Cure For Depression

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Steps to be followed:

  1. PADMA ASANA
  2. SHEETHALEE KUMBHAKA
  3. BHASTRIKAA

1. PADMA ASANA

GHERANDA SAMHITA,UPADESHA 2,VERSE 8 (More)


TRANSLATION-cum-TECHNIQUE

  1. Place the right foot on the left thigh and similarly the left one on the right
  2. Cross the hands behind the back and firmly catch hold of the great toes of the feet so crossed
  3. Place the chin on the chest and fix the gaze on the tip of the nose (this posture is called the Padmaasana (or lotus posture). This posture destroys all diseases)
  4. Settle in this posture for 30 seconds

 IN PADMA ASANA, NEXT-

2. SHEETHALEE KUMBHAKA

GHERANDA SAMHITA, UPADESHA 5,VERSES 73-74 (More)

TECHNIQUE

  1. Continue to sit in Padmaasana.
  2. Close the eyes and relax the whole body
  3. Extend the tongue outside the mouth and roll the sides of the tongue up so that it forms a tube
  4. Inhale slowly through the tongue
  5. At the end of inhalation, roll the tongue in, close the mouth
  6. Retain it there for a short time
  7. Then exhale slowly through the nose
  8. Do this 21 times

 IN PADMA ASANA, NEXT-

3. BHASTRIKAA

GHERANDA SAMHITA, UPADESHA 5, VERSE 75 & 77 (More)

TECHNIQUE

  1. Continue to sit in Padmaasana
  2. Inhale slowly expanding the stomach
  3. Exhale slowly
  4. Do this 21 times
  5. After 21 times, Now inhale slowly
  6. Hold the breath as long as you can
  7. When you feel you cant hold quickly expel the air with the sound of bellows. At this moment the stomach should contract to touch the back
    (This is one Bhastrikaa)
  8. Do this complete sequence three times

END OF KRIYA