About Pranayama from Light on Yoga
“Prana means breath, respiration, life, vitality, wind, energy, or strength. It also connotes the soul as opposed to the body. Ayama means length, expansion, stretching, or restraint. Pranayama thus connotes extension of breath and its control. Pranayama is thus the science of breath. It is the hub round which the wheel of life revolves.”
About this class:
In the preface to Light on Pranayama, B.K.S. Iyengar described pranayama as “…the techniques developed in ancient India for examining the systems of breathing, blood circulation, digestion, assimilation, nourishment, the endocrine glands, and the nerves…” The body of this text...
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