BREATHING EXERCISES - PART II

After doing the Breathing exercises 1 and 2 the following has to be done. All Breathing exercises has to be done slowly to get full effectiveness

See for Breathing Exercises - Part I in this blog before continuing the Exercises below

EXERCISE - 3

ARTHA NADI SUDDHI

1.Sit on Vajrasana pose with Prithvi Mudra in left hand.
2. Close the eyes and watch the breathe for 10 to 20 seconds.
3. Close the right nostril with the right thumb finger, INHALE slowly through your left nostril.
4. The Index and the middle finger has to be fixed on your fore head.
5. INHALE slowly and EXHALE through the same left nostril slowly. This is one count.
6. Repeat the same for 20 counts INHALING & EXHALING through the left nostril.
7. Now, Close your left nostril with your ring finger with index and middle finger fixed on your fore head.
8. INHALE slowly through your right nostril and EXHALE slowly through the same nostril.
9. Repeat this for 20 counts.

EXERCISE - 4

OMKARA PRANAYAMA

 This improves concentration and benefits our heart, lungs ,brain and calms the mind. Suitable for students since it improves concentration, understanding capability and memory capacity. We can feel the secretion of saliva while doing this breathing thus helping in digestion.

1. Sit erect on Artha Padmasana pose with Apan mudra on both hands.
2. Close the eyes for 10 to 20 seconds.

Apan Mudra/Baba mudra/Mudra of digestion

3. Start chanting 'Oooooo' upto 5 seconds and finish with 'Mmmmm' for 5 seconds in feeble voice.
4. This is one count and no gap should be left between "Ooo" and "Mmm".
5. Repeat this for 20 counts.
6.The seconds can be increased on practicing OMKAR, but the chanting Ooo and chanting Mmm should be equal. That is if we chant "Ooo" for 10 seconds then "Mmm" should be chanted for 10 seconds.
7. We can feel saliva secretion, when we cross 5 to 6 counts.

See for Breathing Exercise - Part III in this blog