Ayurveda - UNDERSTANDING PRANAAYAM

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UNDERSTANDING PRANAAYAM

Dr. Jai Maharaj

2004-10-04, 2:24 am

Understanding Pranaayam

By Harish C. Gaur
Op-Ed
The Pioneer
Monday, September 27, 2004

Pranaayam is a forced inhaling of fresh, oxygen-rich air
with low component of carbon dioxide and exhaling with
reduced oxygen but increased content of carbon dioxide.
In several programmes on television, Pranaayam and its
modifications are projected as panacea for several
unrelated ailments.

This article considers the physiology of Pranaayam so
that one understands its benefits as also its
limitations. Pranaayam has to be learnt from a qualified
instructor. It should be taken up after body-conditioning
by practice of a posture. The right-hand is generally
used to manipulate the nostrils since inhalation or
exhalation in Pranaayam will normally be done only
through one of these. The resulting slow breathing helps
in equalising the temperature of air breathed in with
that of the body.

Three distinct stages of Pranaayam are recognised:
Inhalation of air into the lungs (purak), exhalation of
altered air out of lungs (rechek), and withholding of
breath for a short duration (kumbhak). Internally, after
puraka or externally after rechek. A simple Pranaayam
exercise would be to inhale, say, by the left nostril
(keeping the right nostril closed with thumb),
withholding breath within the lungs, exhale by right
nostril (keeping the left nostril by third (ring) finger
and withhold breath externally. It completes half the
cycle. It is then followed in the reverse order: Inhale
through right nostril, withhold internally and exhale
through the left nostril, followed by external
withholding of breath. This completes one cycle of
Pranaayam.

For a proper appreciation of Pranaayam, it is necessary
to understand the physiology of breathing in and out. The
air we breathe in is a mixture of several gases; two
components of relevance in Pranaayam are oxygen and
carbon dioxide. Inhaled air has an average of 20.96 per
cent oxygen and 0.04 per cent of carbon dioxide, while in
exhaled breath these are altered to 16.4 and 4.0 per cent
respectively. In normal adults the rate of breathing is
15-17 per minute, but within limits, this can be
controlled and regulated. One starts breathing on birth
and will considered to have had the last breath at death.

Breathing, principally by lungs, is an involuntary
process. It is controlled by the respiratory centre
located in medulla oblongata of the brain, stimulated by
carbon dioxide content in the blood. A muscular diaphragm
at the base of lungs helps breathing. The relaxed muscle
is dome shaped. As one inhales, the diaphragm contracts
and pulls downwards. Intercostal muscles between ribs
pull the ribs outwards and upwards. This increases the
chest cavity, lowers the pressure inside and as a result
atmospheric air rushes in as breathing.

Exhalation involves relaxation of intercostal muscles,
lowering of chest wall inwards and the diaphragm rising
to its original condition. The decrease in volume of
chest cavity increases air pressure inside lungs and air
is exhaled. The lungs are spongy and elastic organs
ending in extremely small air sacs (alveoli) each with a
network of blood capillaries surrounding its extremely
thin and moist wall. An exceedingly large number of
alveoli in the two lungs (about 700 million) offer an
exceedingly large surface area , which facilitates ready
exchange (by diffusion) of oxygen and carbon dioxide into
or out of the alveoli.

In normal breathing, volume of air involved (called tidal
air) is about 500 ml but some of it (about 150 ml, called
dead air) is left in the respiratory passage (in trachea
and bronchi). Thus, air within air sacs (alveolar air),
involved in diffusion is only about 350 ml. In Pranaayam
up to about 3000 ml of air can be forcibly inhaled (as
inhalatory reserve) into lungs but the air that can be
forcibly exhaled is only about 1000 ml. It thus follows
that durations of inhalation and exhalation will not be
the same. Also, the duration of external and internal
kumbhaka would not be the same.

The oxygen in the air breathed in diffuses through walls
of alveoli and is taken up by a complex iron-rich
protein, haemoglobin (Hb) within red blood cells (RBCs)
of the blood, forming a weakly-bonded compound (oxy-Hb).
Compared to plasma, which constitutes about 55 per cent
of the blood, Hb can take up 67 times more oxygen. This
compound in the blood is pumped by heart through arteries
to cells and tissues in all the parts and is thus a
carrier of oxygen to cells and tissues of all parts of
the body.

In a complicated process (in mitochondria of the cell),
glucose present there reacts with the oxygen (from oxy-
Hb) releasing energy, which is stored as ATP (adenosine
tri phosphate) molecules used in cellular metabolism,
which sustains the body and also gives off carbon
dioxide. This aerobic respiration (in presence of oxygen)
is efficient and releases 38 molecules of ATP for each
molecule of glucose.

Mildly-toxic carbon dioxide produced in the cells and
tissues is brought back to lungs in three ways: About
eight per cent of it is transported as dissolved in blood
plasma; about 11 per cent of it is combined with Hb of
RBCs; and, the rest of carbon dioxide in presence of an
enzyme produces soluble bicarbonates which dissolve in
blood plasma. Carbon dioxide thus transported to alveoli
in the lungs, diffuses through the walls and is breathed
out with the alveolar air.

