2. Breathing
Inhaling the fresh oxygen from the outer world and
exhaling the carbon di oxide out of the body is called
as breathing.
3. BREATHE
AIR – in the atmosphere (raw material)
Breathe – when the air enters the nose (process)
Prana – vital force or energy (when the breathe fulfills
its purpose and converts into energy)
8. Diaphragm
The lungs are elastic and expand when the diaphragm
contracts during inhalation.
The diaphragm is the prime mover for inhalation and
exhalation.
It divides the thoracic and abdominal cavity.
Contracting the diaphragm also gently massages the
abdominal organs.
9. What’s wrong with the way we
breathe?
Our breathing is too shallow and too quick.
Shallow breathing does not exercise the lungs
enough.
We are not taking enough of oxygen and are not
eliminating sufficient carbon di oxide.
Oxy – starved
Toxin – build up
10. Reasons for shallow breathing
Our breathing follow our movement.
The increasing stress of modern living makes us
breathe more quickly and less deeply.
We get too emotional too easily.
Less physical activity.
Too much of working indoors.
Bad breathing becomes apart of
our life.
11. The effect of shallow breathing
Increased disease - decreased vitality.
We use only one tenth of our total lung capacity
12. Yoga and science
The ancient yogis knew the importance of correct
breathing and developed various techniques not only
to increase health and life span but also to attain
super conscious states.
Scientists also believe that a lot of people who have
heart disease are really suffering from improper
breathing.
16. Benefits of Deeper breathing…
physical
Increased purification of blood
Decrease in Toxins
Increase Digestion
Decrease Waste
Improved Nervous System
Improves functioning the glands, producing chemical
requirements of the body
Improves Lungs capacity & resistance
Reduces Heart load & makes Heart live longer
Controls Weight of the body
Regulate Heat & cooling System of the body
Improves Health & reduces weakness
Oxygen to brain & mind relaxes
17. Benefits of Deeper Breathing…
Mental
Increases thought power
Increases Imaginative power
Calms the mind
Analyses the subject before us
Removes fatigue
Removes lethargy
Removes monotony
Removes depression
18. Diseases of bad breathing
Lungs…Asthma, Bronchitis
Heart….blockage, Attack
Digestive…Diabetes,
Excretory… Constipation,
Blood…cancer, high cholestrol
Brain…Tumor, stroke, haemorrage,
20. WAYS TO IMPROVE BREATHING
Reduce Food levels, so that v get extra space
B aware about ur postures of sitting, standing &
sleeping…there shud not b congestion or contractions
in the lungs by bad postures
Practicing Breathing Exercise
23. Objective of breathing
practices
To normalize the breathing rate.
To make the breathing slow, uniform, continuous
and rhythmic.
Bringing into action all the lobes of the lungs for full
utilization.
Developing awareness of breathing through the
movementsof different parts of the body.
24. How yoga helps ?
Proper breathing is the most important part of yoga.
Which leads to better health, sounder sleep, less
disease, a clearer mind and more cheerfulness.
It slows the aging process and helps us feel light and
supple.
Improves the blood circulation.
We can literally breathe away ills, tension and fatigue
if we breathe properly.
Proper breathing is the doorway to meditation.
29. Prana, the basic life fabric of the entire creation
manifests itself in Pranayama Kosa in five major forms
–
Prana, Apana, Samana, Udana, and Vyana
The seat of the
Prana Chest
Apana Anus
Samana Navel
Udana Throat
Vyana Moves throughout the body
30. The term Prana in Sanskrit means a continuous
movement which characterizes all these five Pranas.
We use the definitions of these terms directly from
Prasnopanisad.
31. Since the same term
Prana is used at two
levels of
manifestation, we
use the term
‘Varistha Prana’ (the
main Prana) for the
basic life fabric.
Varistha Prana
Apana Samana Prana Udana Vyana
32. There are a hundred and one
main Nadis (channels or tubes
for Prana) in the Pranamaya
Kosa.
In each one of these there are
100 brahches which have 72,000
nadis each.
And through all these flows the
Vyana.
Vyana governs the sense of
touch and the flow of impulses
in the nerves.
33. We have a total of 350,000 nadis throughout the body. Fourteen are
principal nadis; three are the main nadis.
Ida
Also known as Chandra Nadi (moon energy) Begins at the root and
ends in the left nostril and is associated with right brain activity -
feminine energy, nurturing, intuitive and introspective.
Pingala
Also known as Surya Nadi (sun energy) begins at the root and ends
in the right nostril and is associated with left brain activity -
masculine energy, active and strong.
Sushumna Nadi
Agni (fire) - Central Channel located in the spine and runs from
Mulandhara chakra to Sahasrara chakra -connects all the chakras. It
is the power that guides us consciously or unconsciously to higher
awareness - the path toward enlightenment.
34.
35. The chakras are the subtle energy centers of
the body. Like pinwheels, the
chakras spin at the speed of light, emanating
the colors of the spectrum, each
resonating with a particular frequency.
These colors combine to form the auras
that surround each of us, connecting us with
each other and with the cosmos.
There are crucial points of energy that
we use, whether consciously or
unconsciously, to affect reality and
allow us to fully experience and realize
events that unfold before us.
These focal points are called Chakras.
36. There are seven Chakras in the human body, which
are located along the spinal cord of a human being
and they have unique attributes and characteristics.
Mooldhara, Swadhistana, Manipura, Anahata,
Vishuddha, Ajna, and Sahasrara.