Pran and Pranayam

Author(s): Niranjananand Saraswati Swami
Publisher: Yoga Publication Trust

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Index of Practices
A
314
241
299
B
Aadi Mudra (primal or first attitude).. Aadi Mudra Pranayama (primary gesture breath).............205 Abdominal breathing..........
..........163 Agnisara Kriya or Vahnisara Dhauti (activating the digestive
fire or cleansing with the essence of fire )......... .291 Agochari Mudra or Nasikagra Drishti (nose-tip gazing)........
321 Akasha Pranayama (space breath )................
..192 Akashi Mudra (awareness of inner space)......... ... ..323 Anuloma Viloma (mental nadi shodhana)........... Ardha Padmasana (half-lotus pose). Awareness of the components of yogic breathing............... Basic breathing methods Natural abdominal breathing......
..165 Controlled abdominal breathing....
.167 Thoracic breathing....
...........168 Clavicular breathing..
............171 Bhadrasana (gracious pose)............
306 Bhairava and Bhairavi Mudra
(fierce or terrifying attitude)..... Bhastrika Pranayama (bellows breath).......... .. .265 Bhramari Pranayama (humming bee breath)......... .......... ..256 Brahma Mudra
(attitude of all-pervading consciousness).. Brahma Mudra Pranayama (gesture of supreme spirit breath)............ ..... .. Breath balancing practices (see Swara)
.........316
..315
... 205
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