From cognitive health to hypertension: Practice pranayama to address your health woes

Pranayama is a breathing practice that helps improve your health and help with a condition like high blood pressure, stress and more. Here is why you should include it in your daily regimen.

By: Arushi Bidhuri | | Published: November 23, 2020 7:45 pm

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Pranayama is a breathing practice that helps improve your health and help with a condition like high blood pressure, stress and more. Here is why you should include it in your daily regimen.

: Pranayama is a practice made up of many breathing techniques that help improve overall health. It is the main component of yoga. ‘Prana’ literally translates to energy, and ‘yama’ means control. While doing this, you inhale, exhale and hold your breath in a specific sequence, that helps you in more ways than one. It calms the mind by decreasing stress, improving anxiety and help you be aware of your mind and your surroundings.

: Sleep plays an important role in maintaining overall health. Inadequate sleep can lead to a lot of problems, including heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and stroke. Pranayama may improve sleep quality in people and improve overall health.

: In a fast-paced life, most of us constantly feel the need to keep up, which eventually leads to stress. Practising pranayama regularly can help calm the nervous system and improve your body’s response to stress.

: High blood pressure or hypertension is one of the leading problems that increase the risk of many health problems. It could lead to heart diseases and up the risk of getting a stroke. Pranayama can help you regulate blood pressure levels.

: Pranayama involves a lot of forceful breathing, which can help strengthen the lungs and improve lung function. It can also alleviate the risk of respiratory problems such as lung, allergic bronchitis, pneumonia and tuberculosis.

: In addition to all these benefits, pranayama may also enhance cognitive health. Practising pranayama has the ability to improve levels of stress, memory and promote brain health.

: Pranayama needs you to be aware of your breathing and how it feels. This is known as mindfulness. It is the practice to make yourself aware of what you’re doing at the present moment. It makes you aware of your surroundings which, in turn, helps to improve overall health.

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Published : November 23, 2020 7:45 pm

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