Question

What does Pranayama mean? Write the technique of Pranayama with its advantage.

Answer 1

WHAT IS PRANAYAMA?

• "Pranayama is control of Breath".  
• Patanjali in his text of Yoga Sutras mentioned pranayama as means of attaining higher states of awareness, he mentions the holding of breath as important practice of reaching Samadhi.

WHAT ARE ITS ADVANTAGES?

• One can control the rhythms of pranic energy with pranayama and achieve healthy body and mind.
• It blemishes the ignorance and helps the knowledge to rise.
• Pranayama helps in reducing different kinds of diseases.
• Moreover, because pranayama (breathing) is the important means of supplying our body and its various organs with prana (oxygen) it is vital for our survival.