By Ashwini Guruji of Dhyan Ashram

Emotions are believed to lie at the root of many diseases in the human body. Negative or heavy emotions such as fear, anxiety and anger cause toxins to be released which spread to muscles, tissues and organs, creating conditions that can foster disease.

Have you lately been getting very angry? Is anger your second nature? Are you angry all the time? If your answer is yes then you are moving towards the next problem after anger which is hypertension.

Here, hypertension is not caused by the swelling of your arteries but is caused by the weakening of your heart. There is no deposit being collected but lot of negativity and hyperactivity is weakening the muscles which are controlled by the heart.

Life force which is running you, is controlled by the the Mooladhar Chakra at the base of your spine. Weakening of the Mooladhar Chakra implies that, hyperactivity is throwing away all the vital prana of your body. Remember, prana is limited and cells of your body cannot be recharged. You can spent this prana which is with you or you can conserve it by not getting angry. Anger triggers faster aging, as it causes loss of sukra in the body. It is the sukra that renders lustrous hair, glowing skin and strong and agile body. With the loss of sukra, there is inadequate lubrication in the body systems. Therefore sukra needs to be conserved.

Just relax and rub your hands together to warm them up and slowly bring them together at your mooladhar chakra. You’ll feel some tingling at the tips of your fingers. If the chakra is weak then you will feel nothing and your hands will come together without any resistance. If it’s strong, you’ll feel pulsations and resistance as your hands try to come near each other.

The basic reason for the mool chakra becoming weak is hyperactivity which exhausts the vital prana. Don’t forget that prana is limited. The cells of your body cannot be recharged. You can only spend it and hyperactivity ensures you spend it fast.  If you want to conserve it, then stop getting angry.

In Gita, Lord Krishna tells Arjuna, krodhaat bhavati sammohah sammohaat smritivibhramah | smritibhramshaat buddhinaasho buddhinaashaat pranashyati ||2-63||

From anger comes delusion, from delusion a lapse of memory, from lapse of memory there is destruction of buddhi, and from destruction of buddhi person is destroyed.

Anger and other hyper emotions increase the metabolic rate of the cell and dry up the fluidity of the body, as a result the body ages very fast. When the metabolic rate shoots up, it results in a faster pulse rate and rapid breathing. These are also the symptoms of a person who is dying. The key to health and longevity is in slowing down. I will give you a combination of Ayurveda and specific Yogic kriyas to manage your anger.

Ayurvedic Remedy
The first remedy and one of the easiest solutions is sugarcane. Just have two to three glasses of sugarcane juice throughout the day and it immediately has the effect of relieving you of anger.

You may also consume rose sherbet. Take some petals of desi gulab (NOT the english or hybrid variety). The desi gulab is small in size and sweet smelling. The petals are a little bitter if you eat them. Take about 100 grams of petals and boil them gently for about half hour and then filter it. Add a bit of brown sugar and store this solution. Whenever you feel you are getting angry, take a bit of this sherbet, put in some cold water and gulp it down.

When you are angry, the heavy emotions immediately affect the surya chakra which inturn disturbs the anahat chakra. Rose has the soothing property of calming down your anahat chakra.

Let us now practice some yogic movements from Sanatan Kriya to bring down that temper.

Whenever you are angry, just sit with your legs crossed and take deep breaths.
Place your hands near your chest with the palms facing outward and with one deep exhalation, push the air in front with your palms, using the force of shoulders.  Let the movement be short, do not stretch out your arms completely. Repeat this 7 times.

Next, raise your arms and bring them down rapidly as if you are pulling a rope. Exhale heavily as you clench your hands and bring them down.

Now, bring your hands together in front of your chest and spread them out laterally to push sideways while exhaling heavily.
As you perform these movements, imagine you are doing it to the one who got you angry. Within a few minutes, your anger will disappear and you will be calm as a sea.

Say you are so angry that you want to hit or push back somebody, by practicing these movements you will be able to vent out your anger in the etheric realm without hurting the person. The movements will bring down your anger, but will shoot up your pulse. Therefore it is imperative to balance them out with a cooling pranayam.

For this, sit with your legs crossed and spine straight. Gently roll your tongue like a straw and push it out of your mouth and breathe in through your tongue. Bring the tongue back in and exhale slowly. This is a cooling pranayam that helps you relax. It regulates the body temperature by cooling the air going through your tongue.

The cool air has a direct effect on the thymus region which controls your immunity and blood mechanisms. The cool air dries up your throat and therefore we perform the ujjai pranayam to lubricate the throat.

For this, hold your throat with the tips of your fingers as if constricting the throat, till the glottis is partially closed. While breathing normally, make a soft hissing sound as the air passes your throat region. The sound should have a low and uniform pitch. Continue to breathe this way until your breath is normal and relaxed. If you check your pulse after a little while, you will see that your pulse rate has gone down drastically. The bindu visarg is a nectar which drops from the crown region and is normally consumed at the level of manipoorak chakra to power routine activities. By constricting the throat, this nectar is held in the throat and it nourishes and replenishes the region.

It is advisable to visit a Dhyan Foundation center near you to learn and practice these asans and pranayams.
Dhyan Foundation conducts Free yog sessions at

Melbourne :
Saturday- 10:30 AM  onwards
The hub at the Docklands, 80 Harbour Esplanade
Every Sunday – 11:00 AM onwards
Altona Meadows library and Learning centre
Adelaide :
Sunday  – 10:00 AM Onwards
West Hindmarsh, Adelaide
Hamilton, vic :
Every Thursday- 6:15 PM onwards
Dartmoor Rd, Yulecart
Every Friday – 9:30 AM onwards
Dartmoor Rd, Yulecart
Coleraine, vic:
Every Tuesday- 5:30 PM onwards
Uniting Church Hall
Ashwini Guru ji is the guiding light of Dhyan Ashram and an authority on Vedic Sciences. His book, ‘Sanatan Kriya: The Ageless Dimension is an acclaimed thesis on anti-ageing. Log onto www.dhyanfoundation.com or mail to dhyan@dhyanfoundation.com for more.