ASHTANGA VINYASA YOGA, VAGUS NERVE , AMYGDALA – CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL

UNKNOWN MIRACLES WITH YOGA , BALANCING BODY MIND AND SPIRIT ,   T KRISHNAMACHARYA,  PATTABHI JOIS,  BKS IYENGAR,  DRIVING THE LYMPH   - CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL

Lord Irwin  ( Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax ) ,  was Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931.  ( below )

He had severe mental ( Bipolar ) and physical ailments ( kidney ) , where it reached a point that he was unable to continue doing justice to his job.

By the way Winston Churchill also had BPAD ( Bipolar disorder ). See his statue below in strait jacket ( for severe mania swing ) at Norwich town centre.

At that time he came to know of a Indian Yogi who could stop his involuntary systems like heart beat at will.

Grasping at the last straw he summoned this Yogi to his bunglow in Simla .  

T Krishnamachari ( above ) who knew Ashtanga Yoga of the ancient Maharishi Patanjali  diagnosed his ailments and put him though a Yoga regimen,  all the while staying with the Viceroy.  

Within six months Lord Irwin was free of all his ailments ( considered as genetic ) and he was grateful to this Yogi, who did NOT charge any fees.  

Above : Tirumalai Krishnamacharya.  His yoga and spiritual guru was Rama Mohan Brahmachari who stayed in a cave near Mount Kailash at Lake Manasarovar, and lived only on fruits.

See video above : Once an integral part of India ( the abode of Lord Shiva ) is now part of China and you need a Chinese visa .  Once India has the military power-- just a matter of 2 decades,  we shall snatch this holiest place back , from China-- who can keep our Buddhism.

He knew that the Yogi wanted to go to the some lonely part of the Himalayas in Tibet to meditate. 

Lord Irwin out of gratitude he took care out his expenses and gave him three companions to accompany him.  

Lord Irwin led a full life and died a normal death at a ripe old age--  34 years later.

After treating Lord Irwin, T Krishnamacharya arrived at Sri Brahmachari’s school, walked all the way to a remote cave at the foot of Mount Kailash,  where Yogi Rama Mohan Brahmachari lived.

Under Brahmachari’s tutelage, Krishnamacharya spent eight years learning yoga , and the sutras of Maharishi Patanjali and Ayurveda.

As Hindu ancient tradition holds, at the end of his studies with the guru, Krishnamacharya asked what the guru  dakshina should be.

His master responded that Krishnamacharya was to "take a wife, raise children and be a yoga guru".

His students recall  that while leading a meditation, Krishnamacharya instructed students to close their eyes and “think of God—any God of choice.  If not God, the sun.   If not the sun, your parents”

Let me digress –

Recently we had an little piece of turd by the name of Chetan Bhagat insulting Swami Ramdev at the India Today Conclave.  

You must know that our main stream media is funded and remote controlled by Big Brother. 

Now Chetan Bhagat has a mediocre brain – the type we call "small caliber big bore".

Since he worked for Rothschild’s controlled Goldman Sachs , he has always been  pushing the sinister agenda of the Banking Cartel. No wonder he automatically got included in Rothschild controlled Time Magazine’s  100 Most Influential People .

He was all over TV pushing FDI in multibrand retail.  

Chetan Bhagat has self conferred the mantle on himself as “Indian Youth Ambassador”.  You should see this to believe .

Every TV show he would cry “This is NOT what young India wants !!”

And then he would push his foreign funded agenda “ Indians want jobs in Walmart and FDI stores , homosexuals want their rights BLAH BLAH “.  

His useless low IQ blogs would appear on Rothschild controlled newspapers and magazines.

Now—

At the India Today conclave he picked on a fellow guest --a respected Yogi . He insulted him. As if on cue the yuppies in the audience would giggle loudly in sarcasm.

Chetan Bhagat ridiculed Swami Ramdev’s claim that he can cure homosexuality.

He thundered at Ramdev  “ So, what is wrong with homosexuality?  You'll take India back to the 16th century .  Your values are all wrong!”  

CLAP CLAP  from the ch00tiya ( sorry- cant see another apt word ) yuppie audience attired  in suit , tie and boot.

Yoga can cure much greater things than homosexuality.

In modern science anything which the doctors do NOT know is branded a genetic disorder.

The ancient Indian Dvau Bhuja Karanam has now been stolen and patented by the immoral west as “ Super brain Yoga “.

Punch into Google search-

DVAU BHUJA KARANAM, THOPPU KARANAM VADAKAYIL

I have put BPAD data on my previous blog ( Probiotics ) as a comment.  I guess I will do better by copying and pasting it in this post.

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JI

August 16, 2013 at 6:43 AM

Respected Sir,

Will you please write an article on BPAD also? I have been its patient since 12 years and according to NIMHANS docs its 3rd most common psychiatric disorder after OCD and Schizophrenia.

Thanks

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Capt. Ajit Vadakayil

August 16, 2013 at 11:02 AM

hi ji,

for a person with Bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) it is important that at least one person he is in contact with daily ( at home and at work ) knows his condition.

it is also important that he knows what i am gonna write here.

Bipolar disorder cannot currently be identified through a blood test or a brain scan.

you must maintain a diary where you must write how you feel daily. this diary where about must be known to the person at home.

