Breathing: Pranayam: Ancient Indian texts define Prana as the vital life force or energy, distinguishing the living from the non living including the dead which flows through “nadis [subtle energy channel]” and “chakras [energy centers]”. It is supported by rest, food, breathing and calm mind.
Ancient Indians observed that the quality of breath affected the body and mind and they developed the Pranayam breathing technique to enhance calmness and hence the ease of meditating.
Bhastrika Pranayama: [from thefitindian.com]
In this pranayama breathing through nose sounds like flame burning below the furnace. DO NOT DO IF YOU HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
Procedure: This process starts with deep breath-in where we expand our stomach. The air is completely breathed out with force, sucking your navel towards the backbone. During inhalation, your stomach should be expanded to the maximum. Do this pranayama for 1-2 minutes and rest should be taken thereafter.
Advantages:
Helps to strengthen your lungs.
Cures asthma by cleaning your wind pipe.
Burns the excess fat from your body.
Improves your physical and mental ability.
Yoga:
1.Mountain pose: Tadasana: Tada means mountain in Sanskrit, asana means pose.
This is a pose that enhances posture and balance and calm focus.
It is the foundation for all standing poses.
It is a pose of rest if doing a sequence of poses.
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2. Tree pose: Vriksasana: Vriksa means tree and asana is pose in Sanskrit.
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Improves balance focus memory and concentration and knees and ankles
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Mudras: Mudras are symbolic or ritual representation commonly of hands and fingers to regulate flow of healing energy to physical, emotional or spiritual body.
Today we will talk about Prana Mudra for a quick burst of energy.
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