully and not on the inhalation. When you exhale, draw your abdominal muscles inward simultaneously. Your abdomen should rise when you inhale and fold when you exhale. Try to keep 30 stroke a minute.

[13-18 Minutes UJJAYI]



Start by inhaling - long, slow, deep breaths through both your nostrils.
Your breath should be gentle and relaxed as you slightly contract the back of your throat. You then make a steady hissing sound as you inhale the sound generated should be low and pleasing to the ear. There should be no fluctuations in the sound. Also, it should emerge from the upper part of your throat and not from the upper or front part of your nose Because of the resistance of air in your throat, you will find this sound automatically being created.
Stretch your inhale and the exhale as much as you can without generating tension anywhere in your body, and let the sound of the breath be smooth and unbroken

[18-23 Minutes BHRAMARI]




[23-28 Minutes UDGITA]


[28-30 Minutes SILENCE] 

Close your eyes. Sit silently for 2 minutes. Feel air on your face listen things around you. Finally thanks god for the wonderful day and life.