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Air Therapy : Pranayam

First Level

      Pranayam

• To do Pranayam, sit relaxed in a well-ventilated place, preferably in a garden or near a tree. Sit on a chair or on the floor.

• Sit relaxed and try to calm down for a few minutes.

• Keep your body straight, backbone stiff, head up, chest out, eyes facing in
  front.

• Place the right thumb on the right nostril, and inhale  slowly through the left nostril. Keep inhaling slowly, until you feel at ease, as long as you conveniently can. While inhaling, let the mind not be vacant. Observe the very act of you inhaling. As days go by you will be able to witness yourself watching the breath and your thoughts.

• When you think you have inhaled to your best ability close the left nostril, through which you were inhaling, with two middle fingers. Thus when you closed both the nostrils, do not let the breath escape through the mouth; keep the inhaled breath within you in the lungs, in the stomach, in the abdomen; all the cavities being filled with air, the air which you have inhaled.

• When the breathed air is within you, let the mind not be vacant. Observe the very act of you holding the air.  As days go with this practice you will be able to witness yourself watching the breath and your thoughts. Your mind will wander but keep observing the thoughts.

• When you think that you cannot hold the breath any longer, then, keeping the left nostril closed, open the right nostril slowly, gradually exhale through the right nostril. Here let the mind not be vacant; let it observe the very act of exhaling.

• When you have exhaled, when you have breathed out as far as you  conveniently can, take off the hand from your nose; don't allow the air to come in for sometime, for as long as you can, and while, by your efforts the air is not allowed to enter the lungs through the nostrils, let the mind again observe the whole process.

• Then allow the breath to fill your nostrils. Inhale and exhale just as you would inhale and exhale rapidly after taking a long walk. This natural inhalation and exhalation which will go on very rapidly is Pranayam by itself. This is our
  natural Pranayam. After resting, by allowing your lungs to inhale and exhale for sometime, begin again.

Thus in this Pranayam, you went through four steps, both physical and mental:

The first step was inhaling. The inhaling part was the physical process, and observing was a mental process. 

Again, while you kept the breath in your lungs, there was a double process, the physical process of keeping it in your lungs, and the mental process of observing.

In the third step, you exhaled through the right nostril.

Then there was the fourth step of keeping the breath outside.

Thus the first half of Pranayam is done with this fourth step: One-half is finished.

• Now begin again, not with the left nostril but with the right one. Mental process is the same as before. Inhale through the right nostril, and while inhaling, observe the very act of inhaling.

• After inhaling to your fill, as long as you conveniently can, keep the breath within you and observe your thoughts.

• After that, exhale through the left nostril.

• Follow as you did with the left nostril.

These eight steps form Pranayam. Try to lengthen every one of these steps as long as you can. This is harmonious motion; just as a pendulum has got double oscillation, so here you have to make a pendulum of your breath. This sharpens the witnessing aspect of your awareness.

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Air Therapy for Purification

of Body and Mind

 Pranayam -Air to Clean the Body
Live cells produce waste products like carbon dioxide. Increased blood circulation removes this waste and makes the cells healthy again. This is attained by Pranayam. If garbage in the house is regularly removed, the house will not stink and roaches and other disease-producing microbes will be unable to set up base. Similarly, our body (the home in which the soul dwells) should be rid of all garbage to maintain good health.

 Pranayam-Air to Bring Awareness to the Mind 

       This is the real purpose of Pranayam. Without food, the body can survive for a few weeks; without water, for a few days; but without air, only a few seconds. So, air is the most essential component of the five elements that maintain life. The moment air is lacking, our whole awareness shifts to our breath. In water or places where oxygen supply is less, we gasp for air and no other thought enters our mind other than air for breathing. So air, in a way, controls our thoughts. This aspect is exploited in Pranayam. We deliberately control the flow of air through our nostrils and by doing so we bring our thoughts to focus on the breath.

