Heart Disease & Preksha Dhyan

General Information Heart is a very delicate but vital organ of our body. It is located below the lungs, slightly on the left side. It beats 72 times per minute & pumps 5 litres of blood in a day & 700 million liters bloods over a lifespan of 70 years. It increases its efficiency by more than 6 times during exercise & mental tension. Functions

• Blood circulation to each & every part of the body by the network of 60000-miles long veins & arteries
• Circulation of oxygen & nutrients to the cells
• Transfer of hormones from one place to another within the body
• Purification of blood by carrying toxins & waste from the kidneys

What Is Heart Disease?

It is also called “disease of ignorance” because it develops silently without announcement. It results from unsystematic & hotchpotch life style. When the blood vessels of the heart are blocked up to 70%, this is called a ngina pectoris; decrease in oxygen supply is called ischemia.

The blood vessel, which supplies blood to the heart, is called coronary tube. It's blockage results in heart disease. Coronary tube is blocked due to deposition of fats in blood that makes the tube inelastic and increases pressure of blood flow.

Another heart disease is endocarditis, which means swelling of the inner wall of heart. This swelling is mainly due to bacteria infection that may occur during operation of teeth, urinary bladder etc. When bacteria reach the heart, together with platelets and fibers they cause the swelling; this may also result in a swelling of valves.

Characteristics & Symptoms

• Pain in the chest, sometimes in the left shoulder, lower jaws for 5-10 minutes
• Difficulty in breathing
• Excess sweating
• Vomiting
• Suffocation
• Weakness & tiredness
• Unclear vision
• High B.P.
  

Causes

• Insufficient physical labour
• High cholesterol level
• High blood triglyceride level, another name of oils
• Low blood HDL level, it is good cholesterol
• High B.P., also called silent killer
• Hereditary diabetes
• Obesity
• Smoking or use of tobacco
• Age factor
• Lack of exercise, walk etc.
• Excess anger
• Greediness
• Zealousness
• Excess sensitiveness
• Sudden excitement
• Improper food habits
  

Treatment Section Medical

• Physical check-up
• Electrocardiogram (ECG)
• Treadmill test (T.M.T)
• Echocardiogram (E.C.H.O.)
• Angiography
• Blood test
  

Preksha Therapy Section Asanas

• basic yogic kriyas
• Tadasan
• Padhasthasan
• Vazrasan
• Sasankasan
• Uttanpadasan
• Hridyastumbhasan
• Yogmudra
• Pawanmuktasan
• 1 st exercise of spine
  

Pranayama

• a nulom-vilom pranayam (without kumbhak)
• Suksm bhastrika (slow speed)
• Deep breathing
• Oojai pranayam
  

Kayotsarg - A Complete Relaxation Process

Kayotsarg is a strong technique to relax the whole body & to remove tension.
Kayotsarg for 30 minutes daily is enough to recharge mind, body & soul & to peel off tension.

How to do:

• In a calm & silent environment, lay straight down on the earth. Keep legs at a distance of 1 foot from each other & hands open towards sky at ½ feet from body. Close the eyes softly.
• Concentrate on the big toe of the right leg & give suggestion to “Relax, relax. Be relaxed.“
• Feel that toe is relaxing. Give same suggestion to each & every part of body sequentially, as right toe, figures, heel, palm, ankle, calf muscles, knee, thigh muscles; do it same way to left leg.
• Relax the abdominal region, stomach region, chest, back, right hand, left hand, neck, face, forehead region & finally brain.

Concentrate on each part for 2-3 minutes & autosuggest them to be relaxed.

Feel that body is relaxing. After making the whole body relaxed, now travel through body from toe to brain & feel the vibrations of life energy in it.

To complete session, take 3-4 long & slow breathes & come back.

Preksha Meditation

• Perception of deep breathing
• Meditation on vessels of heart & lungs
  

Anupreksha (Contemplation) For Healthy Heart:

• Sit comfortably. Close the eyes. Relax the body by making it lose & give autosuggestion “Body is relaxing from toe to head” continuously for 3 minutes.
• Assume you are inhaling bottle green colour. Feel it inside the body while inhaling, 10 minutes.
• Concentrate on Anand Kendra (center of bliss in the chest, thymus gland region) & assume the green colour lightening all parts of the heart, i.e. all the four chambers.
• Feel the green colour entering into the blocked vessels & start to dissolve blockage slowly & slowly.
• Concentrate on the heart and give suggestion to it for 10-15 times, “Blockage of heart vessels is opening. My heart is becoming healthier. I will surely get recovered from this disease.“
  

Anupreksha For Patience

• Sit calmly & close the eyes softly. Relax the body by making it lose & give autosuggestion “Body is relaxing from toe to head” continuously for 3 minutes.
• Assume you are inhaling blue colour. Feel this blue colour around yourself.

Feel it inside the body while inhaling, 10 minutes.

• Concentrate on the psychic centre of enlightenment (Jyoti Kendra) in the middle of the forehead and repeat 9 times with sound and then 9 times mentally in silence, “Patience is increasing. Mental ability is increasing.“
• Repeat silently again & again, for 10 minutes, “Heart disease is affecting me. I have to decrease its effect. I will not be tensed; otherwise it will destroy my energy. I will take my disease very patiently without disturbing my mental & emotional health.
• Complete the process with “OM” chanting for 3 minutes.
  

Japas

• Recite daily “Lam, lam, lam” for 5 minutes while concentrating on the heart region.
• Recite daily “Rim, rim, rim” for 10 minutes while concentrating on the heart region.
  

Diet Section

Chart of balance diet

Time	%	Calories
Breakfast	30	480
Lunch	35	560
Tea	10	160
Supper	25	400

Information On Eatables

• Papaya decreases cholesterol level & removes constipation.
• Amrud decreases cholesterol & sugar level, provides strength to heart muscles & removes constipation.
• Raw onion decreases cholesterol & increases HDL.
• Carrot decreases cholesterol level; its pickle is helpful for weak heart, peptic ulcer, and diarrhea.
  But restricted for diabetic patients.
• Prohibited for heart patients are banana, mango, grapes, chikoo, badam, pista kazoo, coconut.

Few Tips & Information To Protect The Heart

Standards to be considered for various factors responsible for attack

Cholesterol	130 - 160 mg/100 ml
Triglyceride	60 - 180 ml gm
HDL cholesterol	40 - 60 ml gm
Sugar (before eating)	70 – 100 mg
Sugar (after eating)	160 mg
B/P	120/180

Avoid

• Smoking
• Tension
• Non – Veg.
• Milk & milk made items
• Ghee/oil

Concede

• Fruits & salad
• Regular Asanas & Pranayama
• Regular medical check-up
• Sufficient physical work & rest

If this becomes your routine, you may minimize your heart problems to a great extent.

If you are not yet suffering, regular Asanas & Meditation will not permit the disease even to touch you.