During any exercise the strain on muscles increases, the requirement for blood and oxygen increases but in Yogasanas
the requirement goes down as there is no strain and every muscle is relaxed. This also reduces the strain on the mind and
the mind becomes stable and focused.
Sit in padamasana or vajrasana
Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths.
1. Gently insert your thumbs in your ears and place the fingers
comfortably on your head. Keep your mouth closed.
2. Inhale.
3. Exhale slowly through your mouth, (through the small
gap between your teeth) making a rumbling sound by vibrating the lips. Allow the vibration to spread all over the head. Ensure
that the exhalation is happening through the mouth and not the nose.
Cycle
Keep practicing all the above three steps in a rhythmical pattern. Try and see how many counts of inhalation you can do so
that you can continue it for sometime and not get tired. Do not over hold the breath otherwise your next round wont be the
same as the previous one.
Donts People with severe throat problems should avoid
practicing this pranayama. People suffering from throat cancer should also avoid the same. Those with an ear infection should
perform this after the infection has cleared up.
Om chanting
Om: The primal shabda, actually pronounced AUM is the cosmic vibration of the universe. This
universal mantra represents the four states of consciousness; Conscious, subconscious, unconscious and supra conscious. The
joy of chanting unfurls the inner world! Chanting and singing stills the mind, dissolve worries, frees the voice and opens
the heart!
Technique
Inhale and chant A-u-m emphasizing
on all three letters equally and chanting as long as there is breath left in your lungs. Chanting can be deep from the navel
region. Aum can also be chanted mentally in silence sitting in any meditative posture focusing between the eyebrows or focusing
on your breath.
Shavasana
Lie flat on back, head and body in a straight
line, legs a little apart, arms by side a little away from body, palms facing up, fingers relaxed.
Close your eyes,
relax body and focus on your breathing.
Let your breathing become slower, deeper, more rhythmic.
Each
time you exhale, let the whole body relax.
Count backwards every exhalation, from 11 to 1.
