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2. Pranayama - Wikipedia

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   Pranayama (Sanskrit: प्राणायाम, "Prāṇāyāma") is the yogic practice of focusing on breath. In yoga, the breath is associated with prana, thus, pranayama is a means to elevate the prana-shakti, or life energies. Pranayama is described in Hindu texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

3. List of mudras (yoga) - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of Yoga mudras. In yoga, mudrās are used in conjunction with pranayama (yogic breathing exercises), generally while seated in Padmasana, Ardhasiddhasana, Sukhasana or Vajrasana pose, to stimulate different parts of the body and mind, and to affect the flow of prana in the body.

4. Bhastrika - Wikipedia

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   Bhastrikā [1] is an important breath exercise in yoga and pranayama. It is sometimes treated as a kriya or 'cleansing action' along with kapalabhati to clear the airways in preparation for other pranayama techniques. Bhastrika involves a rapid and forceful process of inhalation and exhalation powered by the movement of the diaphragm.

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6. Hatha yoga - Wikipedia

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   Pranayama or proper breathing is an integral part of asanas. According to section 1.38 of Haṭha yoga pradipika, Siddhasana is the most suitable and easiest posture to learn breathing exercises. [74] The different Haṭha yoga texts discuss pranayama in various ways.

7. Ashtanga (eight limbs of yoga) - Wikipedia

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   Prāṇāyāma is the control of the breath, from the Sanskrit prāṇa (प्राण, breath) [37] and āyāma (आयाम, restraint). [ 38 ] After a desired posture has been achieved, verses II.49 through II.51 recommend prāṇāyāma , the practice of consciously regulating the breath (inhalation, the full pause, exhalation, and the ...

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9. Kumbhaka - Wikipedia

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   Kumbhaka terminology of breath retention in pranayama [1]. Kumbhaka is the retention of the breath in the yoga practice of pranayama.It has two types, accompanied (by breathing) whether after inhalation or after exhalation, and, the ultimate aim, unaccompanied.