Bhastrika Pranayam is a form of yoga that takes care of your internal systems and provides you with ideal rejuvenation and relaxation for the mind, body, and soul. With yoga being a good cure for problems like blood pressure, this form of yoga only improves your inner potential.

Meaning

Bhastrika in Sanskrit means to bellow, prana means vital energy, and ayama means to stretch. Bhastrika Pranayam helps to stretch the vital energies with a bellow sound.

Significance

Bhastrika Pranayam is usually done in the pose of a meditation and mainly concentrates on the Manipura Chakra. While doing this yogasana you should have learnt at least four levels of the Nadi Shodhana Pranayama for around four months. A great remedy for blood pressure this form of yoga surely aids in continuous maintenance of health

Technique

Exhale by keeping the body absolutely still.
Lifting the hand feel the entire breath flowing inwards and outwards.
Keep the hand above, use the thumb with the right nostril and inhale air.
Now exhale and breathe out in succession through the left nostril.
All the time, the abdominal walls move outwards and inwards with a bellowing sound.
You can continue this with the right nostril and then relax.
Alternate breathing with the left as well as right nostril.

Benefits

Bhastrika Pranayam keeps the body and the mind fresh and provides refreshment and rejuvenation.
This is a great stimulator and provides you with overall circulation in the body.
With an increased supply of blood to the head, you get more hearing and eyesight.
Lungs are stronger and problems like asthma and bronchitis are cured easily.

Metabolism and digestion improves through this asana.