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Pranayama: The Science of Breath

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- January 06, 2019

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Introduction: Prana and the Body

- January 05, 2019

THE BODY AS CENTRAL There is one truth: What is relative are our angles of comprehension and perception. The masters of Tantra distinguish between two levels of understanding which correspond to two levels of reality. Laukika (Worldly point of view) - Belief in a solid material universe which is often corrupted Adhyatmika which is informed by wisdom and leads one to the Truth - ultimate reality Wisdom is superior to worldly knowledge because in the absence of guiding wisdom, worldly knowledge all too easily turns destructive. Samsara = nirvana The finite world is really the infinite Reality - what we perceive to be the limited universe is fundamentally an illusion The Secret of Embodiment: MACROCOSM & MICROCOSM The body (deha) which stems from the verbal root dih - to smear or be soiled - hints at the defiled nature of the body. Yet, the same verbal root (dih) can also signify to anoint or that which is anointed. The o...

SKY Breathing

- January 13, 2019

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573542/ https://www.3ho.org/kundalini-yoga/pranayam/pranayam-techniques

Rules for Pranayama

- January 11, 2019

Pranayama · Use breath to support movement rather than oppose it. · Not disturbing the flow of the breath or the focus of the mind · Mental steadiness is the goal · Breath is the link between body and mind · Therapeutic nature: affects the “doshas” Prana · Life force: exists in and makes up all living things · Beyond sense conception, energy, not air · Prana expresses itself through the functions of the body and mind, it is the reason we keep breathing when we are asleep · When prana is blocked in a portion of the body, that portion ceases to function properly. · We change the movements of body breath, mind and FOOD in order to restore prana to normal unimpeded levels. This is because food has prana as it was l...