In this article, we discuss What is Chandra Bhedan Pranayama? According to Patanjali Yog Sutra What is Patanjali Yoga Sutra? The Right nostril refers to “Surya Nadi” (Sollar Channel) and the Left nostril refers to “Chandra Nadi” (Lunar Challnel) Again yoga sutras describe when a person performs “Purak Kriya” – Inhaling from the Left nostril the energy flows from Left side through “Ida Nadi” and when performing “Rechak Kriya” – Exhaling from Right nostril the energy flows from the right side through “Pingala Nadi” By doing this process we can activate our “Ida Nadi” the Lunar Channel called Chandra Bhedan Pranayama. The Chandra Bhedan Pranayama is exactly the opposite method of Surya Bhedan Pranayama.4 Methods of Nadi Shodhan Pranayama. What is Nadi Shodhan?
What is Chandra Bhedan Pranayama?
As we know our body requires energy or say power to perform our daily routine without any huddles like illness, feeling weak, feeling dullness. So the question is how we get extra power besides we take food and water. This power we can take from the Air or say oxygen.
While breathing with a full stomach we intake maximum oxygen in our body, this is called “Pran Urja” the Vital energy. This energy surrounded us everywhere in the universe, but due to our shallow breathing pattern we could not suck that much energy into our body and end of the day we feel sluggish.
By doing proper Chandra Bhedhan Pranayama, our body sucks the Vital force from the universe. Let us discuss the method of Chandra Bhedhan Pranayama. The word Chandra Bhedan Pranayama, is derived from the Sanskrit word “Chandra” means Moon and Bhedan mean piercing or penetrating.
Method :
Step 1.: Choose a Clean and calm place to perform Pranayama
Step 2.: Sit on your yoga mate with “Padmasana” or “Siddh asana” or “Sukh asana” (Cross legs position) where you can sit comfortably long time.
Step 3.: Keep your spine, neck and head straight line.
Step 4.: Keep your left hand on your left knee.
Step 5.: Keep your right hand’s first two fingers on the center of your forehead between the eyebrows. (“Ajna Chakra” – Third eye) At the same time hold your nose with your ring finger and thumb. Or you can make “Vishnu Mudra”
Step 6.: Keep your Shoulder parallel
Step 7.: After setting the above steps, press your right nostril with your right thumb and inhale breath from the Left nostril smoothly and gently called “Purak”
Step 8.: After completing step 7 exhale your breath from the Right nostril smoothly and gently called “Rechak”
Step 9.: Keep your focus on your breath, do not think of anything else.
Step 10.: This is the one set of inhales and Exhale from the left nostril (“Purak and Rechak”)
Step 11.: 10 to 15 sets
Time:
Keep the proper proportion of Inhale and Exhale 1:1, which means 5 seconds for inhale and 5 seconds for exhale, 2:2 means 10 seconds for inhale and 10 seconds for exhale.
Benefits :
- The appetite becomes powerful because we do “Rechak” from the right nostril.
- Your body becomes strong and remove “Pitta Dosha” from your body.
- Beneficial in summer.
- A person becomes mentally strong.
- Reduce stress, burdens and angriness.
- Memory power becomes strong.
- Very beneficial for High Blood Pressure.
- Reduce heat from the body
- Reduce fever
- Decrease the flow of bile from the gallbladder.
- Reduce heartburn.
Caution.:
- Do not perform this method very fast.
- Do not perform in the Winter season.
- Do not perform who are suffering from Low Blood Pressure.
- Physical Strength and Weak Body/Others not perform.
- A person suffering from a cold, asthma, or bronchitis should not do this pranayama
FAQs.:
Let us discuss the general doubts about What is Chandra Bhedan Pranayama?
Q1: Who can do Pranayama?
Ans: Anyone can do Pranayama from 18 age to 99 years of age provided
- A person not suffering from High Blood Pressure or any type of health problems.
- Pregnant ladies are not to perform pranayama or take advice from a medical practitioner.
Q2: Is Pranayama beneficial for weight loss?
Ans: Yes definitely
Q3: Why Chandra Bhedan Pranayama not perform in Winter?
Ans: When we perform Chandra Bhedan Pranayama it activates “Chandra Nadi” (Lunar Channel) also called Ida nadi. As the vital energy flows through the Lunar Channel, our body becomes cool.
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