Yoga Volunteers for Hypertension / Heart Disease Part 1

This course gives you an overview of what is hypertension and role of Yoga in reducing the blood pressure through reducing stress. Yoga is an effective adjunct therapy in hypertensive populations. This session also covers the prevalence, incidence, pathophysiology, stress, basic concept of yoga in understanding the disease process, mechanism of actions of yoga and techniques of yoga specifically for hypertensive patients. We will also cover evidence based studies on Yoga and hypertension.

Course Layout:

• Week 1

o Module 1: What is Hypertension? Increasing Burden of Hypertension

o Module 2: Etiology & Risk factor of Hypertension

• Week 2

o Module 3: Anatomy of Blood Vessels

o Module 4: Physiology of Blood Vessels

• Week 3

o Module 5: Pathophysiology of Hypertension

o Module 6: Stress and Hypertension

• Week 4

o Module 7: Lifestyle & Hypertension

o Module 8: Management of Hypertension

• Week 5

o Module 9: Holistic approach of Yoga therapy -1

o Module 10: Holistic approach of Yoga therapy - 2

• Week 6

o Module 11: Role of Nutrition in Hypertension

o Module 12: Yoga techniques

• Week 7

o Module 13: Concept of Stress and Genesis of Illness

o Module 14: An overview of Research on Hypertension

Yoga Protocol

• Week 8:

o Module 15: Shaktivikasakas (Strengthening of fingers stage Ⅰ stage Ⅱ, Strengthening of Wrist- stage Ⅰ stage Ⅱ, Strengthening of shoulders)

o Module 16: Shaktivikasakas (Chest shaktivikasakas, Calf strengthening exercises)

o Module 17: Breathing Practices Ⅰ {Hands Stretch (stage Ⅰ, stage Ⅱ, stage Ⅲ), Hands In-Out Breathing, Ankle stretch breathing}

• Week 9:

o Module 18: Breathing Practices Ⅱ (Tiger breathing, Rabbit breathing, Bhujangasana Breathing)

o Module 19: Breathing Practices Ⅲ (Straight leg raise breathing, Sethubandhasana Lumbar stretch, Side bending)

o Module 20: Loosening Exercises - Ⅰ (Wrist- flexion, extension & rotation; Elbow- flexion & extension, Shoulder rotation stage Ⅰ stage Ⅱ).

• Week 10:

o Module 21: Loosening Exercises - Ⅱ {Drill walking, Padasanchalana (Stage Ⅰ, stage Ⅱ)}

o Module 22: Relaxation Technique Ⅰ (Instant Relaxation Technique, Quick relaxation technique)

o Module 23: Relaxation Technique Ⅱ (Deep Relaxation technique)

• Week 11:

o Module 24: Asana Ⅰ (Ardhakatichakrasana, Trikonasana, Vrukshasana)

o Module 25: Asana Ⅱ (Garudasana, Bhujangasana, Vakrasana)

o Module 26: Asana Ⅲ (Ardhamatsyendrasana, Gomukhasana, Ushtrasana)

• Week 12

o Module 27: Asana Ⅳ (Vajrasana, Setu bandhasana, siddhasana)

o Module 28: Chair Suryanamaskara

o Module 29: Vibhagiya Pranayama

• Week 13

o Module 30: Pranayama Ⅰ (Nadishuddhi, Brahmari, Ujjayi)

o Module 31: Pranayama Ⅱ (Cooling Pranayama - Sheetali, Seetkari & Sadanta)

o Module 32: Pranayama Ⅲ {Nadanusandhana (AA kara chanting, UU kara chanting, MM kara chanting, AUM kara chanting)}

• Week 14

o Module 33: Om Meditation

o Module 34: MSRT Ⅰ

o Module 35: MSRT Ⅱ

• Week 15

o Module 36: Cyclic Meditation I

o Module 37: Cyclic Meditation Ⅱ

• Week 16

o Module 38: Overall IAYT module for Hypertension I

o Module 39: Overall IAYT module for Hypertension Ⅱ

o Module 40: Overall IAYT module for Hypertension III