Yoga for healthy life- Pranayam, Kapalbhati (Breathing Exercise)

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Pranayam boosts the internal energy and makes us healthy, balanced and active. Sit straight; keep the neck and head absolutely straight.

Bhastrika: Take deep breathes and fill the lungs with air and then exhale. Take deep breath but do not fill the air in the stomach. Air should be filled up to the diaphragm. Inhale deeply and exhale completely so that the lungs become free of air. Do not stop the breath. This is one step. Repeat in this manner several times. However, the patients of high blood pressure and heart patients should do it slowly. During this breathing exercise, imagine that you are throwing all the disorders present in your body. The mind is becoming pure and pious. Practice pranayam from three to five minutes

Anulom-Vilom: Close the right nostril with the right thumb and breathe in from left nostril. Then close the left nostril with the little finger and ring finger and breathe out from right nostril. Breathe in and breathe out completely and deeply. Imagine that the divine energy is coming inside you and the disorders present in the body are going out of the body. Begin from five minutes and increase the duration up to 15 minutes.

KAPALBHATI:The process of kapalbhati is related to the breathing process, however it is not a type of pranayam. Process of cleaning the wind pipe is one of the part of purifying your body. Since this process is related to breathing, it should be performed sitting in Padmasan. The muscles of the stomach should be moved freely in this process.

Patients suffering from heart trouble, lung trouble should practice this under an expert guidance. Those suffering from diseases of blood circulation should perform the process very carefully. They should perform the process under the guidance and care of experts.

Rechaka is more important in the process. While performing Rechaka, it is to be performed by way of effecting a push with the help of stomach muscles. Keep breathing gradually while sitting in Padmasana. Inhale and start performing Kapalbhati as stated before. That means a strong Rechaka, natural Pooraka and again strong Rechaka and natural pooraka . Keep on doing this rotation swiftly in rhythmic manner. Perform as many cycles as possible and then keep breathing gradually. All these processes are included under one cycle of Kapalbhati.

The constant pushes exercise the muscles which are used for breathing, which increase their efficiency. Also, a certain pressure of air is created in the process which helps in removing he impurities in the breathing tube. The strong Rechaka and the minimal Pooraka help to push the impurities forward till they are thrown out of the body.

In this process of Kapalbhati, the carbon dioxide is thrown out of the body in large quantity and similarly in the same proportion, the oxygen is absorbed into the body. This increases the oxygen in the blood.