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"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not so send
peace, but a sword.
"For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the
daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in
law.
"And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
- Matthew 10:34-36.

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Balwant Dixit

2004-10-04, 2:24 am

" In Pranaayam up to about 3000 ml of air can be forcibly inhaled (as
inhalatory reserve) into lungs but the air that can be
forcibly exhaled is only about 1000 ml. It thus follows that durations
of inhalation and exhalation will not be the same. Also, the duration of
external and internal kumbhaka would not be the same." This statement
is in error. The amount of air that is forcefully inhaled is, in an 70
kg. adult male is about 4,000 to 4,200 ml and the amount of air that is
forcefully exhaled is also 4,00 to 4,200 ml, called "vital capacity."
........BND

Dick

2004-10-04, 2:24 am

Take a deep breath ...Slowly start feeling my 8" dick..
Now..While holding it tight , Start moving your hands up & down..
...See something coming..Get it in to your mouth and taste it..
Relaxed ? Th1at's what you need !!!

This workout is also known as the "Yoga"..

Dick

Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:

> Understanding Pranaayam
>
> By Harish C. Gaur
> Op-Ed
> The Pioneer
> Monday, September 27, 2004
>
> Pranaayam is a forced inhaling of fresh, oxygen-rich air
> with low component of carbon dioxide and exhaling with
> reduced oxygen but increased content of carbon dioxide.
> In several programmes on television, Pranaayam and its
> modifications are projected as panacea for several
> unrelated ailments.
>
> This article considers the physiology of Pranaayam so
> that one understands its benefits as also its
> limitations. Pranaayam has to be learnt from a qualified
> instructor. It should be taken up after body-conditioning
> by practice of a posture. The right-hand is generally
> used to manipulate the nostrils since inhalation or
> exhalation in Pranaayam will normally be done only
> through one of these. The resulting slow breathing helps
> in equalising the temperature of air breathed in with
> that of the body.
>
> Three distinct stages of Pranaayam are recognised:
> Inhalation of air into the lungs (purak), exhalation of
> altered air out of lungs (rechek), and withholding of
> breath for a short duration (kumbhak). Internally, after
> puraka or externally after rechek. A simple Pranaayam
> exercise would be to inhale, say, by the left nostril
> (keeping the right nostril closed with thumb),
> withholding breath within the lungs, exhale by right
> nostril (keeping the left nostril by third (ring) finger
> and withhold breath externally. It completes half the
> cycle. It is then followed in the reverse order: Inhale
> through right nostril, withhold internally and exhale
> through the left nostril, followed by external
> withholding of breath. This completes one cycle of
> Pranaayam.
>
> For a proper appreciation of Pranaayam, it is necessary
> to understand the physiology of breathing in and out. The
> air we breathe in is a mixture of several gases; two
> components of relevance in Pranaayam are oxygen and
> carbon dioxide. Inhaled air has an average of 20.96 per
> cent oxygen and 0.04 per cent of carbon dioxide, while in
> exhaled breath these are altered to 16.4 and 4.0 per cent
> respectively. In normal adults the rate of breathing is
> 15-17 per minute, but within limits, this can be
> controlled and regulated. One starts breathing on birth
> and will considered to have had the last breath at death.
>
> Breathing, principally by lungs, is an involuntary
> process. It is controlled by the respiratory centre
> located in medulla oblongata of the brain, stimulated by
> carbon dioxide content in the blood. A muscular diaphragm
> at the base of lungs helps breathing. The relaxed muscle
> is dome shaped. As one inhales, the diaphragm contracts
> and pulls downwards. Intercostal muscles between ribs
> pull the ribs outwards and upwards. This increases the
> chest cavity, lowers the pressure inside and as a result
> atmospheric air rushes in as breathing.
>
> Exhalation involves relaxation of intercostal muscles,
> lowering of chest wall inwards and the diaphragm rising
> to its original condition. The decrease in volume of
> chest cavity increases air pressure inside lungs and air
> is exhaled. The lungs are spongy and elastic organs
> ending in extremely small air sacs (alveoli) each with a
> network of blood capillaries surrounding its extremely
> thin and moist wall. An exceedingly large number of
> alveoli in the two lungs (about 700 million) offer an
> exceedingly large surface area , which facilitates ready
> exchange (by diffusion) of oxygen and carbon dioxide into
> or out of the alveoli.
>
> In normal breathing, volume of air involved (called tidal
> air) is about 500 ml but some of it (about 150 ml, called
> dead air) is left in the respiratory passage (in trachea
> and bronchi). Thus, air within air sacs (alveolar air),
> involved in diffusion is only about 350 ml. In Pranaayam
> up to about 3000 ml of air can be forcibly inhaled (as
> inhalatory reserve) into lungs but the air that can be
> forcibly exhaled is only about 1000 ml. It thus follows
> that durations of inhalation and exhalation will not be
> the same. Also, the duration of external and internal
> kumbhaka would not be the same.
>
> The oxygen in the air breathed in diffuses through walls
> of alveoli and is taken up by a complex iron-rich
> protein, haemoglobin (Hb) within red blood cells (RBCs)
> of the blood, forming a weakly-bonded compound (oxy-Hb).
> Compared to plasma, which constitutes about 55 per cent
> of the blood, Hb can take up 67 times more oxygen. This
> compound in the blood is pumped by heart through arteries
> to cells and tissues in all the parts and is thus a
> carrier of oxygen to cells and tissues of all parts of
> the body.
>
> In a complicated process (in mitochondria of the cell),
> glucose present there reacts with the oxygen (from oxy-
> Hb) releasing energy, which is stored as ATP (adenosine
> tri phosphate) molecules used in cellular metabolism,
> which sustains the body and also gives off carbon
> dioxide. This aerobic respiration (in presence of oxygen)
> is efficient and releases 38 molecules of ATP for each
> molecule of glucose.
>
> Mildly-toxic carbon dioxide produced in the cells and
> tissues is brought back to lungs in three ways: About
> eight per cent of it is transported as dissolved in blood
> plasma; about 11 per cent of it is combined with Hb of
> RBCs; and, the rest of carbon dioxide in presence of an
> enzyme produces soluble bicarbonates which dissolve in
> blood plasma. Carbon dioxide thus transported to alveoli
> in the lungs, diffuses through the walls and is breathed
> out with the alveolar air.
>
> More at:
> http://www.dailypioneer.com
>
> Jai Maharaj
> http://www.mantra.com/jai
> Om Shanti
>
> Hindu Holocaust Museum
> http://www.mantra.com/holocaust
>
> Hindu life, principles, spirituality and philosophy
> http://www.hindu.org
> http://www.hindunet.org
>
> The truth about Islam and Muslims
> http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate
>
> The terrorist mission of Jesus stated in the Christian bible:
>
> "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not so send
> peace, but a sword.
> "For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the
> daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in
> law.
> "And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
> - Matthew 10:34-36.
>
> o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the educational
> purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post may not
> have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the
> poster. The contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption for
> fair use of copyrighted works.
> o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely not be read,
> considered or answered if it does not contain your full legal name, current
> e-mail and postal addresses, and live-voice telephone number.
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> not necessarily those of the poster.
>
> FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted material the use of
> which may or may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright
> owner. This material is being made available in efforts to advance the
> understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic,
> democratic, scientific, social, and cultural, etc., issues. It is believed
> that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as
> provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title
> 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without
> profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
> information for research, comment, discussion and educational purposes by
> subscribing to USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more information
> go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
> If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article for purposes of
> your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the
> copyright owner.

