Anxiety & Pranayamas.

Atmo Deepak · 04-21-2005, 09:46 AM

Is it possible to develop premature heart beats from practicing deep diaphragmatic breathing pranayamas? ... or for that matter can you develop anxiety attacks by doing pranayamas the wrong way? If so, how can you correct it?

Thanks,

Atmo Deepak

happyyoga · 04-21-2005, 03:44 PM

it's certainly possible. This is why i recently started the thread "yoga without pranayama" because i have similar concerns. The breath is intimately connected to the body/mind so anytime you force it or speed it up you're going to be effecting your mind in an unnatural way, which could lead to worse things than even anxiety/panic

read the pranayama section of this http://www.breathing.com/articles/yoga.htm

it talks about this in more detail

chris · 04-22-2005, 03:38 PM

Happyyoga,

Please read your PM (Private Messages)

Chris

blackpanther · 04-29-2005, 05:20 AM

pranayama is to be done with extreme caution and preferably under the guidance of a guru. the effects of pranayama are quite profound and disaster is a distinct possibility. the guiding principle is dont force it. keep it relaxed and simple. increase the intensity over a considerable period of time.

qi · 05-04-2005, 04:31 PM

Two years ago i started practicing chi kung (breathing tecniques in exercises to "cultivate" "chi" in your body)
Unfortunately i did not have a good teacher at all.
During the exercises (which i used to do on my own) i was very worried about whether i was doing the exercises in the right way. Furthermore, my breathing wasn't natural (i was trying to control it)
About two months later i started waking up very early in the morning with excessive nervousness, having lots of negative thoughts..
To cut the long story short, i had intense anxiety symptoms.(including "missed heart beats")

Does it have to do with the breathing exercises i did (maybe in the wrong way)?? I have no idea.

happyyoga · 05-08-2005, 04:37 PM

qi, probably. Furtunately if you go back to not controlling your breath (assumign bad habbits havent set in) you should be fine

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04-21-2005, 09:46 AM	#1
Atmo Deepak catúr Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4	Is it possible to develop premature heart beats from practicing deep diaphragmatic breathing pranayamas? ... or for that matter can you develop anxiety attacks by doing pranayamas the wrong way? If so, how can you correct it? Thanks, Atmo Deepak

04-21-2005, 03:44 PM	#2
happyyoga dashan Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: janitor Posts: 18	it's certainly possible. This is why i recently started the thread "yoga without pranayama" because i have similar concerns. The breath is intimately connected to the body/mind so anytime you force it or speed it up you're going to be effecting your mind in an unnatural way, which could lead to worse things than even anxiety/panic read the pranayama section of this http://www.breathing.com/articles/yoga.htm it talks about this in more detail

04-22-2005, 03:38 PM	#3
chris saptán Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 7	Happyyoga, Please read your PM (Private Messages) Chris

04-29-2005, 05:20 AM	#4
blackpanther astan Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 8	pranayama is to be done with extreme caution and preferably under the guidance of a guru. the effects of pranayama are quite profound and disaster is a distinct possibility. the guiding principle is dont force it. keep it relaxed and simple. increase the intensity over a considerable period of time.

05-04-2005, 04:31 PM	#5
qi dvi Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2	Two years ago i started practicing chi kung (breathing tecniques in exercises to "cultivate" "chi" in your body) Unfortunately i did not have a good teacher at all. During the exercises (which i used to do on my own) i was very worried about whether i was doing the exercises in the right way. Furthermore, my breathing wasn't natural (i was trying to control it) About two months later i started waking up very early in the morning with excessive nervousness, having lots of negative thoughts.. To cut the long story short, i had intense anxiety symptoms.(including "missed heart beats") Does it have to do with the breathing exercises i did (maybe in the wrong way)?? I have no idea.

05-08-2005, 04:37 PM	#6
happyyoga dashan Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: janitor Posts: 18	qi, probably. Furtunately if you go back to not controlling your breath (assumign bad habbits havent set in) you should be fine