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| The article discusses how yoga helps as an ailment to | | | | awareness. Eliminating the veils of life, meditation |
| the disease of Asthma. Yoga is an age old Indian | | | | cleanses the mind and the soul and thus a person can |
| discipline that controls the mind, body and the soul. | | | | reach a state of emotional bliss. Yoga postures such |
| Through different asanas, breathing techniques and | | | | as the Suryabheda, Ujjayi and Pada Hasthasana |
| meditation, a person can achieve the highest potential | | | | further helps the body regain the natural inner harmony. |
| and experience a perennial happiness. The discipline of | | | | Easy postures such as the salutation of the sun, simple |
| yoga considers that most of the diseases and medical | | | | shoulder lifts complement the breathing exercises. |
| problems are due to deficient life force. The best way | | | | Thus, it may be derived that practicing meditation and |
| to increase the general life force is by practicing | | | | yoga asanas can be a sure cure to stress and |
| different forms of Yoga and yoga asanas, coupled | | | | anxiety, and all those severe diseases which result |
| with meditation. | | | | because of these, especially Asthma. |
| Yoga has been used as an antidote to many chronic | | | | Music has been considered as the best healer of |
| diseases like arthritis, spondylosis, diabetes and others. | | | | stress and anxiety. A yoga session, when coupled with |
| Yoga has also been a sure cure for the disease of | | | | soothing yoga music inspires a yoga aspirant to carry |
| Asthma. Asthma is basically a respiratory disorder | | | | on with the yoga sessions with perfection. |
| characterized by inflammation and narrowing of the | | | | Contemporary yoga training uses music for relaxation |
| airways (bronchi) that channel the air to and fro the | | | | and for guided meditations. Music is played in the |
| lungs. With the proper and regular practice of yoga, | | | | background in many yoga schools during yoga and |
| Asthma can be controlled and cured completely. There | | | | meditation sessions. Thus various record label |
| are several special breathing techniques that would | | | | companies have come up with different kind of yoga |
| help in controlling this disease, the most popular being | | | | and meditation music CDs and DVDs. These yoga |
| the Kapalabhati and Anuloma Viloma. Kapalabhati and | | | | Cds and DVDs include soothing tunes and musical |
| Anuloma Viloma involves a combination of deep and | | | | pieces that invoke moods for a perfect yoga session. |
| shallow breaths which help to trigger a healthy rhythm | | | | Spirit Voyage is one of the pioneer online music store |
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| The different yoga asanas and pranayama are | | | | Renowned artistes like Snatam Kaur, Deuter, WAH!, |
| exceptionally beneficial for curing the asthma. Yoga | | | | Deva Premal and many others have lend their voices. |
| asanas and Pranayama, control the constriction of the | | | | The Yoga DVDs on Kundalini yoga or a General Yoga |
| bronchial tubes. Pranayama in yoga aims at bringing | | | | DVD will create a flow of melody, thus assisting a |
| the involuntary functions of the respiratory mechanism | | | | yoga aspirant to perform the asanas with all ease. |
| within human control. By practicing deep and | | | | Music, with its mystic appeal, invoke strong moods and |
| systematic breathing through Pranayama, one can | | | | influence the subtle energy fields within the practitioner |
| re-energize his body. Through the practice of | | | | and direct his consciousness towards higher realms. |
| Pranayama, the balance of oxygen and carbon | | | | Spirit Voyage also offers audio instruction CDs which |
| dioxide is attained. With the proper inhaling and exhaling | | | | helps a practitioner to perform the yoga asanas with |
| procedure, pranayama keeps an individual balanced in | | | | utmost perfection. The yoga books offered by Spirit |
| all conditions and situations. It prepares the individual for | | | | Voyage helps an individual to guide himself to deeper |
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| deeper insight. For curing Asthma, Pranayama Yoga | | | | in-depth and detail instructions about various forms of |
| internally purifies and thus strengthen the lungs and the | | | | yoga. The images and the detailed explanations about |
| bronchiole linings. It improves asthma condition by | | | | the different yoga postures will surely help an individual |
| allowing free flow of air through the bronchial tubes | | | | to gain valuable resources on yoga and its different |
| and air sacs in the lungs. Dirga prananyama is a helpful | | | | asanas. Spirit Voyage offers books on Kundalini Yoga, |
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| exercise. Ujjayi pranayama is helpful in curing Asthma | | | | others. |
| caused due to cold. Asthma caused by allergy can be | | | | A meditation session when accompanied by |
| avoided by Sitt Kari or Shitali pranayama. Kapalbhatti | | | | meditation music relaxes and calms the ambiance. The |
| pranayama is helpful for reducing mucus congestion. | | | | mind of the meditator thus can focus on a fixed point |
| It is a proven fact that causes of asthma are both | | | | and gradually can attain a spiritual insight and |
| psychological and physiological. While the physiological | | | | consciousness. Spirit Voyage offers a number of |
| causes being environmental extremities or viral | | | | meditation music CDs like Mind and Meditation by Yogi |
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| repression and constant emotional stress may end up | | | | Khalsa are some of the music CDs that will evoke a |
| in asthmatic suffering. In this regard, yoga is the best | | | | perfect mood for meditation. Early Morning Sadhana, a |
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| best antidote to stress and anxiety. It is an established | | | | also a helpful companion during the daily meditation and |
| fact that yoga is a holistic pathway towards salvation | | | | yoga session. |
| and inner peace. By calming down the fluctuations of | | | | Yoga, by stabilizing the body's immune system ensures |
| the mind, yoga asanas coupled with meditation, | | | | the healthy state of the individual. The practice of yoga |
| channelize towards a deeper insight. Nadi Sodhana, a | | | | liberates one from the material bindings of the world. |
| typical Pranayama yoga helps to cope with stress and | | | | Spirit Voyage Music leads one towards the way for |
| emotional turmoil, which often triggers an asthma | | | | reaching a spiritual high, whereby, a human being can |
| attack.While yoga asanas help to connect one to his | | | | realize the divine connection of oneness with the |
| her actual "self", meditation helps to calm one's mind, | | | | Supreme. |