Dec 19 2008
Yoga for better life:Kapalbhati Kriya
KAPALBHATI KRIYA
Start your yoga session with this kriya. Sit down in sukhasana or padmasana. Keep your neck straight. Place both hands on your knees in gyan mudra, eyes gently closed. Exhale forcefully through both nostrils, simultaneously pulling your stomach in. Don’t make any effort to inhale. Repeat about 40-50 times till you are tired. Keep your body very still during this kriya. Then breathe out completely and relax. Increase the process gradually to 80-100 times.
Benefits: Very effective in reducing obesity, eliminates toxins from the air passages, thus cleansing body and mind; combats asthma, constipation, arthritis; very beneficial for women; massages the abdominal muscles and organs
Caution: If you suffer from any heart disease, a blood pressure condition or hernia, breathe out gently.
