Pranayama vs Panic attack Lets rapidly see what a panic attack is-does physiologically: an intense fear that arises in a situation that most of the times there is not a real cause or danger. Most common causes are long term stress, fear, worries or anxiety. The adrenal glands receive the message of danger send by brain (which misinterprets those fears as a real danger) and they release into the body adrenaline in order to prepare the body to its highest abilities in front of that danger. While that happens as the person cannot consciously see any danger gets afraid of this body alarm as well and As long as the brain sends the message of danger to the adrenal glands they will keep producing and supplying adrenaline. Some of the symptoms are: shortness of breath, chest pain, heart palpitations, sweating, stomachache, depersonalization, in a more intense experience fear-feeling of dying or going crazy etc in some cases creates a phobia of the concrete situation the person was living during the moment of the panic attack. Or a phobia of having another one. This phobia can easily bring the next panic attack next time being in a similar situation and so on… don’t let it grow deeper, the solution is not avoid every situation that can create you a fear but deal with it. Here are some Pranayama practices that can help you overcome a panic attack: ✓ Observe how the panic works, and how you respond to it: During a panic attack you tend to keep your breath out after exhalation, See/realize that and stop doing it! this frequently increases even more the heart rate and as a consequence the feeling of breathlessness ✓ Practice Udgeeth -direct the breath during inhalation- exhalation across the back throat- ⁃ the heartbeat decreases to resting level ⁃ blood vessels and muscles relax ⁃ breathing slows down ✓ Three Part Breath (Deerga Swasa Praswasa) ⁃ calms effect on mind- helps relax ⁃ oxygenate detoxifies your body ⁃ releases endorphins - which are part of the mechanism which eliminates fear and anxiety (both techniques are very well described in older posts by Spyros Garudananda) • It will be useful to write a dairy During the panic attack, be in the role of an observer, observe your feelings and emotions and write them down while the panic attack is taking place. By that way you get a distance from them. Maybe by observing you will realize that there is no real danger by that moment and this will be the solution to all problems :) When you reach to make your brain stop sending the danger message to the adrenal glands the panic attack will, after some moments come to the end. • Get informed/ learn properly from a competent teacher these techniques, write them down with details in a paper that you keep always in your wallet-with you and read it and follow the steps every time you feel getting into a panic attack Remember… -Always remember and understand that nothing will happen and the panic attack will end sooner or later and you will be perfectly healthy after. -Don’t consider it something abnormal, actually is an normal reaction that just takes place under a fake warning/alarm. 1 in 3 of us go through this at some point of our lives -don’t get disappointed if you don’t have a direct result, repeat the procedure for as long as needed -don’t try to stop it, just observe ....sharing because I would have loved to know by the time I was dealing with my fears. Instinct alone lead you in the same techniques even without knowing them. But because the path can be long and difficult it is always better to have some help, yoga can be a solution and a shortcut to put an end to fears, anxiety and stress Be patient and insistent Use Yoga- Be happy Eleni
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:19:03 +0000
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