PRANAYAM YOGA FOR LONG LIFE 1

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Anulom Vilom Pranayam is also known as Nadi Shodhana Pranayama or alternate nostril breathing. By the practice of Anulom Vilom Pranayam, the whole nervous system is cleansed and toned.

Procedure of Anulom Vilom Pranayama:

Close your eyes and relax. Sit in this position for a couple of minutes till you settle down. Close your right nostril with your right thumb and inhale slowly through the left nostril. Fill up your lungs to the maximum capacity. Hold your breath.(Do not hold breath initially for 2- 3 months, practice only inhalation and exhalation).

Do not hold breath at all if you are suffering from hypertension, asthma.

Now close left nostril with middle and ring finger and exhale through the right nostril very slowly and rhythmically. Here you will return to its original position and toxic air is released into the atmosphere.

Inhale again through the right nostril. Exhale again through the left nostril. Steps from 1-6 above are called one set of the Anulom Vilom Pranayam. Repeat it gradually for as long as possible. With practice, your inhaling and exhaling time will increase as you will start breathing more deeply, breath will become more smooth.