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August 10, 2023 By GOQii Leave a Comment

प्राणायाम: 6 प्रकार और उनके लाभ

प्राणायामप्राणायाम सबसे सामान्य योग आसनों में से एक माना जाता है जिसे लोग बहुत ही आसानी से करते हैं और इसके कई प्रकार के फायदे प्राप्त करते हैं।

प्राणायाम क्या है?

प्राणायाम को सांस को खींचने, लंबा करने या मोडीफाई करने के रूप में परिभाषित किया गया है। एक अनैच्छिक प्रक्रिया होने के बावजूद, सांस को स्वेच्छा से नियंत्रित और मैनिपुलेट किया जा सकता है। नियंत्रित श्वास आपको अपने दिमाग और शरीर पर बेहतर पकड़ बनाने में मदद करता है।

प्राणायाम करने के लिए आप कोई भी ध्यान मुद्रा चुन सकते हैं। यदि कोई ध्यानात्मक मुद्रा कठिन है, तो आप सुखासन का विकल्प चुन सकते हैं जहाँ सिर, गर्दन और रीढ़ को एक सीधी रेखा में रखना होता है। अपनी सांस पर ध्यान केंद्रित करें, प्रत्येक सांस को महसूस करने की कोशिश करें जिसे आप अपने नाक से अंदर और बाहर छोड़ते हैं। ऐसा करने के बाद, आराम करें और अपने पूरे शरीर का निरीक्षण करने के लिए कुछ समय ऐसे ही व्यतीत करें। पूरे सेशन में अवेयरनेस बनी रहनी चाहिए।

कुछ शब्दावली जो आपको पता होनी चाहिए:

  • पूरक – सांस अंदर लेना
  • रेचक – सांस बाहर
  • कुम्भक – सांस को रोकना।

प्राणायाम कई प्रकार के होते हैं। आज हम उनमे से कुछ के बारे में बात करेंगे।

1. भस्त्रिका प्राणायाम

‘भस्त्र’ धौंकनी पंप है जिसका इस्तेमाल आग बुझाने के लिए किया जाता है। ‘भस्त्रिका’ शब्द की उत्पत्ति इसी शब्द से हुई है। हाई ब्लड प्रेशर वाले लोगों को भस्त्रिका नहीं करनी चाहिए। हालाँकि, वे इसे मॉडिफाइड तरीकों से कर सकते हैं। भस्त्रिका प्राणायाम में व्यक्ति को तेजी से और जोर से सांस अंदर लेनी और छोड़ना चाहिए। उसी समय, उन्हें पेट को ज़ोर ज़ोर से अंदर और बाहर करना चाहिए। जब आप सांस अंदर लेंगे तो आपका पेट फूलेगा और जब आप सांस बाहर निकालेंगे तो आपका पेट सिकुड़ेगा।

लाभ: गैसों का आदान-प्रदान बहुत तीव्र गति से होता है। ऑक्सीजन का सेवन बढ़ जाता है क्योंकि शरीर अधिक कार्बन डाइऑक्साइड बाहर फेंकता है। साथ ही मेटाबोलिक रेट में भी वृद्धि होती है।

2. अनुलोम-विलोम

यह एक अल्टरनेट नॉस्ट्रिल ब्रीदिंग के रूप में भी जाना जाता है, जो धीमी और गहरी रदमीक ब्रीथिंग पैटर्न को फॉलो करते है। इस वेरिएशन को करने के लिए, बायें नाक को बंद करें और दायें नाक से सांस लें। 3-5 सेकंड के लिए अपनी सांस को रोक कर रखें। दायें तरफ के नाक को बंद करके बायें नाक से सांस लें। ऑक्सीजन के अब्सॉर्प्शन को बढ़ाने के लिए इसे 3-5 सेकंड के लिए रोक कर रखें।

