by Tirtha Acharya | Oct 23, 2016 | Yoga
Asthma is a disease affecting the airways that carry air to and from your lungs. People who suffer from asthma feels difficult to breath. The inside walls of a respiratory tracts are swollen or inflamed. This swelling or inflammation makes the airways extremely sensitive to irritations and increases the susceptibility to an allergic reaction also cause the airways narrower and allow less air to exchange from lungs. Asthmatics usually experience these symptoms most frequently during the night and the early morning.
Breathing is very essential for life. Human beings cannot sustain their life without breathing. But the asthma is a name of disease where people feel difficult breathe and undergoes great torture, coughing and wheezing. The reason cause of asthma is due to the constriction of the musculature of the respiratory apparatus, especially the bronchi, which prevent natural exhalation. Many people has opinion that asthma cannot be cured but it is wrong concept, will be cure with the practice of yoga which includes asanas and breathing techniques.
Pranayama corrects the breathing pattern and increase the vital capacity of the lungs. While doing the pranayama the diaphragm separating the thorax from the abdomen descends during inhalation with the bulging of the abdomen. This increase the air flow into the lower sections of the lungs. The rhythmic movement of the movement of the diaphragm massages the contents of the abdomen and lungs gently and helps the organ to function normally. It also promotes the general circulation.
Bastrika pranayama is a forceful inhalation and exhalation helps to release the mucus deposited in the respiratory tract and also helps in the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs and also provide the nice massage to the lungs.
Likewise, sectional breathing is performed in sitting erect and inhalation and exhalation are performed by expanding and contracting the chest only. Air flow through both nostrils slowly and continuously. The abdomen is controlled to its bulging the middle lobes are opened up fully by this type of breathing.
Similarly, Naddhisuddhi pranayama helps to soothing the mind also make the breathing rhythmic, slow and increase the rate of inhalation and exhalation helps in the easy breathing. Right nostril breathing has a heating effect in the body so it helps for fast recovery of asthma and cold allergy it is activate the right hemisphere of the brain.
Modern medicine only stops the asthmatic attacks but it will not heals the disease but Asthma can cure completely with the long term efficacy of the integrated approach of yoga therapy people can live a normal and active life.
Yogasanas tone up all the muscles effectively – including the muscles of the chest, abdomen, back and inter-costal ones, in addition to the diaphragm. Asanas also tone up the external muscles as well as the nerve plexus which control the muscles involve during respiration. And this is achieved through the continuous practice of asanas like Bhujangaasana, shalabhasana, paschimottaanaasana, halaasana and padahastaasana.
In bhujangaasanas , the head , neck and back up to the middle are bent and raised . As a result some of the respiratory muscles especially those in the anterior part of the body are stretched and toned up through securing increased blood supply. The cavity of the thorax also expands and the nerves plexuses which control the activity of the lungs and toned up.
Shalabhasana is the beneficial asana for asthma as it rises the intra-abdominal pressure and the diaphragm is made to work actively. As the diaphragm plays an active part in the respiration, the breathing pattern is also affected. Likewise, in paschmottasanas muscles having opposites to muscles which are tensed in the former and relaxed in the latter. Tension and relaxation are the two groups of muscles contracts and expand and the lungs.
Halasanas is also quite beneficial to act of breathing of the patient.
Vipareetakarani tones up the nerves and plexuses which control the heart and lungs and also increase the blood supply to the lung capillaries and confers great benefits upon the patients
Sarvanagasaasana also helps to cure the asthma resulting from chronic infection. It influence the secretions of endocrine which stimulate the thyroid gland.
Desensitization (kriyas) may help in developing tolerance to external agents, similar to desensitization therapy for allergens. Jalaneti practices called washes the nose with luke-warm saline water and in sutraneti a thread or a rubber catheter is introduced into the nose. The hyperresposive nasal mucosa would trigger off a whole chain of events including excessive sneezing , rhinorrhea( water running from the nose) and nasal blocking . but under the background of deep relaxation and use of will power , the person learns to tolerate these irritants without any of these reactions. In other words these kriya have taught how to tolerate the irritants entering the nose without reacting violently similarly, the excitability of the nerve endings in the bronchial wall to various irritants causing asthma also can be reduced by another kriya called dhouti.
