Yoga and Hypertension

Yoga Therapy by C4 Integrated Wellness

 

Hypertension is also called “High Blood Pressure” is a serious medical condition. It happens when the force of blood pumping through your arteries is too strong.

When your heart beats, it pushes blood through your arteries to the rest of your body, when the blood pushes harder against the walls of your arteries, your blood pressure goes up. Your blood pressure may be different at different times of the day. It is usually higher when you first wake up, after you exercise or when you are under stress.

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What is Dysmenorrhoea?

Let’s learn what exactly is dysmenorrhoea..??

Primary or Physiological dysmenorrhoea

Dysmenorrhoea is painful menstruation of magnitude sufficient enough to incapacitate day-to-day activities.

It is usually confined to teenagers and adolescents where there is no identifiable pathology.

How is an adolescent or physiological dysmenorrhoea examined in clinical practice?

Here are a few signs to study to differentiate or identify a physiological dysmenorrhoea-

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Pranayama will boost your immune system.

pranayama

Pranayama is not a mere breathing exercise aiming at introducing extra oxygen into the lungs, pranayama utilizes breathing to influence the flow of prana (vital life force) in the Nadis or energy channel. It trains the lungs and improves the capacity of the respiratory system immensely. When you are stressed out your internal environment is unbalanced and bacteria and viruses start attacking the body. Did you know? Pranayama (Breathing Techniques) reduces stress levels and fights against anxiety to boost the immune system. Through regular practice of pranayama, you can supercharge your whole body. Check out the following pranayamas to boost your immune system.

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Homoeopathy for females and during pregnancy

Homoeopathy in Pregnancy

Homoeopathy is effective in treating a variety of troubles that female faces. Whether it is a menstrual problem, PCOD, infertility, migraine, depression, anxiety, recurrent infections, Asthma and many more; Homoeopathy can manage them all. The Homoeopathic system of medicine works from within, it helps in strengthening a neuro-endocrine-immunity axis and thus helps in keeping illnesses at bay. It strengthens one’s natural defences so that he or she can fight off and helps them stay healthy and illness-free for longer durations of time.

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Gomukhasana (Cow Face Pose)

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Gomukhasana is a Sanskrit name for cow face asana. Go means ‘Cow’, Mukha

means ‘face’ and asana means ‘posture’. This is a seated hatha yoga asana which

is considered to be a unique experience for every individual. People with flexible

hips and muscles may find it easy to get into gomukhasana but those who have

been sitting on chairs or sofas, or are involved in running, or cycling may find

it difficult to perform it. With time and patience, you will be able to perform the

pose perfectly as it makes your body flexible and easy to stretch.

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