Guest guest Posted September 17, 2000 Report Share Posted September 17, 2000 last post, i promise. i was talking to some one about guruji and the diet yogi's eat. i wondered how he could seem so heavy with that kind of diet. they told me that many yogis that do pranayama develop, over time, thickened abdominal girth. she mentioned the photos of BKS iyengar in "Light on Yoga" as a second example. does anyone know much about this? how would doing pranayama lead to increased weight gain? i could understand hypertrophy of the abdominal musculature, but not fatty weight gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2000 Report Share Posted September 17, 2000 Looking @ the abs of the elderly, being big yogis or laymen, is not a gazing point for a case study of the life long effects of pranayama. As I'm sure you're aware, weight gain is a function of caloric intake/output. If you want to examine the long term benefits of pranayama, I suggest you start with the nervous system. Needless to say, it would be a very complicated undertaking as western medicine has yet to map all the nadis.<br><br>Yours in yoga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2000 Report Share Posted September 17, 2000 I was told many years ago...that the big tummies you see on yogis are indeed from pranayama. It has to do with where the khumbhaka sp? (breath retention) is held. Longer inner retention results in the more concave tummy whereas the longer outer results in the big tummy. It can be quite deceiving looking as their stomaches are incredibly strong. I would expect that some of that extra weight is due to age.<br> Keep in mind though, that a perfect physique is not the final goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2000 Report Share Posted September 17, 2000 just wanted to add...that I was also told that everyone has a natural predisposition to one or the other. Judging from my shape I'm an outie. But thankfully primary series is taking me so long it looks like pranayama practice is a long ways away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2000 Report Share Posted September 17, 2000 oops..correction....everyone exhale...the inner retention causes the bigger tummy & the outer retention causes the more concave tummy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2000 Report Share Posted September 18, 2000 i would be very surprised if there is anyone visible in the west who has done more pranayama practice than clive sheridan. if you want to know about pranayama, look no further than him. goa in march, rishikesh in december?? with his aghori baba or teaching other places outside india other times. he is skinny as can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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