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This episode is all about pranayama. An introduction to this most powerful set of practices.
Pranayama in the context of raja yoga, references in other texts and my own experience with pranayama practices.
Pranayama describes the practices that a yogi might use to harness, guide or explore prana. Prana is most often translated as "life force" or "vital energy". Literally prana means "shining forth".
Frequently, pranayama is introduced as the yoga of breath and particular breathing techniques to achieve a specific state of being, and although the breath is a wonderful point of entry to the study of prana, it is not limited to the breath.
In the context of the yoga sutras, pranayama is one of the eight limbs of yoga. It serves as a bridge between the more external practices (yamas, niyamas and asana
