The Ideal Pranayama for Long Distance Runners One single Pranayama can keep a long-distance runner ‘cool’, ‘calm’, ‘sweat-controlled’ ‘temperature-controlled’ and ‘hunger-controlled’, even, in the hottest of the environments. ‘Sheetali Pranayama’ not only augments these components, but also, adds a lot of other subsequent benefits. The translation itself (the Sanskrit word ‘Sheetal’ means ‘Thandha’ in Hindi …
The faster we breathe, the faster we die. Scientists have observed and pondered over a particularly queer aspect of certain mammals – the slower they breath, the longer they tend to live. A shrew and a tortoise are the most common being who exemplify this fact – that breathing is directly related to longevity. The …
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The flow of respiration can be equated with the rhythm of a pendulum. A pendulum does pause, though for just a fraction of a second, before reversing and so does our breath during its transition from inhalation to exhalation and vice versa. This ‘PAUSE’ can be termed ‘KUMBHAK’. Kumbhak or Breath Retention, in Yoga, is …
According to a study conducted in the Department of Physiology, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (PSGIMS R), Coimbatore, India, Ujjayi Pranayama and Shavasana significantly decreased the heart rate (HR), the systolic blood pressure (SP) and diastolic blood pressure (DP) with a p value of < 0.0001 just after 6 weeks of yoga practice. …
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