        This is the moment we can watch our thoughts and bring ourselves to a state of awareness. Hence, Pranayam is a good method for strengthening our awareness.  Focus of mind helps the flow of  thoughts and Pranayam helps in accomplishing that. Here the focus of our mind is on the thought of breath.

       Hence, the wandering mind can be brought under control  to focus through Pranayam. And finally you have body-mind coordination through Pranayam and purity of both the mind and the body.

Step 1: Do Pranayam at the physical level of regulating your breathing through the nostrils.

Step 2: Once you have practiced the method at the physical level, slowly start to watch your thoughts that are aware of the breathing. Do this for a while until you are able to watch your thoughts.

Step 3:The final stage is when you are able to witness yourself watching your thoughts. This is pure awareness. This is the state of getting all inspiration for work, healing and success of material needs or spiritual needs.

This is the real purpose of Pranayam and our ultimate goal.

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  Pranayam-Logic

       Like other elements, we share the air with all the other living forms in this universe. Without food, the body can survive for some weeks; without water, for few days but without air, only a few seconds. So, air is the most essential component of the five elements that maintain life. 

     The air that we breathe contains oxygen, and in the lungs, the oxygen gets dissolved into the blood. The oxygen is distributed to all the cells of the body in different proportions. When oxygen supply is limited to one particular group of cells or organ, disease(s) manifest.  Our emotions also play a role in the amount of oxygen supply to various organs of the body. Through mental agitations blood flow and oxygen supply is altered in one or many organs of the body leading to one or more diseases. Awareness of organs and the flow of blood to the cells through exercise ensures proper oxygen supply to cells.

         The aim of Air Therapy is to supply the vital oxygen in correct amount.

    Ancient Indian healing systems understood that improper breathing could lead to many disturbances in the body. This can be corrected by a breathing technique called Pranayam.

        The vital force in the body is called Praana and the procedure is called Pranayam.
 

       Pranayam is popularly known as a breathing exercise. In fact, it is a breathing exercise but there is more to it than that. In the Indian yoga system, Pranayam is one of the yogic techniques to master the mind. Though this technique offers health benefits, in its culmination it helps one to progress on the spiritual path. We use Pranayam in Pancha Bhoota Healing to maintain or restore good health and also to show a connection between mind and body which is a key factor in self healing.

In Pranayam, breathing with awareness anchors the wandering mind to focus on the breath. Since the mind is now available, the awareness of the breath connects the body and mind. This mind-body connection allows proper blood flow and oxygen supply to all the cells of the body leading to good health.

    When the mind stays in tune with the body through the connection of the breath, it leads to mind control. This deliberate attention of the mind on the breath is an easier way to control the wandering mind. This is why starting with Pranayam helps in meditating.

   While doing Pranayam, focus on the breath and be aware of the whole body filled with oxygen which is distributed throughout the cells of the body. All the cells are thus energized with the proper supply of oxygen and are healthy.

Insufficient Breathing
      Praana in Sanskrit means “Life Force”. Normally we inhale only very little air compared to the capacity of the lungs. We never breathe to the full volume of the lungs. Another problem is that the breathing is not equal through both the nostrils.

     When brain cells get enough oxygen and blood supply, memory improves and enhances the performance of brain functions which causes enhanced physical performance as well.

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  Space Therapy

Fundamental element of all objects is space.  Space is the one which encompasses everything in this cosmos. Everything exists in space. Space cannot be defined. Space can be defined only when there are two objects. With one object there is no question of space.

Space and awareness - The ancient Indian spiritual masters equated space to awareness.

What is awareness?

With this questions the loop comes to a circle, from where we started. Please proceed  space therapy page and get information about method to use space for healing and general health. With that you get complete information of the five steps for health using the five elements of nature the Pancha Bhootas.

After reading about Space then you will  read about awareness and Consciousness in detail. Till then continue to read about the basic space therapy techniques first and then the advanced methods finally.