Different yogasanas help to correct the postural abnormalities and improve the respiratory stamina . They may also help in drainage of secretion. The breathing exercise especially the chair breathing technique trains diaphragmatic breathing, which is a big help during attacks.
There is considerable interest in the role of alternative or complementary therapies for the treatment of asthma. This is due to worries about the side effects of conventional medical treatment and a belief that natural substances are better for asthma than drugs.
Savasana deep rest to all part of body reduces oxygen requirement, hence the tissues are trained to remain healthy even when the chronic airway narrowing does not supply enough oxygen due to air trapping or collapse of air sacs. Deep rest to nervous system and immune system helps in restoring normalcy.
Deep internal linear awareness and concentration on balancing the body helps in bringing about prana balance.
Practice of the asana and breathing should be continuous slow and regular in daily life. There is no need of hurry for the practices to cure the diseases. Sometimes it may take 3 months after commencement of treatment or if the patient is very weak, it may take 6 month or a year.
Dietetic regulation for asthma
The diet for asthma is depends upon the individual severity. It is quite difficult to prescribe a uniform diet for all asthmatic people. Each patients should find out his particular allergies and act accordingly. In general, hot food, mustard, coffee, tobacco, snuff, alcohol, polished rice and throwing off rice water have to be avoided. Till the effects of yogic therapy become perceptible, the usual medication for asthma may be taken. Cow milk, fruits, green leafy vegetables and cod liver oil may be taken in plenty.
May all goes towards the path of healthy living through yoga asana and pranayama (breathing exercise).
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by Tirtha Acharya | Oct 5, 2016 | Yoga
WHAT IS YOGA THERAPY?
Yoga therapy is the approach which cure the disease applying the yogic method. It is a disease oriented and mostly cure the non-communicable disease rise of stress. It is the science of healing which shower cures and remedies for all types of illness, ailments, and disorder. Yoga therapist use yogasanas and pranayama to cure the disorder from the root level. Sometimes only yogasana can also use the physical body by maintain in an asana to cure the physical disorder. It includes standing, sitting, kneeling, lying, balancing, inverted positions, stretching, twisting, and contraction and relaxation of muscles , producing a steady posture at a given time. And also some use only pranamaya to heal all the mental a problem which includes naddisudha, right nostril breathing, left nostril breathing, ujjai breathing, bhrastrika and bhramari. Yoga therapy treats from physical, mental and spiritual level from the welfare of human health. All the method are used in a special way so that the diseases are eradicated from root level and also provide prevention to re-cure in the future. Therapy is given at a slow pace with slow, smooth, steady coordinated movements with full control at every stage. A regular practices twice a day is essential to eradicate the disease. Therapy should give in a quiet, well-ventilated area with less distraction and free of dust and cold breeze.
Yoga therapy has been considered to be beneficial in several medical conditions; the most commonly studied are coronary artery disease and asthma, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, epilepsy and the psychological disorder. By nature of the yoga intervention, it is not possible to have blinded studies, and a placebo effect cannot be excluded. Objective physiologic changes noted through intervention cannot be ignored, however, Yoga practices are only an adjunct to medical treatment if disease has been established.
People are only concerned to cure the physical body. Since the disease arises from the inner astral layer of our existence. So the yoga therapy that provides techniques for correcting the problem at both from the gross and subtle levels. Yoga therapy helps in bringing about balance at the level of the five kosas (panca kosas) so that complete health can be restored. Pancakosa was found to be the most holistic concept of human existence which is in no way contracting the modern science approach to the understanding of the human body. It is more generalized, holistic and hence can contain in it the physical body (annamaya kosa) the next three layers pranamaya, manomaya and vijnanamaya kosas which are called the subtle bodies in the Vedanta and spiritual lore. The fifth kosa the anandamaya kosa is the causal body from where all the other layers take birth. Thus we got a holistic and concrete perspective of human existence as the foundation for yoga therapy. The therapy at annamaya kosa includes asanas and lossening practices, yoga diet and yoga kriya and at pranamaya kosa, breathing practices, breathing kriyas and pranayama. Similarly, therapy given at the manomaya kosa is meditation (cyclic meditation and Om meditation), devotional sessions, and happy assembly, whereas lectures, counseling and satsangs corrects the notions about one life style of the individual. Karma yoga and tuning to nature are the practices that help one to get established in anandamaya kosa bringing bliss in our lives.