लाभ: साइनसाइटिस से पीड़ित लोगों के लिए उपयोगी है। यह प्राणायाम दिमाग और पूरे नर्वस सिस्टम को रिलैक्स करता है।यह फेफड़ों की क्षमता में सुधार करता है, हृदय को मजबूत करता है और रक्त संचार में सुधार करता है।

3. शीतली प्राणायाम

इस प्राणायाम को कूलिंग ब्रीथिंग भी कहा जाता है। शीतली प्राणायाम करने से पहले यह सुनिश्चित कर लेना चाहिए कि वातावरण स्वच्छ हो। जीभ को रोल करें और मुंह से धीमी और गहरी सांस लें। आप अपनी जीभ की सतह पर ठंडक का अनुभव करेंगे। मुंह को बंद करके नाक से सांस छोड़ें।

लाभ: डाइजिस्टिव डिसऑर्डर्स और एसिडिटी से पीड़ित लोगों के लिए यह बहुत फायदेमंद है। यह प्राणायाम दिमाग को भी शांत करता है।

4. भ्रामरी

इसे सेशन के अंत तक किया जा सकता है। भ्रामरी दिमाग को शांत करती है और ब्लड सर्कुलेशन और सेरेब्रोस्पाइनल तरल पदार्थ के सर्कुलेशन में भी मदद करती है। भ्रामरी को हमिंग बी ब्रीथ भी कहा जाता है। ध्यान मुद्रा में बैठकर नाक से गहरी सांस अंदर लें और धीरे-धीरे सांस छोड़ें, जिससे हम्मिंग की तरह आवाज आएगी। सांस लेने और छोड़ने का समय समान रहेगा।

5. सूर्यभेदन

सूर्य दाहिनी नासिका को दर्शाता है और भेदन पियर्सिंग को। नाक के दाहिने ओर से सांस लेना और बायीं ओर से सांस छोड़ना सूर्यभेदन कहलाता है। यह स्फूर्तिदायक प्राणायाम हमारे सिम्पैथेटिक नर्वस सिस्टम को उत्तेजित करता है, और खोपड़ी को साफ करता है और हठप्रदीपिका में उल्लेख है कि इस प्राणायाम से उत्पन्न गर्मी पेट में कीड़े को नष्ट कर देगी।

6. शीतकारी प्राणायाम

इसे हिसिंग ब्रीथ भी कहा जाता है, इस प्राणायाम को ऊपरी और निचले जबड़े के दांतों को एक साथ छूकर और सांस अंदर लेकर किया जाता है। इसे करने के बाद आपको मुंह और जीभ के किनारों पर ठंडक का अनुभव होगा। यह भी एक शांतिदायक प्राणायाम है। इसके नियमित अभ्यास से पाचन क्रिया दुरुस्त होती है और एसिडिटी में रहत मिलती है। अनिद्रा से पीड़ित लोगों के लिए यह एक अच्छा अभ्यास है। यह गर्मी के दिनों में विशेष रूप से उपयोगी है क्योंकि यह शरीर के तापमान को कम करता है। इस प्राणायाम का अभ्यास करते समय इस बात का ध्यान रखना चाहिए कि वातावरण स्वच्छ हो।

डिस्क्लेमर: प्राणायाम शुरू करने से पहले कृपया अपने GOQii डॉक्टर से सलाह लें। आगे के मार्गदर्शन के लिए, आप यहां पेर्सनलिज़्ड हेल्थ कोचिंग की सदस्यता लेकर किसी विशेषज्ञ तक पहुंच सकते हैं | 

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June 28, 2023 By Bhumi Mehta 3 Comments

Yoga Therapy To Fight Viral Infections

yoga therapyGet ready to boost your immunity and conquer those pesky viral infections! Monsoons and the ever-changing weather can leave us feeling drained and vulnerable to sore throats, colds, and fevers. But fret not! Yoga Therapy comes to the rescue with its comprehensive approach.

How Does Yoga Therapy Help? 

