IMPACT OF SELECTED PRANAYAMA TECHNIQUES AND A YOGIC KRIYA ON CEREBROVASCULAR HEMODYNAMICS AND CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTIONS IN HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS

Abstract

Yoga is the science of holistic living and can be incorporated in daily life. Pranayama newline(Voluntarily regulated breathing) is one of the important component of Yoga which bridges the newlinemost grosser (physical) and subtle techniques (mental). Different types of Pranayama produce newlineselective physiological responsessuch as practice of slow Pranayama reported to produce newlinereduction in heart rate, rate pressure product and double product, whereas rapid/fast Pranayama newlinereported to increase it.To the best of our knowledge there is no known previous study evaluating newlinethe impact of different Pranayama techniques as well as the most commonly practiced high newlinefrequency breathing based yogic kriya i.e. Kapalbhati on cerebrovascular hemodynamics and newlinecardiovascular functions in healthy volunteers.