A group practising pranayama on the International Day of Yoga in Kolkata, India (2017)
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Pranayama (Sanskrit: प्राणायाम, "Prāṇāyāma") is the yogic practice of focusing on breath. In yoga, breath is associated with prana, thus, pranayama is a means to elevate the prana-shakti, or life energies. Pranayama is described in Hindu texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Later in Hatha yoga texts, it meant the complete suspension of breathing. The pranayama practices in modern yoga as exercise are unlike those of the Hatha yoga tradition.
Pranayama (Sanskrit: प्राणायाम, "Prāṇāyāma") is the yogic practice of focusing on breath. In yoga, breath is associated with prana, thus, pranayama is...
the five Upa-Pranas – Naga, Kurma, Devadatta, Krikala and Dhananjaya. Pranayama, one of the eight limbs of yoga, is intended to expand prana. V.S. Apte...
Anuloma Pranayama (Sanskrit: अनुलोम प्राणायाम) is one of several Pranayama or breath exercises used in the practice of Hatha yoga. Anu roughly translates...
क्रिया योग) is a yoga system which consists of a number of levels of pranayama, mantra, and mudra, intended to rapidly accelerate spiritual development...
withdrawal (pratyahara) and the other (auxiliaries of yoga, i.e. dhyana, pranayama, dharana, anusmrti and samadhi), then, having forcefully (hathena) made...
are three forms of Kapalabhati: Vatakrama, a practice similar to the pranayama technique of Bhastrika or "Breath of Fire", except that exhalation is...
namely a fixed sequence of 24 asanas and two pranayama (breathing exercise). It starts with a standing pranayama, followed by a standing sequence of asanas...
sound. Ujjayi breath is a type of pranayama. This is just normal breath with free flow". As far as other types of pranayama are concerned, the consensus is...
1964. He wrote over 80 books, including the popular 1969 manual Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha. Satyananda Saraswati was born in 1923 at Almora, Uttaranchal...
Kumbhaka is the retention of the breath in the yoga practice of pranayama. It has two types, accompanied (by breathing) whether after inhalation or after...
and Jnana Yoga. These are Proper Exercise (āsana), Proper Breathing (prāṇāyāma), Proper Relaxation (śavāsana), Proper Diet and Positive Thinking (vedānta)...
local forms elsewhere. In hatha yoga, mudras are used in conjunction with pranayama (yogic breathing exercises), generally while in a seated posture, to stimulate...
elements are yama (abstinences), niyama (observances), asana (yoga posture), pranayama (breath control), pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses), dharana (concentration...
and pranayama. It is sometimes treated as a kriya or 'cleansing action' along with kapalabhati to clear the airways in preparation for other pranayama techniques...
Male US Neem Karoli Baba No Yes Pranayama Baba Ramdev 1965– Male India Patanjali Yogpeeth Yes Yes Ayurveda, pranayama Sivananda 1887–1963 Male India Divine...
it is sometimes called "the ocean breath." Unlike some other forms of pranayama, the ujjayi breath is typically done in association with asana practice...
breathing, an umbrella term for methods that direct awareness to the breath Pranayama, yogic practice of focusing on breath Reverse breathing, breathing technique...
for the health benefits of yoga postures (asanas) and yoga breathing (pranayama). In 1918, Yogendra founded The Yoga Institute to carry out research on...
diaphragm. Breath Buteyko method Circular breathing Kussmaul breathing Pranayama – a traditional Yogic practice of slowing and extending the breaths, used...
me for ever and address me as Bhrāmarī.” — Lakshmi Tantra, 9.41-43 In pranayama, the name Bhramari is given to a type of breathing through the nose, making...
The postures include 24 asanas (poses in modern yoga as exercise), one pranayama breathing exercise, and one shatkarma, a purification making use of forced...
"gross impurities", cure a range of diseases, and prepare the body for pranayama, trapping the breath so as to force the vital energy prana into the central...
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