Yoga Therapy works on five different levels i.e. Physical Body, Energy Body, Mental, Intellectual, Emotional and Spiritual level. Let’s explore how it helps you! 

1. Physical Body

Here are some Yoga Asanas you can practice to remove the physical symptoms of the infection.

A. Uttanasanayoga therapyHelps in clearing out the sinus passages, thereby clearing out blockages and allowing for more complete breathing. It invigorates the nervous system and relieves stress and tension.

B. SetubandhaasanaOpens up the chest. It also sends fresh blood to the head, which helps open up the sinuses further. This asana also activates the thymus glands, one of the main organs of the immune system.

C. Viparit Karni The Legs Up the Wall Pose is a great pose to practice to counter respiratory ailments. When you practice this asana, you might find relief from headaches or backaches that accompany a cold. Practicing this asana calms the mind and makes you strong as your body deals with the cold and helps in reducing fatigue, which usually follows common cold. This asana helps the immune cells to move through your body.

D. Adho Mukha SvanasanaIn this asana, your heart is placed higher than the head. There is a reverse pull of gravity that happens when you do that, and this aids in the proper circulation of the lymph and the blood. The mild inversion allows a free flow of white blood cells throughout the body and also helps to drain out the sinuses.

E. Ustrasana This asana opens up the chest and clears out all the passages. It is essential to try and breathe as much as you can while you are in this pose. This will help open up all the blocked areas that are causing the cold.

F. Matsyasana When you assume this asana, your chest is raised and your throat is opened up. This improves your breathing and might help alleviate a cold. During colds, one can support the upper thoracic back with a cushion, bolster, or yoga blocks, aiding optimal recovery.

2. Energy Body

Pranayama is practiced to eliminate mucus and any agitations in breathing. Practices for this are as follows:

  • Kapalbhati Pranayama: Helps unclog the respiratory tract. Improves blood circulation and uplifts the mind. 2-3 rounds twice a day gives you renewed energy to combat common cold.
  • Bhastrika Pranayama: Involves forceful exhalation that aids in clearing the nasal passage.
  • Nadi Shodhan Pranayama: Helps open up a blocked nose. It also facilitates better flow of oxygen to the lungs and keeps your mind calm and peaceful.
  • Ujjayi Pranayama: Helps increase lung capacity, as well as releases toxins with each exhalation.

3. Mental Level

Simple Dhyana Meditation is practiced to keep one relaxed in the physically stressful time. Just sitting in a quiet place with closed eyes for a few minutes and meditating can help boost the immune system and help fight any kind of infection.

4. Intellectual Level

Observing part of the self while practicing Yoga increases the awareness of self. This awareness eliminates agitations of mind, which brings self love and compassion

  • Shavasana: This is a deep resting pose. Sometimes, when you have a cold, all you need to do is to rest your body. It energizes it and helps it fight better against the cold-causing viruses. It shifts the focus on oneself, and increases awareness, which helps relax the mind and body.

5. Spiritual Level

Mediation, Prayers and Chanting can help you boost your immunity and keep you mentally strong during the time when the body is suffering with an infection.

Practicing the yoga therapy based module for viral infections not only strengthens the immune system of the body, but it also improves mental health, which is very important to heal and recover. Staying strong mentally helps our body fight any infection better. Yoga Therapy works on our overall health. It gives one a strong body, a strong mind and a strong spirit to overcome most things. 

If this article helped you, let us know in the comments below. Find more articles on Yoga here. You can also practice yoga safely under the guidance of an expert by joining a live, interactive GOQii PRO class. Book a class now through the GOQii App.

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June 16, 2023 By Trupti Vyas (Pandya) 17 Comments

Healing Hands: 5 Hand Yoga Mudras To The Rescue

hand yogaEveryone knows about yoga and the benefits it can bring to your life. This ancient form of exercise started in India and has reached far and wide across the world. Since the pandemic, we’re always looking for new ways to be fit and active, given that health has now become a priority. I have a few ways on how we can be more active during the day and that’s Hand Yoga!

