Swami Ramdev, Swami Ramdev's Yoga, Yoga by Swami Ramdev, Pranayamas of Swami
Ramdev, Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
The Pranayama programs taught
by Swami Ramdev consists of the following seven key breathing exercises (in
sequence):
Bhastrika Pranayam
Kapal Bhati Pranayam
Bahaya Pranayam
Anulom Vilom Pranayama
Bhramri Pranayam
Udgeeth Pranayam
Agnisaar Pranayama
Thses are explained below:
1. Bhastrika : Take deep breath
and release. Do it effortlessly, fill up your lungs and force
the entire breath out. Do it
with a rhythm. Imagine that all the energy of the
Cosmos is entering into you.
Feel that all your poisons are being expelled. Do
it for 5 minutes if you are
relatively healthy. Repeat for another five minutes
if you are ailing, but
gradually as you get accustomed. Bhastrika is very
important for all kinds of
skin problems, however serious and however
strange. Not only leucoderma
but also people suffering discoloration due
to burns have benefitted
from sincerely practising this pranayama everyday.
2. Kapalbhati: Take in air into
your stomach and push it out with a jerk. Only your stomach
should move and not your
body. Your outbreath should cause the adams
apple to move as it pushes
through the throat. Normally one should do this
for fifteen minutes, five
minutes each three times. People with cancers and
other chronic diseases
should do this twice a day totalling 30 minutes.
Swamiji places a great
importance on this pranayam which he says will
help diabetes, regenerate
insulin producing beta cells and also help the
organs in the stomach, the
lungs and the heart. It will open blocked arteries
in the heart.
3. Bahya Pranayam: Take a deep
breath and release. Completely push the stomach in
as you force the breath out
and hold. Move you head downwards till
the chin is fully in touch
with the upper portion of the torso. Hold this
position for 15 seconds and
then move the head up as you breathe in. This
is to be repeated five to
11 times.
4. Agnisar: Take a deep breath,
pull the stomach in as you breathe out. Now hold the
breathe as you move the
stomach in and out in a rhythmic fashion for 15
seconds. Then breathe in
again. Repeat this three to five times. This helps
a lot with the digestive and
eliminative process.
5. Anulom Bilom: Another very
important Pranayama. Sit straight, close the right nostril with
your thumb. Place the
forefinger on the forehead, then breathe in deeply
with the left nostril. Now
close the left nostril with the third and fourth fingers
joined together and breathe
out through the right nostril. Take a deep breath
again through the right
nostril, close it with the thumb, release the left nostril
and breathe out. This is one
cycle. Repeat this cycle continuously for five
minutes. In total do it for
fifteen minutes five minutes at a time three times.
6. Bhramari: Close the ears
with your thumbs, with the second third and fourth fingers
close the eyes, rest the
first finger on the forehead, keep the mouth closed.
Now take a deep breath.
Release the breath through the nose while making
a loud humming noise with
the throat. The noise should reverbate through the
entire body. Repeat the
exercise five to 11 times. You will quite enjoy this
pranayam which will relax
you and activate all the glands of the head.
7. Udgeeth: This is also a
very enjoyable Pranayama. Take a deep breath and release the
breath through the mouth
making the sound "Om". Repeat this five to 11
times. This puts you in
touch with the divine element within you.
Note:Don't
perform these exercises if you don't have a professional instructor it can
be dangerous.
For
more information visit Swami Ramdev's website. It is Official site of Swami
Ramdev's organization Divya Yog Mandir Trust.
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