The concepts of yoga therapy is a holistic approach to health management at physical, mental, emotional, and intellectual levels with techniques to improve mental equilibrium. It is endowed with great power of healing and a very simple technique. Yoga therapy is a very scientific system and not expensive. It provides strengthen and increase the tone of weak muscles and help with conscious control over the automatic function of the body. It teaches the art of relaxation, relieving muscular and nervous tension and leads to on increased energy.
Along with the therapy, diet is very necessary to control the disease. Yoga therapy does not cure the disease alone. It needs a yogic diet to heal the disease completely. The diet and food habit regulation suited to the disease should also be commenced along with the asanas and pranayama during yogic treatment. But people are not much aware about yoga therapy. They use allopathic medicine to cure the disease and realize after not getting any benefits from allopathic medicine, then only at the last they wants to join in yoga therapy course for treatment. Even though, people want very fast result like allopathic medicine, but yoga has a very slow effect in our body. It does not give positive effect very fast in a body. People can realize the positive effect after continues the practices of yoga therapy for a month for years. Likewise, they must not stop practicing as the disease cure. Therapy must be continued for sufficiently long periods so that the disease willnot attack again. Yoga therapy should be continuously practices after healing of diseases, also in order to maintain a physiological condition. Sometimes the signs and symptoms may disappear, but the factors contributing to the on-set disease may lie dormant in the body itself, waiting for an opportunity to manifest themselves. After the disease gets cured, the treatment must be continued for a further longer period to prevent the disease from coming in the future.
QUALITY OF YOGA THERAPIES
- He/she must be a human of vibrant health. He must radiate the ray of good health and not have a chronic disease.
- The yoga therapy should have basic knowledge of physiology, anatomy, pathophysiology in order to have the knowledge of human life.
- Also have knowledge of pranayama to control the breath and asanas so that treat the disease. Therapist should have good knowledge of dietetics and he should have a much disciplined way of life.
There is no limitation of age for administering yogic therapy. It can be given to the infancy and also for older people to conquer disease. The yogic therapy is available for all the people irrespective of race, country, creed and civilization. Those who are not able to take yoga therapy themselves, can take help from a yoga therapist to maintain the postures. It can be done in all climatic conditions.
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by Tirtha Acharya | Sep 26, 2016 | Yoga
Diabetes mellitus or simply diabetes is a group of metabolic disorder in which person has high blood sugar, either pancreas does not produce enough insulin or because cells do not respond to the insulin. The insulin which is produced by β-cell of the pancreas is not producing enough insulin as a result the volume of sugar in the blood get increase and lead to diabetes. The function of insulin is for carbohydrate metabolism and carry sugar from blood to the cell and maintain the sugar level in the blood. This high blood sugar produces the classical symptoms of polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (increase thirst), and polyphagia (increased hunger). There are lots of medicine for the treatment of diseases which cure for the duration of medication periods but cannot help to cure the disease permanently.
Yoga is the life science also called the yogic therapy which cures the disease if practice regularly twice a day. Diabetes often disappears in a week and does not recur at all after two or three months of continued treatment. The abdominal viscera, the pancreas and the liver and kidney are toned up by yogic therapy by increasing intra-abdominal pressure and activate of the nerves which control these organs. Paschimottaasana is the important asanas which stimulate the pancreas to produce insulin. When you maintain your body in Paschimottasana with normal breathing, the stomach gets compress and pancreas located behind the intestine also get a nice massage in this posture and makes pancreas healthier. And the next practices is Ardhra Matchyandra and Varkaasana is a twisting practice from the upper part where pancreas and stomach small intestine and increase circulation of blood in the endocrine glands and provide an environment for β-cell to produce enough insulin for proper functioning. Halaasana which is practices for healthy endocrine glands. In the final postures of Halasana, the large intestine compress the small intestine and also pancreas get a beautiful working environment for producing enough insulin for metabolism. Likewise, Mayurasana which has a direct effect on pancreas which provides pressure on the pancreas so stimulate it and also provide oxygen to the pancreas. There are some other practices also which is fruitful for diabetes people.
