What to do if you are covid positive

Namaskar!!

Precautionary measures are the best way  

to stay away from covid . Infact it is    

not just Covid , any infection , if you dont

take care of yourself , you are open for the    

infection . Precautions are very much required in  

life , inspite of doing everyrhing , yet if you    

catch infection , you are affected , then what  

to do ? We are going to tell you now . This virus    

is known to affect our respiratory system , our  

digestive system and our nervous system . There    

are some techniques which you can do right in your  

bed in home quarantine or in the hospital to help    

all your systems function better and  

prevent any further damage . First we    

have to strenghthen our respiration and so do  

some lung exercise . The shortness of breath    

when we are affected by virus has to be handled  

first . We are supposed to breath better and so in    

yoga this technique is done to prevent this virus  

from spreading in our lung , we should do this    

very regularly . Do this , inhale from your nose  

but exhale forcibly from your mouth . It is found    

that exhalation becomes very difficult when  

nose is choked up , so exhale from mouth so    

that inhalation would also be fuller and fuller  

and your whole lung will be helped . When we are    

exhaling fully , the carbon dioxide in lungs  

is released , the toxins from your body is    

released very effectively and that would help in  

management of covid infectinon . Second pranayama    

which I would recommend is pranamyam number 4  

, that is abdominal breathing . We have this    

diaphragm just touching the lung , below the lung  

and that helps in breathing in and breathing out    

very fully . So when we are using our abdominal  

muscles , we are actually helping our lung to    

breath completely and fully , pranayama 4 , so  

lie down supine on your back , bring your both    

feet closer to your body and then knees together  

and then keep your on hand on your stomach and    

breath in where your stomach muscles are moving  

upwards and breath out where your stomach muscles    

are pushing downwards. So you have to breathe in  

and breath out using these stomach muscles so that    

your lungs breath completely , fully and that’s  

how the toxins would be removed from the bottom of    

your lungs also .Both these pranayams you should  

do regularly . The first one , 10 rounds , in the    

morning and 10 rounds in the evening and abdominal  

breathing you can do very often . You could do it    

for 5 minutes in the morning , 5 minutes in the  

afternoon , 5 minutes in the evening . Infact I    

would say , whenever you lie down , focus on  

your abdomen , and very subtly breath in and    

out from the abdomen to keep your mind relaxed and  

to see that you are breathing very naturally and    

easily . The second area where you should focus in  

a day is your GUT . See that you gut is remining    

healthy and you are doing certain things to manage  

. What happens is , during infection person feels    

nausea , person has diarrohea , person has lots  

of gases in stomach and person feels quiet uneasy    

because of that so certain things you must do to  

strenghthen your gut muscles . Like one technique    

is called as PAWANMUKTASAN . In Pawanmuktasan  

, you should lie down in your bed supine , fold    

both the legs towards your body and both arms on  

the side . Now breath in and lift your leg closer    

to your stomach , hold it , clasp it and bring  

it back . Do it with the other leg , hold it    

and bring it back then do with both legs together  

, hold it and bring it back . You could do with    

folded legs or you could do both these things  

with straight legs , straight legs you can    

lift up and fold and come back and do with the  

second leg also , so try and see you are doing    

this perfectly . What happens here , is that your  

liver is getting exercised because liver also gets    

affected due to infection . This is a beautiful  

practice to really strenghthen your abdominal    

muscles as well as liver . Second exercise in  

llying down position is YASHTIKASANA , it is    

stick pose , where you are lying down in your bed  

, while inhaling you are raising both your arms    

upwards , above head and simultaneously pushing  

both your legs downwards . So you are giving    

a good stretch to your whole body . While  

breathing out , you are bringing your both    

arms back to normal as well as your toes back to  

its normal position . Breathing and movement of    

your body should synchronise very nicely and you  

really enjoy doing this asana . Both these asanas    

you should do 5 – 10 times in a day depending  

upon the capacity . One thing you should know    

very well , is that while doing any asana you  

should not feel tired . If tiredness comes    

you should just do it once twice but very often  

in a day , but help youself , attend to your body    

and that would help you tremendously . To enhance  

your immunity , we should do something , if your    

immunity is strong , then only you will be able  

to throw away the germs and all the problems . For    

this , I would recomment 2 techniques , both these  

techniques have to be done in a sitting position .    

You may sit on your bed , sit on your chair , you  

can sit down and do it or if you can sit cross    

legged , then sit like that . First technique  

is Anuloma Viloma , here you have to breath in    

through your right nostril , close the left fully  

, hold little bit and breath out from left ,    

immediately breath in from left , hold little bit  

, breath out from right and stop for sometime and    

then start with left , breath in from left , hold  

, out from right . In from right , hold and out    

from left and stop . Such rounds you should do ,  

atleast 5 rounds . In this pranayama , the whole    

oxygen level increases so strongly , your prana ,  

all the pancha pranas are functioning so well and    

that would help in throwing away the toxins from  

the system , that would help in building up your    

immunity very strongly . Second posture which  

I would strongly recommend is an asana . It is    

called as PARVATASANA . Here you are inhaling and  

raising your both arms up above your head , you    

are sitting and stretching your body upwards  

, stretch your body upwards . Your entire    

central body gets exercised and your lower limbs  

are in meditative pose or they are also being    

taken care of . So stay there for sometime ,  

and come back normally . So again , inhale for    

2 seconds , take your arms up , slowly stretch  

yourself upwards , exhale and bring your hand    

down . This rotation of arm will expand your chest  

, it will make you to breath better and make you    

relaxed better . It actually triggers your FLIGHT  

and FIGHT response . You become very energetic and    

active . Your immune cells gain the strength to  

fight the infection and the infection , which is    

there within is thrown out very easily . So try  

and understand that your effort had to be put    

.So make sure that you follow all these techniques  

, they are very simple techniques , anybody can    

do , you need not learn very very difficult asanas  

of yoga , this is a very very simple that you are    

helping yourself and overcoming your weakness ,  

understand that these are one thing and second    

thing is keep your mind positive , cheerful ,  

crack jokes anybody who comes near you , you    

should laugh and giggle . Because when you laugh  

, your stomach muscles are also being exercised    

like pranayama number 4 and all this is going to  

help you . Understand this infection is not a big    

thing , if you attend to yourself correctly as  

we have mentioned , you will be able to come out    

victoriously , you will be able to manage your  

life and ahead also , never get afraid of any    

such infections . You have to do your part and  

everything would be beautiful , correct . Life    

is beautiful , live it to your fullest .

Namaskar!!!