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Meditation science
- 1. Science of Meditation Prof. B M Hegde
- 2. Yoga and Meditation achieve the most important change in our living & that is to change the way we breath daily. Normally we use only 25% of our lung capacity by breathing through chest muscles.
- 3. This is modulated through sympathetic system which is our friend in emergencies like flight, freight & fight . The healthy breathing developed by Yoga & Meditation which is deep & slow by using diaphragm which is tranquil, peaceful & deep breathing mode .
- 4. The key words are deep and slow breathing. Deep rhythmic, slow breathing makes many beneficial changes in our body like Use of all the 100% lung capacity, raising the tissue oxygen level from 40% to 90%. Whole body feels well fed with the life giving Oxygen- vitality.
- 5. Lowered diaphragm stretches itself to widely open the 2 wholes through which the 2 great blood vessels (aorta & inferior venacava) taking blood to & from the heart, to dilate and relax bringing in less load for the heart pump is significantly reduced helping heart to function a lot better.
- 6. Deep slow rhythmic breathing slows down respiratory rate, per force & changes many parameters in the heart. Makes the mind tranquil and peaceful converting the man from fighting mode to loving mode.
- 7. These facts were proved in many clinical studies, 2 of which were published in prestigious medical journal-The Lancet. A London based teaching hospital study, showed that slow deep breathing increased tissue perfusion and reduced breathlessness.
- 8. made patients get out of bed reduced the aortic pressure, the pulmonary artery pressure, the diastolic pressure in the left ventricle, and also significantly increased the ejection fraction (functional capacity of the heart) in the patients who were otherwise dying of terminal heart failure.
- 9. Another study in California showed that a group of patients in terminal heart failure waiting for heart transplant, death rate was prohibitively high as no donor was available. One of the Cardiologists studied the effect of Yogic slow deep rhythmic breathing on those patients with remarkable results.
- 10. Nearly half of the patients in the group did not have any more indication for heart transplant after the yogic breathing exercise for 6-9 weeks and were discharged home. There are many cardiologists now applying these techniques in routine patient care in the west. Many more are doing in India.
- 11. Mr. BKS Iyengar a great Yogi demonstrated the effect of Yogic breathing on 2 patients who are in the stage of terminal heart failure and given up by many reputed hospitals in Pune & Mumbai except the heart transplant is the way for them to carry on further life.
- 12. Mr. Iyengar demonstrated all the scientific data before & after Yogic breathing exercise on those patients how they are living a lot better people now. Very sophisticated cardiac parameters were checked before & after yogic breathing. They have shown remarkable improvement.
- 13. For more info K S N Murthy Wellness Consultant :098480 13958 :healthxlnc@gmail.com Sreyas Ayurveda Family Counselling Centre