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Healing & Alternative Health: Aryuveda |
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Breathing Your Way to Good Health
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by Venkat and Christine Machiraju |
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Pranayama or breath control is a very important part of yoga.
Focus on the breath and breathing techniques can help:
· Reduce stress
· Enhance mental clarity
· boost the immune system
· Increase oxygen in the body resulting in less stiffness and fatigue
· Reduce blood pressure
· Increase lung capacity and stamina
· And much, much more
The following are some simple techniques that you can perform daily, in the office or at home to improve your state of physical, mental and spiritual well-being.
Deep Breath
While inhaling, always remember that the body is being filled with air. When something is full it expands.
When we exhale we are emptying the body, thus, it will contract or shrink as it is emptied.
Also remember that unless otherwise mentioned, all breathing is done through the nose.
Sit in a position that is comfortable. The posture should be good. If the spine is not straight, the body cannot fill to its full capacity. <I style="mso-ansi-font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: normal">· Sit with the hands on the ribs and tummy and inhale. Fill the tummy first and then feel the inhalation filling the rest of the lungs. Continue to breathe until the throat is full and then immediately begin to exhale. Exhale until the body is completely empty.
Repeat this exercise four times.
This breath can be performed anytime during the day to help you relax. Benefits
It is very good for those who have asthma as it helps to increase lung capacity and awareness of the lungs and the breathing process. It also helps to soothe both body and mind
Bastrika Pranayama - bellows breath
This breathing exercise helps to cleanse the body of toxins and is good for those with asthma.
Exhale so that the lungs are clear
Sit straight
Inhale and exhale through the nose rapidly and simultaneously expand and contract the stomach in a pumping action
Start with two sets of twelve complete breaths (count each inhalation and exhalation as one breath) work up to two sets of twenty four breaths Benefits
This asana makes the ribcage more flexible and therefore, helps one to tone the body for proper breathing.
It is also useful for the cleansing of the lungs and respiratory tract and for strengthening and cleansing the stomach, liver and bladder and all frontal organs.
Talsiman
In India, talisman containing herbs, mantras - sacred prayers, yantras - sacred symbols and items that have offered during special prayers are worn to increase strength and health of the individual wearing them.
These talisman are viewed to be good luck charms that bring luck and ward off negative energies.
They can be warn on the arm, neck or waist of a person or carried in a purse or wallet or kept in a prayer room to help imbibe good energy and blessing from the universe.
The talisman are usually obtained from ayurvedic practitioners, astrologers or gurus and teachers and are given to a person once they have been prayed over and sanctified.
These holy items are very useful for all people, especially those who wish to create positive energy and health around themselves.
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Venkat and Christine,
Practitioners of
the Spiritual Sciences
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Venkat and Christine have dedicated much of their lives to the study of spiritual sciences. They offer classes and consultations in Astrology, Palmistry and Numerology (psychic readings) yoga, baby massage, vegetarian cooking and various forms of natural healing - aromatherapy, body type analysis, diet planning, color therapy and herbal facials to name a few.
They also create herbal products specific to individual body type. Some of the products include; massage oils, herbal cosmetics, teas, and East Indian spices mixtures for food, herbal lip balm and a line of herbal baby products.
Christine and Venkat offer unique consultations blending the sciences of Vedic astrology and Ayurveda consultations include not only predictions, but outline your spiritual path and suggest remedies such as gem therapy, mantra therapy and others to help you free yourself from negative karma and to increase joy, health and spiritual growth.
Venkat and Christine have a holistic centre where they work with individuals to help them live life in balance.
E-mail:
journeytothesoul
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www.accesscomm.ca/
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