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