The ability to recall is linked with most of the higher brain functions which places man at the top of the evolutionary scale. For example , perceptions is a complex ability , which first of all involves receiving sensory information.
However much more than that is needed for perception since it involves the significance of that sensory information , and for this we often draw upon the stored facts from our memory.
This is because of our ability to link what we see with a visual picture stored in our memory. This asana faciliates the functioning of the right brain , thereby helping us to easily remember shapes, pictures etc
Shithi
Vajrasana
Practice
- Adopt Nasika mudra with your right hand
- Close the left nostril with the little and ring fingers of Nasika Mudra
- Inhale and exhale slowly through the right nostril (Surya nadi) only.
- Keep the left nostril closed all the time during the practice.
- Once cycle of inhalation and exhalation forms one round.
- Practice nine rounds.
- Time taken for exhalation should be longer than inhalation
- Patients of depression may practice 27 rounds of this pranayama before breakfast, lunch, dinner and before sleep.(four times a day)
- If facilitates the functioning of the right brain (creative,intutive) much more than the left brain (logical, analytical) thereby helping in remember shapes , pictures , routes etc better
- It helps in weight reduction by increasing the rate of energy expenditure in the body
- Persons with hypertension or anxiety neurosis should not perform this asana.
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