Top 5 Pranayama to strengthen your mental and physical health. 4 Hits -
Bhastrika Pranayama - This is a breathing technique that will make your lungs strong and keep thyroid and tonsil out of your system. It will make your blood clean and remove all the poisonous substances from your body. It will make your mind calm and also important step towards spiritual journey.
In this breathing technique, you inhale and exhale air forcefully, depending upon the potential of your lungs. Continue this till one minute and then inhale all the year and then finally exhale it. It will create a lot of heat in your system, good in the winter I guess. Start slowly and then raise to 5 minutes.
Kapalbhati Pranayama- This breathing technique will make your mind calm and peace. It will remove the negative things from your mind, it is very good for your digestion, and also it can remove the blockage formed in your blood. It increases, shines on your forehead. It also removes disease of heart and lungs.
In this breathing technique, your concentration is on forceful exhalation and let the inhalation done by the system normally. In one second do a single exhalation and till 1 minute, so you have 60 exhalation in 1 minute.
Start slowly by your capacity and then you can reach to 5 to 10 minutes.
Alternate nostril breath - This is the most important breathing technique. It will release the tension formed in your body and give you the real meaning of peace. It plays an important part in spiritual journey and spiritual seeker must do this. Start with keeping your left nostril closed and doing inhalation through right nostril and then slowly block your right nostril and exhale through left nostril and then inhale through your left nostril then keep your left nostril close, exhale through right nostril. This is a one round of it and can usually happen in 5 to 10 second. Start with 10 rounds and gradually increase to 21 rounds.
Bhramari Pranayama - As in 21st century, most of us faces the problem of attention deficiency. Our mind wanders here and there, and this breathing technique can prove beneficial in removing it.
Close your eyes and then cover your eyes by placing your palm on it and close your ear by help of your thumb, then slowly inhale the air and while exhaling it, make the sound of a bee.
Silent breath - After doing all these breathing, your mind become silent. This is a time for the last breathing process when your mind is still. Focus it on your breath and then slowly inhale and exhale. Don't try to count it, just simply make your attention in the inhalation and exhalation. Simply focus on the movement of breath. Let the breathing be done by your lungs normally.
By doing these all breathing, your mind will become relaxed, and you won't need pills for the mental issues that most of us are facing today. It can significantly increase your health, if you are a student it can increase your capacity to understand. Now go and try this breathing techniques by your own.
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