Yoga Breathing Practices may provide insights into valuable respiratory techniques and control of important variables.
These practices are intended to maintain optimum health--with particular emphasis on stress reduction--but have received little scientific attention. According to yoga tradition, the practices were developed by extensive personal experimentation and keen introspection of the results. The breathing practices, or pranayam, are one component of hatha yoga, which is intended to give one a healthy body and mind.
Reduction of hypertension and dramatic improvement of heart disease have resulted from integrated treatment programs that included yoga breathing practices. However, the roles of individual treatment components have not been delineated in these studies. A review of the scientific information related to yoga breathing practices may be useful for evaluating the role of breathing practices in these programs and for improving the practices or adapting them to special cases.
According to yoga tradition, certain breathing practices induce relaxation and calmness, whereas others are invigorating and arousing. In addition, certain practices are claimed to influence cognitive functioning of the brain hemispheres.
There are four basic types of Yoga Breathing Techniques:-
Dirgha Pranayama,Sukha Pranayama,Sukha Purvaka Pranayama,Vyaghrah Pranayama(the tiger breath)
Yoga encourages you to be more conscious of what is happening inside your body. Combined with yoga breathing exercises you develop a heightened sense of awareness and sensitivity about yourself and your immediate environment. As you learn how to breathe correctly you are empowered to stay calm, to return to your centre and refocus your energy when going through a stressful situation.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Breathing Types Techniques
Proper breathing allows air to enter all areas of the lungs. This increases your chest movement, and strengthens the muscles used for breathing and coughing. These breathing exercises will help to decrease your rate of breathing, pain, and risk for lung infections.
You may find it helpful to do these exercises in front of a mirror so you can watch how you are breathing. Breathe in deeply and do the exercises slowly for the best benefit.
Do each breathing exercise 5-10 times, three times each day.
Breathe in through your nose. Purse your lips like you are going to blow a Whistle or blow out a candle. Breathe out slowly through pursed lips.
Lie flat on your back. Place a book on top of your stomach or lay your hands there. Take a breath in through your nose and feel the book or your hands rise. Slowly let the air out through your nose and feel the book or your hands lower. Your breaths should be easy and without effort.
Sit in a chair or stand up straight. Place both hands on the middle portion of your rib cage. While breathing in, try to push the sides of your rib cage out against your hands. Exhale slowly and repeat.
Sit in a chair or stand up straight. Place both hands on your stomach. Breathe in through your nose and push out your stomach so you feel your hands move. Let the air out slowly through your nose and pull your stomach back in.
You may find it helpful to do these exercises in front of a mirror so you can watch how you are breathing. Breathe in deeply and do the exercises slowly for the best benefit.
Do each breathing exercise 5-10 times, three times each day.
Breathe in through your nose. Purse your lips like you are going to blow a Whistle or blow out a candle. Breathe out slowly through pursed lips.
Lie flat on your back. Place a book on top of your stomach or lay your hands there. Take a breath in through your nose and feel the book or your hands rise. Slowly let the air out through your nose and feel the book or your hands lower. Your breaths should be easy and without effort.
Sit in a chair or stand up straight. Place both hands on the middle portion of your rib cage. While breathing in, try to push the sides of your rib cage out against your hands. Exhale slowly and repeat.
Sit in a chair or stand up straight. Place both hands on your stomach. Breathe in through your nose and push out your stomach so you feel your hands move. Let the air out slowly through your nose and pull your stomach back in.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Epilation Techniques
There are four different types of Epilation.
(1) Tweezing or plucking
(2) Waxing
(3) Sugaring
(4) Rotary Epilators
(1) Tweezing or plucking:-
It is a used to remove hairs from small areas such as on the eyebrows and the odd stray facial hair. Just need to purchase small metal forceps called tweezers which can be obtained from most chemists or pharmacies. With each tweezing action you typically remove a few hairs at once.
(2) Waxing:-
It is a technique that is used to remove hairs from large areas, such as, legs, arms and back. Hot wax is applied on the skin and a cloth is laid into the wax before it sets. Once the wax has hardened the cloth is pulled away taking the wax and hairs with it. This process can be quite painful, especially for those who have higher hair growth rate as they may require waxing two or three times a month. It is not expensive and can also be carried out at home.
(3) Sugaring:-
Sugaring is more or less the same as waxing. The main difference is in the compound used to remove the hair. A sugar solution is made from natural ingredients and is therefore kinder to the skin. It is also a lot easy to clean up afterward. Like waxing, the technique can be performed at home and you can even make your own sugar solution.
(4) Rotary Epilators are devises that remove unwanted hair in an automated way. Some people can use these devices with little discomfort, whereas others find them too painful; it all depends on the person's pain threshold. These devices look like electric shavers but rather than have cutters they have multiple sets of tweezers. You simply run the device of the skin and it plucks out the hairs as it goes. Rotary epilators can be used on any areas of the body. As will all devices they vary in quality. The better quality ones tend to have more powerful motors, grab the hairs firmer, are quieter, and have protective mechanisms to stop the device from nipping the skin.
(1) Tweezing or plucking
(2) Waxing
(3) Sugaring
(4) Rotary Epilators
(1) Tweezing or plucking:-
It is a used to remove hairs from small areas such as on the eyebrows and the odd stray facial hair. Just need to purchase small metal forceps called tweezers which can be obtained from most chemists or pharmacies. With each tweezing action you typically remove a few hairs at once.
(2) Waxing:-
It is a technique that is used to remove hairs from large areas, such as, legs, arms and back. Hot wax is applied on the skin and a cloth is laid into the wax before it sets. Once the wax has hardened the cloth is pulled away taking the wax and hairs with it. This process can be quite painful, especially for those who have higher hair growth rate as they may require waxing two or three times a month. It is not expensive and can also be carried out at home.
(3) Sugaring:-
Sugaring is more or less the same as waxing. The main difference is in the compound used to remove the hair. A sugar solution is made from natural ingredients and is therefore kinder to the skin. It is also a lot easy to clean up afterward. Like waxing, the technique can be performed at home and you can even make your own sugar solution.
(4) Rotary Epilators are devises that remove unwanted hair in an automated way. Some people can use these devices with little discomfort, whereas others find them too painful; it all depends on the person's pain threshold. These devices look like electric shavers but rather than have cutters they have multiple sets of tweezers. You simply run the device of the skin and it plucks out the hairs as it goes. Rotary epilators can be used on any areas of the body. As will all devices they vary in quality. The better quality ones tend to have more powerful motors, grab the hairs firmer, are quieter, and have protective mechanisms to stop the device from nipping the skin.
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