Make lifestyle changes to reduce the risk of heart attack as well as include expert yoga in your routine.

The heart is the most important organ in the human body and needs to be carefully protected and kept in a healthy working condition. Yoga is a holistic health practice that is very useful for the body, mind, and soul. How can the risk of heart attack be reduced through yoga? Yoga Master, Philanthropist, Religious Guru, and Lifestyle Coach Grand Master Akshar Ji is telling us about these Yogasanas.

Stay away from stress

Regular practice of yoga keeps the mind and heart light and stress-free. The result increased cortisol levels due to stress can lead to an increase in sugar and blood pressure levels which puts a strain on the heart. Therefore it is very important to keep the body and mind stress-free.

Benefits of meditation

Meditate to calm and slow down the mind with the help of any form of breath awareness, such as breathing meditation. Through continued practice, you will begin to reap the benefits of a more relaxed inner state.

Practice Yoga - Asanas

Yoga is a holistic health tool that promotes physical, mental, and spiritual health. The asanas need to be done carefully and under the guidance or supervision of an experienced practitioner or teacher.

  • AdomukhiSvanasana
  • Bhujangasana
  • death seat
  • Santolanasana
  • AshtangaPranamasana
  • ashwasanchalanasana
  • vajrasana
  • Tadasana
  • hand lifting
  • Balasan

Yoga pose

  • First of all, sit down in any comfortable sitting posture.
  • Place the hands on the thighs or knees with the palms facing upwards.
  • Meditation postures like Padmasana, Siddhasana, Swastikasana, Vajrasana etc. are ideal for the practice of mudra.

Heart Mudra (Sanjeevani Mudra)

Hriday mudra is also called Mrityasanjeevani mudra or gesture of the heart. Regular practice of this mudra reduces the chances of heart attack due to normal heart disease or lack of blood flow in the arteries of the heart.

  • Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths with awareness of the breathing process.
  • Place both your hands on your knees and the palms should be facing the sky.
  • Now bend the index finger of your hand and put it in the root of the thumb and
  • Touch the first end of the middle and ring finger with the first tip of the thumb and press lightly.
  • The rest of the little finger should be spread as far as possible.

Prana mudra step

  • The tips of the ring finger and little finger have to be joined with the tip of the thumb.
  • All other fingers should be extended straight.
  • Breathe in and out for the same duration.
  • Inhale and exhale (by sound chanting)
  • If the condition is chronic, then hold this mudra once in the morning and once in the evening for 15 minutes.

Hakini currency

  • To practice this pose, first, bring the palms in front of each other at a distance of a few inches.
  • Bring the fingers and thumb of both hands together, allowing them to maintain light contact.
  • The hands can also be raised to the level of the third eye chakra in the center of the forehead.
  • Breathe in through the nostrils, and with each inhales place the tongue on the roof of the mouth, and relax with each inhale.

The practice of Surya and Chandra Namaskar is also recommended regularly. These flows can be great for keeping the heart-healthy. Chandra Namaskar affects the idanadi or the lunar channel of the body and is considered an effective heart-opener. Do this sequence early in the morning or in the evening at least three times a week.

Pranayama techniques like Bhastrika and Bhramari can also help you protect your heart and prevent or delay any cardiac disorders.