pranayama
प्राणायाम prāṇāyāmaRegulation and extension of the breath, the fourth limb of ashtanga yoga.
Explained in depth in Pranayama: Working with the BreathWhere this term appears
- Is yoga Hindu? Is it a religion? Yoga
Yoga's origins are unmistakably Hindu, and more broadly Indian, but the fitness practice most people mean by 'yoga' today is a modern, largely secular reinvention,…
- What is Yoga? Yoga
…ama and niyama (ethical restraints and observances), asana (posture), pranayama (breath regulation), pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses), and then the inner three, dharana, dhyana, samadhi (concentration, med…
- Meditation and the Eight Limbs Yoga
It means a body that can sit, firm and at ease, long enough to be forgotten. Pranayama , breath-regulation (2.49).
- The Subtle Body: Nadis, Chakras, and Kundalini Yoga
Much of breath practice, pranayama , is the deliberate handling of these currents, and one classical technique for rousing kundalini, which we will come to, works precisely by forcing apana upward to meet prana…
- What Are the Yoga Sutras? Yoga
…cal restraints, and niyama , the observances; asana , steady posture; pranayama , the regulation of the breath; pratyahara , the withdrawal of the senses; and then the inner three, dharana , dhyana and samadhi …
- What is Hatha Yoga? Yoga
Then pranayama , the regulation of the breath, and above all kumbhaka , its retention, the holding of the breath that is the real heart of Hatha practice.
- Bhuta Shuddhi: The Rite That Burns the Body to Ash Lineages
…tically runs: taking a steady seat ( asana ), regulating the breath ( pranayama ), then bhuta shuddhi, then nyasa , the installation of the deity's mantras on the newly divinised body, and only then meditation …
- Pratyahara: Withdrawing the Senses Yoga
The fourth, pranayama, regulates the breath, and with the breath the restless energy of the mind.