‘Clapping’ is a simple striking of opposite hands and vice-versa. Clapping is a physical gesture for celebrating happiness, promoting good wishes, accelerating the emotional elevation as a psycho-physical activity. People express their complement, greeting, acclamation, approval, applause and merriment through clapping. In spirituality or in several religious functions clapping is normally seen as a common attitude for offering devotional exuberance during prayer, chanting or rhythmical recitation. In some religious faith, clapping is prominently believed as a sanctimonious practice in the sanctum-sanctorum during ‘Kirtan’ movement or in singing or chanting of prayers or rhythmic shlokas. May it be there in our spiritual doings or in our earnest offerings, clapping has always been with us as a pragmatic pill for many more unwanted sufferings.
Dr Rahul Durga from Kairali Ayurved Group, New Delhi says, “Our body contains 340 known pressure points. 28 of which are present in our palms.” Five main acupressure points in the hand that are triggered while clapping. Clapping helps in stimulating different pressure points to relieve the pain in different physical and mental state.
Clapping
for 20-30 minutes regularly can enhance the blood circulation, removes
obstructions in veins and arteries including bad cholesterol. Clapping is known
to improve the overall health of heart, lungs and improve blood pressure. Daily
clapping helps improve asthma related problems by promoting functions of nerve
endings that connect these organs, promotes digestion, increases immunity
level, lessens the chances of diabetes, arthritis, gout, neck or back pain,
hypertension, depression, migraine complain, common cold, insomnia, eye
problem, hair loss, etc.
Palmists
say that clapping for at least 5minutes a day boosts the immune system of the
lower parts of the body through which we can fight against the ailments corona
virus infection by activating the acupressure points present in different part
of the palms. If we talk about the 3000 year old Chinese palmistry, it also
claims the same saying that “different planetary positions are there on
different parts of the palm which gets prepared to function well for clapping
as a frictionor head-on collision of the two opposite palms. Scientists, after
several researches, have found, “Clapping practice enhances the artistic skill
of writing or corrects the frequent spelling mistakes of the children. It
boosts a spontaneous brain exercise, improve cognitive abilities and social
integration. Clapping promotes the diligence and concentration level of the
students.” An Israeli Researcher has recently conducted his study on
hand-clapping songs, reveals a direct link between the activities for
development of some natural life skills in children.
An
international journal for Yoga incredibly claims, “Clapping activates the
receptors in the palms of the hands and activates the larger area of the brain.
Clapping is an easy exercise or yoga that associates the auto-healing
potentialities in our body, mind and spirit. It heightens our joyfulness and
keep us healthy.”The cheerfulness and encouraging somebody, or
complementing a success is reflected by clapping. It’s an easy fitnessfunda or health mantra
for one and all. Clapping enriches ‘a systematic hand reflexology’ as a sign of
endorsement of auto-motor medication. During laughter exercise by creating a
funny or light environment we appreciate the clapping gesticulation as a unique
physical exercise.
In a revolutionary evolution as an effective benefit of clapping, either
scientifically or spiritually we get some astonishing and proven assurance for
boosting our immune system. Clapping therapy is increasingly getting popular as
laughter medicine for promoting a cool healing practice and supporting mental
wellness. It can be taken as a preventive and curative measure for many
incurable mental ailments. In view of upholding the ‘art of living’ as
an innovative or alternative ways and means for welcoming a composite health
that everybody always prays the god to bless, we have to inculcate a ‘simple
living and spiritual thinking’ practice as a daily diet.
