Yoga For Nasal Allergy (Contd)

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Kriyas form a mainstay in the yogic management of Nasal Allergy. Jalaneti involves yogic nasal wash by saline water. (Described in an earlier article in this series). This is a training that helps in self-retraining your over-reactive lining of the nose. When you do jalaneti voluntarily, you are accepting to teach your nose to tolerate the irritant (the saline water) and through this you are teaching your nose to tolerate even the other substances such as dust or pollen or cold air, which your body had unnecessarily presumed as dangerous substances.

Can you see how this could be related to your personality? Are you a sensitive person at the emotional level and have difficulty in expressing it? Psychologists say that if you cannot express your feelings of frustration, anxiety or anger it shows up as Nasal Allergy. So IAYT teaches you how to overcome your emotional sensitivity. Thus yoga is the real way to cure your Nasal Allergy, as it teaches you how to correct the imbalances yourself to cure your body.

Padangusthasana

Pada means the foot. Angustha is the big toes. This posture is done by standing and catching the big toes.
1.Stand in Tadasana. Spread the legs a foot apart.
2.Exhale, bend forward and hold the big toes between the thumbs and the first two fingers, so that the palms face each other. Hold them tight.
3.Keep the head up, stretch the diaphragm towards the chest and make the back as concave as possible. Instead of stretching down from the shoulders, bend forward from the pelvic
4.Keep the legs stiff and do not slacken the grip at the knees and toes. Stretch the shoulder-blades also. Take one or two breaths in this position.
5.Now exhale, and bring the head in between the knees by tightening the knees and pulling the toes without lifting them off the floor. Remain in this pose for about 20 seconds, maintaining normal breathing.
6.Inhale, raise the head, release to toes and stand up. Return to Tadasana.