As the name suggests, Karna Sakthi Vardhaka exercise focused on improved hearing by improving the function of eustachian tube. In addition, it also helps in improvement of the thyroid gland.
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Starting Posture of Karna Sakthi Vardhaka
Stand straight with the feet closed together.
Exercise/ Technique of Karna Sakthi Vardhaka
- Close your mouth, plug your ears with the thumbs and place your index fingers on your eyes , which should be kept shut.
- Your middle and third fingers should encircle the mouth, which should pout so as to resemble the beak of a crow.
- Now suck in the air, blowing out your cheeks and lower your chin to rest on the cavity of your throat. (Jalandhar Bandh)
- Hold the breath as long as possible.
- Then let your neck goes back to the normal posture and while doing so open your eyes gradually and at the same time exhale through the nose.
- Note that while holding the breath the cheeks should be kept fully puffed out.
Precaution of Karna Sakthi Vardhaka
Practitioner with the following issues must be careful:
- Vertigo
- Cervical Spondylitis
Benefits of Karna Sakthi Vardhaka
- By doing this exercise, the creation of pressure inside the mouth forces air through the pharyngo-tympanic tube (Eustachian tube), which connects the mouth cavity with the middle ear. The healthy functioning of this tube is essential for equalization of pressure inside and outside the ear. Without this the free vibrations of the eardrum cannot take place, which will result in defective hearing.
- The Jalandhara bandha (bent neck) which forms part of the whole process ensures stimulation of the endocrine glands as well as nervous components, both somatic and autonomous, situated in this region.
- “By closing your ear-holes, nostrils, eyes and mouth you purify the passage of sound and then you hear the pure (inner) sound”. By closing the senses, we go inward and listen to the inner sound. That leads to meditation, even for a brief time.