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viloma Prāṇāyāma. There is also breathing
only through the left nostril which has been
called Chandra Anuloma Viloma Prānāyāma
and the third one is Bhramari where a person
breathes out with a humming Sound like
a honey bee. Meditation is trickier. If a person
is very angry and he closes the eyes and
attempts to meditate, such a person is likely
to have angry thoughts rushing around him.
Fortunately there is something such people
can do and that is a very special technique
called cyclic meditation. It is actually developed
in Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research
Foundation, by the founder director of this institution, Dr. H
R Nagendra. This technique actually consists of cycles of Supine
rest when a person lying flat and a few yoga postures.
They are not just trying to relax, in between there is something
they are doing to keep themselves busy and this technique
is very ideal for people who are highly stressed, who are very
anxious, people who are very angry. We have seen remarkable
benefits of this in terms of reduced physiological stress,
the blood pressure going down, less oxygen consumed. Stress
level also reduces at the same time this technique is extremely
wonderful because people preserve their levels of awareness.
In other words we don’t want to be so relaxed that you cannot
do your job. Cyclic meditation is a wonderful blend, where
there is deep relaxation but alertness is preserved. We have
been using it for a number of stress management programmes
in various companies. In fact the most recent research that
shows not just that cyclic meditation reduces stress in the day
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