Rules and precautions for pranayama

We are discussing every important aspect related to pranayama here like at what time it should be done, how it should be done and more so that the reader can be completely benefited.

Precautions:-

1. Beware of mosquito, flies and any other small insect to avoid the interruption.
2. While doing pranayama you must be seated in Padmasana or siddhasana to do it properly. Aged people or a patient can use any other thing like chair or stool etc.
3. For pranayama place must be neat and clean, peaceful and properly ventilated.
4. The person doing pranayama should be vegetarian and not a user of alcohol. If you leave the non-vegetarian food and alcohol then your beauty, strength and power is increased.
5. After yogasana and before dhyana practice perform pranayama with a happy heart.
6. Try to fix the place, time and direction for pranayama.
7. Pranayama has a relation with sunrise and sunset but if you are unable of doing at that time then it should be done after four hours of food intake. And food can be taken after half an hour of pranayama.
8. Eyes must be concentrated on nose or closed while doing pranayama.
9. If you concentrate completely on breathing technique it will help in increasing your concentration and will power.
10. Small age children must not do kumbhak kriya.
11. Don’t do pranayama speedly.
12. After pranayama rest in savasana.
13. Pranayama is more beneficial after taking bath but don’t take bath immediately after pranayama. You can take bath after half an hour.
14. If pranayama is not done properly it irritates us. Irritation and tension is developed. Face is also affected so beware of wrong practice of pranayama.
15. Do not perform pranayama in loud noise.
16. If there is any physical or mental problem while doing pranayama or after then consult a yoga teacher.
17. The number of pranayama must be decided and later on increased according to instructions.
18. Some of the pranayama increases the temperature and some decreases so they must be done according to the environmental temperature.
19. Primarily to do pranayama two things are very important:- Stability of mind and stability of spinal cord.
20. Siddhasana, padmasana, sukhasana and swastika asana are very useful for pranayama.
21. Concentration of mind and breathe rhythm is must for pranayama.
22. The practitioner must have control on inhale and exhale otherwise results can be worse.
23. Serious patient and pregnant ladies are restricted to do pranayama.
24. Keep your eyes open in yogasana and ears open in pranayama.

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