Question-24 what is the meaning of Pran,apan,vyan,sama,udan

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JAI SRI KRISHAN ,JAI SRI RAM

 

Please expalin the meaning of different kinds of Pran in terms of the

followings

 

a. meaning

b. their functions

c. parts of the body associated

d. with respect to one stroke of breadth

 

also what are bandh used in pranayan .how bandh are closed during the

pranayam

 

HARE KRISHAN ,HARE KRISHAN ,KRISHAN KRISHAN ,HAER HARE,HARE RAM ,HARE

RAM ,RAM RAM ,HARE HARE

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, " jitendra kumar " <jtin_ja wrote:

>Dear Jitendra Kumar.

 

Namaste!

 

I do not know academically about the questions you have asked but

nevertheless here is what i know about them.

 

Pranamudra, Apanmudra, Vyanmudra, Udaanmudra and Samaanmudra.

 

These five mudra are to be performed before eating your food or

rather you eat food at the start performing the mudra. In the North

Indians use chapati and in South Indian use rice which performing

these mudras.

 

First pick chapati/rice with last two fingers of the palm along with

your thumb i.e. ringfinger and little finger - after scooping the

food say PRANAYASVA and place it in your mouth. This is pranamudra.

Next scoop chapati/rice with ringfinger, middlefinger and thumb

and say APANAYASVA and place it in your mouth. This is apanmudra.

Next scoop chapati/rice with middlefinger, forefinger and thumb

and say VYANASVA and place it in your mouth. This is vyanmudra.

Next scoop chapati/rice with ringfinger, middlefinger, forefinger

along with thumb and say UDANAYASVA and place it in your mouth. This

is udanmudra. Last scoop chapati/rice with all five fingers and say

SAMANAYASVA and place it in your mouth. This is samanmudra. Next

start eating your food in the usual manner. It is said food consumed

in this manner give good health and it seems that ANNAPOORNESVARI'S

blessings always remain in such a house. Lastly anyone who consumes

food in this house goes satisfied. This is mentioned in the book

MUDRAS by a INDIAN DELHI residing author.

 

The bandhas that are performed while practising PRANAYAM is

MOOLABANDHA, JALANDRABANDH AND UDDIYANBANDH. This consists of

performing anallock, chinlock and abdomen lock.

 

In a private discussion with my yoga teacher Dr. Swami Gitanand

of Ananda Ashram, Pondicherry - he had said, Prana needs a vehicle

to travel and that vehicle is blood so if the volume of blood is

low and if you perform PRANAYAM you can acquire brochial asthma

or madness or both. I agree with this fully, will explain shortly.

Next brahmacharya is very very important and in todays Kaliyuga

this is easier said than done. Lastly the performer needs to consume

SATWIK ahar (food). What is satwik some say green mung is satwik,

black gram is rajasic and stale etc., food is tamasic. Now to keep

on analysing this is very tough. My teacher said it best when he

said, ANYTHING COOKED IS NOT SATWIK. Then the question arise what

should we eat?

 

My answer is the water at that time was not cholorinated, nor was

food adulterated and lastly the air was not polluted, therefore

performing pranayam at that time was okay but in our modern times

looking what all i have mentioned and to add to the fact that we

have inherited a weak diseased body is it worth practising

pranayam? No but RAMDEV'S popularising has made everyone crazy to

practise pranayam.

 

Patanjali's yoga sutra begins with YAMA, NIYAMA, ASANAS AND FOURTH

STEP IS PRANAYAM. Majority are straightway jumping to pranayam with

unfortunately disastrous result. In my own neighbourhood a woman

after practising pranayam had to go BY-PASS HEART SURGERY and another

woman influenced by tv propaganda increased her count of

KAPALBHATI pranyam from 20 to 70 and unnecesarily raised her BP

to a high level when she never had any BP problem.

 

I am all for praise to Ramdev for propagating yoga but his goading

on to the people LAGE RAHO, LAGE RAHO makes everybody go higher than

their own individual capacity and result is drastic as mentioned

above.

 

So if pranayam is not the solution what next. Very simple chanting

OOOOOMMMMMM or AaaaaOooooMmmmm will give you all the benefits

without risk or dangerous of pranayam.

 

Hope this will help you.

 

With warm wishes,

 

Sudhakar

HARI OM TAT SAT! Cheers! )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> JAI SRI KRISHAN ,JAI SRI RAM

>

> Please expalin the meaning of different kinds of Pran in terms of the

> followings

>

> a. meaning

> b. their functions

> c. parts of the body associated

> d. with respect to one stroke of breadth

>

> also what are bandh used in pranayan .how bandh are closed during the

> pranayam

>

> HARE KRISHAN ,HARE KRISHAN ,KRISHAN KRISHAN ,HAER HARE,HARE RAM ,HARE

> RAM ,RAM RAM ,HARE HARE

>

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> JAI SRI KRISHAN,JAI SRI RAM

 

Pranamudra, Apanmudra, Vyanmudra, Udaanmudra and Samaanmudra.