Likewise, Dhanurasana which has directly activate the sluggish to work properly. It compresses all the abdominal internal muscles and the pressure activates the pancreas. The pancreas is situated deep inside the abdominal cavity. The Dhanurasana tightens all abdominal muscles and by increasing the intra-abdominal pressure, reach the pancreas. This asana also helps to activate nerves of that regions.
Diabetes also occurs due to obese. When more fat and muscles deposited in the stomach it pushes pancreas so pancreas cannot work its function properly and goes to the crying of the pancreas. So some more asana is needed to reduce unnecessary fats from the stomach. Some practices like jogging, jumping, twisting, setup.
Only doing asana cure the disease at the slow rate. The breathing techniques practices with asanas provide the faster healing of the disease. For diabetes patient Naddhisuddhi, right nostril breathing techniques are practices and research show the good result and faster cure by daily practices of asana plus pranayama.
Oxygen is very much essential for the utilization of carbohydrate metabolism. If lungs provide enough oxygen to the pancreas so that it works effectively. Nadisuddhi directly affects the pancreas and the liver. During Nadisuddhi the diaphragm moves up and down under air pressure exerted by the lungs and compress the liver and the pancreas and provide adequate oxygen supply to the tissues. It provides a nice environment to rejuvenate the nerve supply to the pancreas.
There are various types of diabetes. Sometimes, diabetes occurs due to the disorder of the endocrine disorder. It means the main reason for diabetes may be due to thyroid or pituitary dysfunction. Though there is no defect in the pancreas, the amount of insulin is not producing. So this happens because of malfunction of endocrine to secrete the hormones properly. If we treat with asanas and pranayama which influence the thyroid gland to provide an environment to secret insulin and sugar excretion decreases.
Likewise, the next practices like Uddiyaana and Nauli are two kriyas which have very positive effect in diabetes mellitus. It is the movement of the stomach which gives strength to the body and also excess fats are removed. This practices influence all the abdominal viscera and remove the defect of the pancreas by activating them effectively. The pancreas and liver rejuvenated and diabetes disappears completely.
Thus, these are the practices for diabetes mellitus which can completely eradicate disorder with a guarantee of non-reoccurrence. It should be practice for 6 months to one year to eradicate the disease from the body and to leave a healthy and happy life.
Here are the main practice of yoga for diabetes.
- Paschimottan Asana
- Ardha Padma Paschimottan Asana
- Ardha Matsyendra Asana
- Meru Bakra Asana
- Mayur Asana
- Agnishar Kriya
- Nauli Kriya
- Kunjal Kriya
- Uddiyaana banda
- Nadi Sodhana pranayam
- Kapal Bhati Pranayam
- Some yogic jogging like jumping, twisting, setup etc.
Yogic diet for diabetes
The diet of diabetes should content all the essential nutrition for the management of carbohydrate absorption. Balanced Nutrition is necessary for diabetes people to slow down the carbohydrate absorbtion rate in the blood. Sattwick food which includes milk and yogurt, Bread, cereal, rice, fruits, starchy green vegetables like corn and beans are very beneficial as it helps in digestion and also control blood sugar. Fiber based food helps to lose weight. And three times meal in a day recommended. All the non-veg items are strictly prohibited. Complex carbohydrates are better because they take longer time to digest also gives you steady energy and fiber.
by Tirtha Acharya | Sep 26, 2016 | Yoga
Introduction of gastrointestinal system
The human gastrointestinal tract (GI tract or GIT) is an organ’s system responsible for transporting and digesting foodstuffs, absorbing nutrients, and expelling waste products. Gastrointestinal tract is divided into lower GI Tract and upper GI Tract. Upper GI Tracts consists of mouth, food pipe, stomach and duodenum wherease small intestine large intestine, colon, rectum, anus comes under lower GI Tracts. Secretin, gastrin are the hormone produce in GI Tract for digestion of food.
