Prana: breath or life-force

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Pranayama: yogic control of the breath

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KUMBHAKA: retention of breath

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APANA: the down-going breath

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prana:

prana - breath, energy, life

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pranayama:

pranayama - control of the breath

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kumbhaka:

kumbhaka - holding the breath

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bhramari:

bhramari - the bee breath

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bhastrika:

bhastrika - the bellows breath

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Pranayama:

Pranayama: practice of breath-control.

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prana:

breath or life-force

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pranayama:

yogic control of the breath

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Kapalabhati:

Cleansing breath.

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Pranava: A title of Om. It means "Life-ness" or "Life-Giver." It is the expression or controller of prana-the life force within the individual being and the cosmos. Since prana also means breath, the Pranava means the controller of breath or the Breath Word.

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Inspiration, Inspired (from Latin in into, upon + spiro breathe (cf afflatus from ad upon + flo breathe); adopted from Greek empneusis from en in + pneo breathe)

Generally the reception of knowledge or influence from a source superior -- or even inferior -- to the ordinary consciousness.

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Bhastrika: pranayama, bellows breathing in which the breath is forcibly drawn in and out through the nose in equal proportions, like the pumping action of the bellows.

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Kevala kumbhaka: spontaneous breath retention, when fluctuation of the breath ceases spontaneously, without conscious effort.

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Kevala Kumbhaka: spontaneous breath retention, when fluctuation of the breath ceases spontaneously, without conscious effort.

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Murccha pranayama: fainting or swooning breath in which the breath is inhaled slowly and retained for an extended period of time.

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Pranayama:

Pranayama - yogic breath techniques; consciously control of breathing patterns to quiet the mind and balance the body's natural energies

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Kapalbhati pranayama:

a breathing technique aimed at cleaning the frontal part of the brain; also called skull polishing - done through rapid breaths with more force on exhalation.

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Sheetali pranayama:

cooling breath' - a pranayama technique that lowers the body temperature by inhaling through the mouth while letting the breath flow in over the tongue.

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