Yoga Practice Name
Bhramari
English Name
Bee Breathing Technique
Yoga Practice Branch
Ashtang Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga
Yoga Practice Type
Hatha Yoga Category
Pranayama
Steps and Description
- Sit in padmasana or sukhasana(any comfortable meditation asana), and adopt any mudra.
- Keep your spine straight and take a few deep breathes to make your mind focused and relaxed, bring focus inwards on your breathing. Perform 5 rounds of normal breathing.
- Plug the ears with the thumbs and relax the entire face. Keep the remaining fingers on the forehead.
- Bring the awareness to the center of the head, where Ajna chakra is located, and keep the body still.
- Take a slow and deep breathe in, and then exhale through your nose keeping your mouth closed.
- While exhaling, make a humming sound(makara "M") like a bee. The humming sound should be smooth, even and continuous for the duration of the exhalation.
- While doing this practice, focus on your breathings and feel the positive vibrations inwards.
- Continue the same process for few more times according to your capacity and comfort.
- Maintain silence for few minutes and observe the benefits of bhramari.
Cautions and Limitations
- Bhramari should not be performed in lying position.
- Person with head injuries, ENT ailments, neuro ailments must consult their doctors before adopting this practice.
- People with cardio vascular must also consult with a certified yoga teacher.
- Under no circumstance should the breath be forced. Never breathe through the mouth.
- Proceed carefully and only under expert guidance. At the slightest sign of discomfort, reduce the duration of inhalation/ exhalation/retention and, if necessary, discontinue the practice.
- Pranayama should never be rushed.
- Person with breathing ailments must consult the suitability of pranayama with their doctor.
Contraindications
- Bhramari should not be performed in lying position.
- Person with head injuries, ENT ailments, neuro ailments must consult their doctors before adopting this practice.
- Pranayama should never be rushed.
- Person with breathing ailments must consult the suitability of pranayama with their doctor.
General Benefits
- It soothes the nerves which leads to less blockage in arteries and veins and content amount of supply of oxygen in the body.
- It relieves the hypertension. Bhramari is also helpful in relieving stress, anxiety, and insomnia.
- This practice hasten the healing process in body tissue and organs.
- Strengthens and improves the voice and eliminates throat ailments.
- Bhramari pranayama leads to a meditative state by harmonising the mind and shifting the awareness inwards.
Benefits for Disease
Depression
Body and Organ Affected
Ear, Forehead, Eye, Nose, Mouth, Chest
