YOGA FOR A S T H M A

STRUCTURE OF LUNG

- A DISEASE WITH REVERSIBLE BRONCHIAL ASTHMA & NASAL ALLERGY WHAT IS ASTHMA ? - A DISEASE WITH REVERSIBLE AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION TIGHTNESS IN CHEST WHEEZING COUGH PHLEGM SEASONAL / PERENNIAL

WHAT IS NASAL ALLERGY ? RUNNING NOSE SNEEZING BLOCKING HYPER REACTIVITY OF NASAL LINING RUNNING NOSE SNEEZING BLOCKING

MASTERY OVER SNEEZING REFLEX

ASTHMA HOW ? BRONCHO SPASM INFLAMMATION SWELLING OF THE LINING THICK STICKY SPUTUM BRONCHO SPASM INFLAMMATION

ASTHMA BRONCHO SPASM PARASYMPATHETIC HYPER- REACTIVITY SYMPATHETIC HYPO- SENSITIVITY ASTHMA BRONCHO- CONSTRICTION PARASYMPATHETIC BRONCHO- DILATATION SYMPATHETIC

PSYCHE SYMPATHETIC PARASYMPATHETIC

IMMUNE HYPER REACTIVITY ASTHMA IMMUNE HYPER REACTIVITY PERCEIVE DANGER TRAINED KILLERS ATTACK INVADERS IMMUNO GLOBULIN TAILOR MADE KILLERS HELPER CELLS LYMPHOCYTE FACTORY

MAST CELLS IN LINING OF BRONCHUS CHEMICALS RELEASED MAST CELLS IN LINING OF BRONCHUS POLLEN IMMUNO GLOBULIN E

B T CAUSES ALLERGY PSYCHO NEURO IMMUNOLOGY STRESS & ALLERGY THYMUS BRONCHUS B THYMUS T

NON SPECIFIC GENE IDENTIFIED CAUSES OF ASTHMA HEREDITY D N A PERSONALITY TYPE ALLERGIES COMMON IN FAMILIES NON SPECIFIC GENE IDENTIFIED

CAUSES OF ASTHMA HEREDITY TRIGGERS: EXTERNAL INTERNAL EMOTIONS NON SPECIFIC SPECIFIC PERENNIAL, SEASONAL ELDERLY

CAUSES OF ASTHMA NON SPECIFIC DUST SMOKE, VAPOURS STRONG SMELL, SCENTS CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY WEATHER - WINTER, SUMMER EXERCISE INFECTION

FOOD- FISH, EGG, MILK, PULSES etc., FUNGI SPECIFIC: ANTIGEN - PROTEINS ANTIBODY - IMMUNOGLOBULINS IgE HOUSE DUST MITE POLLEN FOOD- FISH, EGG, MILK, PULSES etc., FUNGI

“ IF SHE CANNOT CRY WITH TEARS, SHE WHEEZES AND SNEEZES” CAUSES OF ASTHMA TRIGGERS INTERNAL PERSONALITY -thin built, intelligent, emotionally sensitive, inability to express, suppressed feelings “ IF SHE CANNOT CRY WITH TEARS, SHE WHEEZES AND SNEEZES”

ÁDHIJA VYÁDHIS Vijòánamaya Kôùa Pránamaya Kôùa PRÁNÁYÁMA MANÔMAYA KÔÙA PSYCHE HYPER SENSITIVITY DHYÁNA BHAKTI Vijòánamaya Kôùa PERFECT HEALTH SILENCE IS HAPPINESS Ánandamaya Kôùa BLISS & FREEDOM KARMA YOGA ÁDHIJA VYÁDHIS Annamaya Kôùa

DIET - SÁTVIK SIMPLE VEGETARIAN ASTHMA MANAGEMENT ANNAMAYA KÔSA LEVEL: DIET - SÁTVIK SIMPLE VEGETARIAN AVOID LATE, HEAVY SUPPER AVOID SENSITIVE FOODS WHEN ASTHMA IS AGGRAVATED DESENSITISE TO SENSITIVE FOODS DURING INTERVALS OF GOOD SEASON OR REMISSION LIFE STYLE OF MODERATION YAMA, NIYAMA

ACUTE EPISODES - CHAIR BREATHING VOLUNTARY CONTROL OVER INVOLUNTARY NERVOUS SYSTEM PANIC REDUCED RELAX BODY- MIND COMPLEX REDUCE DEMAND WHY 8 STEPS IN CHAIR BREATHING? TO MAINTAIN STEADY AWARENESS OF BREATHING FOR 20-30 minutes

