Search
Real-Yoga.com 

Print Yoga Lessons

PRANA YOGA

• You can download this information, a free lesson and more!

• Discover what Yoga is best for you.

The third phase of Yoga is directly coupled to the breath and to the Manipura center, that large ganglia of nerves situated behind the navel.

Prana, the vital force that acts as a catalyst to sustain life and Yama, to practice and control, is the essence of the word.

It is not oxygen as so many people think, but a subtle catalyst that holds the atomic and lifetronic energies together. It is this force which can be used in raising the level of consciousness from the physical to the ethereal level.

Breath and mind are indelibly bound together, as you can experience yourself when you are in a state of emotional shock, fear or repose.

By controlling the breath you begin to control the mind, and although the body itself is very difficult to control, the mind, known as the 'great deceiver' refuses to be absolutely still.

There are rhythm breaths, mantra breaths, expletive ones, alternating current breaths and finally what they all lead up to, the famous Puraka Khumbaka Rechaka breath which finally leads one to the ability to sustain Khumbaka (retention) at any point in the breathing chain.

The first stage of Samadhi can be attained by this method. There are many books on the subject, but it is advisable you take them to your Guru and let him guide you in their practice.

All of these breathing practices are really only leading you to the practice of Kriya Yoga, that most admirable technique known to speed up the dissolution of your past Karmic thread.

Feel free to continue reading about the other Yogas:

1. Hatha Yoga

2. Gnana Yoga

3. Prana Yoga

4. Karma Yoga

5. Raja Yoga

6. Mudra Yoga

7. Bhakti Yoga

8. Laya Yoga

9. Kriya Yoga
   
   

   • Discover what Yoga is best for you

Back to the beginning of the 9 Yogas.

Print Yoga Lessons