Baba Ramdev Yoga

"Remedy of all illnesses lies in yoga and healthy lifestyle."

Swami Baba Ramdev is that one personality who brought health revolution or say Yoga revolution to India. He took the stand to change the lives of many people. With his in depth research on Yoga and Ayurveda, he created a beautiful niche for himself in the hearts of many people. At first, he came into limelight for his life changing Yoga skills. He taught people the simple methods of Yoga to stay healthy. In this article, we will discuss about Baba Ramdev and Ramdev Yoga.

Swami Baba Ramdev was once known as Ramkrishna Yadav. With time, his life journey with Yoga made him Swami Ramdev. Apart from Yoga, he is known as the master of Ayurveda and also has active participation in Indian politics. However, his main domain is Yoga.

Ramkrishna Yadav started his journey of Yoga from Jind, Haryana. He changed his name from Ramkrishna to Ramdev there only. At Jind, he joined Kalva Gurukul and offered free Yoga training to the people belonging to the villages of Haryana.

After few years, Ramdev travelled through Himalaya for meditation and self discipline for several years. After coming back, he settled down at Haridwar and studied ancient Indian scriptures at Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya for many years. Further, he founded Divya Yog Mandir Trust, Haridwar with some other people. The main objective of this trust is to popularize Yoga and Ayurveda among the people.

In 1995, he founded Divya Yoga Mandir Trust along with Acharya Balkrishna and Acharya Karamveer. Headquarters of this trust are at Kripalu Bagh Ashram, Haridwar.

Swami Baba Ramdev further became popular for promoting Yoga in India as well as various corners of the world. In no time, Baba Ramdev and Ramdev Yoga became a household word. Many people claimed for getting relieved from incurable diseases. Also, he is the founder of 'Patanjali Yog Peeth Trust'

Baba Ramdev Yoga procedure focused on Pranayama, which is a collection of breathing exercises, to eradicate the ailments of human body. The Pranayama helps in increasing the blood circulation, which accelerates the flow of blood in the internal organs and give them enough impulsion to lead a healthy life.

As Swami Baba Ramdev became the medium to spread the word of Pranayama and its benefits, people know it as Baba Ramdev Pranayam.

Main breathing exercises constituted with the art of Pranayama are as follows:

• Kapalbhati Pranayama
• Anulom Vilom Pranayama
• Udgeeth Pranayama
• Bahya Pranayama
• Bhramari Pranayama
• Bhastrika Pranayama

Kapalbhati Pranayama is basically a breath cleaning exercise. In this Pranayama, a person concentrates on continuously exhaling the air with force while sucking the tummy in.

Anulom-Vilom Pranayama is alternate nostril breathing. In this exercise, the practitioner inhales from one nostril while keeping the other nostril closed with a finger.

Udgeeth Pranayama is chanting with breathing. In this Pranayama, the practitioner first inhales and then hums the 'Om' spell until all the breath is out. The process goes on like this.

Bahya Pranayama is the process after exhaling. The practitioner make three locks in the body after exhaling the breath out - one is by squeezing the chin to the chest, second is squeezing the tummy in and the third one is pulling up the pelvic and pubic area.

Bhramari Pranayama is the bee breath exercise. In this Pranayama, the person inhales the breath and holds it. Further, he/she closes ears, nose and eyes with the help of fingers and thumbs and then hums until all the breath is out.

Bhastrika Pranayama is the bellows breath exercise. In this Pranayama, the practitioner inhales and exhales very energetically. The exercise includes exhaling the air with full force and doing vice versa while inhaling.

As per the studies and results noted by Swami Baba Ramdev, regular practice of these Pranayamas keeps an individual healthy. A person who practices Pranayama everyday hardly catches cold.

The aforesaid methods of Pranayama are quite simple to practice for a common man. To lead a healthy life, one should dedicate half an hour to one hour to these simple methods for staying healthy.

Swami Baba Ramdev Yoga & Pranayama Benefits

Benefits of the Baba Ramdev's Yoga and Pranyama are unending. If you had ever watched Swami Baba Ramdev Yoga show on Astha channel that telecasts at 5am, you must have noticed that everyday numerous people come out of the crowd to tell the world how they got cured of a horrible disease due to Baba Ramdev Yoga. Let's discuss some basic benefits here:

• Pranayama enhances the strength of lungs, which helps in treating lung and breathing ailments, such as Asthama, Bronchitis and many more
• It helps in relieving one's nervous anxiety and suppressed emotions
• Body immunity also gets increased
• Body as well as mind gets rejuvenated
• Chronic muscle tension around sensitive areas like digestive organs and heart gets released
• Concentration improves
• Purifies blood
• Eliminates toxins
• Increases oxygen density in blood
• Cures sleeping sicknesses like insomnia
• Improves blood circulation
• Stress level eases out
• Blood pressure problems come in control
• Digestion improves

These are some benefits from the point of view of a healthy man. Otherwise, these miraculous breathing exercises have treated many life taking diseases. Let's now know a bit about Baba Ramdev and his early life.

Baba Ramdev - Early Life

Baba Ramdev was born on 11 January 1965 at Ali Saiyad Pur Village, Mahendragarh district, Haryana, India. His father Ram Nivas Yadav and mother Gulab Devi named him Ramkrishna Yadav. He had an ordinary poor family background.

As a kid, he studied in a normal school till class 8. After that, he joined Gurukul at Khanpur Village where he first got introduced to Yoga officially. The Gurukul also taught him Sanskrit and he learnt everything under the guidance of Acharya Baldev. He left the Gurukul with a Post Graduate degree and specialization in Sanskrit grammar, Yoga, Vedas, Upanishads and Hindu philosophy. He took Sanyas after Gurukul and changed his name from Ramkrishna to Ramdev.

This was all brief about Swami Baba Ramdev and Ramdev Yoga. Hope this article would be helpful for many of you. Yoga is a miraculous science. Utilize the best of it with Swami Baba Ramdev Yoga's easy methods.