ÁSANÁS AVOID NONE GRADUALLY BUILD UP TO DIFFERENT POSTURES AND DYNAMIC ASANAS COMPLEMENTARY POSTURES - DRAINAGE OF SECRETION - FORWARD BEND

ÁSANÁS HOW ? OPEN UP CHEST I MPROVE LUNG CAPACITY BACKWARD BENDS BHUJANGA, DHANUR,UÚTRA GENERAL STAMINA - DYNAMIC ASANAS ÙITHILÈKARANA, SÜRYA NAMASKÁRA BALANCE OF PRÁNA

ÁSANÁS HOW ? BETTER TOLERANCE TO EXERCISE- STIMULUS-RELAX GRADED GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT OF EXERTION TOLERANCE PRÁNIC BALANCE

KRIYÁS CLEAN THE PASSAGES -NÄTI CLEAR THE DIGESTION - DHOUTI ÚANKHA PRAKÚÁLANA ALLERGY - HYPER-REACTIVITY

MASTERY OVER SNEEZING REFLEX JALANÄTI

GRADED CRADUALLY INCREASING STIMULUS ON BACKGROUND OF DEEP REST KRIYÁS STAMINA BUILDING- JALANÄTI - WATER NON SPECIFIC IRRITANT - ACCEPT SÜTRA NÄTI - RUBBER TUBE STRONGER NON SPECIFIC IRRITANT GRADED CRADUALLY INCREASING STIMULUS ON BACKGROUND OF DEEP REST

PRÁNAMAYA KÔÙA: RIGHT - LEFT BALANCE. SAV MAY HELP PRÁNA BLOCKS - IMBALANCE REMOVED RIGHT - LEFT BALANCE. SAV MAY HELP IDEALLY RECOGNISE THE NASAL DOMINENCE MOMENT TO MOMENT AND CORRECT THE IMBALANCE

ABDOMINAL BREATHING - TRAINING DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING HELPS REDUCE EFFORT OF BREATHING * RELEASES PRANIC BLOCKS IN CHEST * IMPROVES DIGESTION e) BHASTRIKA - IMPROVES GENERAL STAMINA

MANÔMAYA KÔÙA: MEDITATION - DIRECT METHOD TO REST ANS AND IMMUNE SYSTEM STRESS REDUCTION

DEVOTIONAL SESSION EMOTION CULTURE REPLACE EMOTIONAL SENSITIVITY BY EMOTIONAL MASTERY CONFLICTS ARISE BECAUSE OF EMOTIONAL HYPER SENSITIVITY

VIJÒÁNA MAYA KÔÙA: YOGIC COUNSELLING * SURRENDER TO DIVINE ACCEPTANCE JOY IN JOY OF OTHERS WORK IN RELAXATION ACTION IN CONTENTMENT etc., HAPPINESS ANALYSIS REDUCE RUSH AND SPEED

ÁNANDAMAYA KÔÙA: SWITCH OFF TO DWELL IN INNER BLISS FREQUENTLY RECOGNISE THAT YOU ARE MADE OF THAT STUFF ÁNANDAMAYA YOU CAN EXPAND AND SLOW DOWN

YOGA FOR BRONCHIAL ASTHMA - A CONTROL STUDY BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 1985 VOL - 291 PP 1077 - 1079 S VYÁSA

N = 53 PAIRS 3 TO 54 MONTHS 1985 BMJ

N = 53 PAIRS 3 TO 54 MONTHS 1985 BMJ

N = 53 PAIRS 3 TO 54 MONTHS 1985 BMJ

HB: HAEMOGLOBIN l: LYMPHOCYTE%, E: EOSINOPHIL%, HB: HAEMOGLOBIN l: LYMPHOCYTE%, E: EOSINOPHIL%, AEC: ABSOLUTE EOSINOPHIL COUNT

% IMPROVEMENT AFTER 2 WEEKS OF IAYT N = 154 AGE: 40 +12.9 % IMPROVEMENT AFTER 2 WEEKS OF IAYT SS: Symptom score, med S : Medication score, AEC: Absolute Eosinophil count, BLI: Bronchial Liability Index, PPC: Psycho physiological checklist, SRAS: self rating anxiety scale, BRS: Bortner’s rating scale(type A personality)

N = 570 3 TO 54 MONTHS JOURNAL OF ASTHMA 1986

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