There is one way of breathing that is shameful and constricted. Then, there's another way: a breath of love that takes you… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Yoga starts when you feel each of the 114 chakras awakening — not as points, but as living suns of healing consciousness.” — Sri Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Pranayama is the practice of breath control. The word prana refers not only to breath, but also to air and life itself. — Christy Turlington Copy Share Image
As a fire blazes brightly when the covering of ash over it is scattered by the wind, the divine fire within the… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The practice of 'asanas' and 'pranayama' wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness. — Sivananda Copy Share Image
Without full awareness of breathing, there can be no development of meditative stability and understanding. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Pranayama teaches the aspirant to regulate his breathing and thereby control the mind. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Raja yoga is the mental practice and incorporates meditation, pranayama, and mudra. What are the benefits of having a raja yoga practice?… — Rajashree Choudhury Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to express the experiences you have below the surface with words, when water gently caresses your face and body,… — Stig Åvall Severinsen Copy Share Image
In pranayama you don't worry about taking breaths, you focus on exhalation. If you exhale properly you will inhale. The more deeply… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Some students are in a hurry to begin "real" pranayama. They go right to the later stages without first laying a quality… — Richard Rosen Copy Share Image
I do pranayama breathing now as a meditation, and that's very helpful. Meditating changed my life. — John Feldmann Copy Share Image
Many ask me whether pranayama ... postpones old age. Why worry about it? Death is certain. Let it come when it comes.… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
There are times when you cannot even control the sugar level in your body. Remember that when you put sugar in your… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
“The word ‘pranayama’, often referred to as alternate breathing, comes from the Sanskrit meaning ‘extension of life force’ or ‘extension of breath’.… — Christopher Dines Copy Share Image
I don't think I can put my finger exactly on when remission occurred, because from that moment on, I left Western medicine… — Brad Willis Copy Share Image
Intellectuals tend to be arrogant. Intelligence, like money, is a good servant but a bad master. When practicing pranayama, the yogi [makes]… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
