PRANAYAMA

PRANAYAMA
Introduction :
Dear Friends,
Do not rush through or neglect this article. Go
through this very patiently & practice simple
Pranayama like Kapalabhati & Anuloma Viloma
for 10 to 15 min each. Lakhs of People get cure
for many diseases by just practising these
Pranayama. If you want to verify the fact
please see Aastha channel between morning 5
to 7 and in the night between 8:30 to 9:30. The
Aastha channel telecast the Yog Science
Program conducted by Swami Ramdevji at
various places of our country.
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Introduction :
Most of the people living in urban may say
there is no time for doing pranayama or other
health related exercises but it is for an
individual to manage time for these activities
out of 24 hrs.

Going early to bed & get early with sleeping

time of 6 to 7 hrs. is the mantra for allotting
very valuable ½ hr. time in the morning.
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Introduction :
Two Sanskrit words are combined in the word
'Pranayama' Prana and Ayama.
„Prana' means life force i.e Breath.

'Ayama' means development or control.

Therefore Pranayama is the control of breath

Breath is the life force that sustains life. Nobody

can survive more than a few minutes without
air. When the breath stops, life ends
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Introduction :
In simple terms pranayama may be called the
control of the breath.

Its essence lies in the modification of our normal

process of breathing.

Breathing is an act in which we take air from the

atmosphere into our lungs, absorb the oxygen from
it into our blood, and expel the air again into the
atmosphere together with carbon-di-oxide and
water vapour.
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Introduction :
This act of inhalation and exhalation is
repeated every four to five seconds.
Thus normally we breathe about fifteen times
every minute,
Each time taking about 500 ml. of air into the
lungs.
So we inhale and exhale approximately seven
liters of air per minute.
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Sitting Posture for Pranayama
• Spine must be kept straight
• Sit in any Yogic posture such as
Siddhasana
Padmasana
If one cannot sit on the ground, sit on a
chair keeping your back & neck straight

• Doing Pranayama while walking is wrong

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Some basic rules for Pranayama

•Sit on a sheet or cloth (cotton or wool etc)

• Should be performed 4 or 5 hours after

taking food.

• Best time is in the morning after finishing

daily routine acts like brushing the teeth,
evacuation of bowels.
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Importance of Pranayama
• In human body, lungs, heart & brain hold very
important positions & they depend on each
other heavily for their health.
• Physically, Pranayama appears to be a
systematic exercise of respirations, which makes
the lungs stronger, improves blood circulation,
makes the man healthier & live long life
• Physiology teaches us that the air (Prana) we
breath in fills our lungs, spreads in the entire
body, providing it with essential food & oxygen.
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Importance of Pranayama
• The veins collect the blood which contains
dirty elements from the body, take them
to heart & then to the lungs, which throws
the useless material like carbondioxide out
of the body through the act of exhalation.

• If this action of respiratory system is done

regularly & efficiently, lungs become
stronger & blood becomes pure.
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Importance of Pranayama

• Most of the people do not have the habit

of breathing deeply

• Only ¼ part of the lungs is brought into

action with our normal breathing

• ¾ part of our lungs remains idle.

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Importance of Pranayama

• Permeates the entire body and all its cell.

• The sense organs of the body, take rest,

as if in sleep or slumber.

• But Prana always remains active. No rest

is known to it.
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Benefits of Pranayama
• We see people remaining alive without
food or water for several days. But it is
impossible to maintain life without Prana
even for a few moments
• Prana provides us with vital energy which
is the basis of our life
• Provides us immunity from various kinds
of diseases.
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Benefits of Pranayama
It is the Pranic energy which makes
• Our eyes to see
• Ears to hear
• Nose to smell
• Tongue to speak
• Lustre to our faces
• Makes our mind think
• Enables our alimentary system to digest
• Assimilate the food that we take
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Respiration speed versus Life
• A man who regularly performs Pranayama
is required to take less number of breaths
and therefore lives longer.
• The table given below is meant to
illustrate this point. It shows that animal
who take lesser number of breaths live
longer.
• Example : Tortoise whose rate of
respiration per minute is 5 breaths lives
for about 400 years.
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Living No of respiration Life
/ min
Pigeon 34 Less Life
Sparrow 30
Dog 28
Cat 24
Elephant 22
Human 15 Avg 70~80
Tortoise 5 400 Yrs.
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There are many types of Pranayama
• Important Seven methods are
• Bhastrika Pranayama
• Kapalbhati Pranayama
• Bahya Pranayama
• Anuloma – Viloma Pranayama
• Nadi Shodhan Pranayama
• Bhramari Pranayama
• “OMKAR” or “AUM” Japa Pranayama
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The very important Pranayama are

