People, I’m so tired of getting sinuses and colds ALL THE TIMES. And I live in florida:)
I do not why I’m getting colds all the times and I stay sick for weeks. I rinse the nose with salty water every morning, sleep a lot, eat well, practice pranajamas and other things regularly, avoid air conditioning and diary products.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
CityMonk
Hello,
Just a few questions so I can help.
Have you been drying the nostrils properly with the various head positions and yogic breathing?
When did the colds and sinus problems start? around the time you started the Jala Neti Practice?
How do you practice with a neti pot?
What Pranayamas have you been doing?
Do you do any other asana practice? and if so what is the sequence of the practices?
Once we know a bit more we might be able to help 
When do you do the Neti? I noticed for myself that its best to wait a few hours after getting up and best not to do it before going to bed.
Yoga Bija and jlg, thank you for your response,
I’ve never heard of drying nostrils… please tell me more about it. I’m not positive thought that the breath can clean maxillary sinus cavity. (I do not have tonsils, if it helps)
I do neti only in the morning (and sometimes few hours in a row when surfing:))I’m not positive thought if that breath can dry maxillary sinus cavity.
I “inhale” water with two nostrils and exhale it with my mouth and the same as hadi sodhana pranayama but only with water.
Problem starts with me getting cold or flu (any season) since I was a child. Most of people would spend few days in bed and be fine after that. I always get sinuses after getting cold and stay home for week or two. I tried everything - antibiotics, homeopathy, yoga, doing nothing…:)…still the same …:(( maybe I thinking bad thoughts…. or need to clear my karmic records
I always do different pranayamas (Nadi Sodhana, Ujjayi, bhastrika, Bhramri in ailido class) and I do not have routine asana sequence, but in the morning start with sun salutation and end with reversions, and in the evening everything like in the morning but no standing poses and longer meditation.
Thank you all
I dont know the root of your challenges, but here is what I do and my experience.
I used to be allergic to cats and a year after using a neti pot my allergies to cats pretty much went away and four years later are still gone.
I use a neti pot, pour through right nostril and let it drain out the left, then pour through the left and let it drain out the right. Sometimes I then pour and make it come out the mouth. the next part I do, I was told by a yoga instructor that it was important. after doing this, I put my finger on my right nostril and blow really hard out my left, three quick forceful blows, then I do the other side.
hope something is helpful,
brother Neil
I sent you a PM on this topic.
gordon
The colds and flu are almost certainly down to not drying the nostrils as this is one of the reasons I was trained to dry my nostrils. My training was provided in a yoga ashram environment, and drying of the nostrils is important to help prevent problems like this occuring. People who have excessive nose bleeds should seek expert advice before even thinking of doing Jala Neti. The following webpage explains how to dry the nose: http://www.jalanetipot.com/how_drying.html
I would suggest a few things, one start using a neti pot, and maybe go to some one who has been trained fully. It might be worth stopping the practice you currently do for a month or so and see how things turn out. Maybe resuming a jala neti style practice. I practice jala neti daily and have no problems only benefits, but I dry my nostrils and then do an asana practice afterwards. The asana practice afterwards (espeically if inverted postures are used) would help drain any water left in the nostrils, but for me this rarly happens because im so good at drying the nostrils.
I would suggest researching Jala Neti some more, and ideally going to a yoga teacher or ashram to be guided in the practice. The following books discuss Jala Neti (and of course there may be others.
Page 15 of the Yoga and Kriya (Swami Satyananda Saraswati)
Page 203 of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika
The neti pot I use is; http://www.yogameditation.com/products/nosebuddy
and it comes with some excellent instructions. Jali Neti is one of the Shatkarmas (6 cleansing practices) and they are meant to help not hinder progress, and thats why I suggested you stop practicing for a short time to give the body a time to dry the nostrils and for any lasting effects to go away. It will also give you a clearer idea of how you are like when you don’t practice, a usefull contrast for personal education.
The practice of Nadhi Shodhana (alternate nostril breathing) can also help clear and clean the nostrils, so you could try this for the duration of time you take a break from the practice, assuming you want to do both.
With what ever you choose to do, I wish you the best, having poor health is obviously not nice.
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti
P.S. It’s a shame the topic has fragmented into a PM now, I would be interested in the key points discussed.
[QUOTE=CityMonk;29983]People, I’m so tired of getting sinuses and colds ALL THE TIMES. And I live in florida:)
I do not why I’m getting colds all the times and I stay sick for weeks. I rinse the nose with salty water every morning, sleep a lot, eat well, practice pranajamas and other things regularly, avoid air conditioning and diary products.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
CityMonk[/QUOTE]
I have the same problems. I don’t remember me not having cold and sinus… It ruined all my practices. But now I do not have any problem cos I do not do any yoga 
This is not to discourage anyone.My case is different. But one thing I can assure that If we practice pranayama etc… with a blocked nose it actually do harm. It exhaust our prana which we need for our spiritual progress. My meditation get a boost when I stop my yoga practice :o
Meditation is contained within Yoga.
You should check this thread that I started a while ago:
http://www.yogaforums.com/forums/f16/manuka-honey-and-neti-3539.html
You may be a sea water surfer or a fresh water surfer, but in either case the salt concentration is not correct. Sea water contains too much salt and fresh water has too little. When you do neti, make sure that you use exactly the right amount of salt. Preferably salt without additives. Your solution should be exactly like the saline drip that you see on Grey’s Anatomy and House :). The inside of the nostrils contain delicate tissue and they can be easily irritated. There are special spoons for getting the salt concentration just right.
When drying your nose, please do not use force (as suggested by another poster). There are procedures for drying.
Regarding getting the salt content right, the neti pot link I supplied earlier comes with a spoon and good instructoins. It’s very quick and wasy to do with this pot/spoon/instructions. Although I have the added bonus of having been trained at the ashram.
Hi CityMonk,
Please try this:
there are some practices that are not good for sinusitis like Surya Namaskara and some forward bending postures. Sleeping without pillow is also not good. If you want you can pm me about your practices.
[QUOTE=InnerAthlete;30052]Meditation is contained within Yoga.[/QUOTE]
I meant to say that I have stopped the artificial practices that we call yoga. But there is natural meditation that comes from the natural evolution of consciousness. Actually an effort to stay connected with the cosmic consciousness is meditation and the connection is yoga which we can attain even without doing any artificial methods.
Are you suffering from allergy?
[quote=CityMonk;29983]People, I’m so tired of getting sinuses and colds ALL THE TIMES. And I live in florida:)
I do not why I’m getting colds all the times and I stay sick for weeks. I rinse the nose with salty water every morning, sleep a lot, eat well, practice pranajamas and other things regularly, avoid air conditioning and diary products.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
CityMonk[/quote]
90% of all colds and flu’s are caused by the virus clinging to our hands. You can do and eat all the right things, but if you were in touch somewhere with the virus and then lick your finger or bite your nail it is immediately in you and chances are that you will manifest it. As humans we tend to unconsciously bring our hands to our mouths on various occassions during the day. Watch out for those hands.
Spot on Pandara! Mouth and nose
I use to get a lot of colds and flus and the problem was reduced considerably when I started taking multivitamins. Something was missing, but I know not what
Practice Linga mudra . This one really works
[QUOTE=Shivoham;30095]there are some practices that are not good for sinusitis like Surya Namaskara and some forward bending postures. Sleeping without pillow is also not good. If you want you can pm me about your practices.[/QUOTE]
REALLY!?? why? I would think that Sun Salutations help to drain the sinus passages and cavities…
Why is sleeping without pillow not good?
Thanks
CityMOnk