Anuloma-Viloma - yogic breathing for better health

Kuvalyanand Swami once said: "Yoga has a message for the human body, the human mind and human spirit."
It is a truism that in a healthy body is necessary for the success of the president and happiness in life. More and more people in the belief that yoga makes for good health, satisfaction and happiness in this life and a stressful day is not just an exercise regimen.

In this article we will discuss Anuloma-Viloma (alternate breathing) pranayama. Pranayama simply means proper 'management' of the life force - prana. Although the basic principle remains the same, and has developed many types of pranayama, each with a unique technology. Anuloma-Viloma shuddhi Club or pranayama (nerve purifying pranayama) is a type of such and is considered one of the basic forms.

Practice Anuloma Viloma's like the team that controls the traffic on the roads, and it seems that after cleaning, etc., and beauty and preserve traffic smoothly and efficiently. Method consists in breathing (Pooraka) through one nostril, and vice versa. Therefore this pranayama has the name anuloma viloma, any alternative respiration.

For this exercise, you have to sit in any position of yoga to relax. To begin, and continue to apply the normal breathing Moola bandha (ie comfortable anal contraction). Maintain a stable moola bandha, inhale and exhale completely. Make sure that moola bandha relaxed in the process. Stopped for a period of time between inspiration and expiration. Breathe deeply through the left nostril and exhale through the right and then breathing through the right and exit through the left. Continue breathing in this way, one of the nostrils alternately left and right, for three minutes.

After reaching a comfort level in this way can be passed to the next step. Close the right nostril while keeping the thumb of his right hand the other four fingers together. Now exhale slowly through the left nostril in the speed of the uniform. Repeat with the other nostril. As you inhale, lift your shoulders and chest expansion with ribs up. Lower abdomen, but, to be held there.

Advantages: Clear the Way of the airways, which is one of the best practice of other pranayamas. Breathing becomes easier and orderly. The spirit and the heartbeat becomes rhythmic. It also helps to improve concentration, memory and other mental abilities.

Cons-indications: severe pain in the abdomen, and swelling due to appendicitis, and enlargement of the liver, small intestine or bowel, and lung disorders, throat infections, treble and growth in the nose (polypus) or blockage of nasal passages due to cold, etc..

Warning: The reader of this article should exercise all precautions before following any of the asanas from this article and site. To avoid problems when you do the asanas, it is recommended that you consult your doctor and yoga teacher. The responsibility lies with the reader and not with the site or the writer.