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Breathe and Let Go

February 8, 2019 Urbanatural

by P Vaidyanathan From the very beginning of life, till its end, one activity we do unceasingly, is breathing. In fact, life starts with taking our first breath, and ends with letting out our last. Breathing, as we know, brings in the vital oxygen needed to sustain the life of our cells and body, and throws out a lot of waste products created during our body metabolism. To breathe, is to be alive. Anything that impairs proper breathing will affect the quality of our lives. Breathing and breathing exercises have always…

How Kapalbhati can help in detoxifying the brain

December 26, 2018 Urbanatural

by Anil Rajvanshi Kapalbhati is a part of Pranayam kriya where one forcefully exhales rapidly and in short bursts. Practitioners claim that it helps in cleaning lungs and in exercising the abdomen muscles. It is therefore recommended for reducing tummy fat. The word Kapalbhati means skull illumination ! Yogis claim that practicing it cleans the brain and gives shining quality to a person’s appearance. Modern science may give credence to this claim. Recently researchers have shown that nanoparticles (particle size of 10-30 nanometers which are almost 10-20 times smaller than those…