Anuloma Vilom: This 20 Minutes Healthy Yoga Practice Will Keep Ills At Bay

Oct 07, 2017: Practicing 'Anuloma Vilom' or Nadi shodhan pranayam daily for twenty minutes is said to cleanse 72,000 blood vessels of the human body and three main nadis in our body, namely- Ida, Pingala, and Sushumna.

How to practice Anuloma Vilom?

• Sit in a meditative posture
• Keep your back and neck straight
• Close your eyes
• Bring your right hand and keep it on the nostrils

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Anuloma Vilom mudra:

• Keep the index and middle fingers straight and close the right nostril with the thumb
• Place the index and middle fingers in the middle of the forehead, at the Anja chakra, exhale air through the left nostril
• Now, inhale through the left nostril as much air as you can
• Close your left nostril with the ring finger and small finger breathe out the air through your right nostril
• Breathe in through your right nostril and exhale through your left nostril

This completes one cycle of Naadishodhana Pranayam

Benefits of Anuloma Vilom:

• Blood vessels and veins are cleansed
• Body energy starts flowing upwards
• Beneficial for arthritis, varicose veins, flatulence problems, acidity, sinusitis, and migraine.
• Develops positive thinking
• Overcomes anger and anxiety problems
• Blood pressure, insomnia, and migraine gets controlled
• Increases confidence level

Prepared by Naina Mishra of Newsgram. Twitter @Nainamishr94