>

> These five mudra are to be performed before eating your food or

> rather you eat food at the start performing the mudra. In the North

> Indians use chapati and in South Indian use rice which performing

> these mudras.

>

THANKS SIR JI for beautifull answer

 

you are right that some conditions should be met to do the pranayam.

 

but i wanted to know the things . because it is the subject of

spiritualism

 

but pran ,apan vayu should be same for meditation too . hence i

asked. because i am not able to understand which portion of the

breadth is pran and which is apan,saman ,udan ,..............

 

and if we can share the same pran ,apan ,....in terms of breadth

 

HARE KRISHAN ,HARE KRISHAN ,KRISHAN KRISHAN ,HARE HARE,HARE RAM ,HARE

RAM ,RAM RAM ,HARE HARE

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Dear jitinder,

 

Prana is not the air we breath in... in fact when prana enter the

body, or leave body, breathing happens.

 

Prana shakti is continuously required by us for our day to day

work...and understanding how prana work, will enhance the speed of

our Sadhna

 

when Prana enter the body, it is divided into 5 major parts which

are :-

 

Praan

Apaan

Vyaan

Udaan

Samaan

 

there are five other sub-divisions too, but they are negligible.

As per Goraksh-sahmita, these prana after chaning into the five

types do their respective jobs in the body which is

 

Praan : This part of pran remains from nostrils to heart... its

job is to help in respiration, digestion, making sweat, semen and

urine.

 

Apaan : this prana shakti works in the area from navel to feet. Its

job is to help in excetion, taking the baby out of womb,

ejeculation, and throwing the respiration out of lungs.

 

Saman : this prana lives from heart to navel. Its job is to

distribute the food equally to all organs and chaging food to blood

 

Vyaan: this remains near Muladhara chakra upto sushumna and is

reponsible for all subtle nadis.

 

Udaan: This prana lives between throat chakra and head. Its job is

to keep the body upright. To connect the Universal prana with

Prana, taking the astral body out during sleep, samadhi and death.

 

Other smaller manifestation , like Naag-prana is responsible for

sneezing, Kurmaprana is for shivering, krikarprana -hunger, devdat

prana brings sleep and Dhanjay prana helps in preserving the body.

 

Out of all these prana the major important for sadhna are Prana

and Apaan which are controlled during Pranayama (abt pranayama, i

wrote a long post ...u can check old msgs).

 

when the movement of Prana and apana is checked, one goes into

Samadhi state, and the Udaan vayu takes the astral body out into

astral worlds...even to the abode of God

 

Hari Aum

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Jitendarji, the 5 Pran are:

 

1. Pran is the intake of energy- it brings in air, food, impressions.

It also brings in conciousness, with which we can see & feel subtle

energy. So concious breathing(called Vipasana) is a poweful technique

to bring in subtle energy & conciousess. It is situated in the heart

 

2. Udan is the rising air, that governs speech. On an energy level, it

allows us to express our energy not only through words, but actions,

thoughts & feelings. At death it rises & takes us to various astral

worlds. It is the power of Kundalni that can give us wisdom, psychic

powers, as well knowledge of other worlds. It is situated in throat.

 

3. Saman, the equalising air is situated in the stomach. It helps in

digtesing food, also new ideas & thoughts.

 

4. Vyan is the diffusing air, that circulates the energy through the

body. This energy is not only spread in physical body, but to

thoughts, emotions & conciousness. It is spread throughout the body.

 

5. Apan governs elimination of waste from body, sex. It is the main

reason for most diseases. In its right functioning, it discards

negative energy, negative thoughts & emotions.

 

 

The 2 main Pran are Udan & Apan, which are opposite forces. Udan is

the Individual soul(Jiva) that wants to rise higher & merge with

Paramatman or God. Apan is the force of the ego that pulls us down.

 

Pran proper is the Divine Energy, the power of pure conciousness. It

is necessary to combine Udan(or indivdual effort) with Pran(surrender

to a higher force) to achieve moksha.

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JAI SRI KRISHAN ,JAI SRI RAM

 

Thanks AUM Sir, Shantanu Sir , and Sudhakar Sir

 

all have posted beautifully i got so many things

 

Sudhakar Sir's point is also valid .

