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Pranayama (प्राणायामः) (view source)
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Bhramari Pranayama is ultimately a method of harmonizing the mind and directing awareness inwards and can act as a beneficial agent to achieve the state of total [[Svasthavrtta (स्वस्थवृत्तम्)|health]].<ref name=":6" />
Bhramari Pranayama is ultimately a method of harmonizing the mind and directing awareness inwards and can act as a beneficial agent to achieve the state of total [[Svasthavrtta (स्वस्थवृत्तम्)|health]].<ref name=":6" />
== Prana Nigraha ==
Technically, the initial breathing practices are not pranayama, but prana nigraha, where one begins to control the breath and the prana. The same practice assumes the form of pranayama when control over the pranas is attained and the pranas have been awakened in the realm of the chakras. In the stage of prana nigraha, one uses the breath as a means to develop and intensify the awareness of pranamaya kosha. The nervous system receives a greater quantum of energy, which is essential to withstand the effects of higher pranayama practice.
Slowly, the pranas are awakened within the physical structure and blockages are removed from the chakras and nadis, thus paving the way for kundalini awakening.<ref name=":9" /> According to the Amritanada Upanishad (v. 7):
यथा पर्वतधातूनां दह्यन्ते धमनान्मलाः । तथेन्द्रियकृता दोषा दह्यन्ते प्राणधारणात् ॥ ७ ॥<ref>[https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D Amrtanadopanishad]</ref>
Meaning: Just as the impurities of mountain minerals are burnt by the blower, so the stains caused by the sensory organs are burned by controlling the prana.
The effect of prana nigraha is evidenced by a lightness and vitality in the body and a calm, relaxed mind, and then comes the strength and ability to practise pranayama.<ref name=":9" />
== प्राणायामस्य अभ्युत्थानम् ॥ Evolution in Pranayama Practice ==
== प्राणायामस्य अभ्युत्थानम् ॥ Evolution in Pranayama Practice ==
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