Namaste and Welcome to Namaste Yoga.
My name is Surbhi. The goal of my Channel is
to tell you all those little tips and
tricks that many yoga teachers know but
somehow in the class setting they do not
get conveyed to the students.
Today's topic is going to be Bhastrika Pranayama.
Bhastrika is considered as the gateway
of all the pranayamas. Bhastrika
increases the prana in your body.
It increases the oxygen level in
our body. It also revives and stimulates
our circulatory and nervous system.
Basically it takes all the toxins out of
the body and clears your mind
and your body. Clearing the mind sets
the pathway to be successful in the
journey of yoga and doing all the other
Pranayamas. It is also a very very good
therapy for people who have asthma or
allergies. So doing Bhastrika twice a
day really clears out your respiratory
system. While we
breathe the normal breathing is active
inhalation and passive exhalation.
So we inhale actively and then passively
exhale. But in Bhastrika both inhale and
exhale are active. This pranayama can
easily be done while sitting on the
floor or on the chair. If you cannot fold
your knees, you cannot sit on the floor,
sit on the chair and it can be
easily done over there. To start we are
going to involve our hands in this
pranayama but before we start if you
have any upper body issues if you have
stiff neck or stiff upper body and you
feel pain by doing this, stop! Do not
involve your hands, just follow the
breath. Keep your hands beside you,
close your fist very lightly, not very
tight very lightly, and inhale and raise
your hands up actively, inhale and exhale
bring them down, inhale exhale inhale
exhale
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and relax.
Inhalation should be active, exhalation
should be active. And see if you can
inhale for at least two seconds and
exhale for at least two seconds. So
follow it with me. We will do it about
five to ten times. If you get tired in
between please stop. Ready,
and relax, take a deep breath in and out.
Just stay in this position, watch the
sensations in your body
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Every time you start Bhastrika Pranayama
take a deep breath in first and out,
get your body ready. Another deep
breath in, and out. As I mentioned if you have any
upper body issue and using the hands
making you more sore and you're not able
to do that, just keep up with
the breath, inhale and relax
another deep inhale, and relax. So that is Bhastrika
Pranayama. If you are experiencing any
asthma problems or allergies, do this
twice a day. If you after doing this Pranayama
you feel a little hyperventilated,
it's totally okay, it's absolutely normal,
just relax let your body go, take couple
of normal breaths and you'll feel just
fine. I hope you enjoyed today's video.
I will be coming up with more
pranayamas in my future videos, so please
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Namaste and have a Healthy Day!
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