 

now in Sri Mad Bhagwad Geeta it is written that we should have same

pran and apan . so please tell me what is the procedure to make it

same

 

because once air ie prana is taken inside , it is automatically

distributed into five kinds then how can i make same pran and apan

vayu. is there any technique .i am not able to understand yet. i do

meditation and i experienced the importance of control of pran is

very important. but i am not able to understand it.

 

secondaly i would like to share that during pranayam. i do pranayam

only for the purpose of the good health for 2-4 minutes hardly and

not everyday . in which i adopt the technique of closing the nostril

one side and then close both nostril and after some time i exhale the

air by opposite nostril .

 

one thing i noticed sometimes back that air goes somewhere outside

through some hole in the head i do not know what is this .

 

initially it was happening with one hole one time ie if i take air

from left nostril then i close both nostril then during closing

period air goes somewhere outside through right hole.

 

 

now what i observed that in the same closing period the air goes

outside through both holes and i listen it clearly . what is this

 

is there some problem in my head ie it passes outside or it is

something spiritual process which happens in pranayam.please tell me

 

 

if i do not meditate for long and then if i do then the above

process does not happens with me. also i do not meditate too much may

be 10-15 minutes and not everyday. please help me.

 

 

 

HARE KRISHAN ,HARE KRISHAN ,KRISHAN ,HARE HARE,HARE RAM ,HARE

RAM ,RAM RAM ,HARE HARE

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, " jitendra kumar " <jtin_ja wrote:

 

 

Dear Jitendra Kumar,

 

The pranayama which you are doing is called as ANULOMA-VILOMA. It is

a safe pranayama but the problem is while holding the breath. Just

for a change i would suggest you to do KAPALBHATI one round to a

count of 20 only. See the difference and it hardly takes a minute

of two. Also i would prefer you also try BHRAMARI pranayama. Hum the

sound MMMMMMMM while performing bhramari pranayama. Repeat it to a

count of 5 only and see the different dynamic experience then

anuloma-viloma.

 

I am suggesting these just because you are into pranayama practise

otherwise i would insist on OOOOOMMMMM chanting only.

 

Anyway do try these two types of pranayama and see the difference.

 

I know the difficulty but please remember consistency pays in

everything specially in yoga and pranayama.

 

All the best in your endeavour. Good luck and God bless.

 

With warm wishes,

 

Sudhakar

HARI OM TAT SAT! Cheers! )

 

 

> JAI SRI KRISHAN ,JAI SRI RAM

>

> Thanks AUM Sir, Shantanu Sir , and Sudhakar Sir

>

> all have posted beautifully i got so many things

[Guest guest]

Jitendarji, there is a confusion- there are not 5 types of Pran, but 5

types of Vata, which is a humor in Ayurveda. Pran is only of 1 kind.

Vata is of 5 types, of which 1st is also called Pran, as it is related

to the Universal Pran.

 

Vata is itself the gross form of Pran- Pran in its impure form changes

to Vata, & Vata when imbalanced causes most diseases.

 

I think Krishna was talking about a particluar Yogic technique whereby

the incoming Vata Pran & outgoing Vata Apan cancel each other out.

This gives birth to Udan, which rises with Kundalni. But this process

happens automatically in most cases- you dont have to manually do

anything.

 

love

Shantnu

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> , " jitendra kumar " <jtin_ja@> wrote:

>

 

Luckily we have a trained yoga teacher sudhakarji and have the

practical hints. My two cents

 

Pranayama done on irregular basis has no effect, or slow effect...

it may rather disturb the system.

 

so if you have to go for pranayama, fix a time and a place and do

it regularly, otherwise leave it for future.

 

Prana-apana equilibrium is actually a symbolic word. When we do

Kumbhaka the prana and apana start bringing equilibrium.... it is only

after a long practice of Bahiya and antah kumbhak that u can expect

equilibrium of pran and apaan.

 

 

Aum

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To Shanracer and other Bhaktas,

The clarification given by SHANRACER about Pran Apan etc is accurate and

excellent.

Thanks

ijswamy

 

shanracer <no_reply > wrote:

Jitendarji, the 5 Pran are:

 

1. Pran is the intake of energy- it brings in air, food, impressions.

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> Vata is itself the gross form of Pran- Pran in its impure form changes

> to Vata, & Vata when imbalanced causes most diseases.

>

> I think Krishna was talking about a particluar Yogic technique whereby

> the incoming Vata Pran & outgoing Vata Apan cancel each other out.

> This gives birth to Udan, which rises with Kundalni. But this process

> happens automatically in most cases- you dont have to manually do

> anything.

>

> thanks a lot Sir's

 

I have got a lot of knowledge through this discussion .