We have an energetic system with more than 70,000 nadis. These nadis are electromagnetic wires; they bring different types of energies through the physical body and the subtle bodies.
Ida, Pingala and Shushunna are the main nadis. These three energetic channels are used when we do pranayamas.
Pranayama is a technique to boost your energy through inhaling prana. Prana is the primordial energy, which is within everything (Please check at the bottom the article: What is prana?). Pranayamas are including in Raja Yoga (Link at the bottom), they are part of the eight limbs.
What are the benefits of practicing pranayamas?
Ida, Pingala and Shushunna are the main nadis. These three energetic channels are used when we do pranayamas.
Pranayama is a technique to boost your energy through inhaling prana. Prana is the primordial energy, which is within everything (Please check at the bottom the article: What is prana?). Pranayamas are including in Raja Yoga (Link at the bottom), they are part of the eight limbs.
What are the benefits of practicing pranayamas?
BENEFITS:
There are several benefits that we can experiment when doing pranayamas. Please check with your doctor before practicing any type of yoga or exercises.
Some of the benefits are:
- Pranayamas bring into your system more oxygen than normal; this brings more vitality to the whole system.
- Oxygen is vital for the brain and pranayamas vitalize your neurons, which are so important to carry information to the whole brain.
- Prana calms your mind. It brings inner peace and it takes away stress. This is so vital for the nervous system and your brain too.
- These practices help you to build a steady mind.
- Theses exercises promote vitality and therefore increase your will power.
- Prana, being the primordial energy, vitalizes all the inner organs giving a boost to the whole energetic system.
BREATHING EXERCISES:
Pranayamas are basically breathing exercises. These practices are done controlling the way we breathe in a more aware way. We usually breathe in a mechanical way. We never know if we are inhaling or exhaling; we do not pay attention to that process. We must pay attention to this simple process when we are doing pranaymas. If a person does these exercises while he/she is thinking on something else then the practice cannot give the best result possible. The more we concentrate on the exercise the better it works.
TYPES OF PRANAYAMAS:
There are several types of pranayamas. Nobody needs to practice all of them; but it is good to have an idea of the different types.
Anuloma Pranayama or Nadi Shodhana Pranayama
Agni-Prasana Pranayama or Breath Fire Pranayama
Bhastrika Pranayama or Bellows Breath
Ujjayi Pranayama or Ocean Breath
Kapalabhati Pranayama or Skull Shinning Breath
And there are many more. The bottom line is to work on pranayamas to increase your energy, your will power and keep healthy. You do not need to know all the different pranayamas; stick to one or two, maybe three.
Pranayamas work with prana, the primordial energy, to vitalize all the atoms of the physical body and beyond. Pranayamas must be done daily.
There are several benefits that we can experiment when doing pranayamas. Please check with your doctor before practicing any type of yoga or exercises.
Some of the benefits are:
- Pranayamas bring into your system more oxygen than normal; this brings more vitality to the whole system.
- Oxygen is vital for the brain and pranayamas vitalize your neurons, which are so important to carry information to the whole brain.
- Prana calms your mind. It brings inner peace and it takes away stress. This is so vital for the nervous system and your brain too.
- These practices help you to build a steady mind.
- Theses exercises promote vitality and therefore increase your will power.
- Prana, being the primordial energy, vitalizes all the inner organs giving a boost to the whole energetic system.
BREATHING EXERCISES:
Pranayamas are basically breathing exercises. These practices are done controlling the way we breathe in a more aware way. We usually breathe in a mechanical way. We never know if we are inhaling or exhaling; we do not pay attention to that process. We must pay attention to this simple process when we are doing pranaymas. If a person does these exercises while he/she is thinking on something else then the practice cannot give the best result possible. The more we concentrate on the exercise the better it works.
TYPES OF PRANAYAMAS:
There are several types of pranayamas. Nobody needs to practice all of them; but it is good to have an idea of the different types.
Anuloma Pranayama or Nadi Shodhana Pranayama
Agni-Prasana Pranayama or Breath Fire Pranayama
Bhastrika Pranayama or Bellows Breath
Ujjayi Pranayama or Ocean Breath
Kapalabhati Pranayama or Skull Shinning Breath
And there are many more. The bottom line is to work on pranayamas to increase your energy, your will power and keep healthy. You do not need to know all the different pranayamas; stick to one or two, maybe three.
Pranayamas work with prana, the primordial energy, to vitalize all the atoms of the physical body and beyond. Pranayamas must be done daily.
WARNING: Women should refrain from doing pranayamas when they are in their period. Why? Because women’s nature is different than men. The period is a natural process of cleansing that occurs in women’s body. Men have not that natural power. When women are in the period, the energies are moving down and outside. The flow of pranayamas is the opposite: Inside and up. So, women should respect the flow of nature. Nature is wiser than any person.
This is not a weakness, om the contrary it is the perfect flow of nature.
One more warning (for women and men): A person might feel a headache or dizzy or something weird in the first practices of pranayamas. That is normal; when the vital energy comes to the brain it reacts with different symptoms because it is not use to that special energy.
If the headache is strong then you better stop for a while those practices. It is better if you tell your doctor about it. Some people are very sensitive and therefore they must be careful.
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