The importance of specific hand position is common in spiritual and healing arts tradition. India is home to perhaps the largest collection of such hand gestures. The Sanskrit word Mudra means gesture. These Hand gestures (Mudras) stimulates the flow of vital energy in unique ways, affecting organs, glands and nervous system of the body. Such gestures are mainly used while doing yoga postures (Asanas), Pranayama (breathing practices) and Meditation.

5 Hand Yoga Mudras & Their Benefits

The importance of specific hand position is common in spiritual and healing arts tradition. India is home to perhaps the largest collection of such hand gestures. The Sanskrit word Mudra means gesture. These Hand gestures (Mudras) stimulates the flow of vital energy in unique ways, affecting organs, glands and nervous system of the body. Such gestures are mainly used while doing yoga postures (Asanas), Pranayama (breathing practices) and Meditation.

1. Jnana/Gyan Mudra

hand yoga mudrasIn this Mudra, the thumb and index finger are touching and form a circle. The other three fingers are stretched casually. The palms are facing upwards. This Hand Yoga Mudra is known as the gesture of knowledge and wisdom. The Index Finger symbolizes the ego that is beaten by the universal wisdom, which is represented by thumb.

Benefits: 

  • Stimulates brain functions, the sense of touch and harmonizes the nervous system.
  • Calms the soul gives inner peace, promotes concentration as well as memory and helps in insomnia and depression.

2. Aakash Mudra

To perform this, the thumb and middle finger are brought together. The other fingers are casually stretching. Aakash stands for the element of room or ether.

Benefit:

  • It helps overcome obstacles and blockades related to stress in personal or professional life.
  • It also helps with heart diseases, toothache, a stiff jaw, ear ache and weight regulation, strengthening bones, intuition and awareness are strengthened and feeling and thoughts are cleansed.

3. Shunya Mudra

In this Hand Yoga Mudra, you bend your middle finger until it touches the ball below the thumb. The thumb performs light pressure on the middle finger. The other fingers are stretched. Put your hands, palms facing up, on your thighs. Sunya Means “sky” or “zero”.

Benefits

  • It has a healing effect on the ear area and helps with different issues such as ear aches, ringing in ears.
  • It can help with imbalance, dizziness, travel sickness, sea sickness and nausea brought by movement.
  • It helps in healing throat and nose infections.   

4. Surya Mudra

It is formed by folding the ring finger so that it touches the lower end of the thumb. The thumb pushes the ring finger slightly down and other fingers are casually stretched upwards. Surya Mudra activates the fire  element of the body.

Benefits

  • It activates metabolism, therefore, suited for people who want to lose body fat/weight and improve their cholesterol levels.
  • It helps heal cold by creating warmth inside the body.
  • It helps in strengthening the eyes and improves eyesight.

5. Jalodar Nashak Mudra

To perform this, the small finger is bent towards the thumb. The thumb pushes the small finger slightly down. The name of this hand gesture (Mudra) is made up of from three words Jal for “water”, Udar for “ stomach”and Nashak for “finish”. The small finger represent the water element.

Benefits: It reduces excess water in the body. Swelling, excessive salivation, watering eyes, runny nose and heavy periods are all reduced.

Apart From these 5 main Hand Yoga Mudras, the other important ones are Dhanyi Mudra – which is a classical mediation gesture where hands lay causally in your lap which gives feeling of contentment and Atmanjali or Namaskar which symbolizes gratefulness or respect which leads to inner balance.

You can try these Hand Yoga Mudras anywhere, at any time. Just relax and be gentle. Activating the energy in your hands will in turn activate the corresponding energy in the rest of your body and evoke a sense of overall vitality. If you are new to yogic practices, then these Hand Yoga Mudras will be a great way to start practicing.

If this article helped you, let us know in the comments below! You can find more articles on yoga here. You can also join our live, interactive sessions on GOQii PRO where you will be guided in real time by an expert. Book a class now from the GOQii App.

