Pranayama Definition

noun

Breathing techniques. When used as a technical term in yoga, it is often translated more specifically as "breath control".

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Noun

Singular:
pranayama
Plural:
pranayamas

Origin of Pranayama

  • From Sanskrit प्राणायाम (prāṇāyāma), from प्राण (prāṇá, “life force, vital energy, the breath”) (whence also English prana) + आयाम (āyāma, “lengthening, extending, stretching”).

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Pranayama Sentence Examples

  • There is my regular asana, pranayama and meditation practice.

  • And, it can't be a coincidence that the deep breaths we're advised to take in order to calm ourselves are similar to the breath foundation used to move into a yoga posture, also known as pranayama.

  • The yoga philosophy maintains that the breath is the most important facet of health, as the breath is the largest source of "prana," or life force, and hatha yoga uses "pranayama," which literally means the science or control of breathing.

  • Helen includes in her teaching pranayama (breathing exercises), yoga nidra (deep relaxation) and meditation.

  • The corpse pose is a resting pose used for deep relaxation concluding an asana or pranayama program, but is added to any program for arthritis as often as necessary.

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