The mouth helps to chew the food make it into small piece and saliva mix with food so that it get form for digestion. Swallon food is received by the esophagus. By means of series of muscular contractions called peristalsis, the esophagus delivers food to your stomach. Food mix with different enzyemes in stomach which helps to break down into small pieces for easy digestion. The duodenum is largely responsible for the continuous breaking-down process, with the jejunum and ileum mainly responsible for absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream. The large intestine is a highly specialized organ that is responsible for processing waste so that emptying the bowels is easy and convenient.
Gastrointestinal diseases and its Cause
There are many intestinal disorder which effect our GIT. All the problem in the stomach is arise from psycic level (manomaya kosa). So before going to treat our stomach problem, we need to cure our disease our psychic level. Disease which arise in our psycic perculate in the pranamaya kosa and create disease in the physical body (ananmaya kosa).
Some of the gastrointestinal disease are as follow
Gastritis
Acid peptic ulcer
Constipation
Diaoherra
Acidity
Gastritis is the main problem ans it is characterize by the inflammation in the lining of the stomach. It may occur suddenly or slowly over time. In some cases, gastritis can lead to ulcers and an increased risk of stomach cancer.
The main cause of GIT problem arise from the sedentary lifestyle, wrong food habit, inflammation in the inner lining of stomach, infection and malabsorbtion disorder.
Treatment
Disease in GIT are recurring it can attack after the stoppage of medicine so only one dimensional treatment does not helps to cure the disease from root level. We are here to cure the disease from root level by giving treatment using the hoslistic practices.
YOGIC MANAGEMENT
Yoga is the holistic science which manage the disease of GIT from root level. Some of the beneficial practices for gastrointestinal disease are as follows:
Standing practices
Forward and backing movement
Twisting
Rotation of hip
Chandra asana
Sitting practices
Baddhakoasana
Butterfly movement (flapping of ur thign)
Ardamatyandra asana
Vakrasana
Paschimuktaasana
Janushirasana
Supine practices
Pawanamuktasana
Straight leg raising practices
Halaasana
Sarvanga asana
Rocking and rolling
naukasana
Prone practices
Bhujangaasana
Salamba asana
Pranayama (Breathing practices)
Naddhisuddhi
Bramari
Right nostril breathing
Left nostril breathing
Bastrika
Sectional breathing
Diet
Diet therapy is an important factor in overall care of GI patients. Diet plays a vital role for the proper function of the stomach. Food should be freash. Sattwik vegetable food is preferable. All the green leafy vegetable which produce antioxidant and provide soothe in our GI tract.
- Low fat diet because fat causes the production of a hormone that stimulates gallbladder contractions
- Dairy products should be minimized or eliminated
- Consumption of small frequent meals
- Less intake of carbohydrate food like legumes, soluble fiber, resistant starch, simple sugar such as fructose and alcohol sugar.
- Consumption of dietary fiber based green vegetable, fruits, cereal which soften the stool which is good for constipation.
- Intake food should be rich in fiber and also have excellent source of vitamins, minerals, trace element and antioxidant.
Satkarma
Satkarma is a very precise and systematic hoslistic science.The satkarma is briefly describe in hatha yoga pradipika. The sansskrit meaning of satkarma: sat is six and karma means actions. Satkarma consists of six internal purification techquies. It helps to create harmonies in the body by balancing the two pranic flow ida and pigala. The six satkarma are as follows;
- Dhauti
It is aslo called vamana dhouti which is the cleansing process of the upper gastrointestinal tract through lukewarm water.
- Nauli
A method of massaging and strengthen the abdominal organs.
- Kapalvati
It is a breathing techniques for purifying the brain and skull. It helps to create shining in the brain. It also strengthen the upper and lower GI tract.
Conclusion
Yoga is the holistic science which provide us many techniques to tone up our body internally and externally. Asana helps to strenthing our muscles and bones and pranayama which makes easy for pranic flow. The satkarma helps to cleansing our internal organ. Yoga provides positive energy in our human body without any side effects.
