MAHAT - YOGA

PRANA – AYAMA
The complete grand breathe

PRESENTED BY

VISWA MITRA Foundation

1720, P & T block, 3rd Cross, Aniketana Road, Kuvempunagar,
Mysore – 570023
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 Inspiration & source – my
gurus
 Shri Narasimha Murthy,
Adi Shankara Yoga Kendra,
Basavangudi, Bangalore
 aged 75 years now,
 experimenting & preaching since 45
years
 Disciple of a Himalayan Guru
 Inspiration & source – my
gurus
 Shri Raghavendra Shenoy
Rashtrothana Shareerika Shikshana
Kendra, Bangalore
 Master of Asanas
 Direct Disciple of Yogic Genius Shri B.K.S
Iyengar
 Practising & preaching Asanas since 25
years
 Knows each & every part of the internal
body & inspires each student to know the
 Prana…Basic
 Energy

[Physical, Mental, Spiritual & Cosmic…..]

[Heat, Light, Gravity, Magnetic, Electricity…]
[Life, spirit, Vigor, Vitality, Power…]
All vibrations or Dynamics or
Movements in the Nature is Prana
 Prana…forms
 Air very strong
 Water strong
 Food strong
 Emotions average
 Activities average
 Ayama…the
management
 Stretch
 Extension
 Expansion
 Length
 Breadth
 Regulation
 Prolongation
 Restraint
 Control
 Prana-Ayama
Energy-Management
 The Act or the Art of the
Self – energising Force
embracing the body
with
extension,
expansion
& control
 Qualities of Prana
 Stronger
when the entire body is pure by air, water, food
& majority of the impure waste is thrown out of the body

 Average
When the entire body is a mixture of pure & impure air,
water, food & waste

 Weaker
When the entire body is full of wastes & lesser place for
good & quality air, water & food
 Air & prana
 Air

In the Atmosphere
 Breathe

When the air enters the nose

 Prana

When the Breathe fulfils it purpose & converts to

energy or prana.
 Breathing tools
 Brahma [Adi, Raw-material]
Air in the Atmosphere

 Vishnu [Madhya, work in process]

Process of Breathing

 Maheswara [antya, Finished goods]

Purpose of Breathing
 Breathing organs & tools
 Nose
 Pharynx
 Larynx
 Trachea
 Lungs
 Bronchi
 Bronchioles
 Alveoli [air sacks]
 Capillaries or Blood vessels
 Blood
 Importance of Nose in
breathing
 Filters dust, harmful bacteria,
viruses, foreign objects,
bad smell

 Warms cooler air from outside

& makes suitable for body to
accept

 Moisturises Adds content of water

so that the Dry air does
not rub & damage the
inner walls of the Air tube
 Nostrils
 Right  Left
 Surya  Moon
 Male  Female
 Heat, bile, fire  Mucus, kapha,
 Physical water
 Day  Mental
 Rudra  Night
 Pingala  Vishnu
 work  Ida
 relaxation
 Contents of Air Inhaled
 Nitrogen 79%
 Oxygen 20%
 Carbon di oxide 1%
& other gases
 Contents of Air exhaled
 Nitrogen 79%
 Oxygen 16%
 Carbon di oxide 4%
 Other gases 1%
 Respiratory System
 Nose

 Throat

 Lungs
 Systems directly
affected by Breathing
 Respiratory
 Circulatory
 Cardiac
 Digestive
 Excretory
 Systems in-directly
affected by Breathing
 Nervous system
 Muscular system
 Skeletal system
 Endocrine system
 Oxygen…why inside
 Vital nutrient for the body
No food body will withstand for
weeks
No water body will withstand for days
No oxygen not even minutes

 Purifies the blood

 Removes toxins from blood & from

the body
 Breathing at present

 Alveolic Air 5%

 Dead Air in the 95%

nose, pharynx, larynx
trachea, bronchi,
bronchioles
 Breathing Proposed
 Alveolic air increase gradually
from 5% upto
50%

 Dead Air Decrease gradually

from
95% to 50%
How to increase Alveolic
Air
 Reduce Food levels, so that v get
extra space

 B aware about ur postures of sitting,

standing & sleeping…there shud not
b congestion or contractions in the
lungs by bad postures

