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Dear All,

i am practicing yoga for the last 10 days. i do bhasthrika and kapalbhathi daily. when i do bhasthrika i feel tingling in my fingers. Is this a normal sign ? or anything to worry about this? Pls. guide me.

Thanking you all
Mohan

Hi Mohan

Doing a strong Pranayama exercise like Bhastrika is more likely to cause dizziness or a light feeling in the head. In fact it seems that hyperventilation is quite common with this particular exercise and why it is often performed sitting down.

Here are a few questions for you:

>> Does this tingling happen with any other type of exertion?
>> How many cycles of breath are you taking?
>> How long is each inhale and each exhale?
>> Does it happen straight away (from the first breath)?
>> Has it happened for the whole 10 days?
>> Does it happen EVERY time?
>> Is the tingling getting worse? Does it get worse towards the end of each session?
>> Where are your hands in this exercise? Are they relaxed and in your lap? What are they doing?
>> Is the tingling ever anywhere else besides the fingers?
>> How long does it take for the tingling to disappear once you’ve stopped the exercise?
>> What other kinds of exercise do you do? Is it possible that you are lacking electrolytes and are in need of supplementation? Nerves and muscles need certain essential minerals etc to function. Tingling can be a sign of something missing from your constitution.

Namaste
Gabrielle

Dear Garielle,

Thank you for your reply. Basically i am suffering from physical imbalance while i walk. some times i feel the earth under my feet is suddenly pulled down, and feel like waling in the water .... i am taking medicnes for this but of no use. so i started doing pranayama.

here are my ansers for your questions.

1. Does this tingling happen with any other type of exertion?
Ans: No, i didn’t observed this
2. How many cycles of breath are you taking?
And: i am doing this for 3 minutes at a time with a cycle per 1 sec.
3. How long is each inhale and each exhale?
Ans: its 2 or 3 seconds
4. Does it happen straight away (from the first breath)?
Ans: Slowly i observe this, and at the end of bhasthrika i feel my fingers and hands tingling
5. Has it happened for the whole 10 days?
Ans: No, i didn’t observed in the first 3 or 4 days
6. Does it happen EVERY time?
Ans: Yes
7. Is the tingling getting worse? Does it get worse towards the end of each
session?
Ans: Yes it is
8. Where are your hands in this exercise? Are they relaxed and in your lap?
What are they doing?
Ans: i sit in padmasan position with my hands rest on my thighs
9. Is the tingling ever anywhere else besides the fingers?
Ans: No
10. How long does it take for the tingling to disappear once you’ve stopped
the exercise?
Ans: it takes 3 to 4 minutes
11. What other kinds of exercise do you do? Is it possible that you are
lacking electrolytes and are in need of supplementation? Nerves and muscles
need certain essential minerals etc to function. Tingling can be a sign of
something missing from your constitution.
Ans: i am doing normal excercises of hal asan, balasan and pranayama of anulom vilom and kapalbhathi

docotor has prescribed some medicines and i am taking those medicines daily.

Hope i have supplied all the information that you are looking for… if not please let me know

Thank you
Mohan

Hi Mohan

Humble apologies that I haven’t had it on my radar to answer all your questions. I will get around to it in the next couple of days.

How are you going, has the tingling feeling still been visiting you?

Namaste
Gabrielle