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My globally acknowledged TEDx speech in Charleston, and the coverage by several media outlets continue to spread the significance of my pranayamam-based scientific research.
The physical body is called Annamaya kottam in the yoga practice. There are five different forms of our being – the physical layer, the breathing layer, the mental layer, the wisdom layer, and the blissful core.
There are five different forms of our being – the physical layer, the breathing layer, the mental layer, the wisdom layer, and the blissful core. Our core nature is bliss. It is covered with the four layers mentioned above. The ultimate goal of one’s life is to rise to the blissful state (and remain therein).
Your life is how the mind is. You are how the mind is. Therefore, mind is the master of the self, and the king of the country within.
Your life is how the mind is.
That is why a king in the Tamil language is called mannan.
The one who can conquer his own mind is called the mannan, and he is the one who can stand the test of time.
research study suggests that slowing down the breathing to 7 times per minute is highly beneficial to hypertensive patients.
In reality, our nasal cycle alternates the breathing from one nostril to the other every about 2 hours throughout the day.
if breathing through the right nostril is dominant, it creates a warmth sensation, and a rise in the activity of the left brain, whereas the opposite is true for the left nostril.
key aspect of alternation of left and right breathing is their link to the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
The outside of each nostril has a little dimple and an elevation. This is the part where people wear nose stud.
Modern anatomy identifies the circulatory plexus as Kiesselbach’s plexus.
The ten naadi are Ida, Pingala, Suzhumunai, Siguvai, Purudan, Kanthari, Athi, Alambudai, Sangini, and Kuhu.
Of these Ida (left nostril) and Pingalai (right nostril) are located in the respective nostrils.
(internal carotid artery for example)
The one who resides in this body is a good person.
We may be covered by layers of external impurities,
but deep down we are the pure ones.
This is a way of teaching the young ones as well.
There may be external Guru only for the first few steps. After those first initiation, everyone must follow his or her own master within. This is a great combination of two lights clearing our way.
வாரிப் பிடிக்க வசப்படும் தானே.
“Why do we drink, when do we drink, how much do we drink? The need to drink arises upon biochemical changes in the brain. A person who has tasted alcohol and seen its hallucinogenic effects finds a temporary joy, and an opportunity to forget worries.
Therefore the ultimate goal of human life is to use its fullest potential to elevate the soul so that it completes its life/birth cycle - a rebirth thus becomes unnecessary.
Patanjali says preventing the amplification of the thoughts is yoga.
great minds think alike.
Through research, we identified that inhalation after holding the breath releases a sudden outflow of saliva that contains several molecules of interest.
Gna. Manickavasakan
I do this at least 3-4 times in a week.
analysis found that there was increased NGF levels in people who performed pranayamam compared to the control group.
Some of the proteins that made me jump for joy were DMBT1, Kallikrein, CRISP3, and Immunoglobulins etc. For example, the levels of DMBT1 is greatly reduced in brain tumors. That
This protein is needed to protect us from cancer,
(அற்றால் அளவறிந்து உண்க, அஃதுடம்பு பெற்றான் நெடிது உய்க்குமாறு).
Pranayamam could promote the mobilization of stem cells from within the bone marrow,
I want to mention one of my adventurous experiments in the year 2013. First, I collected saliva under four different conditions: 1) normal basal saliva that I collected just prior to the following exercises, 2) saliva collected after five minutes of chanting Om, 3) saliva collected after five minutes of Thirumoolar pranayamam, and 4) saliva collected after I stressed myself out by watching horrific pictures for five minutes (Caution! I watched some extremely disturbing images from google images under the search term “Eelam war crime pictures” showing pictures of Tamil civilians wounded and
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Second, I treated the cells (I was using a macrophage cell line called “RAW 264.7 cells”) with the saliva from the above four conditions and then watched the next day how the cells looked under microscope.
left nostril (Friday, Monday, Wednesday), right nostril (Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday), and on Thursdays it is on left nostril if the moon is in growing phase while right nostril if the moon is in receding phase. This pattern needs to be checked before sunrise on each day. If it is not going in the specified nostril then one has to learn how to switch it to the desired nostril. This can be achieved by taking direct lessons from a learned Guru.
there should be a reason why we have two nostrils unlike a star-nosed mole which has only one nostril.
It is a great practice to watch which nostril is active at any given time or activity during the day.
several Tamil words could be linked to modern medical terms!).
Brain cells although can produce all the proteins they need for their growth and survival, they do receive information and nutrients or factors from other areas of the body.
It is important to consider that breathing regulation by pranayamam can be used to both accelerate and decelerate the metabolic rate. For instance, there are fast breathing techniques such as Bhastrika which stimulate the metabolic rate; whereas slow breathing exercises such as Sheetali can reduce the metabolic rate.
came out from the ocean
Mooladhara chakram is believed to be the abode where life begins. Scientific research offers clue that we still have some reserve of early pluripotent stem cell population (cells that have the capability to give rise to different cell types) waiting for a stimulation.
just like the NGF transported to the brain via retrograde axonal transport.
electroencephalogram (EEG) is recorded by placing electrodes on to a person’s scalp. Interestingly, researchers have found that pranayamam activates alpha waves refer to a state of relaxation while the subject is in an alert state.
– what are those ten naadi?
If it is true that the breath flows through the places where we think, here is a simple exercise! That is to do alternate nostril breathing without using the fingers!
One of the major benefits of breath holding is that it creates a brief/minor ischemic state