 Increase Each Breathing Time, ie.,

deeper breathing [can b achieved by
practise only over a period of time]
 Factors influencing
Breathing
 Food
 Clothing
 Shelter of Stay & work
 Culture of birth & parents
 Emotions
 Activity
 Pollution
 Benefits of Deeper
breathing…physical
 Increased purification of blood
 Decrease in Toxins
 Increase Digestion
 Decrease Waste
 Improved Nervous System
 Improves functioning the glands, producing
chemical requirements of the body
 Improves Lungs capacity & resistance
 Reduces Heart load & makes Heart live longer
 Controls Weight of the body
 Regulate Heat & cooling System of the body
 Improves Health & reduces weakness
 Oxygen to brain & mind relaxes
 Benefits of Deeper
Breathing…Mental
 Increases thought power
 Increases Imaginative power
 Calms the mind
 Analyses the subject before us
 Removes fatigue
 Removes lethargy
 Removes monotony
 Removes depression
 Diseases of bad
breathing
 Lungs…Asthma, Bronchitis
 Heart….blockage, Attack
 Digestive…Diabetes,
 Excretory… Constipation,
 Blood…cancer, high cholestrol
 Brain…Tumor, stroke, haemorrage,
 Stages of breathing
 Rechaka inhalation
 Kumbhaka hold inside

 Puraka Exhalation
 Shunya hold outside
 Counts of Healthy
breathing
 Very Healthy 10 breathe
per min
 Healthy 16 breathe per
min
 Average 20 breathe per
min
 Sick 24 breathe per
min
 Five elements..in our
body
 Agni heat transforms solids to liquids &
liquids to gas

 Vayu dynamic & base for all energy transfers,

supports Agni to perform better

 Prithvi Solid, stability, rigidity [bones & teeth]

 Jala Moving, Transporting & Informative

Agent ,
blood, lymph & other fluids
Regulates temparature, carry away
wastes,
 Physical Breathe
analysis
Length of Breathing
Volume of Breathing

Pressure of Breathing

Speed of Breathing
 Lungs…
 Right ….3 sectors  Left…. 2 sectors or
or lobes lobes
 Lower  Lower
 Middle  Upper
 Upper
 Mahatyoga
 Air passing into all the three lobes on
the right & two lobes on the left in a
single breathing

 Inhalation…..Lower, Middle, Upper

 Exhalation….Lower, Middle, Upper

 Mahatyoga, is the foundation of all

prana-ayamas. Any pranayama,
shud have the base of Mahatyoga.
 Kinds of Breathing

 Mouth vs Nose
 Noisy vs Quiet
 Fast vs Slow
 Irregular vs Regular
 Jerky vs Smooth
 Shallow vs Deep
 Forced vs Effortless
 Nervous vs Relaxed
 Voluntary vs Involuntary
 SYSTEMS OF BODY
 SKELETAL
 MUSCULAR
 NERVOUS
 CIRCULATORY
 DIGESTIVE
 EXCRETORY
 LYMPHATIC
 BLOOD…
 TRANSPORTING AGENT
 FIGHTS ANTIBODIES
 BLOOD…CONTENTS
 RED BLOOD CORPUSULES
 WHITE BLOOD CORPUSULES
 PLATELETS
 TRI NADIS
 IDA LEFT, CHANDRA,
COLD, TAMAS,
LAZINESS

 PINGALA RIGHT, SURYA, HEAT,

RAJAS, ACTIVITY

 SUSHUMNA BACKBONE, BALANCE

OF HEAT & COLD
 PANCHA PRANAS
 PRANA HEAD

 APANA EXCRETORY SYSTEM

 SAMANA DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

 UDANA THROAT & VOICE

 VYANA CIRCULATORY &

NERVOUS SYSTEM
 UPA PRANAS
 NAGA TEGU(IN KANNADA)

 KOORMA EYE LIDS

 KRAKARA COUGH & SEENU

 DEVADATTA YAWNING

 DHANANJAYA SHLESHMA
 FOOD FOR YOGIS
 PROTIENS SPROUTED BEANS
 CARBOHYDRATES RICE
 FATS OILS
 MINERALS
 IODINE SALT
 GLUCOSE SUGAR
 WATER
 PURPOSE OF SOLID
FOOD
 10/16 WASTES

 5/16 MUSCLES & ENERGY

 1/16 MANAS
 ARI SHAD VARGAS
 KAMA
 KRODHA
 LOBHA
 MOHA
 MADHA
 MATSARYA
 TRI GUNAS

SATWIK

RAJASIK

TAMASIK
 Tri-doshas

Vatta windy
Pitta heat
Kapha cold
 PANCHA KOSHAS
 ANNA MAYA
 PRANAMAYA

 MANOMAYA

 VIGNANAMAYA

 ANANDAMAYA
 BREATHE MANAGEMENT
BENEFITS - PHYSICAL
 STRENGTHENS
 DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
 EXCRETORY SYSTEM

 CARDIAC SYSTEM

 CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

 NERVOUS SYSTEM
 BREATHE MANAGEMENT
BENEFITS - MENTAL
 CONTROLS EMOTIONS
 REDUCES STRESS
 METHODICAL THINKING
Basic respiratory system
Respiratory system
Respiratory system
Lungs
Lungs….side view
LUNGS….comparision
Human body
heart
Digestive system
Digestive system
kidneys
Human body
Nervous system
Endocrine system
skin
brain
brain