Asan Pranayam Mudra Bandh

Author(s): Satyanand Saraswati Swami
Publisher: Yoga Publication Trust

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Diet: Light, easily digestible food such as fresh fruit and vegetables. Drink plenty of water, fruit and vegetable juice, herbal teas. Avoid heavy foods like meat, cheese, fried or oily food, rich sauces, desserts.
Pituitary and pineal glands: (general health)
Asana: Surya namaskara, all inverted asanas particularly sirshasana, yogamudrasana, matsyasana, sumeru asana, pranamasana, pada hastasana.
Pranayama: All pranayamas, especially bhramari,
kapalbhati.
Mudra: Shambhavi, maha and prana mudras. Shatkarma Trataka, neti.
Poliomyelitis:
Asana: Pawanmuktasana part 1: active and passive (assisted), bhujangasana, makarasana, jyestikasana, shalabhasana, dhanurasana, paschimottanasana, bhu namanasana, meru wakrasana, ardha matsyendrasana, vajrasana, khandharasana, trikonasana, ashwa
sanchalanasana.
Pranayama: Nadi shodhana.
Mudra: Nasikagra drishti.
Other: Prana vidya, amaroli, encouragement to maintain mobility and self-confidence.
Pregnancy: (antenatal)
Asana: Months 1 to 3 - See reproductive organs. Months 4 to 6 - Pawanmuktasana part 1, matsya kridasana, meditation asanas, vajrasana, bhadrasana, majari-asana, hasta utthanasana, tadasana, tiryaka tadasana, kati chakrasana, utthanasana stages 1-3, meru wakrasana.
Months 7 to 9 - Only pawanmuktasana part 1. Pranayama: Nadi shodhana, bhramari, ujjayi, light bhastrika. After 3 months discontinue bhastrika.
Mudra: Ashwini and vajroli mudras.
Bandha: Moola bandha.
Diet: Nutritious, vegetarian diet.
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