PRANAYAM : POSTURAL KAPALBHATI FOR DIABETES

PRANAYAM :
POSTURAL KAPALBHATI A PANACEA FOR DIABETES AND ACID PEPTIC DISEASES

Postural kapalbhati is a new innovation of yoga research which explains the therapeutic effect of kapalbhati kriya on adult-onset diabetes Mellitus, gas, indigestion, constipation, and other acid peptic diseases. The origin of this idea has come from the traditional way of doing the kriya and its effect on the human physiological system. Traditionally, during the practice of kapalbhati, the abdominal area contracts and relaxes along with the rate and pace of the breath. The abdominal fat, due to its characteristic of continuous expansion and contraction, stretches out and instead of shaping up, it grows in size and shape.

One more important factor we observe in traditional kapalbhati is that its effect hardly touches the deep internal organs like the kidney and pancreas. More the thickness of the abdominal fat less will be the effect of kapalbhati on the internal organs. Thus, the claim that kapalbhati cures type two diabetes has become a myth.

With this background, let us suppose that instead of flapping action, if the abdomen is contracted at a level where there is no scope for relaxation, at this point kapalbhati kriya will penetrate deep in to the untouched organs like pancreas to give a visible effect on the cure and management of diabetes.

Here comes the concept of POSTURAL KAPAKBHATI. It is nothing but doing the kriya in different selected postures. Suppose, for example, we know that twisting the abdomen is good to initiate secretion of insulin from the islet of the pancreas. There are different twist postures in standing, sitting, prone, and supine state. For kapalbhati we can choose sitting and prone postures because in these two states, the spine is stretched upward and the head position is in tune with gravity.

 One more thing is important here to note that abdomen shape up and belly-flattening will automatically happen when we try to do the kapalbhati kriya keeping the abdomen in a tight position. The idea is to cut that unwanted abdomen bulging into size by simply twisting the style of the practice.

WHY AND HOW TO DO?

All that we need is a round pillow to sit over it with feet touching each other as in butterfly position. The idea is to raise the base of the spine a few inches above the ground. When sitting over a pillow, one can feel like leaning forward and knees touching the ground. Next, press the palms over the knees, right palm over the right knee and left palm over the left knee until you feel a stretch in the area of the lower abdomen. This state of the abdomen is synonymous to uddiyan bandha .

With this position keeping intact we can start kapalbhati kriya at a slow to moderate pace up to three minutes with interim rest. The effect of this action penetrates deep inside the abdominal organs and helps in the management of abdomen fat, gas, constipation, and other related disorders.

One more posture is important in controlling diabetes. This is bhujangasan twist. We can adopt simple bhujangasan with feet apart and twisting to sides. Kapalbhati kriya to be started only when we feel a stretch after the twist. This is the right action which directly communicates with the pancreas and becomes helpful in improving insulin secretion. Please refer to my youtube video for details