Blood Pressure

Blood pressure is a measurement of the pressure in your arteries during the active and resting phases of each heartbeat.

·         Systolic pressure. The top number in a blood pressure reading is the amount of pressure your heart generates when pumping blood through your arteries to the rest of your body.

·         Diastolic pressure. The bottom number in a blood pressure reading refers to the amount of pressure in your arteries when your heart is at between beats.

There are 2 types of Blood pressure problems namely-

·        High Bp (Hypertension)

·        Low Bp (Hypotension)

What is high blood pressure (Hypertension)?

• High blood pressure, or hypertension, occurs when your blood pressure increases to unhealthy levels. Your blood pressure measurement takes into account how much blood is passing through your blood vessels and the amount of resistance the blood meets while the heart is pumping.
• Narrow arteries increase resistance. The narrower your arteries are, the higher your blood pressure will be. Over the long term, increased pressure can cause health issues, including heart disease.

What is low blood pressure

 (Hypotension)?

·         Hypotension is the opposite of hypertension. It is best understood as a physiological state rather than a disease. Severely low blood pressure can deprive the brain and other vital organs of oxygen and nutrients, leading to a life-threatening condition called shock.

·         Hypotension can be caused by low blood volume(hypovolemia), hormonal changes, widening of blood vessels(vasodilation), anemia, heart problems, or endocrine problems. Some medications also lead to hypotension.      

 

Yoga to cure Blood pressure problems

For Hypertension

Breathing exercises are the best to cure hypertension and some of them are-

Anulom Vilom

·         Always sit in Sukhasana with your hands resting sideways on the knees.

·         You can also sit in Padmasana. 

·         If you begin from the left then close the right nostril with your right thumb and inhale slowly to fill up your lungs.

·         Now, exhale slowly from the right nostril. 

·         It is essential to focus on your breath and practice the technique slowly.

·         Repeat 60 times or for 5 minutes. You can do this any time of the day.

 Bhastrika Pranayama

• Sit on the padmasana with eye closed.
• Take a deep breath in (inhale), filling the lungs with air.
• After that gently breathe out.
• In this inhaling and exhaling should take the same length of time-2.5 seconds to breathe in and 2.5 seconds to breathe out.
• While you breathe in (inhale) assume that you are taking in positive energy and vibrations and that you are being energized by them.
• During breathe out (exhale), imagine that you are taking out all the toxins from our body and find. (feel that during breathing out all the toxins comes out through your breath)

*(Both the breathing exercises should be practiced with normal rate of speed, neither too much fast nor too slow otherwise result will not be desirable.

Some other asanas like-

• Savasana
• Markat asana

For Hypotension

There are some physical as well as breathing exercises which are helpful in hypotension and these are-

• Surya Namaskar

• Walking
• Jogging

Breathing exercises-

·        Anulom Vilom

·        Kapalbhati

Sources
Wikipedia

Healthline

Swami ramdev channel youtube

Self Knowledge

Yoga for Diabetes

Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Blood glucose is your main source of energy and comes from the food you eat. Insulin, a hormone made by the pancreas, helps glucose from food get into your cells to be used for energy.

In Yoga there are some asanas and breathing exercises which helps an individual to cure diabetes and these are-

1.       Mandukasana

                         

How to perform Mandukasana?

  

·         Assume Vajraasana, and then make fist of both the hands by pressing the thumb inside with the help of fingers.

·         Exhale and place the fists on your naval and gently press while bending the body forward.

·         Inhale and hold the pose while looking forward, and ensure that your chest should touch the thighs.

·         Stay in the pose for 30-60 seconds while breathing slowly, release, and repeat the same for 3-5 times.

2.      Vakraasana

How to perform Vakraasana?

·         Sit on the ground with your legs extended in front of you.

·         Bend the right leg at the knee and place the right foot near the left knee, sole touching the ground.

·         ­Twist the body at the hip and place your left hand on the ground near the right foot so that the right leg is between the left arm and the left leg.

·         Place your right hand on the ground behind your back. Right hand should be straight and the head should be tilted towards the right. In this posture, the left foot, both the shoulders and right arm should be in one line. The weight of the entire body should be on the buttocks.