§§§ Blue Ice §§§

2004-10-04, 2:24 am

"Dick" <urdick2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:kvM5d.13855$yp2.8048@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com...
> Take a deep breath ...Slowly start feeling my 8" dick..
> Now..While holding it tight , Start moving your hands up & down..
> ..See something coming..Get it in to your mouth and taste it..
> Relaxed ? Th1at's what you need !!!
>
> This workout is also known as the "Yoga"..

The one practiced by disk's dad on him and gullu.
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>
> Dick
>
> Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
>
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sathya_me

2004-10-04, 2:24 am

Dick wrote:

> Take a deep breath ...Slowly start feeling my 8" dick..

[your way of doing yoga is sniped]

>
> This workout is also known as the "Yoga"..
>
>
> Dick

One more thread got spoiled because of non moderated news group. Dr.
Jai Maharaj
why don't you be a moderator?

--
"Combination is the heart of chess"
A.Alekhine

Gulshan Khan

2004-10-04, 2:24 am

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:23:53 +0700, "§§§ Blue Ice §§§"
<blue_ice_§§§@©®.com> wrote:

>
>"Dick" <urdick2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:kvM5d.13855$yp2.8048@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com...
>
>The one practiced by disk's dad on him and gullu.

hazaar saal gand merwa merwa kay merwa merwa kay now an international
poop inspector and a XXXXing chamar choora....gand pitha ji nay merwai
aur burqa wala kala lala becomes poop inspector... ram ram itna tho
ram nay bhe poop inspect nahin kia.

Hare om baba hare om

>
>send
>in
>educational
>not
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>current
>are
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>believed
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>

Dr. Jai Maharaj

2004-10-04, 2:24 am

In article <2rqs90F1cr20tU1@uni-berlin.de>,
sathya_me <sathya_me@nomail.com> posted:
>
>
> Dick wrote:
>
>
> [your way of doing yoga is sniped]
>
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> One more thread got spoiled because of non moderated news group. Dr.
> Jai Maharaj why don't you be a moderator?

Unmoderated fora enable criminals and terrorists to expose
themselves and law enforcement agencies catch them! The FBI
and other law enforcement agencies monitor these newsgroups.

Jai Maharaj
http://www.mantra.com/jai
Om Shanti

sathya_me

2004-10-04, 2:24 am

§§§ Blue Ice §§§

2004-10-04, 2:24 am

Balwant Dixit

2004-10-04, 2:24 am

Dick

2004-10-04, 2:24 am

Dr. Jai Maharaj

2004-10-04, 2:24 am