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Pranayama: Ancient Yogic Breathwork

articles breathwork yoga Jan 10, 2021

I am a bit of a yoga nut. I am also a yoga instructor, newly minted albeit. Today, I want to share with you a yogic practice that has dramatically improved my overall health and my general sense of well-being. This practice is called Pranayama. 

What is Pranayama?

Well, in the most simple terms Pranamaya is breathing. More specifically, it is breathing in a particular fashion or with a specific technique to affect the transportation of prana throughout the body.

What Is Prana?

Prana is the ancient yogic term for energy or "life-force." The reason we use specific breathing techniques to stimulate this "life-force" is to create balance in the body. Energy in the human body is much like dark energy/matter in astrophysics. We can sense it, but we don't really know as much as we need to about it. 

What we do know is that when this human "life-force" energy gets blocked, constricted, or flows inefficiently, we end up with chronic pain and illness. Along with a whole...

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