·         Likewise practice on the other side of the body (left side)

·         Breathe in while rotating your body. While coming to the normal position, breathe out.

3.       Ardha Matsyendrasana­­

How to perform Ardha Matsyendrasana?

·         Sit erect with your legs stretched out. Make sure that your feet are placed together and your spine is absolutely erect.

·         Now, bend your left leg such that the heel of the left foot lies next to the right hip. You could also keep the left leg stretched out if you like.

·         Then, place the right leg next to the left knee by taking it over the knee.

·         Twist your waist, neck, and shoulders towards the right, and set your gaze over your right shoulder. Make sure your spine is erect.

·         There are many ways you can place your arms to increase and decrease the stretch. But to do it simply, you can place the right hand behind you, and the left hand on the right knee.

·         Hold the pose for a few seconds, about 30 to 60 as you breathe slowly, yet deeply.

·         Exhale and release the right hand, and then the waist, chest, and finally the neck. Relax as you sit straight.

·         Repeat the steps on the other side, and then exhale and come back to the front.

Breathing Exercises

Anulom Vilom

·         Always sit in Sukhasana with your hands resting sideways on the knees.

·         You can also sit in Padmasana. 

·         If you begin from the left then close the right nostril with your right thumb and inhale slowly to fill up your lungs.

·         Now, exhale slowly from the right nostril. 

·         It is essential to focus on your breath and practice the technique slowly.

·         Repeat 60 times or for 5 minutes. You can do this any time of the day.

Kapalbhati

·         Sit comfortably with your spine erect. Place your hands on the knees.

·         Take a deep breath in.

·         As you exhale, pull your stomach. Pull your navel in back towards the spine. Do as much as you comfortably can. You may keep your right hand on the stomach to feel the abdominal muscles contract.

·         As you relax the navel and abdomen, the breath flows into your lungs automatically.

·         Take 20 such breaths to complete one round of Kapal Bhati Pranayama.

·         After completing the round, relax with your eyes closed and observe the sensations in your body.

·         Can do more rounds also

*Heart patients should avoid Kapalbhati.

These asanas are great way of dealing and preventing many of the common diseases we all are facing, so keep practicing yoga, and keep uplifting its benefits to the most throughout your life.

How Yoga is helpful for you?

Yoga is not only a part of physical exercise, it is a group of Mental, Spiritual as well as Physical disciplines or practices.

Yoga will help you to develop the following qualities:-

·       Physical Power

It is something which an

every individual needs to

perform any task and

physical power boosts an

individual’s confidence

and all this turns out in a

very productive way.

Yoga improves Flexibility, strength, posture, endurance and various other things through various asanas. It will help to overcome from various pains and problems such as-

            Headache

            Back Pain

            Arthritis

Yoga will make your body relaxed and full of enthusiasm through its ability of imparting physical power to an every individual who practice yoga

   

·     Mental Peace              

      It is the most important

and nowadays lacking

in an every individual’s

life and every individual

should work on it to

achieve in order to live

life happily

The best few things which an individual can involve in his life in order to achieve mental peace are:-

Introspection

Satisfaction

Keeping ourselves calm

In Yoga there are two broad terms which can be used to have mental peace in an individual’s life and these are:-

Meditation

It is the best way to achieve relaxation by a method of focusing mind on a particular thought, activity or object.

Meditation help an individual who is affected by-

1.      Anger

2.      Frustration

3.      Interpersonal conflict

Pranayam

§  It is control over breath

§  It is the concept of Inhale, holding and then Exhale

§  It is one of the Eight components of Ashtanga Yoga

·       Spiritual knowledge

 Knowledge related to spirituality

will help an each individual to get

knowledge about the inner self

and the chakras and how the

chakras work

§  It is the sign of Humanity

§  It will keep an individual

spiritually connected.

The process of acquiring spiritual knowledge is a long term process and this knowledge must be kept secret, show off  of knowledge will not benefit an individual and he will start losing control on his powers.

                 -          By DIXIT’s YOGA

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References-

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