The clinical history should be taken from both the patient and this diary reader home relation or friend as a patient who is in a manic episode will not be able to give an objective view of their condition and risk taking behaviour. The doctor will be looking for several important pieces of information in the history.

(BPAD) is a psychological illness that involves severe mood swings. These mood swings take the form of depression or mania.

BPAD is a lifelong condition, as of now.

Clinical depression symptoms seen with bipolar disorder include:

Social withdrawal

Decreased appetite and weight loss, or overeating and weight gain

Difficulty concentrating, remembering, and making decisions

Excessive crying

Fatigue, decreased energy, being "slowed down"

Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness

Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism

Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities that were once enjoyed, including sex

Persistently sad, anxious, or "empty" moods

Restlessness, irritability

Thoughts of death or suicide, suicide attempts

Feeling hopeless, sad, or empty.

Irritability

Changes in sleep patterns

Clinical mania symptoms seen with bipolar disorder include:

Inappropriate elation

Inappropriate irritability

Inappropriate social behavior

Increased sexual desire

Increased talking speed and/or volume

Markedly increased energy

Poor judgment

Feeling unusually “high” and optimistic

Unrealistic, grandiose beliefs about one’s abilities or powers

Sleeping very little, but feeling extremely energetic

Racing thoughts; jumping quickly from one idea to the next

Highly distractible, unable to concentrate

Impaired judgment and impulsiveness

Acting recklessly without thinking about the consequences

Delusions and hallucinations

Overly inflated self-esteem

Very active, moving around very quickly

Recklessly spending money

Over-familiar or recklessly critical with other people

Less inhibited in general.

On average, a person is free of symptoms for about five years between the first and second episodes. As time goes on, the interval between episodes may shorten, especially in cases in which treatment is discontinued too soon.

  

this is a predominantly biological disorder that occurs in a specific part of the brain and is due to a malfunction of the neurotransmitters (chemical messengers in the brain).

modern doctors like to say that this is hereditary due to faulty genes.

With Rapid Cycling the patient changes from depression to manic at least 4 times a year and episodes of depression and mania are short.

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August 16, 2013 at 11:36 AM

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Living with untreated bipolar disorder can lead to problems in everything from your career to your relationships to your health.

Treatment for bipolar disorder may include the use of mood stabilizers such as lithium. Lithium reduces the risk of suicide, self-harm, and death in people with bipolar disorder.

Lithium can be used to treat both manic and depressive episodes.

Lithium dose strength can be decided only by a qualified psychiatrist, on the basis of blood tests – too low and it won't work, too high and it becomes toxic.

If you become dehydrated, the level of Lithium in your blood will rise, and you will be more likely to get side-effects, or even toxic effects. It can take three months or longer for Lithium to work properly.

Since bipolar disorder is a chronic, relapsing illness, it’s important to continue treatment even when you’re feeling better.

With proper medication individuals with bipolar disorder can live full and satisfying lives.

With understanding of own condition, maintaing an objective and truthful personal diary , healthy coping skills, and a solid support system, you manage BPAD.

Doctors dont like to tell your details of this mental condition. At the same time he decides what to do on the basis of info retrieved from you or your home relative.

You can help control your symptoms by exercising regularly, doing yoga, having a healthy gut by eating right , getting enough sleep, monitoring your moods and keeping stress to a minimum.

The following signs suggest that your Lithium level is too high. Contact your doctor immediately if you or your home relative notic:

---you feel very thirsty

--you have bad diarrhoea or vomiting

---obvious shaking of your hands and legs

---twitching of your muscles

---you get muddled or confused.

People with bipolar disorder often have thyroid gland problems. Lithium treatment may also cause low thyroid levels in some people.

In some cases, lithium can cause side effects such as:

--Restlessness

--Dry mouth

--Bloating or indigestion

--Acne

--Unusual discomfort to cold temperatures

--Joint or muscle pain

--Brittle nails or hair.

if your have a good support from your home relative/ office mate , he will :--

--Offer emotional support, understanding, patience, and encouragement

-- he will be a good listener.

-- he knows the content of what i write here.

Talk to your friend or relative and listen carefully

-- keep you happy and occupied.

-- give you encouragement and NOT get upset by your behavior and point fingers at you.

 -- make sure you do NOT harm yourself.

--know your doctor's mobile number and clinic address.

-- MAKE SURE YOU TAKE YOUR MEDICATION.

It is estimated that a person with bipolar disorder will have an average of eight to nine mood episodes during his or her lifetime.

your live in relative or friend must know the warning signs of suicide like :-

--Talking about death, self-harm, or suicide.

--Feeling worthless or like a burden to others.

-- Acting recklessly, as if one has a “death wish”

-- Putting affairs in order for saying final goodbye.

--- Seeking out weapons or pills that could be used to commit suicide.

MRI findings that abnormal modulation at the amygdala ( a buzz word nowadays so maybe I may put a post on this later ) contributes to poor emotional regulation and mood symptoms.

If you shoot two arrow and it passing through a man's eye and ear --they will meet at his amygdala. you can stimulate your own amygdala with your own imagination, and then laugh uncontrollably--

Whaaaa ?

