Care For Vertigo

DISCLAIMER: This technique is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical diagnosis or treatment. Individuals with any type of medical condi\tion, the elderly, children below 14, women who are pregnant or suspect they may be pregnant are advised to seek professional medical advice before practicing this technique. Viewers who are not on two-way video conferencing are cautioned that they are practicing these techniques at their own risk.

Steps to be followed:

1. ANDHAASANA
2. PRAKRITHI KUMBHAKA
3. KOORMA KUMBHAKA
4. AARAMBHAASANA
5. GADAA KUMBHAKA
6. VAAMAAVARTHA CHAKRA KUMBHAKA
7. DAKSHINAAVARTHA SHANKHA KUMBHAKA

1. ANDHAASANA

TRANSLATION-cum-TECHNIQUE

1. Sit in a squatting position
2. Direct the knees forward. You can rest your knees on the ground
3. Bend forward
4. Lower the head in between the knees
5. Keep the elbows adjacent to the knees
6. Hold the head with your hands
7. Exhale completely  through mouth
8. Practice Mulabandha, i.e. the practitioner should press firmly the perineum with the left heel
9. Be in this position for 30 seconds
10. Release Mulabandha

IN ANDHAASANA, NEXT -

2. PRAKRITHI KUMBHAKA

TECHNIQUE

1. As you chant the bija mantra “VA” loudly suck in the air quickly.
2. After you are full, hold the breath judiciously, as long as you can
3. Then slowly exhale normally
4. Do this 21 times

NOTE: IF you have high blood pressure, a hernia problem or are pregnant, do not hold your breath.

 IN ANDHAASANA, NEXT-

3. KOORMA KUMBHAKA

TECHNIQUE

1. Continue to be seated in the same asana
2. Fix your sight at one point and stare
3. Do not blink your eyes
4. Do not allow your eye balls to move
5. Do not move your body.You may visulaise your whole body has become like a log of wood.
6. While you stare intensely, automatically the breathing will stop. Hold the breath as long as you can.
7. When you can't hold anymore, relax
8. Do this 21 times.

4. AARAMBHAASANA

TRANSLATION-cum-TECHNIQUE

1. Sit with the legs stretched
2. Bend your body and catch hold of the great toes with your hands
3. Try to touch the knees with your head
4. Be in this posture for 30 seconds

 IN AARAMBHAASANA, NEXT-

5. GADAA KUMBHAKA

TECHNIQUE

1. Inhale through both the nostrils
2. Hold the breath judiciously as long as you can
3. Exhale through the right nostril (you can use right hand to control both nostrils)
4. Do this 21 times

IN AARAMBHAASANA, NEXT-

6. VAAMAAVARTA CHAKRA KUMBHAKA

TECHNIQUE

1. Inhale through left nostril
2. Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously
3. Exhale through the right nostril
4. Again inhale through left nostril
5. Exhale through the right nostril
6. Repeat this 21 times

IN AARAMBHAASANA, NEXT-

7. DAKSHINAAVARTA SHANKHA KUMBHAKA

TECHNIQUE

1. Inhale deeply and fully through the right nostril
2. Hold the breath inside as long as possible
3. When you cant hold anymore slowly release the breath through the left nostril
4. Again inhale deeply and fully through the right nostril
5. Hold the breath inside as long as possible
6. When you cant hold anymore slowly release the breath through the left nostril (practise as described from points 1-6 once more. With this two rounds of Dakshinavartha chakrakumbhaka is completed. Then do one round of agnishoma kumbhaka as described below)
7. Inhale through the right nostril hold the breath
8. Exhale through the left nostril
9. Now inhale through the left nostril hold the breath
10. Exhale through the right nostril (This is one round of agnishoma kumbhaka)
11. Do this two rounds of Dakshinavartha chakrakumbhaka and one round of agnishoma kumbhaka 21 times

END OF KRIYA