Showing posts with label Yoga-mental-disorders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yoga-mental-disorders. Show all posts

Hasyashana A balance of mind

Written By Dr. S. Choudhary on Saturday, January 10, 2009 | 8:31 AM

Laughing has been considered most valuable thing as it brings you closest to proper Hasya mean laugh is a laughing yoga. Which help to set rid of irritation and stress and control anger. If you control your stress and anger your efficiency increases like anything. For a balance between mind and soul, this yoga is beneficial which neither require a yoga teacher nor any yoga equipment.

How to perform hasyasana

Laughing in any form is though to be beneficial but performing hasyasana as per procedure provides maximum benefits. For performing hasyasana, sit in sukhasana or padmasana, closing their eyes. Now start gradually by smiling and try to feel happy and think that you have nothing to do in the world and free from all burden and ailments. Gradually start laughing and increase intensity of laughing to louder and louder as much as you can and permitted. Laugh freely raising both your hands up. After reaching peak, gradually start decreasing the intensity with same pace as you have increased lowering the volume of laughter till it comes to a calm smile from where you have started. This completes one round.

Duration

Repeat the entire procedures for three rounds per day. You can do it even in the evening after your duty hours.

Benefits of hasyasana

This yoga is beneficial to overcome stress and anxiety. It balance your mind. It develops a healthy mind and gives a sense of relaxation keeping completely off from physical ailments as well as mental tensions like irritation, anger and depression. It even clears your throat and strengthens your lung.
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Shavasana Yoga to control depression

Shav is a Sanskrit word meaning a dead body. This yoga is based on acquiring a posture of a dead body.
Now a days in this fast World most of the person are a victim of insomnia due to depression or mental fatigue. They are in search for a way of relaxation and ends up with something causing more tension. Shavasan is the best and simplest way to fight against today’s most common ailment.

How to perform Shavasana
It is the easiest and simplest yoga to perform and best way to attain mental peace. One should lie on the back, keeping both legs straight and apart by at least a foot. Both arms should be on floor a bit away from torso and palm should face above. Posture should be just like a dead body. Body should be at ease and loose enough and mind fully relaxed. The entire attention should be on breathing. Inhalation and exhalation should be from nostrils and in a rhythmic pattern.


Duration
The procedure should be performed for at least 5 minutes every day to attain calmness of mind and body and have maximum benefit.

Benefit of Shavasana
Depression, anxiety and mental disorder are the upcoming demons now a days and shavasana is the best way to fight against them. It also helps to get rid of physical as well as mental fatigue. It overcomes tension and is a great cure for insomnia. It keeps us cool and calm and provides the best way of relaxation.
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Anulom Vilom Pranayama

Written By Dr. S. Choudhary on Sunday, January 4, 2009 | 3:42 AM

Pranayama counters many problems including health mental tension, depression, stress, anxiety. It is also useful to curb snoring and redice hypertension. There are different types of Pranayama. Anulom Vilom pranayama is one of them mentioned below.

How to perform Anulom Vilom Pranayama
One should sit comfortably in padmasana or sukhasana, keeping back straight and breathing normally. Form the pranayam posture with right hand. Close your right nostril with your right thumb and exhale slowly through the left nostril. Now inhale , slowly to your maximum capacity and then close left nostril with your ring and little finger and lift the thumb off the right nostril and exhale slowly through the right nostril. Then again inhale slowly through the right nostril and close it with thumb and lift your ring and little finger from left nostril and exhale slowly.
This is the complete one round of anulom-vilom pranayama.



Duration

Do 11 rounds of anulom-vilom pranayama at a time and three sets in a day.

Benefits of Anulom-Vilom Pranayama

This pranayama helps in various allergic disorders due to house hold allergens, pollens. etc. It helps to purify 72,000 blood vessels. This is excellent for nervous system, lungs and heart. This asana helps in curbing hypertension, phobias, insomnia, nervousness and other mental disorders.
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