Yeah!!

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Traditional anti-depressant medication should not be used in BPAD as this medication can bring on episodes of mania or hypomania and cause severe mood swings.

In extreme cases ECT can also be tried. In this therapy the patient is put to sleep and then a controlled dose of electricity is applied to the patient's head.

Again, keep stress in check, as cortisol is NO good.

If you know how to draw a graph — you can put your own mental index in your diary in a curve or a number from MINUS 5 ( depression ) to ZERO ( normal ) to PLUS 5 ( mania )..

capt ajit vadakayil

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Get a brief idea of what ancient yoga is by reading the post below .

Yoga is NOT merely a physical exercise.

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SURYA NAMASKAR, THE 11000 YEAR OLD VEDIC SUN SALUTATION  VADAKAYIL

Penned on 28^thOct 2011, this post has more than 56200 downloads , mostly in the West.

Here is a typical prayer session in the Pattabhi Jois , Ashtanga Yoga class.  

Pattabhi Jois is the direct pupil of T Krishnamacharya.

The Ashtanga Yoga starts with an invocation mantra in Sanskrit.

vande gurūṇāṁ caraṇāravinde saṁdarśita svātma sukhāvabodhe

niḥ śreyase jāṅ̇galikāyamāne saṁsāra hālāhala mohaśāntyai

ābāhu puruṣākāraṁ śaṅ̇khacakrāsi dhāriṇam

sahasra śirasaṁ śvetam praṇamāmi patañjalim OM 

Meaning:

I bow to the lotus feet of the gurus,

The awakening happiness of one's own self revealed,

Beyond better, acting like the jungle physician,

Pacifying delusion, the poison of samsara.

Taking the form of a man to the shoulders,

Holding a conch, a discus, and a sword,

One thousand heads white,

To Patanjali, I salute.

The Yoga class  closes after chanting the Mangala Mantra , with gratitude :

svasti prajābhyaḥ paripālayantāṁ nyāyena mārgeṇa mahīṁ mahīśāḥ

gobrāhmaṇebhyaḥ śubhamastu nityaṁ lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu

Meaning:

May prosperity be glorified,

May rulers  rule the world with law and justice,

May divinity ( brahmAn ) and Dharma ( cow ) be protected.

May all beings be happy and prosperous.

Readers must know the purpose of chanting Sanskrit mantras as a prayer.

Punch into Google search:-

POWER OF MANTRAS ON HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS VADAKAYIL

Above : Yoga Master the late K Pattabhi Jois, the pupil of T Krishamacharya -- died at the age of 93 , while in good health and fitness..

Below: Statue of the seer Maharishi Patanjali 

Wanna see some Ashtanga yoga poses?  

Warning: 

This yoga is meant ONLY for people who are young and superbly fit.  

If you are NOT physically fit and supple you risk grave injury to spine, tendons and ligaments.

Above: Singer Madonna learnt Astanga Yoga from Pattabhi Jois.  Madonna chanted the opening Ashtanga chant on her Ray-of-Light album, and also played an Ashtanga teacher in the movie The Next Best Thing.

Did anybody say --"piece of cake?"

Yoga asanas help to shift lymph fluids around your body in ways that you would not ordinarily be able to achieve in daily life .  

Because the lymphatic system is a closed pressure system and has one-way valves that keep lymph moving towards the heart, when one turns upside down like in Shirshasan  ( head stand ) , the entire lymphatic system is stimulated, thus strengthening your immune system.

Lymph nodes are the filters along the lymphatic system.  Their job is to filter out and trap bacteria, viruses, cancer cells, and other unwanted substances, and to make sure they are safely eliminated from the body.

Human lymph nodes are bean-shaped and range in size from a few millimeters to about 1–2 cm in their normal state. Approximately 70% are superficial lymphatic capillaries located  just under, the skin.  

Digression: If western women stop wearing tight under wired black bras they can avoid breast cancer.

The remaining 30%, which are known as deep lymphatic capillaries, surround most of the body’s organs. The deep ones can be stimulated only by Yoga. 

Like veins, the lymphatic vessels, which are known as lymphangions, have one-way valves to prevent any backward flow. 

Like body inversions and head stand exercises, twists offer your body new ways to remove toxins and flush important lymph around the entire torso. Yogic asanas to aid lymph flow includes neck rotation, shoulder shrugs, ankle pumps, leg slides, shoulder blade squeezes etc.  

Yoga diaphragmatic breathing and many yoga positions open up the chest cavity, while poses like shoulder stands, enlist gravity to help lymph fluid get where it is supposed to go.  

Since there is no pump, the lymph movement relies on contraction of smooth muscle tissue lining the walls of lymph vessels.  Movement of skeletal muscles is also important for driving lymph along the systems network of vessels to lymph nodes and from these to lymph ducts where the lymph tissue joins cardiovascular circulation. 

This is what the scientifically formulated Yoga positions do. 

The human arteries are like a two-lane highway bringing nutrients, oxygen and fluid to the body part. The vein is a one-lane highway taking away the used blood, and the lymphatic channels are the other one-lane highway draining away the lymph fluid.

