Kapalbhati is a highly energizing abdominal breathing exercise. Kapal means forehead and Bhati means shining.Everyday who Practicing Kapalbhati leads to shining face with inner radiance. It Should be practiced empty stomach or 3-4 hours after meal (people with high blood pressure must not do it).Sit in a comfortable crossed leg posture, sukasana (using padmasana or vajrasana is the best) and keep your back straight. Rest your hands on the knees using gyana mudra or chin mudra.Inhale deeply trough your nose, this will expand you abdomen.Exhale using a great force so that your abdominal muscles contract to the maximum These exhalations are similar to your breath outs, but they should be forceful,Make sure while exhaling, the air should be pushed out of your lungs by contracting the diaphragm,After exhalation again do inhalation, but this time with out any effort. To do this just relax your lungs, they will automatically expand and fill with air,One cycle of Kapalabhati pranayama include one deep inhalation, then forceful exhalation and an effortless inhalation.A learner can practise up to three rounds, each with 15 exhalations. Small breaks between each round are allowed dominant inhalation through nostrils which results contraction of abdominal muscles and proper aeration to blood circulationSo in Kapalbhati more attention is to be given on act of forceful exhalation while the inhalation is passive, Silent and short, during abdominal contraction force is applied to the Manipura, Swadhisthan and muladhar chakra.Healthy person can practice it 10-15 minutes regularly.Patients with obesity, Vitiligo, leukaemias, breast carcinoma, Fallopian tube blockage, hepatitis etc. should practice it 20 minutes to half hour twice daily.In Kap-albhati while exhaling you are throwing all negative thoughts out and while breathing in all the positive thoughts get way to enter in mind, this makes mental wellbeing. Kapalbhati stimulates pancreas to release insulin thereby helps to control diabetes mellitus.By improving liver and spleenic functions it presents and cures hepatitis (A.B.C), Cirrhosis of liver and Anaemias. If done regularly it relieves constipation, acidity and anorexia etc.Regularize endocrine and exocrine systems being helpful in regulation of all glandular secretions it is highly effective in azoospermia, oligospermia and fallopian tube blockage etc.It also helps in eradicating cysts and tumours.The most common cause of backpain includes improper posture, weak muscles, emotional stress and psychological disturbances. Not only weak back muscles but weak abdominal muscles are the major cause of backache, especially it is compounded by protruding belly. A Distended abdomen pulls the buck forward, distorting spinal alignment and stretching the back-muscle resulting in spasm. Muscular spasms are also caused and aggregated by emotional stress Now how ''Kapalbhati'' helps in relieving backache is explained as Strengthen the muscles of the back and abdomen.Maintain and increase the flexibility of the muscle ligaments and tendons. It improves posture. Increase bone density and strength.Kaplabhati helps in blood purification which provides glorious and lustrous skin. It also helps in curing skin disorder like psoriasis, eczema. Vitiligo, leucoderma etc. Thus, Kapalbhati prevents disorder and treats a wide range of physical as well as mental disorder but it should be practiced with rest.
