Sunday, March 30, 2008

ACCUPRESSURE-To keep you healthy & fit

ACUPRESSURE

Accupressure is a form of physiotherapy that indulges in massage and stimulation of precise points of the body.To ease all kinds of aches and pains and provide relief from tension, exhaustion and disease. A form of surgery where needles are penetrated into specific points of your body it also cures chronic aches and pain. It is based on the principle of manipulation of crucial pressure points in the body, accupressure cures difficult and chronic aches and pains - backaches, spondylitis, abdominal cramps, neurological disorders, arthritis etc. These pressure points, over a 1000 of them are actually small nerves about a centimeter in diameter and varying in depth between a quarter of an inch to several inches. - are often embedded in or near a muscle or tendon.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

YOGA-To keep you healthy & fit

YOGA

Yoga is an ancient philosophy of life as well as a system of exercises that encourages the union of mind, body, and spirit. In the words of Patanjali, author of the Yoga Sutras, "yoga is the ability to focus the mind on a single point without distraction." Yoga is a physical discipline; it uses the body and breathing to develop self-awareness and mental clarity.

The word Yoga comes from Indian philosophy, it literally means union, and in this context refers to the union of the individual's soul with the universal.

Benefits of Yoga

  • Brings down stress and enhances powers of relaxation
  • Boosts physical strength, stamina and flexibility
  • Bestows greater powers of concentration and self control
  • Inculcates impulse Control
  • Helps in rehabilitation of old and new injuries
  • Intensifies tolerance to pain and enhancing mental clarity
  • Boosts functioning of the immune system
  • Enhances posture and muscle tone
  • Improves blood circulation
  • Results in healthy, glowing skin
  • Cleanses and improves overall organ functioning
  • Bestows peace of mind and a more positive outlook to life
  • Infuses a sense of balance and internal harmony
Yoga helps you become more aware of your body, mind, and environment. While beginning your yoga exercises, experiment with the poses, moving in and out as you feel comfortable. While practicing your yoga exercises, make sure that you don’t feel any discomfort or pain.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

PRANAYAM-To keep you Healthy & Fit

Benefits of Pranayam:

In pranayam breathing, the brain becomes quiet and this allows the nervous system to function more effectively. Benefits of pranayam is that mind gets steady & sharp. Concentration power increases. Mind can be focused on any micro thing. By practicing Pranayam, we learn to move energy vertically, horizontally and cyclically to the frontiers of the body. Another benefit is that out of triguna- Satvaguna increases and Rajoguna (Wayward), Tamoguna (lazy) decreases. Increase in satvaguna (seven healthy characteristics) is very necessary for human's spiritual development.

Pranayams


Bhastrika Pranayama


How to do : Take deep breaths in and then completely breathe out.

Duration : Do it for atleast 2 minutes and maximum of 5 minutes.

Benefits : lungs, heart,depression, brain, migraine, paralysis, neural system will be benefitted.


Kapal Bhati Pranayama


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

Duration : Initially Starts with 30 times or for 1 minute and increase it upto 5 mins mininimum, maximum upto 10 minutes.

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.

Precaution : heart patients and high BP patients and weak people should do it slowly.


Baahya Pranayama


How to do : Take Breathe air out, touch your chin to chest, squeeze your stomach completely and hold for a while. then release your chin, breathe in slowly.

Duration :Do it for 3 times to 5 times initially and maximum upto 11 times. and can do maximum of 21 times in winters.

Benefits : stomach, hernia, uterus, urinal Precaution : not for heart and high BP patients.


Anulom Vilom Pranayam


How to do : Close your right nasal with thumb,Take breathe in from left nasal. Now open right nasal and close left nasal with middle and ring finger and breathe out from right nasal. Now you can take breathe in from right nasal. Now close right nasal and open left and breathe out and in from left nasal. and so on.

Duration : atleast 10 mins.

Benefits : This pranayama benefits to heart, high BP, vat-cuf-pit, heart blockage, arthritis, cartilage, bent ligaments, sinual fluid reduced,parkinson, paralysis, neural related, migraine pain,depression, asthma, allergy ,sinus

Precaution : breathe into lungs not to stomach. no organ in stomach absorbs oxygen. Do it slowly. Do it slowly. Rest whenever needed (in any pranayam).


Bhramri Pranayam


How to do : Close ears with thumb, index finger on forehead, and rest three on base of nose touching eyes. Breathe in. And now breathe out through nose while humming like a bee.

Duration : 10 mins

Benefits : tension, hypertension, high BP, heart, heart blockage, paralysis, migraine pain, confidence, concentration.

Udgeeth Pranayam


How to do :Take Breathe in deeply, and chant 'Om'kar. OOOOOOm ( Pronounce long O and small m )

Duration : You can do 10 mins or more

Benefits : meditation.





If you fail after a few cycles, be content with the knowledge that you have practiced three-four cycles with awareness and attention. Do not turn away from failures. Accept them and learn from them. Gradually you will learn to master Pranayama.