The use of pranayama as a physical and spiritual exercise
The use of pranayama as a physical and spiritual exercise Self Improvement “Pranayam is the right science of breathing where deep, regulated and rhythmic breathing is done along with mental purification . Its practice plays an important role not only in cure of physical ailments, but also for moral and spiritual progress.” ? Virchand Raghavji Gandhi What is pranayam? The word pranayama is made up of two words, prana and yama. While prana roughly means breath, yama means control. So, pranayama is an exercise in which the practitioner controls and regulates the process of breathing. Is there any difference between prana and breath? Yes. There is a subtle difference between the two. What is breath? In a layman’s language breath is just a whiff of air that goes in and comes out of the human body. Breath keeps a human being alive. A person dies when he cannot breathe the air. What is prana? The existence of prana was perceived and experienced by the ancient Indian yogis and sage...