Welcome to International Day of Yoga - 21st June, 2021 at Nuclear Fuel Complex, Hyderabad

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In order to prevent Covid -19, cardio respiratory system need to be strengthened. Which mean to increase the tidal volume and for making the residual volume zero, for these clavicle, intercostal and diaphragmatic muscles called as extrinsic muscles in the lungs need to be exercised with movement of the arms and hands. Movement of hands traditionally called as karanayasa directing the air Oxygen in to anterior, posterior, superior, inferior, exterior and interior regions of the lungs and movement of the arms is called anganyasa. Which lifts entire thoracic cavity there by exercising and lubricating plura of the lungs.

Traditionally the sound is always used for the purpose of inhalation and exhalation with expansion and contraction of arms respectively thus exercising intrinsic and extrinsic muscles to boost lungs performance. The powerful breathing techniques used for this purpose with sound is called “So-Ham”. The sound of inhalation sounds like “So”. The sound of exhalation sounds like “Ham” which helps in fixing in duration of inhalation including holding the breath called “Anthar kumabaka” or “Puraka” and exhalation including holding breath to post exhalation called “Bahir Kumbaka” to boost lungs performance. This So-Ham in yoga is also called as Ajapa Gayathri use of sound to fix/heal the problem, Gaya (Wound)+ Thri (fixing) healing the wound. Every great saint like Yaagnyavalkya who wrote a book called Yoga Sanhitha and “Yoga Yaagnyavalkya” taught these techniques personally to his wife Maithreyi and Gaargi. Similarly saint Gheranda, while explaining to the Chanda Kaapala in the tradition of kaapalikas, kurantakas a tradition of Nath gurus emphasizes on the importance of using So-Ham for breathing technique to increasing lungs capacity and natural breath for self-realization and self-actualization. The contemporary great teachers like “Thirumalai Krishnamacharya” has translated, the book called “Yoga Yaagnyavalkya” which explains a particular style of breathing with Gayathri.