Two lanes in together, but two out lanes separate out. Blood is responsible for collecting and distributing oxygen, nutrients and hormones to the entire body where lymph is responsible for collecting and removing waste products left behind in the tissues. 

Plasma leaks out of the capillaries to surround and bathe the body tissues. This then drains into the lymph vessels. At the cellular level, the lymphatic system is a pathway through which fluid flows from the intercellular spaces into the blood. 

Lymph nodes are the filters along the lymphatic system.  Their job is to filter out and trap bacteria, viruses, cancer cells, and other unwanted substances, and to make sure they are safely eliminated from the body. 

6000 years ago, Ayurveda and Yoga  realized that many lymph nodes are situated near the region around the joints. Humans have approximately 500-700 lymph nodes distributed throughout the body, with clusters found in the underarms, groin, neck, chest, and abdomen.

All lymph vessels lead to lymph nodes. Lymph nodes can be as small as the head of a pin, or as big as an olive . Half of the lymph nodes in the body, are  located in the abdomen, and many are in the neck. 

The movements of the limbs help to act as a pump to move the lymph through the system. They are located in clusters around the knee, groin, elbows, shoulders and neck. Lymph nodes are also found in the central abdominal and chest area to assist with lymph drainage around the vital organs.

Every Yoga movement take this into account. This is why Yoga must not be self inflicted.  Because the lymph doesn't have a heart to pump it so good circulation of the lymphatic system depends on getting proper stretching exercise and yogic inverted postures which use gravity.

A simple yogasana like Surya namaskar ( below video ) can increase lymph flow 20 fold.  

Pattabhi Jois starts his classes 10 ten Surya Namaskars.  Two-thirds of the lymph is produces in the liver and intestines. 

Like the name itself suggests , Surya Namaskar has to do with the sun and hence the Pineal gland.  

This super conducting resonator has mystical powers. 

Once the third eye ( pineal gand ) is developed it is far more powerful than any of your 5 human senses. If you understand SURYA NAMASKAR which is done at dawn , as soon as the sun rises,   it is nothing but sun gazing while doing yoga. 

Brain processes occurred at the quantum level. The dendritic networks in the brain operate in tandem through quantum coherence. The electrical activity of microtubules inside the  dendrites and neurons in the brain is  at the heart of consciousness. 

Our brain talks to itself and the rest of the  body in the language of wave interference –phase , frequency and amplitude. We perceive an object by resonating with it,  thus getting in sync with it. To know the world is to be literally to be on its wavelength.

Though it is not part of the brain, the pineal gland develops from the roof of the diencephalon, a section of the brain, and functions as a light receptor.  

Stupid Darwin may not agree with me -- but, the pineal gland is the evolutionary forerunner of the modern eye. . This gland synthesizes melatonin and enzymes sensitive to diurnal light.  Rhythmic changes in its activity in response to cyclical photic input shows that the Pineal gland serves as a biological clock.

To activate the 'third eye' and perceive higher dimensions, the pineal ( soul ) and the pituitary ( body ) glands must vibrate in YIN-YANG unison, to create a field , which is achieved through meditation. 

The solar wind at dawn, charging the earth’s magnetic field, stimulates the pineal gland. This is the best time to meditate , chant and sun gaze as the level of Ulra Violet rays is too low to harm your eyes.  At dawn, the negatively charged pineal and the positively charged pituitary combine their essences to create a "light in the head". 

Pranayama ( deep breathing ) floods the Pineal gland with oxygen, to make it resonate. If you are right handed you must breathe in via the left nostril.  In Vedic times 10000 years ago, at the banks of the Saraswati river, the crystallised pineal gland of the great Masters was said to be the size of a lemon, and this with evolution, spiritual pollution and change in breathing patterns , has now been atrophied to the size of a very small pea.  

The pineal gland controls the various biorhythms of the body. It can discern negative energies, based on perception of vibrating energies around you. Serotonin is transformed into melatonin only in the pineal gland.  

Decline in melatonin is the trigger for the aging process, for Melatonin is the SUPER ANTIOXIDANT of nature.  The hormone Melatonin, induces sleep, while Serotonin, keeps you happy and in a balanced mental state of mind. PROZAC raises serotonin. 

At the time of death Seratonin and Melatonin in the brain breaks down to Dimethyltryptamine or DMT, C12 N2 H16, just after the oxygen stops circulating. This is the moment for the ultimate DMT trip. You see your whole past life as FRACTAL divine geometry. 

Once you enter the rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep, minute amounts of this natural DMT psychedelic are released directly into your bloodstream—for you to dream and access aakashik records.

Serotonin receptors are activated by DMT and serotonin receptors regulate heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, pupil diameter. DMT is a small molecule and is a  brain food that is rapidly transported across the blood brain barrier.

When the pineal gland does not receive sunlight, it secretes Melatonin, which induces sleep, increases blood sugar, craze for food, leading to obesity, fears and anxiety. The pineal gland is a photosensitive organ and thus an important timekeeper for the human body. 

The pineal gland produces PINOLINE, ( 6-methoxy-tetra-dydro-beta carboline, or 6-MeO-THBC). Pinoline also resonates with the very pulse of life 7.83 Hertz, the pulse the DNA uses to replicate, and which has been measured to be emitted from the brains and hands of all successful healers, regardless of belief or faith. 

