For controlling your hypertension, there are two effective yoga exercises that helps lower the blood pressure:
Inverted Yoga
Inverted yoga reverses the action of
gravity on the body. The most profound changes brought about by Inverted Yoga
is in circulation. In inverted poses, legs and abdomen are placed higher than
the heart.
Lengthening up through the legs and keep
them very active so your spine opens and the entire body actively involved in
the pose.
One of the reasons for this is simply
because the force of gravity is reversed and venous return becomes
significantly greater.
Normally, the muscles of the calf and other
skeletal muscles in the lower extremities must contract in order to pump
unoxygenated blood and waste back to the heart through the veins.
In inverted poses, gravity causes the blood
to flow easily back through the veins and this brings the blood pressure in the
feet to a minimum. This in effect gives skeletal muscles a chance to rest.
In Inverted poses, drainage of blood and
waste from the lower body back to the heart is increased and disorders such as
varicose veins and swollen ankles are relieved.
Rhythmic Breathing
It's time to learn about breathing, because
inhaling and exhaling has the power to nourish the body and calm the mind.
Not just any old breathing will do. If
you're like most people, you take shallow breaths, pull in your stomach when
you inhale and never empty your lungs of carbon dioxide when you exhale.
Here's the physiological explanation: Long,
slow breaths are more efficient than short, fast ones.
To take in a good breath, your lungs must
first be basically empty. Thus the key to efficient breathing lies in exhaling
completely. A full exhalation begins with the upper chest, proceeds to the
middle chest and finishes with tightening the abdominal muscles.
Only
after a good exhalation can you draw in a good lungful of the oxygen-rich air
your blood needs for nourishing cells.
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