• Kapalbhati Pranayama

• Anuloma – Viloma Pranayama

• The above Pranayama are most effective

and can be practiced by persons who can
allot atleast 15 min. time in a day.
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Kapalbhati :
• Kapala means forehead & Bhati means
light. Hence Kapalbhati refers to that
exercise which makes the forehead
luminous, lustrous.

• The act of inspiration or breathing in is to

be done with normal, usual force but the
act of exhalation has to be done with as
much force as is at your command
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Kapalbhati

• Shortly stated breathe in normally &

breathe out forcefully so as to influence
the organs of the abdominal area

• While doing this Prayanama think that

while exhaling you are throwing out of
your body all the negative & injurious
elements with mental aberration like
anger, greed, ego etc., along with the air
exhaled.
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Kapalbhati

• Likewise, while breathing in, think that

you are taking into your body positive
thoughts like compassion, love,
detachment etc. and filling your body &
mind with them.

• In the beginning you may feel little pain in

the back or abdomen. But this will
disappear after some practice.
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Benefits of Kapalbathi :

• Face becomes lustrous and attractive.

• Diseases like Respiratory troubles,

allergies, Sinus etc. are cured.

• Functioning of Heart & lungs improves.

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Benefits of Kapalbathi :
• Blood sugar becomes normal & weight is
reduced.

• Blockages in the arteries are also cleared.

• Peace & stability of mind is secured.

• No negative thoughts occur.

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Benefits of Kapalbathi :

• Organs in the Abdominal Cavity function

more efficiently.

• Strengthens the intestines

• Improves digestion.

• Troubles like depression are cured.

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Benefits of Kapalbathi :

• Obesity, Diabetes are cured

• Constipation, Acidity are cured

• Diseases pertaining to kidneys & prostate

gland etc. are cured.
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Anuloma – Viloma Pranayama
The steps to be taken are :
• Close the right side nostril with right thumb.
• Inhale slowly through the left nostril till the
lungs are filled.
• Then close the left nostril with the middle &
3rd finger.
• Open the right nostril and exhale through it.
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Anuloma – Viloma Pranayama

• Repeat this exercise slowly in the

beginning & with practice, increase the
speed.

• If you feel tired rest for some time &

resume.
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Benefits of Anuloma – Viloma

• Makes the body healthy, lustrous & strong

• Diseases like cold, cataract, sinus, etc. are

cured.

• Blockages in the arteries of the heart are

removed and the arteries become clean,
making the circulation unimpeded.
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Benefits Anuloma – Viloma :

• Negative thinking is replaced by positive

approach to life.

• Increases enthusiasm & spirit

• In short, this Pranayama has effect of

cleansing the body & mind.
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• Swami Ramdevji teaches very simple way of doing
Pranayama which can be viewed in Aastha
channel everyday morning between 5 to 7 am & in
the night between 8:30 am to 9:30 am.

• I am a regular viewer of Aastha Channel &

practising daily the simple Pranayama like
Kapalabhati & Anuloma Viloma for 15 min. each.

• Pls. go ahead & practice Pranayama & enjoy the

benefits of keeping fit & get cure for many illness.
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• Friends let us practice these simple
Pranayama

• Let us make this exercise as a part of our

life

• Let us allot atleast 15 minutes in the

morning to get real benefits.

• Practice Pranayama & Have a healthy life.