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by Tirtha Acharya | Sep 26, 2016 | Yoga
Adolescent is the time occurs from child to young age. The time of adulthoodness also called a teenager with complete changes in physical, psychological and social aspects with onset of puberty. This period mainly start at the age of 12 and end around the age of 21 with the development of primary sexual characteristics. It includes Major pubertal and biological changes include changes to the sex organs, height, weight, and muscle mass. Rapid change in reproductive organs and external genital organ also change in major function of brain structure. The females start to getting menstruation and the boy get change in their voice. Both get start to grow of hair in their armpit and also develop pubic hair. The secondary sexual characteristics like non reproductive traits such as breast and hips in girls and facial hair and deepening of voice in boys develop. Pubic hair and hair in the armpit grow in both sexes. Also there is develop in the cognitive like increase in the knowledge and also ability to think abstractly and reason more effectively. During adolescence neurons in the frontal cortex grow myelin which speeds up nerve conduction. Frontal cortex lags behind limbic system development. Hormonal surges and limbic system may explain teens’ occasional impulsiveness. Adolescence are the building block of the nation.
But in this modern era with the advancement of technology the adolescence are full by conflicts of values, emotional stress and readiness to extreme attitudes, which invariably leads to several psycho-social problems of adolescents. Prevalence of Adolescents between 10-19 years are potentially facing HIV. High morbidity and mortality associated with pubertal and adolescent pregnancy. Cultural practices often involve sexual abuse or exploitation. Boys and girls reveal a poor understanding of their sexuality and information sources seem to be media and peers. Early marriage in girls Increasing Population and being victims STIs due to unprotected sexual action.
Holistic management
Excessive stress is harmful and may lead to dropping out of life. To meet the demands of a modern life-style which is full of speed, stress and tension, an all-round child health program is becoming crucial day by day. The use of yoga for adolescence has diverse applications in maintaining and developing their physical, mental, intellectual, emotional and spiritual levels. Yoga, through its physical postures (asana), breathing practices (pranayama), cleansing techniques (kriya), meditation therapies (dhyana) and relaxation training (yoga nidra) yields a positive effect in the management of stress. Yoga consists of specific postures coordinated with breathing, meditation, and concentration to focus and calm the mind.
Physical asana
Asanas helps reducing obesity, maintain in discipline, decreasing anger and panic attacks in children. Health problems of children such as headaches, stomachaches, constipation, back pain, and colds or sinus problems are cured or improved with a yoga practice as well as a decreased need for medication for children.
Leads towards spiritiuality
Yoga means the integration of body, mind, and spirit, and connection between the self and a divine. Being that leads to self- realization or one’s true identity – the authentic self. Yoga helps individuals focus attention. Humans are viewed as consciousness-energy (cit-shakti), and the physical body surrounds this underlying existence. Yoga as a traditional practice was thought to lead to self -transformation through transcendence of the ego. The mind and breath are intimately connected so that influencing the one will affect the other. Yoga develops the spiritual side of our nature, morality, justice, truthfulness, love, and sacrifice for the common good, peace and discipline in children. An important aspect of spirituality is Spiritual empowerment which comes through prayer, self-less service to mankind; serving one’s parents, to be loving, keeping our self and our ego in disciplined check, courtesy and humility, firmly upholding the principle of justice, being self-less or detached etc. These qualities come through the love of god.
Pranayama
Yoga is very useful for adolescence for calm down their mind and bring awareness also helps to manage stress from all aspects also influence well beings and good health. Yoga provides a non-threatening and gentle method to increase physical fitness and enhance health and well being.It enhance imagination concentration, and academic performance and also improves attention deficient problems being.
Diet therapy
The fastest growth periods of a children’s life need healthy nutritional food which is important for supporting the growing body, for preventing future health problems. Food which reduce fat is advice able Fitness is important than looking slim. Balance diet is important for obesity
Increased nutritional needs
Calories : boys- 2500-2800 Calories /day, girls- 2200 Calories/day
Protein: 45-60g
Calcium: 1200 mg/day
Iron boys: 12 mg/day, 15 mg/day
Recommended food: Milk & Milk products (Curd, Paneer), Green vegetables, Fruits, Cereals
Soups, Juices, Regular meals, Balanced Diet
Avoided food: Pizza ~ Burger ~ Sandwich, Aerated drinks / Preserved Juices, Coffee / Cocktails / Mocktails, French Fries. Avoid food with fat.
