Lovehealthnotlife: PRANAYAMA

Breathing is a vital process which starts at the time of birth and stops at the death.

The important Oxygen is provided to all the parts, organs and cells of the body. The

maximum time a person can survive without oxygen is about 4 minutes. All the

metabolic processes require oxygen. Oxygen is life, a vital force. This vital energy

is called Prana.

The process of controlling the Prana is called Pranayama. So pranayama is the

science related to vital force supplying energy and controlling the body mind complex.

Breathing is the process of taking in this vital energy and removing the waste products

Out of our body and mind. Generally breathing includes inhalation and exhalation but

pranayama includes retention of breath (known as 'Kumbhaka' in Sanskrit) as well.

This is a very important process. The air can be retained in the lungs or out of the lungs.

The ancient texts say that retention of air, increases the level of prana (energy) in the

body, also it regulates the flow of pranic energy through out the body. So pranayama

helps remove all the ailments and also can stop the aging process of the body.

The mind, consisting of thoughts and emotions is closely related to the breath. When

the mind is calm and relaxed, the breathing is smooth and slow. If you are stressed

breathing is fast & shallow but mostly through chest. When one gets angry, the

breathing becomes fast and forceful, in depressed states sighing, when in pain

gasping, in anxiety shallow and rapid. In this way, the mental and emotional states

affect breathing.

All the processes and organs like heart, brain, digestive organs, endocrine glands

in the body have rhythms. Also the breathing has specific rhythms. Pranayama is

Rhythmic breathing, bringing the breath in natural rhythm by controlling the process

of inhalation, exhalation and retention.

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