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- noun Breathing techniques. When used as a technical term in
yoga , it is often translated more specifically as "breath control".
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The Sanskrit word for “control” is yama, and the second limb of Yoga is called pranayama: “breath control of the life force.”
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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The Sanskrit word for “control” is yama, and the second limb of Yoga is called pranayama: “breath control of the life force.”
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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The Sanskrit word for “control” is yama, and the second limb of Yoga is called pranayama: “breath control of the life force.”
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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In yoga, breathing practices are called pranayama, prana being the equivalent of chi.
ChiRunning Danny Dreyer 2009
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In yoga, the most powerful type of breathing is called pranayama, and its practice seeks to unify body and mind.
The Source Woodson Merrell 2008
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In yoga, the most powerful type of breathing is called pranayama, and its practice seeks to unify body and mind.
The Source Woodson Merrell 2008
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This movement of pranic energy can be altered or enhanced by herbs, foods, massages, acupressure and acupuncture, special exercises like chi gong that are designed to facilitate its flow, hands-on energy transfer from one body to another, special yogic breathing methods called pranayama, and by many other ancient techniques.
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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This movement of pranic energy can be altered or enhanced by herbs, foods, massages, acupressure and acupuncture, special exercises like chi gong that are designed to facilitate its flow, hands-on energy transfer from one body to another, special yogic breathing methods called pranayama, and by many other ancient techniques.
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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This movement of pranic energy can be altered or enhanced by herbs, foods, massages, acupressure and acupuncture, special exercises like chi gong that are designed to facilitate its flow, hands-on energy transfer from one body to another, special yogic breathing methods called pranayama, and by many other ancient techniques.
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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Specific breathing exercises, called pranayama pra-naya-ma, release stress and change the quality of our thoughts, feelings, and perceptions so we can be fully in the moment, comfortably.
Making Room for Mr. Right Robin 2009
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(Sanskrit: pr�?ṇ�?y�?ma) Means "lengthening of the prana or breath". The word is composed of two Sanskrit words, Pr�?na, life force, or vital energy, particularly, the breath, and "�?y�?ma", to lengthen or extend. It is often translated as control of the life force (prana). When used as a technical term in yoga, it is often translated more specifically as "breath control". Literal translations include A. A. Macdonell's "suspension of breath" and I. K. Taimni's "regulation of breath". (Wikipedia)
May 29, 2008