Food habit may lead to Anemia, eating disorder and hormonal dis balance. Skipping the breakfast and meals should avoid and keep habit of fiber fruits and raw vegetable.
Exercise & Physical Activity: Playing game, visiting new place develop:
Improves your strength & endurance, Bones & muscles becomes more healthy, Avoids weight gain, Reduces anxiety & stress, Increases self-esteem, confidence.
Life style should be:
Regular, Simple, Optimistic, Helping hand, interdependence, Getting involved in humanitarian activities, Respecting social values & spirituality.
Pranayama
Yoga is very useful for adolescence for calm down their mind and bring awareness also helps to manage stress from all aspects also influence well beings and good health. Yoga provides a non-threatening and gentle method to increase physical fitness and enhance health and well being.It enhance imagination concentration, and academic performance and also improves attention deficient problems being.
Diet therapy
The fastest growth periods of a children’s life need healthy nutritional food which is important for supporting the growing body, for preventing future health problems. Food which reduce fat is advice able Fitness is important than looking slim. Balance diet is important for obesity
Increased nutritional needs
Calories : boys- 2500-2800 Calories /day, girls- 2200 Calories/day
Protein: 45-60g
Calcium: 1200 mg/day
Iron boys: 12 mg/day, 15 mg/day
Recommended food: Milk & Milk products (Curd, Paneer), Green vegetables, Fruits, Cereals
Soups, Juices, Regular meals, Balanced Diet
Avoided food: Pizza ~ Burger ~ Sandwich, Aerated drinks / Preserved Juices, Coffee / Cocktails / Mocktails, French Fries. Avoid food with fat.
Food habit may lead to Anemia, eating disorder and hormonal dis balance. Skipping the breakfast and meals should avoid and keep habit of fiber fruits and raw vegetable.
Exercise & Physical Activity: Playing game, visiting new place develop:
Improves your strength & endurance, Bones & muscles becomes more healthy, Avoids weight gain, Reduces anxiety & stress, Increases self-esteem, confidence.
Life style should be:
Regular, Simple, Optimistic, Helping hand, interdependence, Getting involved in humanitarian activities, Respecting social values & spirituality.
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by Tirtha Acharya | Sep 26, 2016 | Yoga
Hypertension is a major public health issue and affects approximately billion of people worldwide and is a major risk factor in the development of stroke and cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease. Hypertension is a non-communicable disease having high prevalence and a concomitant increase in the risk of disease. This disease leads to cause of death for both men and women worldwide and also increase the risk of developing anxiety and depression.
Hypertension is caused due to increase in the volume of blood as a result increase pressure in the lateral wall of the vessel. It is also defined as blood pressure which exceeds 140mmhg over 90mmhg. Blood pressure has two terminologies; systolic pressure which means an output of blood from the heart when it contracts and diastolic mean when the heart is at rest. The normal value of systolic is 120mmhg and diastolic is 80mmHg. Blood pressure depends upon the action. When a body is at rest at night, it falls down and when the body is at work or exceeds to high. Hypertension is classified as primary hypertension and secondary hypertension. Primary hypertension is due to genetic factors and nonspecific lifestyle. Secondary hypertension defined as high blood pressure due to an know cause such as chronic kidney disease, narrowing arteries of kidney and endocrine disorder.
Causes of hypertension
The exact cause of hypertension is unknown but several factors effects on its development.
Sedentary lifestyle
Intake of more salt
Stress
Genetics
Sign and symptoms of hypertension
Usually, it is asymptomatic which means patients does not feel any discomfort. It is also called silent killer as it damages the heart silently. Some of the symptoms are:
A headache persists with high blood pressure
Pain in the back of the head
Vertigo
Prevention of hypertension through yoga
In this modern era, all non-communicable disease including hypertension is induced due to stress. Adhija vyadhi means stress born disease. The stress reaction causing autonomic and endocrine imbalance leading to disease in the gross body.
