Have you ever tried pranayama? Oh no! I am not one of the Baba Ramdev followers (although he has become synonymous to it or vice versa!), neither am I asking you to be one. But, nevertheless, pranayama happens to be one of the wonderful forms of yoga which produces amazing results, increases your stamina, builds immunity, helps the body combat serious illnesses and (to cut short) keeps you healthy.
Well, I am not writing this article to reiterate the advantages of pranayama. What I intend to do is to recount my first experience with anulom-vilom. It is a type of pranayama in which you inhale from one of the nostrils, hold your breath for a while, let the air fill inside your lungs and then exhale from the other nostril. When I tried the above exercise, I could actually feel air entering each and every bronchiole of mine. Not only was it one of the most refreshing experiences I have had, but it also made me realize how valuable a gift is it to have a bountiful of clear air around you, and how often do we overlook its presence in our lives. Don’t we always take it for granted, the presence of clear air, clear water around us?
It is high time that we pause and ponder for a moment, consider a situation when we would cease to have these wonderful gifts of nature. Of course, the moment does not stand beckoning in the realms of the very next day. Neither does it in the near future. But, it is not too far either. But, obviously we remain so oblivious of the fact. Don’t we? After all we believe in living in the present! So we do not think for a second when we throw a polyethylene bag or a wrapper on the road, or drive alone in a car to the office instead of a car pool which seems so sub-standard.
We do not feel an iota of guilt while irreversibly poisoning the world, the world we are going to leave for our coming generations, a legacy we ought to be ashamed of. But, we need not have to answer anybody? Do we? We belong to a generation that lives in the present, lives life to its fullest. Is not it?
Well, I am not writing this article to reiterate the advantages of pranayama. What I intend to do is to recount my first experience with anulom-vilom. It is a type of pranayama in which you inhale from one of the nostrils, hold your breath for a while, let the air fill inside your lungs and then exhale from the other nostril. When I tried the above exercise, I could actually feel air entering each and every bronchiole of mine. Not only was it one of the most refreshing experiences I have had, but it also made me realize how valuable a gift is it to have a bountiful of clear air around you, and how often do we overlook its presence in our lives. Don’t we always take it for granted, the presence of clear air, clear water around us?
It is high time that we pause and ponder for a moment, consider a situation when we would cease to have these wonderful gifts of nature. Of course, the moment does not stand beckoning in the realms of the very next day. Neither does it in the near future. But, it is not too far either. But, obviously we remain so oblivious of the fact. Don’t we? After all we believe in living in the present! So we do not think for a second when we throw a polyethylene bag or a wrapper on the road, or drive alone in a car to the office instead of a car pool which seems so sub-standard.
We do not feel an iota of guilt while irreversibly poisoning the world, the world we are going to leave for our coming generations, a legacy we ought to be ashamed of. But, we need not have to answer anybody? Do we? We belong to a generation that lives in the present, lives life to its fullest. Is not it?
