First
of all I want to say sorry to all of my dear friends and members for not
updating this blog regularly, actually now a days I am getting busy with my clients.
Well
in my series of various yogic techniques, now I am going to tell you and explain
Nadi Shodhan Pranayam.
Nadi Shodhan
Pranayam-
Nadi
means “Plexuses” and Shodhan means “to purify”
You
may be acquainted with the term Nadis which means plexuses
i.e. intersection of nerves. These nadis can be obstructed and blocked due to
our previous deeds, present deeds, fooding habits, thought. Due to which reason
prana shakti (life force), by which our whole body system functions, gets
weaken and sometimes completely blocked.
The
blockage of these nadis can cause various kinds of diseases including cancer,
diabetes, long term diseases etc.
By
practicing Nadi Shodhan Pranayam, we can clean our nadi system so that prana
shakti (life force) can flow and be maintained throughout body.
Most
of the persons gets confused between anulom vilom and nadi shodhan pranayam,
well let me explain that nadi shodhan pranayam is advanced form of anulom
vilom. However, anulom vilom also clean nadis but Nadi shodhan pranayam have
greater impact on nadis and invoke yogic fire (yoga agni), which purifies nadis
in less time.
In
fact, no pranayam (breathing technique) can give any result unless your nadis are
clean and pure. So every yoga practitioner should practice Nadi Shodhan
Pranayam daily, so let me explain Nadi Shodhan pranayam.
In
Nadi Shodhan Pranayam, first we have to inhale from any of one (left or right) nostril
(preferably from left nostril) slowly and the moment you stops inhaling for
that nostril, you have to hold your breath inside and simultaneously you have
to perform mulbandha (with lower abdomen in) & Jalandhar bandha for such
time as you can hold your breath comfortably; and when you feel that now you
need another breath, then you have to exhale slowly. This is half procedure and
you have to repeat the same procedure from other nostril also. This will
complete one round of nadi shodhan pranayam. You have to do nadi shodhan
pranayam in the following proportions-
Inhale
(purak) – 1
Breath
hold (Kumbhak) -4
Exhale
(Rechak) -2
That
is, by doing inhaling-holding breath-exhaling in the ratio 1:4:2, your
breathing capacity will be increased gradually and your nadi system will be
purified in due course of time.
By
practicing NadiShodhan Pranayam (atleast for 4 times in morning, noon and
evening) , your sushmana naadi will be awakened and you will feel that now your
both of nostrils are working regularly for long time. It’s one of symptom
before awakening of kundalini shakti.
Nadi
Shodhan Pranayam is one of technique by which Prana shakti meets Apana Shakti
at Manipur KShetra (Navel) consciously, and when these two forces meets, spark
generated, which in result can activate and invoke kundalini shakti.
I
remember that when my kundalini shakti gets awakened, my sushmana was activated
continuously for months without break.
