Drinking Water Through the Nose
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it was part of my morning practice for a long time. it made me feel fresh and more mentally alert when I do this before the morning Yoga. I used drinking-water - not from the sink, and had a special cup with the cover on the top (a nice Chinese one
) where I kept it...I saw in a pharmacy once a special device, like e pump, made exactly for this kind of practice! it was expensive then, so I didn't buy it. but I'm sure if you browse the net a bit, you can find nowdays something like that - if you want to make yourself easy
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@danica said
"it was part of my morning practice for a long time. it made me feel fresh and more mentally alert when I do this before the morning Yoga. I used drinking-water - not from the sink, and had a special cup with the cover on the top (a nice Chinese one
) where I kept it...I saw in a pharmacy once a special device, like e pump, made exactly for this kind of practice! it was expensive then, so I didn't buy it. but I'm sure if you browse the net a bit, you can find nowdays something like that - if you want to make yourself easy
"hmmm, mabye i should 'buy' some clean water then lol. But how did you drink it? it just burned in my nose before any drinking could begin. Which the actual drinking still baffles me, i tried quite a few times to make this 'pump action' in my throat with no success. Did you snort it up your nose with air? then drink it when it goes down your throat? I realy want to be able to do this everyday once i learn how to do it, especially the benefits of not ever getting a cold, clears lines of aging, and what not.
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Aside from some interesting psychological break-throughs that are possible from doing the practice as originally conceived, the purely health benefits can be obtained in a much simpler (and safe) way today due to the progress of modern technology and the invention of... the squeeze bottle.
You can buy at most phramacies a small bottle of sterile saline. It's just salt water. Squirt this once or twice in each nostril in the morning, pinch back the nostrils for a moment (to be sure the saline coats the surface area) and then either drink it back or blow it out.
This is a benign and often very effective way to clear nasal passages, wash the nostrils, reduce swelling, and reduce the impact of allergies.
For most people it will also have a bit of psychological break-through possible, since most people have reported to me being disgusted by the idea. After a time or two, this fades, but it's usually a minor threshold to cross.
And it's practical. (BTW, you can also make your own saline if you want, though the commercial kind is a good concentration, sterile, and handy.)
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thnks Jim, I'm going to have to get me a "SQUEEZE BOTTLE"!!!! the name sounds funny, but it will work, ile probly get me one next week when i get a couple bucks to do so. But in the mean time, ile probly try to master the pumping action in the throat knowing me just for the sake fo being able to drink from my nose.
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The drugstore usually sells a kit with a squeeze bottle (that allows it to squirt water while the bottle is pointing up) and packets of salt/baking soda in a box labeled NielMed. It's great for seasonal allergies, etc. If you already have a bad cold or sinus infection, it's not always a good idea - the water will just stay up there.
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@AvshalomBinyamin said
"The drugstore usually sells a kit with a squeeze bottle (that allows it to squirt water while the bottle is pointing up) and packets of salt/baking soda in a box labeled NielMed. It's great for seasonal allergies, etc. If you already have a bad cold or sinus infection, it's not always a good idea - the water will just stay up there."
If the water 'get's stuck up there'? couldn't you just blow it out? I ask because sinus problems are a bit common for be, plus a couple winter and summer colds. Hopefully this technique will help reduce those possibilities of infection.
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You can also get (at a health food store, for example) a device called a neti pot, which is just a small pot with a spout for pouring salt water into your nose. The idea is that you pour water in one nostril and let it come out the other, which mitigates the problem of having the water just stay up there. Jim's comment about the "psychological breakthrough" made me laugh; it is about the most disgusting thing I've ever done on purpose. I wouldn't want anyone to watch me
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@gmugmble said
"a device called a neti pot"
this is it!!! I saw it and was delighted - such a simple and practical solution for this practice!
@Alias55A said
" the actual drinking still baffles me, i tried quite a few times to make this 'pump action' in my throat with no success. Did you snort it up your nose with air? then drink it when it goes down your throat? "
I did it like this:
first pour some water into the right hand, than close the left nostril (using left hand, of course ) and sniff the water through the right nostril (the nostril is immersed into the water), until I feel it in my throat; sometimes swallow a bit, sometimes exhale it out through the same nostril (the other is still closed). then repeat the action with the other nostril. -
@Alias55A said
"In Raja yoga by Swami Vivekananda, 'The First Steps' pg. 19. He mentioned drinking water through your nose, by making a pump action with the throat?
Has anyone attempted this? especially as a daily practice? would sink water be alright to use? (only a few minutes ago i tried, got water up my nose, burned but didnt get the pump action drinking going.)
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
That is a part o shatkarma or six cleanings of the body.
For this exercise you should use so called kagasana (or asana of the crow), and in one and a half liter of water you shoul put 8 grams of salt. I am learned to avoid salt, why I don't know. You need this pot, called neti lota, or jala neti lota, I suppose it is not too much expensive in Indian and Yoga Stores, just use google a little to find where you can buy this.
It is said that this exercise of nostrils cleaning is very good for people who suffer from headache as well as asthma. Also, it is good for problems with memory.
Best wishes with your practice.Love is the law, love under will.
B.
