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Friday, September 19, 2003

 

Pranayama scores over a jog

Improves cardio-vascular efficiency: Study

 

Hyderabad, Sept. 18: Jogging along Tank Bund does help, but doing pranayama

for thirty minutes every day in the serenity of your home is far more

beneficial for your heart and lungs. Now, there is scientific proof for it.

 

A joint study by yoga experts from the city-based Vemana Yoga Research

Institute and scientists from National Institute of Nutrition reported that

those practising pranayama exhibited better fitness results.

 

Also, the cardio-vascular and cardio-respiratory efficiency improved

substantially for yoga practitioners as compared to joggers or walkers.

 

Pranayama is a basic yogic breathing technique, of which one of the methods

is nadisodhana, where breathing is performed through alternate nostrils

while sitting in a meditative posture.

 

The results of the research, conducted by K V V Prasad, P S Raju, M Venkata

Reddy and K J R Murthy of the Vemana Research Institute and Y Venkata Ramana

of the National Institute Of Nutrition, was published in the Journal of

Exercise Physiology.

 

The study was conducted on 30 people and identified the use of energy while

doing pranayama compared to standard physical activities like

treadmill-walking, or field-walking or a graded physical exercise.

 

It was observed that while energy output in pranayama was very high, the

energy consumption was minuscule. Jogging resulted in exactly opposite

results.

 

The heart rate and oxygen consumption during the yogic exercise were

significantly lower than during jogging, indicating that energy cost for

pranayam was lower.

 

Comparatively, while the energy cost on the body during treadmill-walking

was 3.59 kilocalories per minute, it was 2.80 KCal/min for field walking and

2.23 KCal/minute for Pranayama. The heart rates during these three forms of

exercise was 80.2, 74.8 and 66.9 beats per minute respectively. The study

indicated that in pranayama subjects, the body was using oxygen “more

efficiently (aerobically) rather than shifting to less-efficient anaerobic

metabolism.”

 

The oxygen pulse rate was 8.98 ml/beat for treadmill walking, 7.39 for

field-walking and 6.66 for pranayama. The subjects also reported low fatigue

as against other forms of exercise.

 

Besides improving physiological functions and physical endurance, the

exercise also lowers the lactate level in blood and is beneficial for those

suffering from diabetes, asthma and hyper-tension.

 

Previously, studies on nadisodhana have shown an improvement in various

cardio-respiratory functions among normal volunteers and also in controlling

diseases like diabetes. A few studies have reported increased oxygen

consumption during different types of pranayama by direct measurement.

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Namskaram To all,

 

I wanted to share exactly a case as detailed above , who was no one else ,

but my father , when he was admitted into hospital for a massive heart

attack , the doctors were wondering and explained us that even after the

attack his lungs had a unique capacity to provide more air to the heart ,

which helped him in a timely manner to over come the attack .

 

We then realized where in three times a day in his sandhyavandanam the

pranayamam most have helped him , and after this study I believe that must

have helped him in that time of crises.

 

And no wonder this has been made a part of daily routine for our benefit .

 

Sorry for the Wrong Language if any.

 

Adyien dasan

Vasu.

 

Ram Anbil [Ramanbil]

Friday, September 19, 2003 7:59 AM

Srirangasri

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Pranayama scores over a jog

Improves cardio-vascular efficiency: Study

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Respected members:

 

To the earlier mails on this subject especially in relation to the Sandhya

practices, there were some queries

from female members who were keen to get the benefit but the fact that this

was part of the Sandhya they

felt quite disappointed.

 

One may please note, that while the pranayama is included in the Sandhya,

asanas are also included

in fact most of the Ashtanga Yoga components find a place in the Sandhya.

Which presupposes that Yoga was

of equal importance during ancient times such that with the help of Yoga

(which by default included

Saranagathi, single-pointed focus, devoution to the Lord etc.) the Sandhya

was to be done to get the

maximum effect.

 

Because there would be a tendency to practice yoga on a stand alone basis

and ignore mandatory

requirements of the Vedas, the Sandhya included the Yoga. Sandhya is

primary and while yoga secondary.

For females however, they can ignore the Sandhya part and focus on the yoga

component.

 

There are no separate rules, procedures or methods. What is applicable to

man is also applicable to

women equally. However, a small word of caution. Pranayama by itself as a

sole practice may be avoided

or not attempted to start with. Pranayama comes after Yama, Niyama,Asana.

i.e. at stage 4. Without basic

grounding in the earlier concepts it would not make much sense to jump into

Pranayama directly.

 

In any case, both for ladies and gents, a reliable, learned and experienced

Guru is essential who may be able

to guide step-by-step. He/she need not be an exclusive Guru teaching Yoga.

Also for ladies the 3-day-monthly

natural process has to be considered, when emotional, psychological,

physical states may undergo

changes with age, environment, family circumstances etc. Especially,

during the menopause stage at least for

a couple of months, changes could be volatile and unpredictable. During

all such times, attempting pranayama

may not be strictly advisable unless one has at least had some basic

grounding in understanding one's body, mind

nexus. This can be done through preliminary asanas, again which can be

learnt from a reliable, experienced

and trustworthy Guru.

 

The writer has come across many especially in these modern days when yoga,

pranayama has become a fad, a

fashion statement, these persons (both men and women) attempt things by

watching TV, reading books by

Western authors packaged in attractive covers. At least in Bombay there

are branded concepts like "Power Yoga";

"Prana Therapy", "Brahma Vidya" etc. All of which is nothing but old wine

in new bottle.

 

These practices should be privately done, without any fanfare, or

announcements, coffee room discussions. It is purely a matter of personal

experience and no one should strictly charge money for imparting this

knowledge, or even provide guidance. In case the guide happens to be a

person who is supposed/expected to practice the Sandhya and does

not do it by any chance one may avoid such a teacher. A man with a sacred

thread may be an expert Yoga teacher

but if he does not do the Sandhya, irrespective of any justification, he

cannot some within the ambit of 'reliable' teacher.

No such disqualifying factor is applicable for women teachers.

 

Prana the vital force is not to be casually dealt with or even thought of.

It belongs to divinity. HE is residing in IT.

 

To sum up:Yes women may do it without any exception and when a women does

it, this is anyway outside the

Sandhya which is perfectly in order. In fact some of this writer's Acharyas

have recommended that when the man is

engaged in his Sandhya, if the wife practices silent focus on breath with

closed eyes in his proximity then

the quality of his Sandhya is extraordinary. After his Sandhya, she may

take a sip of the residual water which has been offered during the Argya,

Tarpanam and all the subsidiary rituals of Sandhya.

 

Om tat Sat

Tat Tvam asi

 

 

 

 

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Namskaram To all,

 

I wanted to share exactly a case as detailed above , who was no one else ,

but my father , when he was admitted into hospital for a massive heart

attack , the doctors were wondering and explained us that even after the

attack his lungs had a unique capacity to provide more air to the heart ,

which helped him in a timely manner to over come the attack .

 

We then realized where in three times a day in his sandhyavandanam the

pranayamam most have helped him , and after this study I believe that must

have helped him in that time of crises.

 

And no wonder this has been made a part of daily routine for our benefit .

 

Sorry for the Wrong Language if any.

 

Adyien dasan

Vasu.

 

Ram Anbil [Ramanbil]

Friday, September 19, 2003 7:59 AM

Srirangasri

Fwd: Pranayama scores over a jog - Article in

Deccan Chronicle

 

 

Friday, September 19, 2003

 

Pranayama scores over a jog

Improves cardio-vascular efficiency: Study

 

 

 

 

 

Srirangasri-

 

 

 

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