Tuesday's yoga procedure for diabetes

KAPALBHATI
This is a power-breathing technique that helps to overcome stress, depression, and everything negative in few minutes. It is the only technique used particularly for mind purificication among all the yoga cleansing exercises. It is derived from Sanskrit words “Kapal” which means the skill and “Bhati” which means polishing or shining. Hence, kapalbhati is a technique which helps to make the head “sparkling clean” and devoid of toxins. Kapalbhati is a remarkable tool for cleansing the mind of negative values.

Though, cleansing breath is a simple procedure, but it is important that it should be done properly and in an accurate way.

Technique
•You should sit in a comfortable position with your spine erect. You can sit either cross-legged or in any position that you feel comfortable.
•Breathe normally for a minute. Once composed, you can begin with the exercise.
•First of all, exercise the diaphragm by exhaling the air out from the lungs, suddenly and quickly through both nostrils, producing a “puffing” sound. You should not focus on inhalation. It will be automatic and passive.
•Exhale the air completely from the lungs with a sudden, vigorous stroke while simultaneously drawing the abdominal muscles inward.
•The breath should be expelled fully. Inhaling is automatic and the abdominal muscles will relax automatically.
•This exercise should be done in three rounds, each consisting of 11 strokes (for the beginner).
•Each round should take about a minute. A little rest can be taken in between the rounds according to your needs.
•Throughout the exercise the chest should be kept still without expansion or contraction. Only be diaphragm is used for breathing and not the upper chest.

It has been observed that the heat generated during this exercise has powerful effects on the respiratory system because it purifies the nasal passage and the lungs. In case of asthmatic patients, it removes spasms in the bronchial tubes. Over a month, the number of strokes per minutes can be gradually increased from 11 to about 30.

Regular practice of this exercise (once or twice a day) will truly show amazing results. It is really one of the only methods to clear the mind of toxins and negative emotions. This technique assists with large-scale elimination of carbon dioxide and a huge absorption of oxygen. Hence, we can say, 'Kapalbhati brings sparks into one’s life'.