HOW PRECIOUS ontrary to common understanding, BREATH IS IN YOGA Yoga is not just asana (physical exercises).
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What is Pranayama?
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body alive. Prana refers to the actions in life must bring harmo
universal life force and ayama in relationships. means to regulate or lengthen.
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chakras. The quantity and of our lives, we are called to se
quality of prana and the way discipline and self-control in h
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tention to one’s breath could inevitably leads to ill-health,
cause partial blockages in in its extreme would manifest
the nadis and chakras. Unfortunately, undesirable behavior. this leads to a jerky and broken prana flow. [AIns tahreefsoullot,woinegwexepeekrsiwenecwesill spe tinoctrheeasoetdhewr olirmribes,.]fear, uncertainty, tensions, conflict
Boag and other negative qualities. Every problem first generates in the subtle and then surfaces on the physical level. Sickness shows up in your prana (pranic body) much before you get sick physically.”
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