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#1

I have been doing some pranayams (the 6 pranayams recommended by Baba Ramdevji) on and off during evening. Followed by that I do some brisk cycling of 3 minutes. I am not able to do this on a regular basis due to all kinds of other committments. i.e. work and family.

I have decided to do this in the morning instead even though I am not a morning person. But nobody said achieving anything in life was going to be easy.

I have been doing some thinking lately, what should be the right order, I mean doing pranayams first followed by cycling or cycling followed by pranayams? I am looking for inputs and reasons for the same.

I am aware that most of the times it is difficult to give any advice becuase of inadequte information; so please ask me out. After all these forums were formed for the very purpose.

#2

Hi yalgaar,

Do it when you can, or when it better suits to you, or when you do it best.

I neither ain’t a morning person, except meditation i do the rest of sadhanas during afternoon, evening and night.

Yes, life commitments hamper our spiritual work, that’s why i gave up working in an office and started as freelancer. I also decided not to marry and having no children.
Sometimes i think about adopting the vows of sanyasa, and living in a hut in the Himalayas… :slight_smile:

#3

[QUOTE=panoramix;19190]Hi yalgaar,

Do it when you can, or when it better suits to you, or when you do it best.

I neither ain’t a morning person, except meditation i do the rest of sadhanas during afternoon, evening and night.

Yes, life commitments hamper our spiritual work, that’s why i gave up working in an office and started as freelancer. I also decided not to marry and having no children.
Sometimes i think about adopting the vows of sanyasa, and living in a hut in the Himalayas… :)[/QUOTE]

If my wife reads this post, she will stop my yoga completely with the fear that I will also adopt the vows of sanyasa. just kidding.

I just wanted to make sure there is no harm in doing those pranayams after a 3 minute brisk cycling (my heard rate goes up)

#4

Can’t answer, but…
why not doing some few Surya Namaskar rounds in place of cycling?

#5

[QUOTE=panoramix;19193]Can’t answer, but…
why not doing some few Surya Namaskar rounds in place of cycling?[/QUOTE]

No reason not to. Just didn’t think about it. Also for some reason my wrists are not so stong.

#6

[QUOTE=yalgaar;19192]If my wife reads this post, she will stop my yoga completely with the fear that I will also adopt the vows of sanyasa. just kidding.
[/QUOTE]

Don’t worry, the order goes like this:

  1. Brahmacharya, 1st 20 - 25 years of life.
  2. Grihastha, 25 - 50
  3. Vanaprastha, 50 - 75
  4. Sanyasa 75+
#7

You don’t need strong wrists for practicing Surya Namaskar… average wrists suffice.