Pranayama: Alternative Health Dictionary on Pranayama

pranayama: Any yogic regulation of breathing designed to control the prana (cosmic energy, life force, or vital energy) inside one's body. The Sanskrit word yama literally means self-control. Characterizations of pranayama include breath awareness, deep scientific breathing exercises, and psychic breathing exercise.

 
 

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The text has been edited with the main source being "The Expanded Dictionary of Metaphysical Healthcare, Alternative Medicine, Paranormal Healing, and Related Methods" by Jack Raso, M.S., R.D., Director of Publications for the American Council on Science and Health and editor-in-chief of its magazine, Priorities.