Main description:

This is a research-based book that reveals several facets of yoga that are unknown either to yogis or to medical doctors. It describes how periodic fasting can benefit people suffering from obesity, menstrual disorders and several autoimmune diseases, and states that several yogic techniques like Pranayama , Nauli-kriya and Agni-sara offer several benefits through brief intermittent hypoxia, such as increasing Nitric Oxide production, generation of collateral vessels in ischemic areas and facilitating stem-cell trafficking.

Chapters in this book discuss the positive role of air in the gastrointestinal tract, in inhibiting the causative organism of peptic ulcer, contributing to satiety and uplifting mood; and also helping release of factors that prolong life of insulin-secreting beta cells and facilitate their regeneration.

Contents:

1. My Word

2. The Morning Prayer

3. The Preliminaries

4. \ dkj ti The Cooling Down: AUakara Japa

5. A Periodic Fast: The Easiest 'Tapa' and a Great Benefactor

6. The AEsanas

7. The Praoayamas: Physiological Basis

8. The Eight-plus Types of Praoayamas

9. Hypoxia, Intermittent Hypoxic Training and Yogic Techniques that Produce Brief Intermittent Hypoxia

10. Internal Cleansing Procedures

11. Voluntary Control over Autonomic Functions

12. Application of Yoga in Disease States-1

13. Application of Yoga in Disease States-2: Common Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System

14. The Sryanamaskara: Series of Maneuvers to Fill the Intestines with Air

15. Application of Yoga in Disease Conditions-3

16. Samadhi and Human Hibernation

17. Haeha-Yoga as Manipulator of Nature

Suggested Research Topics

Summary

Index