Thursday, March 31, 2016

Observation #9 : Reasoning as to how can the Lung Capacity increase

Observation #9 : Reasoning as to how can the Lung Capacity increase

Would like to pen down a hypothesis based on some obervations.

Observation is that even when I inhale to my full lung capacity, I can breathe in further after waiting for a while. Then again I can further breath in a small amount of air, this can be continued for few times untill I feel I have to exhale now.
This similar effect is also experienced when you exhale and further try to exhale more before inhaling.

This means that we will neither reach the full lung capacity nor empty the lungs fully devoid of pure or impure air.

We inhale air and exhale in a rate which is much slower than the pulse /heart rate. So while we are inhaling the air, small pouches of air are getting absorbed from the lungs and is creating some space while we are inhaling too. As well in separate chamber pouches of impure air is also getting delivered.

So if we Keeping inhaling slowly we can inhale large volume of air and can continue to do so as the inhaled air is being used up dynamically from lungs. so this intake is being capped not ba the capacity to inhale but the chanber where the impure air is getting concentrated. this is also a limited space where the impure air is geting regularly deposited. This has to be exhaled out.

Here we have different combinations of Inhale and exhale and duration of hold between exhale & inhale and inhale & exhale :

If we hold air after Exhaling (and not inhaling), The Chamber of Fresh Air would get empty(simultaneously Impure air chamber also would get full to brim) and When we hold the breath after Inhaling (and not exhaling), the chamber of Impure air Would get Slowly filled to brim.

For Example we inhale 40 units in first breaths in first inhale, wait and breathe in say 10 more units. we wait again and are able to breathe in say 5 units more. by the time we do this the impure air is getting saturated in lungs and theoritically wud be equal to the intake which is now 55. So when we exhale 55 units, we can intake same amount in next inhale which will be 55 units instead of 40 !!


One More Relevation : Dogs breathe a lot faster than men. Here small check needs to be done whether the rate of breathing of dogs is same as their pulse rate. It also can be the ideal way to breathe as one breathe per pulse is referring to 100 % sync between breathing and pulse rate. every pulse of blood gets 100% pure air absorbed. Hence the name Shwan- bearing Sync with Shwas. Shwaan-Shwaas.

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Observation #8 : Nostrils getting moist

Observation #8 : Nostrils getting moist

It is observed that nostrils are getting moist every time the Surya or chandra Shodhan Kriya is performed. Dont knw the significance of this observation as of now.

Monday, March 14, 2016

Observation #7 : Max. Air going to lungs

Observation #7 : Max. Air going to lungs

As observed, In the voluntary breathing, 80% of the air intake now seems to go directly to lungs. The only amount of Air going towards stomach is the one which enters to cover the existing space in stomach.

Though with further practice this air flow towards stomach may further get reduced.

This may be mainly due to the slow breathing practiced while doing pranayama.

Also,

A little study has made me understand how slow and prolonged breathing will increase the lung capacity over rushed and bulk breath intake

Lungs comprise of very fine network of small alveoli. the Air Reaches at these which are sorrounded by pulminary capillaries which have the blood flowing, it is at this juncture that the exchange of gases take place on principles of diffusion. Oxygen gets diffused into blood and carbon dioxide moves in opposite direction from blood capillaries  to alveoli.

the Larger the surface area for this activity to take place, the more effective will be the process.

Now considering this process, It will be more affective absorption of air into this surface if the flow is slow and prolonged rather than a burst of air coming in at one instance. 

We may have more area of alveolis filled with air if the inflow of breath is slow and prolonged (as it will keep filling smaller pockets rather than a burst of air ( Chances of the burst damaging the smaller pockets rather than filling it)

Still Have not understood the sync which exists with the pace of breathing and the pulse at which the blood flows inprocess absorbing the pure oxygen and giving out impure air in lungs.

Normally We breathe about 12-14 breaths a minute and the blood runs about 75-80 pulses a minute
It remains to be understood how this is sync with each other.

Next point of Study..