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CARE FOR DEPRESSION

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Disease Description

Depression or Clinical depression is characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities.

Clinical depression is a disabling condition that adversely affects a person's family, work or school life, sleeping and eating habits, and general health. In the United States, around 3.4% of people with major depression commit suicide, and up to 60% of people who commit suicide had depression or another mood disorder.

Depressed individuals have shorter life expectancies than those without depression, in part because of greater susceptibility to medical illnesses and suicide.

Major depression significantly affects a person's family and personal relationships, work or school life, sleeping and eating habits, and general health.

Depressed people may be preoccupied with, or ruminate over, thoughts and feelings of worthlessness, inappropriate guilt or regret, helplessness, hopelessness, and self-hatred. In severe cases, depressed people may have symptoms of psychosis.

A person sitting in Lotus Pose (Padma Asana) with Prana Mudra

Step to be followed PRANA MUDRA

  1. Sit on Padma Asana (Lotus Pose)
  1. Keep your eyes closed and focus on your breath.
  1. Keep your hands on your thighs.
  1. Touch the tips of your ring finger and little finger to your thumb. The index and middle finger should be pointed straight.
  1. Feel the life force as it rushes through your body.
  1. Stay on this pose for 3 minutes.

Step 1

  1. Keeping the eyes closed, inhale and exhale as deeply as possible
  1. Do this 3 times

Step 2

  1. Put the left heel under the perineum and Stay on it
  1. Contract the abdominal muscles to expel the maximum amount of air from the lungs
  1. Hold the breath outside as long as possible
  1. When you can't hold any more, slowly inhale
  1. Do this 11 times.

Step 3

  1. Release Moola Bandha (you can take your left heel out)
  1. Inhale slowly and fill the abdomen and the lungs as much as possible
  1. Hold the breath inside as long as possible
  1. Then exhale very slowly
  1. Do this at least 11 times

Step 4

  1. Exhale completely by contracting your abdominal muscles
  1. Retain the breath outside as long as you can
  1. When you inhale, inhale and fill your lungs and abdominal muscle
  1. Hold the breath inside as long as you can
  1. Do this 21 times

END OF KRIYA Kriya Date30-Oct-2011