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February 18, 2023 By GOQii 4 Comments

How Digvijay Singh Reversed Chronic BP Issues & Lost Weight With GOQii

Digvijay Singh

Do you feel that no matter what you do, you’re unable to lose weight? You go for walks, meditate and even eat right but that scale doesn’t budge while lifestyle diseases plague you. Our Player Digvijay Singh was stuck in a similar predicament. 

Life Before GOQii 

Digvijay Singh, a 63 year old retired public sector professional from Nagpur, was always conscious about his health and lifestyle. He took regular walks and even practiced Pranayama but no matter what he did, he could not lose weight. He weighed around 90kg and suffered from chronic blood pressure issues. 

Introduction to GOQii & Making Lifestyle Changes 

During his anniversary in 2016, his daughters gifted him a GOQii device with 3 months of subscription. When he joined, his goal was to reduce weight and control his BP issues. While initially he faced difficulty, there was progress. 

Between 2016-2019, he says that his progress was quite slow. His BP was still high at 140/90 and cholesterol levels were out of range. To help him achieve his goal, his GOQii Coach introduced a few lifestyle changes which included: 

  • Normal walks, interval walks and strength training 
  • Consuming apple cider vinegar and salads to his meals 
  • Early dinner 
  • No processed foods 

Eventually, Digvijay Singh’s cholesterol levels and BP both came down to a normal range. His weight has reduced and has remained constant since then. He has been able to lose 12kg and go from 84 to 72 kg within 8 months. 

Digvijay Singh is happy with the fact that his GOQii journey that started 5 years back, is still continuing. He says that with his GOQii Coach’s advice, his lifestyle has completely changed. He further stated, “Basically what GOQii did was that it disciplined me”. 

His daughters say that he is an inspiration. He is disciplined and follows what his GOQii Coach says. His eating habits have also changed. They said that they are glad about how his health has improved, he has been able to control his BP and looks fitter than before! They said, “Now the entire family (extended) knows about GOQii because of Dada and it is his best gift to anyone he thinks needs it”. 

To understand Digvijay Singh’s journey, check out this session of GOQii Health Talks, where he and his family spoke to our Founder & CEO Vishal Gondal.

What Does Coach Monika Raj Have To Say About Digvijay Singh? 

Digvijay has been a great learner! He always follows the habits I set for him. When we first started, his blood pressure was high at 140/90 and cholesterol levels were out of range. Then slowly, we started with minor lifestyle modifications. In a span of time, his fat percentage ranging from 35% to 40%, came down to 25%. 

We started with walks that ranged from normal walking to interval walks and then strength training. He was so consistent in walking that I had to stop him and make his regime for just 5 days a week so that  he could rest and recover well. Since then  he has been able to maintain it well.

We added salads to his meals and made sure his dinner was light. I also asked him to consume Apple Cider Vinegar before lunch and dinner, less salt in meals and completely avoid processed foods among a few other changes. 

For the past 5 years, he has never missed salads in his meals and has never missed crossing 10k steps. I am really overwhelmed and motivated to see his efforts and consistency.  

Does this story inspire you? Did it sound relatable? Want to make a lifestyle change? If yes, then speak to your GOQii Coach today by subscribing for personalized coaching here: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr

To read more inspiring stories, check out Healthy Reads. 

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When 25-year-old Nawin Yadav from Hyderabad walked into his office every morning, he carried more than just his files and policy papers. He had the weight of fatigue, sluggish energy, and an ever-growing belly that was becoming the butt of jokes. “People … [Read More...]

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From Terminal Illness To Complete Wellness! Ananda Mukherjee Health Story

As we observe World Cancer Day under the powerful theme ‘United by Unique’ (2025-2027)**, we are reminded that every individual’s journey with cancer is distinct, yet united by shared resilience, hope, and the collective fight against this disease. This theme places people at the centre of care and their stories at the heart of the […]

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