Say hello to a form of Pranayama you have certainly not heard of. Let’s just say treasures are not found by everybody, but only a few lucky ones, and you are one of them! This season start a new life, a new phase with the magical benefits of Brahmari Pranayama Yoga.
Brahmari Pranayama or Humming Bee Breath is a combination of two Sanskrit words where Brahmari is named after a black India bee. It is a calming soothing practice that soothes the nervous system, as we take out the gentle humming sound from the back of our throat which sounds like that of a bee.
Connect with your inner-nature to look blissfully at the outer picture. This practice calms the brain down immediately, by getting rid of anger, anxiety, frustration, and agitation. This can be practiced anywhere, at your office or home, as far as you are comfortable in your space.
CONTRADICTIONS
- Pregnant women and menstruating women must avoid.
- People suffering from high blood pressure, chest pain, epilepsy should not do this Pranayama.
- Don’t do too much practice at the same time to avoid headaches.
Brahmari Pranayama should be practiced empty stomach. Even though it can be practiced at any time of the day, but doing it early morning is most-definitely potent.
STEPS
Make an ambiance for yourself, put on a sandalwood incense stick at a distance, and choose a calm, quiet place to create a serene space for your mind, body, and soul to merge together.
- Sit in Padmasana.
- Keep your eyes closed and breathe deeply.
- Now, keep your hands horizontal, and place your thumb on the cartilage or ear lips to close your ears.
- Take your index finger above your eyebrows and place the rest of the three fingers over your eyes.
- Apply minimal pressure on the sides of your nose with one of your fingers simultaneously.
- Start concentrating on the area between the eyebrows.
- Breathe in and out slowly by making a low-pitched humming sound.
- Repeat this practice 4-5 times to feel light.
In this respiration process, your lips will be shut, and you will be connected to all the positive energies of the universe. Let’s look at the health benefits of Brahmari Pranayama:
BENEFITS
1. Relief from Mental Pressures
The issues of mental block, anxiety in the crowd, frustration amongst your peers, and outburst of stored anger is not at all healthy. The major benefit which Brahmari Pranayama provides to any of the practitioners is the relief from the cerebral tensions, and it takes you to a calm and composed state straight away.
It opens up the blockages by leaving you with a state of happiness. It is a perfect remedy for keeping your nervous system healthy and active.
Get rid of hypertension by lowering your stress.
2. Migraine and Paralysis Cure
To ventilate your mind, why not redesign?
This is an effective breathing technique for instant relief. It highly impacts the brain-games by solving all the riddles that you throw at it through the vibrations of the bee sitting inside of you.
Sting the illness, and diseases to challenge your very-high impulse rate, and enter a stage of complete endurance from the internal complications. It is a strong method to help you with migraine and paralysis problems, by curing it gently over a course of time.
3. Awaken your Kundalini Shakti
According to Tantras, your Kundalini Shakti resides at the end of your spine, coiled like a serpent. This dormant energy shoots up, to move freely through all the other 7 chakras (or energy centers) of the body to an expanded state of consciousness towards enlightenment. This Pranayama is a reflection of what can be possible by gaining the highest, and the most powerful sense a human can ever achieve.
You will experience sudden jerks and jolts when your Kundalini is finally ready to come up.
What happens after? A miracle!
- Enlightenment and Euphoria.
- Infinite love and universal connectivity.
- A better sense of judgment, and seeking only truth.
- Awakened senses of smell, taste, touch, hear, even from a distance.
4. Lowers Blood Pressure
Every breath that you inhale will make you feel elated, and every breath that you exhale will bring your panic state down. The main reason for high blood pressure is not just the unhealthy food you eat, but also the unhealthy thought that hinders your performance on a daily basis.
Don’t disappoint yourself this time, and let the distractions pass away in the subtlety of your Pranayama expedition. Encourage relaxation with a buzzing sound to soothe a spinning mind. This activity helps in reducing blood pressure, so go ahead and make it a habit.
5. Say Bye to Insomnia
The vibrations produced during the practice of this breathing exercise induces sleep as all the running thoughts which don’t let you rest will be churned out from your mind through the production of the humming sound. It filters away the negative thoughts which cause pain, headaches or a contraction of our smile.
Practice this before going to bed and get ready for undisturbed, deep sleep.
Brahmari Pranayama is a life-long cure for the mental hassles; it is an instant solution for your de-structured self. Get yourself back together from the black-hole of the dark world. Align your body, mind, and soul by using the science behind the humming sound. It is time to re-charge your body cells with a breath.
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