CARE FOR EPILEPSY
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Disease Description
Epilepsy — "seizure" is a common and diverse set of chronic neurological disorders characterized by seizures. Some definitions of epilepsy require that seizures be recurrent and unprovoked, but others require only a single seizure combined with brain alterations which increase the chance of future seizures. Epileptic seizures result from abnormal, excessive or hypersynchronous neuronal activity in the brain.
About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, and nearly 90% of epilepsy occurs in developing countries. Epilepsy becomes more common as people age. Onset of new cases occur most frequently in infants and the elderly. As a consequence of brain surgery, epileptic seizures may occur in recovering patients.
Epilepsy is usually controlled, but not cured, with medication. However, over 30% of people with epilepsy do not have seizure control even with the best available medications. Surgery may be considered in difficult cases.
Not all epilepsy syndromes are lifelong – some forms are confined to particular stages of childhood. Epilepsy should not be understood as a single disorder, but rather as syndromic with vastly divergent symptoms, all involving episodic abnormal electrical activity in the brain and numerous seizures.
STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED
- SURYA NAMASKARA
- BREATH WATCHING
1. SURYA NAMASKARA
Surya Namaskar
INSRTUCTIONS
- Come to stand in Tadasana, i.e., stand firmly on both the feet with the hands in a prayer position at the heart
- Inhale - Bring the arms out to the sides and up to Urdhva Hastasana
- Exhale - Swan dive down, hinging at the hips, bringing the palms flat on either side of your feet to Uttanasana
- Inhale - Bring the LEFT foot to the back of the mat, come up on to the finger tips into a low lunge
- Exhale - Bring the Right foot back to meet the right foot coming into Downward Facing Dog position
- RETAIN THE BREATH - Drop to your knees, chest and chin on the floor
- Inhale - Come forward to a low Cobra pose raising your head slightly
- Exhale - Come Back to Downward Facing Dog position
- Inhale -Bring the left foot next to the left hand into low lunge
- Exhale - Bring the right foot forward next to the left and forward bend into Uttanasana(3rd step)
- Inhale - Bring the arms out to the sides and up, reversing the swan dive to Urdhva Hastasana (2nd step)
- Exhale - Come to stand in Tadasana with the hands in a prayer position at the heart(1st step)
Repeat the entire sequence with the interchanging of legs;Do this as many times as possible (max 108 times).
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2. BREATH WATCHING
Do this for about 7 minutes.
END OF KRIYA
Kriya Date
05-Mar-2012