Quantum physics has showed the ancient Indian Yogis were NOT mere dreamers of cosmic consciousness, where our bodies, our brain and its mind, as inextricably joined with other matter and the mega dipole of universe . 

Ancient Indian Maharishis had the ability to go on either isde of the narrow 5 bands of human senses.  By resonating their huge pineal glands with their 12 strand DNA they could transcend the limitations of space time. They firmly believed that the invisible below the quantum screen gives rise to the visible.

Sun gazing also has the added advantage of getting vitamin A and D during the 1-hour safe period window. Eyes receive the entire spectrum of the sunlight while sungazing, which is distributed to the different parts of the body by the brain on a need per basis. Sungazing causes the secretion of “feel good” hormones serotonin beta-endorphins, and dopamine. 

Ancient Vedic scriptures tell us the quickest way to charge the bodies cells is by sungazing. 

Take away the sunlight and all life on earth would soon perish. Deprived of sunlight, man loses physical vigor and strength and will develop a disinclination for activity. Feed two animals the same diet but keep one in a dark closet and allow the other to be out in the sunshine. The animal that's kept in the closet will be weak, stunted and die prematurely. 

Surya is one of the principal vedic deities. 

He is pictured as riding across the sky on a chariot pulled by seven horses.  

Seven horses and the seven colors of light for each of the seven chakras. 

The pineal gland (third eye) is equipped with photoreceptor cells. The rays of the sun with seven VIBGYOR colors have a cure for all kinds of diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's,  obesity,  arthritis,  osteoporosis, cancer and others.  

Readers must be familiar with Pranayama.  It is about Nitric oxide and oxygenation.

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PRANAYAMA VADAKAYIL

Wanna check out the breath of a Yogi?

As B.K.S. Iyengar ( see below ) quoted “If you can breathe, you can practice Yoga”.

BKS Iyengar is the nephew of T Krishnamacharya. Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar at the age of 94 is in good health.  

Iyengar was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine—and this time there is no evil politics of Rothschild.

In June 2011, he was presented with a commemorative stamp issued in his honour by the Beijing branch of China Post.

The term vinyasa refers to the alignment of movement and breath, a method which turns static asanas into a dynamic flow.  The length of one inhale or one exhale dictates the length of time spent transitioning between asanas.  

Asanas are then held for a predefined number of breaths.  In effect, attention is placed on the breath and the journey between the asanas rather than solely on achieving perfect body alignment in an asana. This vinyasa 'flow' is a variant of Surya namaskar. 

The breathing style used in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is Ujjayi which is a relaxed diaphragmatic style of breathing, characterized by an ocean sound which resonates in the practitioner's throat. The opening sequence begins with 10 Sun Salutations and then several standing asanas. Practice always ends with savasana, where you lie down relaxed and think of the calm ocean.

Pranayama—inhale and exhale with awareness— long exhales with the sound of mmmm.  Humming boosts level of nitric oxide—this in turn ups the oxygen intake by 98%, the biggest secret .  Ordinary breath is a mere 4%.  

It is amazing Nitric oxide was discovered by Indian yogis 11000 years ago.  For re-inventing this a Nobel prize was given 2 decades ago.

Nitric oxide is necessary for-

1. Destruction of viruses, parasitic organisms, and malignant cells in the airways and lungs by inactivating their respiratory chain enzymes.

2. Regulation of binding - release of O2 to hemoglobin.

3. Vasodilation of arteries and arterioles (regulation of blood flow or perfusion of tissues).

4. Inhibitory effects of inflammation in blood vessels.

5. Hormonal effects. Nitric oxide influences secretion of hormones from several glands (adrenaline, pancreatic enzymes, and gonadotropin-releasing hormone)

6. Neurotransmission. Memory, sleeping, learning, feeling pain, and many other processes are possible only with NO present (for transmission of neuronal signals).

When there is lack of oxygen in your blood , you living to a small percentage of your potential.

Ashtanga series has its  origin in an ancient text called the Yoga Korunta, compiled by Vamana Maharirishi . T Krishnamacharya received from his Guru Rama Mohan Brahmachari at Mount Kailash. 

Pattabhi Jois got this wisdom from his master T Krishnamachari.  In 1927, at the age of 12, Pattabhi Jois attended a Yoga demonstration at the Jubilee Hall  in Hassan by T. Krishnamacharya and became his student the very next day—there was no looking back after this.

When the Maharaja of Mysore, Krishna Rajendra Wodeyar, had become seriously ill ,T Krishnamacharya had healed him, through yoga, where British doctors failed.  The Maharaja became Krisnamacharya's patron and established a Yoga shala for him.  

How many of you know that the Mysore palace is visited more than the Taj Mahal?

K. Pattabhi Jois taught up until he passed away on May 18, 2009, and he just followed what he learned from his guru Sri T. Krishnamacharya.  Both Jois and Iyengar were students in the same class of Krishnamacharya at Mysore .

What does Ashtanga Yoga do for you?

It improves the feel good factor giving you a natural high, reduces stress , increases vitality,  improves strength and flexibility , improves immune system function, improves blood and lymph circulation, eliminates body toxins, strengthens the cardiovascular system , improves digestion, metabolism and hormone production, gets rid of  depression and anxiety , reduces mind chatter,  improves  concentration, builds patience , gets rid of obesity and sloth, balances body- mind- spirit, and keeps diseases away .

