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17, Jul 2008

Kapalbhati pranayama for weight loss and many more advantages

Kapalbhati Pranayam

Kapalbhati pranayam videos

IN ENGLISH

IN HINDI

How to Practice:- It Should be practiced empty stomach or 2-3 hours after meal. one should sit in padmasana, sukhasana or siddhasna and those who are unable to sit they can perform it on chair, keeping the spine straight and body firm.

Precaution : heart patients and high BP patients and weak people should do it slowly.Pregnant women should not do this pranayama.

How to do : exert air forcefully out. Stomach will go in automatically.

dominant inhalation through nostrils which results contraction of abdominal muscles and proper aeration to blood circulation.
So in Kapalbhati more attention is to be given on act of forceful exhalation while the inhalation is passive, Silent and short, during abdominal contraction force is applied to the Manipura, Swadhisthan and muladhar chakra.

Duration : Initially Starts with 30 times or for 1 minute and increase it upto 5 mins mininimum, maximum upto 10 minutes.Healthy person can practice it 10-15 minutes regularly. Patients with obesity, Vitiligo, leukaemias, breast carcinoma, Fallopian tube blockage, hepatitis etc. should practice it 20 minutes to half hour twice daily.

Benefits : This pranayama benefits on obesity, constipation, gastric, Croesus(liver),acidity, hepatitis B, uterus, diabetes, stomach problems, allergic problems, cholesterol, asthma, snoring, concentration, and even cancer and AIDS.

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15, Jul 2008

Bhastrika pranayama

This video shows how to practice bhastrika pranayam and what are the benefits you will get after doing  this pranayam. It also shows how to sit in Sidhansan and different types of  dhyan mudras.

The meaning of the Sanskrit word ‘Bhastrika’ is ‘Bellows’, thus the Bhastrika Pranayama is called the ‘bellows breath’. This form of breathing increases the flow of air into the body to produce inner heat at the physical and subtle level.

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