Amazing Health benefits of Anulom vilom, Alternate breathing technique

 Amazing Health benefits of Anulom vilom, Alternate breathing technique- Alumlom vilom is one of the best yogic pranayam technique. It has a number of health benefits. It benefits your body as well as mind too. Here in this article we will share some of the benefits of Anulom vilom (Alternate breathing technique or pranayam). 

Amazing HEALTH BENEFITS of ANULOM VILOM, Alternate breathing technique

This pranayam has been practised since a long time. It has been seen that the people who are performing this pranayam have speedy recovery from there respiratory diseases. This helps in improving digestion, makes you beautiful, reduces mental health problems. 

The best part of the pranayam is that its not time consuming. You can practise it by just sitting in a padmasana and it just take a session of just 10 to 15 minutes. This 15 minutes Anulom vilom helps you to improve your respiration and ensures your long life. 

How to do Anulom vilom

Step 1: first you have to sit in padmasana. You can either choose a yoga mat of a normal curtain to sit on. This mat helps you to keep you seperate from the ground. 

Step 2: keep your Right hand thumb on your right nostril and try to breath in. (You can also try to start with you left hand blocking your left nostril) you have to keep you thumb on the nostril as if you want to block it to not to breath from that side. 

Step 3: After inhale leave your thumb free and try to hold your other nostril from the long finger. Exhale the air from the left nostril (The nostril that you are holding with your thumb). 

Step 4: Repeat the step 2 again. Try to do it for 1 or 2 minutes then change your hands and again practise it with other hand. 

Try to practise it for 10 to 15 minutes. Focus on the breathing . Don't go fast on the breathing. Slow and steady breathing is the key for anulom vilom pranayam. 

Benefits of anulom vilom

Well here we have explained some of the health benefits of Anulom vilom pranayam. 

• Provides mental calmness and peace. May be your work schedule is harming your mental health. You can try Anulom vilom to make your mental calmness. 

• The practise of anulom vilom strengthens your lungs which helps in providing good healthy respiratory system. Try to do it regularly for better results. 

• This yogic pranayam Anulom vilom is the Best way to cure respiratory diseases.  Highly recommended exercise for asthma, Bronchitis, arthritis and claustrophobia. 

• Regular practise of Anulom Vilom Increases the oxygen intake capacity of the lungs. Many atheletes try this for increasing lung capacity. Runners and swimmers used this yogic pranayam as a warm up exercise and to train their lungs. 

• This magical yogic pranayam improves the concentration power and focus of the mind. This slow steady breathing technique helps you to make your mind to focus more better then before 

• For those who practise yoga for loosing some pounds, i have a great news for you. This exercise makes you to loose weight as it improves your metabolism. Isn't it interesting? You can have weight lose by just sitting a single place. 

• This alternate breathing technique (Anulom Vilom) beautifies your body internally as well as externally. The breathing habit improves your body internally and calm slow breathing helps you to improve your facial expression. 

• The person suffering from diebetes usually advised to perform this breathing techniques as it helps in improving blood circulation and helps in treatment of disease like diebetes and high blood pressure. 

• Diseases like constipation, acidity, gastric related problems and allergic problems are easily cured by this pranayam. Anulom vilom is a best way reduce allergic problems. If you are also allergic with flowers (like me) then you should definately try it in the morning routine. 

• Good for controlling emotions. Anulom vilom helps you to overcome negative thoughts of your mind. Also fill your mind with positive vibes. Also it reduces anger and anxiety related problems. 

Health benefits of Anulom 

Hope this article on benefits of Anulom vilom helped you in some way. This pranayam is more than just a health friendly Exercise. It spirtualise the mind and reduces stress, anger, anxiety. Try to do it in the morning time so that your whole day woll get positive vibes. You can watch our other yoga related articles too.