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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।

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May 9, 2023 By Megha Mahajan 4 Comments

Can Pranayama Techniques Cool Your Body During Summer?

Can pranayama cool your body during summer

Are you using lots of water, cool drinks, air-conditioning or beach parties to beat the heat this summer? Would you be interested to know about an easy and inexpensive way to chill instead? If yes, then read this article to learn three different breathing techniques to cool down your body. Yes! You read it right. All you need to do is breathe! Here’s how Pranayama techniques can cool your body during summer! 

Pranayama Techniques To Cool Your Body 

Try these breathing techniques and beat the heat naturally with Pranayama!

1. Increased Rate & Depth of Breathing

Preferably lie down in Shavasana and practice deep diaphragmatic breathing, allowing the belly to rise with each inhalation. Make sure to increase your breathing rate too. A modified version of doing it is panting like a dog. Just open your mouth and stick out your tongue as far as it can go, then start panting. Make sure that your stomach goes in or contracts immediately with each exhalation. 

Why does it work?
We sweat a lot during the summers. The evaporation of sweat cools down our body. In the same ways, with an increased rate and depth of breathing, we exhale a lot more water vapour. It enhances the cooling effect of the body. Now you know why dogs don’t sweat? They stick out their tongue and release the heat. More breaths and less movement ensures the double advantage of cooling your pace.

2. Sheetali Pranayama

Stick your tongue out and roll it like a straw. Inhale air through this straw as if you were sipping in a cool beverage on a hot summer day. Exhale through the nose. Sheetkari pranayama is a modified version of Sheetali, which can be done if you are unable to roll your tongue. Here you have to open your mouth with clenched teeth to inhale through them and exhale through the nose.

Why does it work?
When we breathe in through the nose, the air gets warmed up on its path to the lungs to match the internal body temperature. While we breathe in through the mouth, this doesn’t happen. On the contrary, the air gets moistened when we inhale through the mouth, enhancing its cooling effects.

3. Left Nostril Breathing

Use your right-hand fingers to block the right nostril and breathe through the left nostril. An easier way to activate the left nostril breathing is to insert a cotton plug in the right ear.

Why does it work?
Our body temperature is maintained by the movement of air through the right and left channels. The right channel is associated with sun, heat and activity. Whereas the left channel is associated with the moon, cool and rest. It is like the accelerator and brake pedals of a car. Applying the brakes gently slows down and cools off the overheated car engines. Similarly, when we deliberately breathe in through the left nostril, the brakes get applied to activate the parasympathetic nervous system to produce a cooling and calming effect on the body.

And there it is! We hope these 3 pranayama techniques will help you cool your body during these hot summer days. Try them and let us know your experience in the comments below.

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July 8, 2021 By Urvi Gohil 2 Comments

Meditation: Why It Is Necessary Today!

meditationMany of us are worried about the impact of the ongoing pandemic on our elderly and physically vulnerable relatives. To top it off, the economic impact it has had around the world, right down to individuals being unable to work and ineligible for sick pay is huge. All this coupled with shortages in shops, cancellation of planned holidays and events have all caused some level of anxiety and distress. As these mental and emotional issues pile up, there’s a good chance that one might go over the edge. To avoid that, something must be done. During these trying times, there is something you can do to improve your mental and emotional wellbeing. That something is meditation! 

How Does Meditation Help? 

Taking out time to meditate can also help in so many ways:

  1. Improves Mental Health: At a time when people may be self-isolating, worrying about finances, socially distancing from loved ones, and feeling concerned about contracting the virus, meditation can help improve emotional health and can help manage depression which is exacerbated by stress.
  2. Boost Immunity: COVID-19 is highly infectious and boosting your immunity will help you fight against this pandemic. Several research studies suggest that meditation helps in positively impacting the genes involved in the infectious cycle and increases the immunity. Using regular self-hypnosis as a relaxation technique has had positive effects on Lymphocytes—a type of white blood cell which helps produce antibodies and destroy cells which could cause damage.
  3. Reduce Anxiety: Meditation involves staying in the present moment without dwelling on the past or the future and accepting your feelings and emotions as perfectly valid. This will help in reducing stress levels and thus, potentially manage the increased level of anxiety which comes from being in the middle of a pandemic like coronavirus.

How Can You Start? 

  • Use GOQii’s guided meditation feature: Click on the “+” and go to meditation. A good way to kick start if you are new to this.
  • At first, it will take effort: Do regular, short bursts and gradually build up the amount of time you spend during any one meditation session. So start slow and short.
  • Set a regular time of day: Meditation is a habit and you’re much more likely to implement it if you set a specific time of day and incorporate it into your routine.
  • Get very comfortable: Maybe light a candle or some relaxing music.
  • Have patience: It is okay. Your mind will wander and you will have all types of thoughts at first but do not stop practicing this.
  • Do it regularly: Make a habit which will stay with you always!

We hope this article helps you! For more articles on meditation, check out Healthy Reads or tune in to our yoga and meditation experts on GOQii Play. To get these tips directly from your GOQii Coach, subscribe to personalized coaching now: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr 

Stay home, stay safe, meditate and #BeTheForce

May 3, 2018 By Luke Coutinho Leave a Comment

Ways to become “mindful”

meditation

Learning to focus the mind can be a powerful antidote to the stress and strains of our fast-paced on-the-go lives. The ability to pay attention to what you’re experiencing from moment to moment — without drifting into thoughts of the past or concerns about the future, or getting caught up in opinions about what is going on — is called ‘Mindfulness’.


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This basic mindfulness meditation exercise is easy to learn and practice.

  1. Firstly, sit on a straight-backed chair, or cross-legged on the floor.
  2. Focus on an aspect of your breathing, such as the sensations of air flowing into your nostrils and out of your mouth, or your belly rising and falling as you inhale and exhale.
  3. Once you’ve narrowed your concentration in this way, begin to widen your focus. Become aware of sounds, sensations, and ideas.
  4. Embrace and consider each thought or sensation without judging it as good or bad. If your mind starts to race, return your focus to your breathing. Then expand your awareness again.

The effects of mindfulness meditation tend to be dose-related — the more you practice it, the more benefits you usually experience.

A less formal approach can also help you stay in the present and fully engage in your life. You can practice mindfulness at any time or during any task, whether you are eating, showering, walking, touching a partner, or playing with a child. Here’s how:

  • Start by bringing your attention to the sensations in your body.
  • Breathe in through your nose, allowing the air to move downward into your lower belly. Let your abdomen expand fully. Then breathe out through your mouth. Notice the sensations of each inhalation and exhalation.
  • Proceed with the task at hand slowly and with full deliberation.
  • Engage your senses fully. Notice each sight, touch, and sound so that you savour every sensation.
  • When you notice that your mind has wandered from the task at hand, gently bring your attention back to the sensations of the moment.

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At 67, most people start slowing down. Not Chandubhai Savani. A resident of Surat, Chandubhai, thought life was on track. “My life was going well till I had my bypass surgery,” he says. That surgery, back in 2021, was a wake-up call.  Medication was routine, but exercise wasn’t. His diet? What he calls ‘normal.’ “I […]

Ananda Mukherjee Health Story

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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