How to do Anulom Vilom to cure mental illness

Mental health means emotional, cognitive, and behavioral well-being. It is related to how people feel, think, and behave which eventually affects their personal and professional life, physical health, and relationships.

There can be several reasons which can break your link with mental health:

Low self-esteem
Feeling unloved
Family breakups or losses
Physical ill-health
Abuse
Difficulties in socializing, etc.

These reasons can end up resulting in long-running sadness or Irritation, frequent high and low moods, deep-rooted fear or anxiety, Social withdrawal, striking changes in eating or sleeping habits. Anulom Vilom is one magical yoga that can cure all these effects. Anulom Vilom is a breathing focused exercise that sends signals to your brain. The brain in return sends signals to your body. Below are the steps to do Anulom Vilom and the science behind it.

Steps to do Anulom Vilom

While there are several methods and medications to cure your mental health, nothing can be as effortless and as effective as Anulom Vilom. In several case studies, it is found that this simple yoga can cure major mental health issues like severe depression, anxiety, and even cure physical illness.

Anulom Vilom is a magical yoga that makes the prana flow freely in your body by cleaning the pranic channels. It helps to cure mental health problems like anxiety, stress, and depression.

Anulom Vilom can be done on an empty stomach and thus is a very good way to start your morning by doing this yoga for a fresh and healthy day throughout.

Follow the steps below

Use your right hand.
Place your right thumb on your right nostril and your ring finger on the left nostril.
Close your right nostril using your thumb and inhale through your left nostril, deeply. Make sure your lungs are full. Try to focus on your breathing.
Now, release your thumb and close your left nostril using your ring finger and exhale slowly through the right nostril.
Note then if you inhale for 5 seconds, make sure to exhale in 5 seconds.
Now do it in reverse. This time by inhaling through the right nostril and exhaling through the left nostril.
Repeat the right and left process. You can start with 5 minutes per day and increase as per your convenience.

How does Anulom Vilom cure mental issues?

Anulom Vilom involves the science behind deep breathing. When we breathe deeply and densely for 6 to 8 seconds to completely fill our lungs, it sends a signal to the brain to calm and relax.

It helps us in controlling the pranic energies (or vital forces). The controlling of prana helps us in balancing these energies and helps to purify the entire nervous system.

This is an ancient practice that helps in complete relaxation and the strengthening of the mind.

The complete process of Anulom Vilom helps in the complete removal of free radicals and toxins from the body. This in turn restores the balance between the two hemispheres of the brain. This yogic technique is scientifically proven to improve the mental state. It increases focus and relieves stress and other mental illnesses.

NOTE: Anulom Vilom can be done in the morning as well as evening. Ensure you do it on an empty stomach (4 hours after eating). You can do it in a yogic pose or while sitting in the comfort of your chair.