Ashtanga Yoga stimulates the Vagus nerve and the Amygdala to cure many disorders conveniently branded as genetic disorders by modern medicine—just because they do NOT have a clue.

So what is this vagus nerve?

T Krishmacharya stimulated his Vagus nerve and Amygdala to stop his heart beat and control involuntary muscles.

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy using a pacemaker-like device implanted in the chest , to control seizures in epilepsy patients and has recently been approved for treating drug-resistant cases of clinical depression. 

They should be able to make a non-invasive VNS device that stimulates an afferent branch of the vagus nerve soon.

Drugs like Atropine  inhibit the action of the vagus nerve on the heart.  During anaesthesia and surgery, Atropine is used to help keep the heart beat normal.

Your body's levels of stress hormones are regulated by the autonomic nervous system (ANS) . The ANS has two components that balance each other, the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS).

The SNS turns up your nervous system. It helps us handle what we perceive to be emergencies and is in charge of the flight-or-fight response.

The PNS turns down the nervous system and helps us to be calm. It promotes relaxation, rest, sleep, and drowsiness by slowing our heart rate, slowing our breathing, constricts the pupils of our eyes, increases the production of saliva in our mouth, and so forth.

The Vagus nerve is the longest nerve in the human body.  It extends from within the brain on a winding road throughout the body down through the intestine.  

The Vagus nerve also, just so happens, to be the only nerve in the body that is present through each one of the 7 Chakras.

The vagus nerve is a mixed cranial nerve containing approximately 85% sensory fibers  communicating the ste of the viscera to the brain. . 

The vagus nerve supplies motor parasympathetic fibers to all the organs except the suprarenal (adrenal) glands, from the neck down to the second segment of the transverse colon. 

The vagus also controls a few skeletal muscles. Besides output to the various organs in the body, the vagus nerve conveys sensory information about the state of the body's organs to the central nervous system.  

Vagus nerve regulates the chemical levels in the digestive system so that the intestines can process food and keep track of what types of nutrients are being gained from the food that is taken in. It  keeps the digestive tract in working order, contracting the muscles of the stomach and intestines to help process food, and sending back information about what is being digested and what the body is getting out of it.

Stems cells are directly connected to the vagus nerve.  Activating the vagus nerve can stimulate stem cells to produce new cells and repair and rebuild your own organs.  

By activating the vagus nerve, you can control your immune cells, reduce inflammation, and even prevent disease and aging!

Vagus Nerve can be activated and stimulated by Yoga -- and worked with energetically through chanting mantras, divine geometry like Sri Yantra and longitudinal wave frequency.

Vagus nerve acts as the mind-body connection, and it is the cabling behind your heart’s emotions and gut instincts. .  You can stimulate your vagus nerve by practicing diaphragmatic breathing with the glottis partially closed—which is quite a popular Yoga promoted by Swami Ramdev called Bhastrika Pranayama ( kapal bhatti ).

Without the functions of the vagus nerve, you would find it difficult to speak, breathe, or eat, and your heartbeat would become extremely irregular.

An underactive vagus nerve can lead to a condition called gasteroparesis. This condition leads to nausea, heartburn, stomach pains, spasms in the stomach and weight loss due to the digestive system having too little of the chemicals it needs to break down food. An underactive vagus nerve can also lead to a dropping heart rate.

Scientists have discovered that artificial Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS), through electrical impulses via a surgically implanted pacemaker like device, shows promising results in reducing depression, anxieties and conditions such as epilepsy and obesity. 

We are just scratching the tip of the iceberg here, as vagus nerve in conjunction with amygdala stimulation can do wonders. 

I will talkabout amygdala later in this post.

VNS-  Vagus Nerve Stimulation can promote weight-loss as the signals to the brain of ‘fullness’ are more easily transmitted. The Enteric Nervous System is  involved predominantly with food digestion, waste elimination and sending full/hungry signals to the brain.    

90% of the nerve fibers of the ENS run one way, from the stomach area, through the vagus nerve and up into the brain.

Furthermore, more than 95% of the body’s serotonin is produced in the gut, not in the brain as modern medicine assumes.

The ENS has a greater role than managing our gastrointestinal needs.  More than 95% of our thoughts occur in our subconscious minds , the right brain lobe for a right hander. The Enteric Nervous System is  the organ of the subconscious mind. 

Now you know why most of the nerve fibers between the two systems originate in the ENS or that most of the serotonin is also produced in the ENS.

Vagus nerve is stimulated when we feel empathy.  When we connect with someone else's emotions and feel for them, the Vagus nerve gets stimulated.  Vagus nerve is attached to emotions, and hence the right lobe of our brain.

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The parasympathetic system is pretty automatic and not within that "conscious" control. Sometimes you need to step back and "allow" intelligent conscious morphogenetic energy to flow the way it normally would if you didn't put up a fight or flight.

Human Beings have an Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) that is the body’s automatic regulatory system of nerves and controls that do all the background tasks that keep the body operating. The ANS is comprised of three separate subsystems, the Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS), the Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) and the Enteric Nervous System (ENS). 

