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Maha bandha-mudra

    Maha bandha- Mudra Maha bandha mudra should be perform for a longer time for good results. Sit in a state of Moola Bandha as pulling up the anus and raising the Apana Vayu that presides at coccyx region, lower the prana as applying Jalandhar Bandha, to which to unite it with Samana Vayu/prana as it situated at the umbilicus (navel) and responsible for digestion. The prana is the nerves that pulled up by Moola bandha and lowered with Jalandhar Bandha. Yogi unites both prana and Apana at Samana in the navel to keep moving the nectar upward to the brain. Samana Vayu (balancing air) is one of the five pranas Vayu. There are five pranas in the body: Parana, Udana, Vyana, Samana and Apana. Samana Vayu is an integrating energy force.   It draws from the stomach- area to the navel, of which having spiralling movements around the navel area or Manipuri chakras/solar plexus, in a clockwise direction to maintain the processing and assimilation of all we have taken in the ...

How living with a healthy lifestyle helps us to stay healthy | Meditation | Shat-Karmas

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  Living with a healthy lifestyle helps us stave off diseases; such is yoga for at least 30 minutes- meditation 10 minutes a day and a balanced diet can provide all day long energy. Eating right could keep health issues at bay; there is enough evidence to establish a link between obesity and health issues such as diabetes, cancer, hypertension and many more, so it is imperative one switches to a plant-based diet. e.g. Consume fresh food, vegetables and dry fruits. A fibre-rich diet can help fight against diseases, and it helps in moving the food quickly through the bowel and help mouth, throat and digestive system in a balanced state, further keep obesity at bay. Yoga can have you find emotional and physical harmony, enabling you to relax and strengthen your body; so there are many joys of being a yoga disciple.   Research shows that exercise and a healthy diet that includes are high in fibre, saturated fats can help in preventing diabetes. Consume dry fruits, nut...

International Yoga Day 2020 | asanas, pranayamas, mudras, shat-karma and meditation | benifits

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The science of Yoga has its origin thousands of years ago; Shiva has seen as the first ‘Adi yogi’. Yoga has practised in the Pre-Vedic period; the great inner-world scientist Maharishi Patanjali established existing Yoga practices, its meaning and its related knowledge through Patanjali Yoga Sutras. The word YOGA means to a union, and it is that process by which the human spirit induced into near the nature of cosmic energy synchronized and conscious communication with Divine. The practice of Yoga begins to the union of individual consciousness with universal consciousness. Yoga manifests courage, strength, wisdom, happiness, enthusiasm and ecstasy. A human being is bound in this world by desires, restless, discontented, comforts and manifold anxieties; consequence as; a life is slowly decaying and meets its doom in the glimpses of miseries, unhappiness and discomforts. Since the inceptions of the International Yoga Day June 21, 2015, opinion about this science are s...

Pranayam | How pranayama improves cardiorepiratory and enhance immunity

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Pranayama is the life-force of yoga and is a technique of breath control of enhancing physical and mental health by to bring more oxygen to the blood and brain; further to control prana/vital energy. Pranayama is the science of breath control consists of a sequence of different methods assigned to meet the body in vibrant health, while the advanced technique of pranayama practices is to acquire the super consciousness during meditation. Central breathing of pranayama methods is clavicular (shallow), intercostal (middle) and abdominal breathing. Inhalation, retention and exhalation are three-part of advanced pranayama methods are followed by three bandhas. Pranayama keep helps to control the prana energy initially after that it gets easier to control the mind; since the state of mind is reflected in the way breathe. Pranayama directly helps to sustain the blood pure as lungs and other organs of the body refresh after being getting sufficient oxygen by  controlling the act o...

How to increase your immunity | what is the pH scale | How Yoga and alkaline diets keep the immunity better

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What does the pH scale mean? The pH scale provides a measure on a scale from 0 to 14 of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. Our body works within a pH range of 7.0 to 7.8; all organisms can survive only in a narrow range of pH (7.0 to 7.8) scale. The pH scale measures of the acidity below pH 7, while basicity (above pH 7) of the solution in which the solvent is water. The pure water is neither acidic nor basic and has a pH. of 7. The blood has pH. of 7.40. Some symptoms of acidic (pH scale below 7) include chronic fatigue, headaches, depression, muscles-joint pain-stiffness and sluggishness. And if you have kidneys stones issues and low bone density; then you should be strictly advised diminishing intake of acidic foods because these issues associated with high body acidity levels; would stand to reason blood should have pH value of 7.40. Alkaline food having a pH greater than 7; food and nutrition that of enhancing the health, and such diets optimize the body and health...

The immune System Episode # 3 |How to fight against virus |How Yoga and nutrition help us

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Adversity is a part of life, and being resilient is essential for defeating challenges. Facing difficult situations, and helping others can cultivate resilience.  The unprecedented times, now we are witnessing and becoming a part of the historic war waged against an unknown disease COVID- 19 pandemic sweeping the world, growing concern about the unprecedented extend of coronavirus outbreak in the world. The most of us in self-isolation or quarantine, the hard time we have ever seen before constrains all of us to stay home and the pressures put on our mental and physical health also, what will next.  How will this crisis change the world, no one knows; and this is a crisis like no other. How to thrive in isolation? We should focus on our health as a priority to acquire immunity. Immunity is the biggest ally in the fight against coronavirus pandemic. Studies show that weakened immunity is more susceptible to the worst outcome. Immunity is the condition in which...