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Yoga and management of stress

What is stress?
Stress is any kind of pressure that effect a person in his daily life. This effect may be healthy or unhealthy depending on his reactions on the stress factors. As per this definition there are three factors which make up the stress. The first is the causative factors also called stressor, second is [...]

Benefits of Kapalbhati Pranayam

KAPALBHATI – This cleansing process is related to respiratory system. It also affects all the parts of the respiratory system (From nose to Alveoli).
Technique of Kapalbhati
Any meditative posture can be adopted for the practice of Kapalbhati. Padmasana is the best preferred because the triangular base formed gives more stability and also it enables to maintain [...]

Apan Vayu Mudra for heart attack

Heart disease has been dubbed as a life-style disease which occurs especially in city people, who (due to lack of time as well as will power) do not exercise at all, do no physical work, eat junk food very often, sleep very late at night, eat dinner also very late-often after 9 or 10 p.m., [...]

Heal with Yoga Nidra

Indian ancient saints, as well as, contemporary yogis have established a wonderful relaxation technique called Yoga nidra. There are several techniques to relax the body and mind. Yoghea nidra is probably the best known technique to induce complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation. It is a method of peeling off the subliminal sheath of conscious [...]

Effects and benefits of Pranayama

“Just as fire burns the impurities of the minerals from the rocks, so also internal impurities are removed by pranayama.” – Brhadyogi-yajnavalkya-smruti
“With the accomplishment of the practice of pranayama one perceives effulgent light, becomes omniscient and attains longevity.” – Kumbhaka Padhati
From the physiological points of view the effects of pranayama may be described as follows; [...]

Diabetes Complications and Relief from Exercise and Yoga

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia (high glucose levels) and glycosuria and occurs because of relative deficiency or diminished effectiveness of insulin – a hormone secreted by Pancrease, which regulates, the carbohydrate metabolism. Diabetes the future epidemic, having three hundred million patients at present throughout the world creating measure challenge towards human resource [...]

Yoga and Holistic Health

Holistic health is a concept where in one looks out for total health. Yogic concept of health is also based on the same holistic approach. Yoga means integration, to join with each other, to become whole, total and complete at all levels – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual
It is heartening to note that more and [...]

Diet and Yoga Therapy for Cancer

There is a need for emphasizing again & again that health of the individual is mainly dependent or determined by their behaviour, their food and nature of their environment. This is true in each and every disease & also in case of Cancer – which still is a dreaded but less spoken about these days [...]

The Healing Power of Mudras

Book Review
The Healing Power of Mudras
Author – Rajendar Menen
104 pp., Soft cover book, 2005
Price Rs. 80/-
ISBN 81-223-0873-2
Published by Pustak Mahal, New Delhi
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It is believed that human body is controlled by five elements, viz. air fire, air, water, earth and sky. These elements are present in fixed proportions and even the slightest imbalance of any of [...]

Relevance of yoga in health

Yoga is the science of right living and as such is intended to be incoporated in daily life. It works on all aspects of the person; the physical, vital, mental, emotional, psychological and spritual.
INTRODUCTION:
Present day life is becoming more mechanical with stressful lifestyle, though there is improvement in the standard of living in social, economical [...]


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