Pranayama

Are you a yoga enthusiast? Does the very idea of performing yogic exercises invigorate you? So why not this vacation, combine your pleasure with passion and go for a yoga vacation in the serene terrain of Europe? Promote positive energy with Hatha yoga in Italy, tone your physique as you join fellow yogis in Ibiza or rebalance your chakras through deep breathing techniques in Greece. Supplement your yoga practise with meditation for greater mental clarity, indulge your senses with luxurious spa…

blood circulation and improve the functioning of the entire body. 2. Bhramari Pranayama- The word Bhramari comes from the Sanskrit word Bharmar which means humming bee. It helps to relax the brain. If it can do regularly it has some positive effects on stress, fatigue and high blood pressure. After doing the yoga you feel stress free, the mind becomes cool and calm. It has a great effect on snoring also. 3. Ujjayi Pranayama- Ujjayi means victory. It is also known as Victory Breath or Sound…

conventional group (n=2, 1 dropout) and a set of 12 asanas (yogic poses, i.e., Vajrasana, Shashankasana, Ushtrasana, Marjariasana, Padhastasana, Dhanurasana, Trikonasana in two variations, Pawanmuktasana, and Paschimottanasana) along with Surya Nadi pranayama (right-nostril breathing) two times a day for 2 months was given as intervention for the yoga group (n=9). Bowel symptoms, autonomic symptoms, autonomic reactivity (battery of five standard tests), surface electrogastrography, anxiety…

What is reincarnation? Reincarnation is a belief that the soul, upon the death of a body, would come back to earth in another form or body. The concept of moksha and nirvana has their own concept of liberation for Hinduism and Buddhism. Hinduism and Buddhism both the religion of India. Yet within these concepts, there are many different understandings of these concepts, but Moksha and nirvana both have similarities that both relate to enlightenment. The word Moksha refers to liberation,…

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Yoga: Physical and mental health benefits of yoga How has yoga helped people throughout the world? Yoga is an ancient practice that came from India. Yoga most likely developed around the sixth and fifth centuries BCE. Yoga is famous all around the world because it has helped improve many people’s lives. Yoga has many physical and mental benefits: it relieves stress, increases flexibility, and improves circulation. One of the mental benefits of yoga is that it relieves stress. Yoga "creates…

Introduction Epilepsy is known as Apasmara: apa, means negation or loss of; smara, means recollection or consciousness. Epilepsy known form thousands of years but came forward past hundred years. It was known from the Babylonians and Greeks also have records of epilepsy and they represent as Sacred Disease21. In India concept of epilepsy is known from ancient Indian medicine and it was developed during the Vedic period of .In the Ayurvedic literature of Charaka Samhita epilepsy is known…

‘abstentions’ – non-violence, non-lying, non-covetousness, non-sensuality and non-possessiveness); Niyama (The five ‘observances’ – purity, contentment, austerity, study, and surrender to god); Asana (different seating positions used for meditation); Pranayama (control of the life force or breath); Pratyahara (withdrawal of the sense organs from external objects); Dharana (Concentration); Dhayana (Meditation); and Samadhi (the ultimate goal which merges consciousness with the object of…

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This report explains, in plain English, the research article entitled “Effect of an integrated approach of yoga therapy on quality of life in osteoarthritis of the knee joint: A randomized control study”, which may be accessed for free, full text, at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3193655/. I chose this topic because I have a family friend who has osteoarthritis. She is in her 50’s and has a strong desire to stay active and healthy since she has just retired. Her doctor told her…