Pranayama: Breathing Practice

Sit in any comfortable posture like Sukhasana, Siddhasana or Vajrasana (see sketch).

Keep left hand on the left knee. Keep the body and head upright. Close the eyes and relax the body. With the right hand manipulate nostrils as required. Place the thumb on the right nostril and ring finger (one next to the little finger) on the left nostril; the mid and index fingers on the eyebrow center (i.e., between the eyebrows on the forehead). See sketch.

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Pranayama: Asanas for Specific Health Problems

Bhujangasana

Lie on stomach with the legs extended and place palms on the floor beside the chest. Rest the forehead on ground. Relax the whole body. Slowly lift the head and the trunk with the help of shoulder muscles; breathing in move back as far as possible holding the head back. Do not lift beyond the pelvic region. Hold this position for 20 30 seconds. See sketch.

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Pranayama: Cleansing Breaths or Advanced Forcing Techniques

Mukha Bhastrika

In this Bhastrika, the breath is blasted out as in bellows; one breathes out through the mouth which is puckered up as though to whistle. This puckered-up lips position is called ‘kaki – mudra’. This gesture stimulates the nerves of the mouth, tongue and throat so that a free cleansing may take place in these vital areas. The main purpose is to reduce the level of carbon dioxide present in the blood stream. It has good effect on oily skin.

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Pranayama: Relief of Pain in Joints and Back

The main objective of this group of asanas is to promote the flow of prana through the nadls, by releasing the blockage in the joints. It is at the joints that the flow of energy is usually impeded.

Leg Series

Sitting Position : Sit erect on floor, legs fully extended. Place hands on the floor with the palms down just beside the hip or behind them. Lean back taking support of the arms.

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Pranayama: Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra is a programme for giving relief from all types of tension namely muscular, emotional and mental. It induces a state of consciousness which is conducive for several types of learning. Several variants of it are extensively used in the so-called sports medicine where athletes improve their abilities without explicitly doing physical exercises or activities.

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Homeopathy: Basic Principles of Homeopathy


The provings produced symptoms from “Mind and head to food”. Each remedy produced symptoms some of which were common to many remedies, yet there were some peculiar symptoms which characterised each single remedy which were not found in exactly the same wayin any other remedy. These provings led Hahnemann to formulate the following rules in selecting the remedies for curing individual patients who present varying group of symptoms according to their own constitutions and temperaments.

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