SHEETALI Pranayama || Indian Fitness Club

Method

1. Sit in a comfortable position.
2. Close your eyes and relax your whole body with normal breathing
3. Put the tongue on the lower lip and try to roll the tongue.
4. Inhale deeply from the mouth.
5. Retain your breath for as long as possible.
6. Close the mouth slowly and exhale through the nose.

This is one round of sheetali pranayama. You can start by doing 2 – 3 rounds, and gradually go up to 15 rounds.

Benefits

Shitali pranayama:

• Cools the body
• Cures acidity and hypertension
• Relieves indigestion and disorders of the bile
• Improves health of eyes and skin
• Cures tonsillitis.

Contradictions

This pranayama is not recommended during winters. People suffering from a heavy cold must avoid shitali pranayama.