We are only concern to cure the physical body. Since the disease arises from the inner astral layer of our existence. So the yoga therapy that provides techniques for correcting the problem at both from the gross and subtle levels. Yoga practices help in bringing about balance at the level of the five kosas (panca kosas) so that complete health can be restored. Panca Kosa was found to be the most holistic concept of human existence which is in no way contracting the modern scientific approach to the understanding of human body. It is more generalized, holistic and hence can contain in it the physical body (annamaya kosa) the next three layers pranamaya, manomaya and vijnanamaya kosas which are called the subtle bodies in the Vedanta and spiritual lore. The fifth kosa the anandamaya kosa is the causal body from where all the other layers take birth. Thus we got a holistic and concrete perspective of human existence as the foundation for yoga therapy. The practices at annamaya kosa include yogaasanas, sithilikarana, vyayama(loosening practices) yoga diet and yoga kriya at pranamaya kosa, breathing practices, breathing kriyas and pranayama. At the manomaya kosa, the practices are meditation (cyclic meditation and om meditation), devotional sessions and happy assembly whereas lectures, counseling and satsangs corrects the notions about one life style of the individual. Karma yoga and tuning to nature are the practices that help one to get established in anandamaya kosa bringing bliss in our lives.
Yoga pacifies the sympathetic nervous system and slow down the heart and relax muscles and mind deeply. It is the holistic science which manage the hypertension from root level. Some of the beneficial practices for hypertension are as follows:
Standing practices
Hastauthanasana
Twisting
Rotation of hip
Ardha cakrasana
Ardhakati cakrasana
Garudasana
Vrichya asana (tree postures)
Sitting practices
Gaumukh asana
Ustrasana
Ardamatyandra asana
Vakrasana
Supine practices
Savaasana
naukasana
Prone practices
Bhujangaasana
Salamba asana
Pranayama (Breathing practices)
Pranayama is the breathing exercise which is equally beneficial. Conscious breathing quickly lowers blood pressure. Pranayama can practice in sitting position with adopting any mudra. The back and neck should be straight while practicing. It can be practice in lying down to encourages the breath to arise smoothly without any force. There should be no strain in body but it should be relax completely. Some of the breathing exercise are:
Naddhisuddhi
Bramari
Right nostril breathing
Left nostril breathing
Bastrika
Sectional breathing
Hand stretch out breathing 3 stage
Tiger breathing
Sitali
Sitkari
Diet for hypertension
Diet therapy is an important factor in overall care of GI patients. Diet plays a vital role for the proper function of the cardiovascular. Food should be fresh. Sattwik vegetable food is preferable. All the green leafy vegetable which produce antioxidant are beneficial.
- Eat more fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy foods.
- Cut back on foods that are high in saturated fat, cholesterol, and Trans fats.
- Eat more whole-grain foods, poultry, and nuts.
- Limit sodium, sweets, sugary drinks, red meats.
- Magnesium, potassium and fiber help to control the blood pressure
Treatment of hypertension from sat karma
Satkarma
Satkarma is a very precise and systematic holistic science. The satkarma is briefly describe in hatha yoga pradipika. The Sanskrit meaning of satkarma: sat is six and karma means actions. Satkarma consists of six internal purification techquies. It helps to create harmonies in the body by balancing the two pranic flow ida and pigala. The six satkarma are as follows:
Neti
It is process of purifying of the respiratory tract and the nasal cavity. It includes jalaneti and sutra neti
Dhauti
It is aslo called vamana dhouti which the cleansing process of the upper gastrointestinal tract.
Nauli
A method of massaging and strenghting the abdominal organs.
Kapalvati
It is a breathing techniques for purifiying the brain and skull. It helps to create shining in the brain
Trataka
It is the intense practice of gazing eyes in one point or spot to increase power of concentration. It is excellent exercise of the eyeball.
Conclusion
Yoga is the holistic science which provide us many techniques to tone up our body internally and externally. Asana helps to strengthen our muscles and bones and pranayama which makes easy for pranic flow. The satkarma helps to cleansing our internal organ. Yoga provides positive energy in our human body without any side effects.
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