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@Alias55A said
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@AvshalomBinyamin said
"The drugstore usually sells a kit with a squeeze bottle (that allows it to squirt water while the bottle is pointing up) and packets of salt/baking soda in a box labeled NielMed. It's great for seasonal allergies, etc. If you already have a bad cold or sinus infection, it's not always a good idea - the water will just stay up there."If the water 'get's stuck up there'? couldn't you just blow it out? I ask because sinus problems are a bit common for be, plus a couple winter and summer colds. Hopefully this technique will help reduce those possibilities of infection."
If your sinuses are inflamed and blocked with an infection, then it can block the water's egress. And if you blow too hard, you can just spread the infection deeper into your sinuses. But, if your sinuses are relatively clear, then it works as a nice preventative measure.
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@HPK said
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.That is a part o shatkarma or six cleanings of the body.
For this exercise you should use so called kagasana (or asana of the crow), and in one and a half liter of water you shoul put 8 grams of salt. I am learned to avoid salt, why I don't know. You need this pot, called neti lota, or jala neti lota, I suppose it is not too much expensive in Indian and Yoga Stores, just use google a little to find where you can buy this.
It is said that this exercise of nostrils cleaning is very good for people who suffer from headache as well as asthma. Also, it is good for problems with memory.
Best wishes with your practice.Love is the law, love under will.
B."
That technique is about the only thing i have found sofar in my search results, but in the mean time im still waiting to get what i need. Asthma? hmm my wife and her son have asthma, mabye i can get them to join in on it hehe
, also i think i have developed either asthma or bronchitus or something from smoking, i'm not hacking up alot of flem all the time."If your sinuses are inflamed and blocked with an infection, then it can block the water's egress. And if you blow too hard, you can just spread the infection deeper into your sinuses. But, if your sinuses are relatively clear, then it works as a nice preventative measure."
That i did not know, I have always blown my nose 'hard'? i guess you could say, hard snorting to hock a loogy, anything to keep my sunuses clear. But my problem with sinuses, wether infection or no infection, started when my and my family returned from Australia when i was 13. Mabye I contracted allergies or something over there?
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btw, when did you start smoking? (it wasn't around 13, was it?
) DWTW, but smoking really exacerbates the sinus infections. My sinus issues almost completely cleared up after quitting, and doing a regular nasal rinse. (btw, if you get a neti pot instead of the squeeze bottle, you can make your own solution with 50/50 salt/baking soda. The baking soda 'buffers' [ph balances] the salt so it doesn't burn. 1/2 teaspoon per pint of warm water is nice. ) -
@AvshalomBinyamin said
"you can make your own solution with 50/50 salt/baking soda. The baking soda 'buffers' [ph balances] the salt so it doesn't burn. 1/2 teaspoon per pint of warm water is nice. )"
So THAT's what to do...! Sheesh. I liked to have burnt my brain out trying that once without the baking soda!
Hmm... Baking soda... But if it balances the ph, does it still kill bacteria and such, or does it simply make it more of a healthy rinse that the sinuses can handle without making one pray for death...? lol...
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I have no idea about the chemistry.
But I know that the packets that come with the NeilMed nasal rinse are a mixture of salt and baking soda. And that it doesn't burn at all. -
Hmm.. It seems just to be associated with rinsing away pollutants and allergens, not with actually killing the bacteria. Very useful!
Balance the pH... Yeah, personally, I'd recommend that over salt alone... lol. Geez did that screw me up, and for days afterward! Salt alone made it a far, far worse experience. It would have to be to do it every day. Geez!
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@AvshalomBinyamin said
"btw, when did you start smoking? (it wasn't around 13, was it?
) DWTW, but smoking really exacerbates the sinus infections. My sinus issues almost completely cleared up after quitting, and doing a regular nasal rinse. (btw, if you get a neti pot instead of the squeeze bottle, you can make your own solution with 50/50 salt/baking soda. The baking soda 'buffers' [ph balances] the salt so it doesn't burn. 1/2 teaspoon per pint of warm water is nice. )"LOL no, I started smoking at 16 (21 now), and already i am thinking about quiting smoking probly in the next year or two.( Can't quit smoking living here, that and maryjane keep me sane from all the negativity produced by my mother in this place). But my wife has told me many times that smoking and dairy is what is messing my sinuses up, im starting to believe her about thing smoking part.
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@Alias55A said
"In Raja yoga by Swami Vivekananda, 'The First Steps' pg. 19. He mentioned drinking water through your nose, by making a pump action with the throat?
Has anyone attempted this? especially as a daily practice? would sink water be alright to use? (only a few minutes ago i tried, got water up my nose, burned but didnt get the pump action drinking going.)
"I was forced to master this practice of necessity after snorting an indefinite amount of decapsulated cold-medication, the nature of which set every nerve in my brain on fire. Ah, to be young again.
The "pump action" just means "suck water through your nose as if breathing." The trick is to not inhale the water. I leave this to your ingenium.
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That doesn't sound like a very safe practice. I would think it'd be possible to aspirate some of the liquid, potentially causing pneumonia.
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@ThreeDayMonk said
"That doesn't sound like a very safe practice. I would think it'd be possible to aspirate some of the liquid, potentially causing pneumonia."
Well, the point is not to inhale the water. Ever inhaled your own spittle on accident? It is rather difficult to develop pneumonia in such away. The practice of pranayama should dispel any vestage of this threat whatsover.
Remember: health is mort psychological than physical.
All disease is a mismanagement of mind.