Kapalbhati Pranayama is a type of breathing exercise that helps you rid of various ailments over a period of time.
"Kapal" means forehead and "bhati" means shining. Eventually, Kapabhati should bring about a glow on the face of the practitioner.
Kapalabhati is done in a sitting posture. Focus on "exhaling". Inhale as normal.
Exhale and simultaneously contract the abdomen muscles with each exhalation. Keep exhaling without consciously inhaling all the time. Exhale as long as you can.
Practice Kapalbhati pranayama for about 5 minutes. You can gradually increase this to a maximum of 10 minutes. You may take short breaks when you start out on this yogic breathing exercise.
Kapalabhati helps control obesity, diabetes, kidney and prostate diseases, heart, brain and lung problems and many other diseases.
Benefits: cleansing, invigorating, warming, prevents illness and allergies
This breath consists of rapid, forced exhales followed by passive inhales. It is best done at the beginning of a yoga session. In Kundalini practice, Kapalabhati breath is sometimes done while holding poses.
1. Come to sit in a comfortable crosslegged position.
2. Take two or three deep inhales and exhales through the nose to prepare.
3. Inhale to a comfortable level, and then exhale sharply and forcefully through the nose, drawing the belly in as you exhale.
4. Let the inhale happen passively, and continue this cycle of forceful exhales and passive inhales at a fast pace, so that the belly is pumping continuously.
5. Do three rounds of thirty breaths each, coming back to deep inhales and exhales between each round.
6. Come back to normal breathing if you feel lightheaded at any time.
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