LinkedIn Prana Discussion
Raj Kumar DhamModerator
CEO at Varpar, Director ATAMABODH center for Learning
What is Prana ?
In Yoga ,we talk about Pranayama as in Ashtang Yoga of Patanjali it the most important limb .Pranayama means the control of Prana,but what is Prana ? Let's share our thoughts about Prana and Pranayama.
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Sharad P. Excellent Discussion....
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Salif Coulibaly Indeed "also", and there are certainly other definitions of the term Prana, literally, philosophically, and even conceptually speaking. However, personally and experientially defining the term prana of "as a force that would apply itself somehow to the breathing apparatus" doesn't ring a bell.Again, initially, for all practical intended purposes of yoga practice from my perspective, prana is also a medium (albeit universal...) that must be used in conjunction with its subtle counterpart apana which, when defined by the same criteria or under the same circumstances is from what would be the opposite of oxygen. Pranayama, therefore, implies a bipolar charging of the base chakra/ subtle energy vortex, even though the efforts are geared towards positively charging and raising kundalini/ life force energy. This, of course, is stated strictly from the standpoint of the actual practice of mystic yoga whatever the lineage or so said tradition(s).
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Raj Kumar Dham Thanks Kamal Malhi , breath is the medium or means for receiving the air ( vayu)prana .What we eat and drink is means for taking the Anna ( food) . Therefore what we eat and what and how we breathe is very important.
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Raj Kumar Dham Thanks Sharad P. .
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Raj Kumar Dham Thanks Salif Coulibaly ,I agree with you.Under Psychic Prana we will be discussing about Kundalini Power and Kundalini Awakening .
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Raj Kumar Dham Whatever there is any extraordinary display of power,it is the manifestation of this Prana.Even the physical sciences can be included into Pranayama.What moves the steam engine,Prana acting through the steam .What is physical science ?...The science of Pranayama,by external means .That part of Pranayama which controls the mental force ,by mental means ,is called Raja-Yoga.
Raj Kumar Dham I will try to discuss further about The Psychic Prana .In the mean time share your thoughts.Without understanding Prana and Pranayama we cannot understand Yoga .
Salif Coulibaly As far as applied within the context of Patanjali yoga system, prana would be such as subtle oxygen. It is initially understood and applicable with the kriya yoga methods. This I state based on personal experience.
Nicole Savage When I think of Prana I think of movement. . Prana is the wind that moves all forces within our bodies. Mahat is the cosmic intelligence that holds all the seed pontential for everything in existence, for all of life. Prana is the movement of this Divine intelligence and in that sense is what enlivens everything.
Muz Murray Sorry, Raj Kumar ji, but prana has nothing to do with 'spiritualism', which is the practice of communicating with the dead. The word you need is "spirituality."
Raj Kumar Dham Thanks Muz Murray,I didn't know that spiritualism is different from spirituality.I thought spiritualism means to follow spirituality.
Raj Kumar Dham Nicole Savage prana causes the movement,it causes the wind to move ,it is not wind or air .
Raj Kumar Dham Salif Coulibaly as per Patanjali also Prana is not breath ,nor air or oxygen .It is the force behind lungs to breathe .It is universal,not limited to Kriya Yoga .Kriya Yoga uses pranayama to control Prana and make it to flow from Muladhara (Base)Chakra to Shastra Chakra .
Avau Neueli language cannot adequately describe what Prana is, but we can know it by direct experience as we connect to it through our breath.
Tracey Maclay How do you explain all this to beginners in yoga in western society?
Martin Gustavsson I believe that it is better to use english words when communicating in english and to use hindu words when communicating in hindu.
Arran Williams Prana is the flow, of the energy of life within every thing around and inside the body.
Lydia Monica Burton Lydia Monica Burton. Prana is the undefinable substance in the breath, the life force . God breathe breath into Adam.
Raj Kumar Dham Thanks Avau Neueli ,language has many limitations but we can feel it .
Kamal Malhi Prana is Life Force. An energy of the breath . Prana is a Sanskrit word and it differs from the exercise of the breath- or Pranayama, which are exercises to control or technically alter the breath