Plavini Pranayama

Plava means floating .Plavini is a Sanskrit word and this pranayama is related with the breathe that makes us float. Air is inhaled as if we are drinking water slowly and stomach is filled with air to the fullest. If you tap the stomach when it is filled with air, you will get a peculiar tympanic (air) sound. When the belly is filled with air and the inside of the body is filled to its utmost with air, the body floats on the deepest water, like a leaf of a lotus. This Pranayama helps remove most of the ailments of stomach or digestive system.

Plavini Pranayama Procedure

• Drink the air like water through the mouth and fill your stomach with it. The stomach becomes inflated. You will hear a tympanic sound, if you tap it with your fingers.
• Practice the Pranayama slowly and gradually.
• The air is then expelled from the stomach by slow belching.

Plavini Pranayama Benefits

• During the practice of this Pranayama the blood flows in the body extremely speedily thus removing the impurities and toxins accumulated in the body.
• It helps to clean the stomach and makes digestive system healthy and strong.
• It cures all ailments of the abdominal organs.