BREATHING exercises for................ WEIGHT LOSS

Hi,
I appreciate that you have written an article to insist the importance of breathing exercises to reduce weight. I'm not understimating your knowledge in this area, but I humbly would like to share my views on the article, definetely for awareness, and not to hurt anyone. I'm a Yoga Therapist(graduated from a yoga University), I'm just sharing with you, from what I have studied, researched and experienced.
1.First of all, a recommendation to "hold the breath", cannot be given just like that. Any one practising holding of the breath need to do it absolutely under a teacher or a Guru's guidance. One has to be very careful in practising holding of the breath, called as Kumbhaka in yogic terms. Kumbhaka need to be done with Bandhas. If you are interested Please find from the net what 3 Bandhas are.
2.Your recommendation for "rapid breathing" has a lot of limitations. We are more careful on who should not do rapid breathing, rather than, who should be doing it. It is better for a person not to do breathing exercises, rather than doing, what she should not do. Please do not instruct on any breathing exercise without first mentioning who should not do it.
3. From your words "exhale forcefully", I think you are talking about Kapalabhati. What will happen if an enthusiastic obese person with hypertension, after reading the article starts doing it?. That too, generalised words like "relax and repeat the same"? Relax for how long? repeat for how many more times? 10 more? what will happen to a BP person? for an Epileptic person? for a severe backpain person?
All I'm telling is that, if anyone wants to reduce weight through breathing exercises, pls find out a right yoga teacher or a Therapist. Talk to the person, mention all your ailments, (if you have diabetes or knee pain or back pain, irregular periods, Thyroid dysfunctioning or whatever). Make him design a tailor- made, suitable program for you. Learn and practice CONSISTENTLY. It is really disheartening to see people practise yoga, reading from a book or a similar source. or most of the time, people go for general yoga classes which normally has more than 10 participants. The same asana, pranayama will be given to all of them, The same practices to reduce weight(obesity), to reduce knee pain(arthritis) too? How does it make sense? When it doesn't work people conclude that yoga doesn't work. General yoga is a positive health program for people who are healthy without any particular ailment. Go for Obesity Yoga Therapy , find out what you particularly need.
Riyaa.

 

dear 4mango,
First let me thank you for this useful thread. I Lost the ability to sing suddenly and gradually I found very difficult to speak loudly. I have to strain much to talk. So I went for Stroboscopy ( My DIL is speech and hearing specialist) and they started some breathing excercise for me first. They are almost same like what you mentioned. They gave some breathing ex for stomach tightening which in return they said to retain my voice. I find my breathing much regulated than before and let me hope for getting back my voice again .

ganges

 

Hi,
I admire your attitude. Thank you for taking my comments in the right way. Not everyone can take it with the right attitude like you. I'm also a learner. Nobody in this world can claim to have known everything. As we all know, life on the whole is full of learning experiences till our last breath. Glad to know that you are a regular yoga practisioner. Nice communicating to you. By the way the Institute you have mentioned, Is it associated to Swami Vivekananda yoga anusandhana samasthana (SVYASA), Bangalore?
Riyaa.

 

i was also struck by your humble attitude, dear mango!!!
keep it up!!!
People like you are getting so rare nowadays...ego is coming to spoil and there s little most of us are trying to make to get rid of that ego...but you seemed t have worked it all out!!!
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