भस्त्रिका प्राणायाम (BHASTRIKA PRAYANAMA)

Introduction-

            Breathing activity (inhaling and exhaling) is done fast in this prayanama. Bhastrik is called dhamani in the Sanskrit language. It has been called bhastrika in yoga because speed of breathing activity (inhaling and exhaling) of the human is like dhamani of louhar in this prayanama. This prayanama makes the mind and life stable and helps to awake the kundilini power too. The yogis changed their fickle sperm in steam by the practice of this prayanama

The practice of this prayanama is done by the two techniques.

First technique-

first, you simply sit in padhda asana or sukha asana for practice of this prayanama. Now put your left hand beside the navel and palm upward. After that, touch the thumb of right hand with the right nostril and middle and index finger with the left nostril. Now close the right nostril, and exhale with the fast sound from the right nostril and take breath again with speed.

heave and shrink the stomach in this activity. After that, close the left nostril and exhale with the sound from the right, and take breath with speed too. Now close the right nostril and exhale with the sound from the left nostril. After doing this activity 15-20 times, take breath from both the nostril and close the left nostril and exhale from the right nostril slowly. Now close the left nostril and take breath with speed from the right nostril and exhale. After doing this activity 10-15 times, do the breathing activity (exhaling and inhaling) like before. After that, close the right nostril and exhale from the left nostril slowly

After that, take breath and exhale from the both the nostrils with speed. Thus, do this activity 10-15 times. After that, stop your breath after taking according to your capacity and exhale from both the nostrils slowly. Do the practice of these three 10-15 times and try to increase its time till 50 times slowly. Deep breath is taken with speed in this activity. Keep attention that exhale with voice and inhale without sound. The stomach also should be heaved and shrunk while exhaling and inhaling. Thus, do the practice of this activity 3-5 times.  

Second technique-

You simply sit in padhda asana for practice and put both the hands on the knees. Now take the breath with speed from both the nostrils and exhale. After that, take deep breath and stop according to your capacity, and do the practice of jalandhara bandh. Stay in this position for sometimes. After that, exhale. This activity should be done 3-5 times. Concentrate on the OM after closing the eyes in this activity and do the practice of meditation after keeping good thoughts in the mind.

Special note-

            Keep the stomach inside (stretched) while taking breath. The person should eat excessive butter, ghee and milk while practice of this prayanama. Close your eyes while practice of prayanama and do the adoration of OM while inhaling and exhaling, and concentrate on the good thoughts in the mind.

Precaution-

            The person should reduce the time of prayanama practice in the summer season. If someone feels problems in breathing while practice, he should make clean the nostrils with the water firstly. If the person feels darkness front of the eyes, excessive sweat, giddiness or mystification, he should stop the practice.  The person, who suffers from high blood pressure and heart problems, should not do the practice of this prayanama. If both the nostrils of any person do not open, he should take breath and exhale from the nostrils in turn, and in the last take breath from both the nostrils and exhale. Do the practice of this prayanama for 3-5 minutes

Benefits-

this prayanama awakes the kundilini power. It makes the digestive system and nerves system strong. Indigestion, constipation, gas disorders, cold, catarrh, allergy, breathing problems, asthma, chronic catarrh, sinus, lungs disorders, thyroid and tonsil are cured by doing the practice of this prayanama. This prayanama makes the mind, heart and lungs strong after purifying. 

It cures the tridosa (vatta, pitta and kapha) disorders and makes normal. This prayanama purifies the blood and brings out all the poisonous elements from the stomach. It is very useful for the both male and female. All the diseases of reproductive organs, diabetes and diseases of nostrils and chest are cured by doing the practice of this prayanama. This prayanama reduces the obesity. It is also useful to make the penkriyaj glands active properly.