The Parasympathetic Nervous System is responsible for many of our resting functions such as lowering heart rate, increasing digestive & gland activity and sexual arousal, the Sympathetic Nervous System is mainly associated with modulation of hormones and neurotransmitters relating to “flight or fight” responses.

When things in our life become ‘second nature’, like driving, typing etc they are effectively processed through our ENS rather than our CNS. The cerebrospinal system is the organ of the conscious mind and is the channel through which we receive conscious perception from the physical senses, and exercise control over the movements of the body. 

While the cerebrospinal or central nervous system (CNS)  has the brain as its control center, the ENS has a ganglionic mass in the belly known as the Solar Plexus, often referred to as our second brain, as its central processing unit and it is in this coprocessor that most of our everyday tasks get executed from.

The vagus nerve is the most important element of the parasympathetic nervous system (the one that calms you down by controlling your relaxation response). 

When an athlete is said to be ‘in the zone’ and performing at near perfect levels, it is because they are practically and literally almost unconscious and functioning entirely through their ENS.

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The Vagus nerve is responsible for speech, swallowing, keeping the larynx open for breathing, slowing heart rate, monitoring and initiating digestive processes, and modulating inflammation, among other actions.

The vagus rerve arises from the medulla in the brain and passes through the skull down within the chest cavity where it branches off in multiple directions to innervate organs and muscles. 85% of the nerve fibers are devoted to sending information from the organs/gut back to the brain. 

The Vagus nerve also relays information to the brain from what is known as the Enteric Nervous System (ENS).  The ENS is our "second brain" controlling the digestive process; it is made up of over 500 million neurons that surround the digestive tract. 

Like I said before , it is called a second brain because it can function independently from the brain if the Vagus nerve is severed.

Different postures that are adopted during Ashtanga yoga exercise helps in releasing pressure from the delicate nerve fibers. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) activates anti-inflammatory pathways that work in the digestive tract.  

VNS to be a possible treatment for chronic depression in people that didn't respond to any other treatments . Defects in the normal functioning of Vagus nerve may impair the normal control mechanisms that modulate the gastric acid secretion. 

Excessive secretion of peptic acid can lead to ulceration, dyspepsia and gastro-esophageal reflux disease. The under-activity of vagus nerve may interfere with the blood supply of stomach after ingestion of food that leads to improper digestion.  

By deep breathing, you activate the vagus nerve and bring balance between your parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system rn, nausea and weight loss.

All this was known to Ayurveda more than 6000 years ago. The 108 marma points of  Kalari and Ayurveda were mostly to stimulate the Vagus nerve and the Amydgala..

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VNS, statistic have proved that most people with severe migraine were able to get relief..

Ashtanga yoga practitioners are usually very altruistic, considerate , grateful , happy and compassionate, only because of vegal nerve stimulation.

The vagus nerve is connected to receptor networks for oxytocin, a neurotransmitter involved in trust and maternal bonding.  Stimulating that vagus nerve is not only good for you , it’s good for planet earth.

The vagus nerve is a nerve  comes from the brain and controls the parasympathetic nervous system, which controls your relaxation response. And this nervous system uses the neurotransmitter, acetylcholine. 

If your brain cannot communicate with your diaphragm via the release of acetylcholine from the vagus nerve, then you will stop breathing and die.

Acetylcholine is responsible for learning and memory.  It is also calming and relaxing, which is used by vagus nerve to send messages of peace and relaxation throughout your body.  Acetylcholine reduces  inflammation in the body.   

VNS sends acetylcholine throughout your body, not only relaxing you but also turning down the fires of inflammation which is related to the negative effects from stress. This is why Ashtanga Yoga reduces stress.

And what is acetylcholine?

German Jew Otto Loewi ( below ) the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936, because he has access to ancient Ayurveda texts on the good effects of Yoga and how the neurotransmitters reduce the heart beat — yes the infamous Rothschild connection again.

He first called it after himself "Vagusstoff" (German for: "Vagus Substance").  This was laterrenamed as acetylcholine and became the first neurotransmitter identified by scientists.  

Acetylcholine is the primary neurotransmitter involved with thought, learning, and memory.  It sharpens our concentration and perception.   Alzheimer's disease, which is characterized by severe disturbances in brain function,  is linked to a lack of acetylcholine.

As you get older, your immune system produces more inflammatory molecules, and your nervous system turns on the stress response,  promoting system breakdown and aging.  You immune system is controlled by the vagus nerve.

So get the drift why a human body goes into a pretzel twist?  Enough of vagus nerve.  

Some secrets I must keep for myself, for a rainy day, right?  

Now let me talk about Amygdala.

Pranayama affects the amygdala. 

The amygdala is the most sensitive structure and most active structures in the brain. It uses more blood than any other part of the brain. We humans are conscious creatures because we have more amygdala nuclei.  

The amygdala has in turn been implicated in nearly every psychiatric disorder. We don’t have animals with mood swings, and OCD , right?

The amygdala has a substantial role in mental states, and is related to many psychological disorders. Children with anxiety disorders tend to have a smaller left amygdala.

Larger amygdalae allow for greater emotional intelligence, enabling greater societal integration and cooperation with others.

