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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.

3. Kriya Yoga school - Wikipedia

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   Kriya Yoga is described in certain scriptures as Kabali-pranayama, considered to be the greatest of all techniques in controlling prana (life force) by distilling prana from the breath and thus recharging the body cells. In this way exhalations and inhalations become unnecessary; the cells are recharged by the reinforced bodily life-force and ...

4. Ashtanga (eight limbs of yoga) - Wikipedia

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   The later commentarial tradition interprets YS 1.17, which describes samprajnata, as meditation with support of an object of meditation, and YS 1.18 as describing asamprajnata samadhi (YS 1.18), meditation without support of an object of meditation, [70] though the term asamprajnata samadhi is not used in the Yoga Sutras.

5. How to fall asleep fast - AOL

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   Rooted in the ancient yogic practice of pranayama or breath control, the 4-7-8 breathing technique brings your body into a more relaxed state. ... Techniques for mindfulness meditation vary ...

6. Sama vritti - Wikipedia

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   Sama vritti (Sanskrit: समावृत्ति, romanized: samavritti) is a pranayama technique. [1] It involves equating the durations of inhalation (puraka), retention (antara kumbhaka), exhalation (rechaka) and second retention (bahya kumbhaka) before inhaling again. [2] [3] [4] Visama vritti involves breathing with different duration in ...

7. Conscious breathing - Wikipedia

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   Different forms of meditation and yoga advocate various breathing methods. In yoga these methods are called pranayama. [1] In yoga, 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.