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Asthmatics

Reviewed by Medindia Complementary Medicine Team on Mar 07, 2013


Ujjayi

� Sit in padmasana and close your mouth.
� Inhale slowly through both the nostrils uniformly, till the breath fills the space from throat to heart.
� Retain the breath as long as you can and then exhale slowly through the left nostril by closing the right with the right thumb.
� Expand the chest when you inhale.
� Instead of exhaling through the left nostril, you can exhale slowly through both nostrils.

Benefits

� This removes the heat in the head.
� It removes phlegm in the throat, and cures asthma.
� All diseases that arise from deficient inhalation of oxygen and diseases of the heart are cured.



Disclaimer For Yoga Exercise: The yoga exercises depicted above in the line diagrams are only a graphic representation for the understanding of the asanas or exercise. Please do not attempt to practise these without proper guidance from a trained Yoga instructor as these exercises can cause physical disability when done incorrectly.

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