There are functional differences between the right and left amygdala.  Electrical stimulations of the right amygdala induce negative emotions, especially fear and sadness.  

In contrast, stimulation of the left amygdala  mostly induces happiness.  The left amygdala plays a role in the brain's reward system.

If you shoot and arrow through the eye and the ear the tips will meet at the amygdala.

An enlarged amygdala in autism will be hyperactive, whereas a damaged amygdala would be the opposite.  Amygdala is the Latin word for almond.

The amygdala is the seat of emotion. Psychopaths lack emotion. They lack empathy, remorse, guilt. Brain scans of psychopaths show a deformation in the amygdala compared to non-psychopaths.

It is the amygdala which jolts our bodies in fear,  form emotional memories,  helps us feel our dreams and can shape the effects of certain stress disorders and phobias.

The two amygdale sit on the horn-like tips of the hippocampus. They work with our sympathetic nervous system to put the body in a state of “fight-or-flight”.

The amygdala has an important role in memory.  It reminds us, for better or worse, of past situations. Since it is so emotional, the amygdala is responsible for those persistent thoughts and extra mental baggage we wish we would forget.  It nags us with recollections of painful or shocking events.  

So when a woman jumps out of her skin with a terrible shriek at the sight of a rat – its is just an example of her amygdala in action!

Stimulating the amygdala by meditation and Pranayama  can help you enter a psychological state of flow. Activating the amygdala in a positive way stimulates higher order mental processes. This can improve creativity and intelligence while elevating positive emotion. 

There are also links ( which can be modified ) between homosexuality and the connectivity of the amygdala to the rest of the brain. 

Homosexuality depends on hormonal factors operating during fetal life and NOT genetics. 

No baby is born a homosexual. 

While the amygdala is almost fully developed at birth, the prefrontal cortex does not mature until early adulthood.

Damage to the amygdala can thus result in behavioral deficits such as autism, post traumatic stress syndrome, child abuse, alcoholism, etc. The amygdala is not only sensitive to physical hurt but also to emotional hurt. 

So it is involved in both the basic emotions such as pain, pleasure, fear, disgust, surprise, and anger but also in social emotions, viz., shame, guilt, love, embarrassment, envy, jealousy, and pride.

In this state you can easily overcome problems and disregard distractions. Being in flow on auto-pilot results in single-minded focus and joy that comes from losing yourself in productive activity. Trivial issues don't slow you down when you are actively engaged and living creatively.

The amygdala plays a central role in generating fear in response to external threats. The amygdala receives sensory information from two separate pathways: a short route and a long route.

Like all sensory information, the message is first routed to the thalamus. Then information is sent directly to the amygdala (short route), which produces a fast reaction to the situation. Other information travels from the thalamus through the cortex (visual, auditory, prefrontal, etc.) and then to the amygdala (long route). The cortex evaluates the situation, assigns it a meaning, and if the meaning is threatening, then the amygdala is informed and produces the appropriate response.

Gay women and gay men are more likely to be left-handed.

The right amygdala is also linked with taking action as well as being linked to negative emotions, which may help explain why males tend to respond to emotionally stressful stimuli physically.  The left amygdala allows for the recall of details, but it also results in more thought rather than action in response to emotionally stressful stimuli, which may explain the lack of physical response in women.  Yet women want to join the army commando unit , right?

The amygdala memory is consolidated during the REM sleep.  EEG reflects neuronal activities only in the cerebral cortex, not the deep brain areas such as the hippocampus and amygdala .

The amygdala is the emotion and threat recognition centre of the brain. During REM, the sleep state immediately adjacent to an episode of sleep paralysis, the amygdala is very active.  Bursts of activity from the brainstem pass through the thalamus, which passes activity onto the amygdala.

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Gamma-Amino Butyric acid (GABA) is an amino acid which acts as a neurotransmitter in the central nervous system.

Astanga Yoga increases  our GABA levels , which reduces stress.  GABA levels and mood are positively affected by yoga practice. Low levels of GABA are linked to depression and anxiety.

GABA is the major neurotransmitters in the central nervous system, and especially in the cerebral cortex, which is where thinking occurs and sensations are interpreted.

GABA is made in brain cells from glutamate, and functions as an inhibitory neurotransmitter – meaning that it blocks nerve impulses.  Glutamate acts as an excitatory neurotransmitter and when bound to adjacent cells encourages them to “fire” and send a nerve impulse. GABA does the opposite and tells the adjoining cells not to “fire”, not to send an impulse.

Without GABA, nerve cells fire too often and too easily.  Anxiety disorders such as panic attacks, seizure disorders, and numerous other conditions including addiction, headaches, Parkinson's syndrome, and cognitive impairment are all related to low GABA activity.  

The less GABA, the more nerve transmissions occur. Depressed and bipolar patients to have lower levels of GABA in their blood plasma.

 So --  anybody for Ashtanga Yoga?

Let me share  a secret , on how to stimulate the amygdala.  

This BOKOMA instrument was used in ancient Vedic times to find out what type of Ayurvedic Shirodhara you need.  

It also “releases” your locked up mind.  

When the amygdala gets stimulated you will GIGGLE.

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Grace and peace!

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