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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (Founder of the Transcendental Meditation program)
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is widely regarded as the foremost scientist in the field of consciousness, and considered to be the greatest teacher in the world today. Maharishi has completely restored the thousands of years-old scattered Vedic Literature for the total significance of its theory and practice, and has organized it in the form of a complete science of consciousness.
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Optimal Breathing : Yoga and Breathing @ breathing.com
This article will not address any spiritual aspects and only wishes to point out that breathing to me is quite generic and many are in need of a deeper understanding how to teach it from that generic perspective; including myself. That is why I have devoted so much of my life to the study and teaching of the breath and breathing.
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Paramahansa Yogananda
In the hundred years since the birth of Paramahansa Yogananda, this beloved world teacher has come to be recognized as one of the greatest emissaries to the West of India's ancient wisdom. His life and teachings continue to be a source of light and inspiration to people of all races, cultures and creeds.
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Pranayama - Yogic Breathing @ rivermaya.com
It is very beneficial to pay close attention to the breath and to learn to control it in various ways. Beneficial in terms of physical health and in your practice of yoga. Apparently, the breath, the mind and the body are so closely linked, that whatever you do to one will affect the other.
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Pranayama -- The Invisible Super Food @ shazzie.com
Since Spirit, Mind and Body influence each other and are but one and the same but holding different positions on the "Light / True Self" continuum, the key to stilling spirit and purifying body and mind is Prana, as this is the Life Force.
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Pranayama @ HinduSamajTemple.org
Unlike other inner processes such as pumping blood and moving food through the body, breathing results from semi-conscious and habitual contractions of skeletal muscle that can be brought to conscious awareness. This awareness is the foundation for all pranayama practices.
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Pranayama: The Breathing Exercises of Yoga @ holistic-online.com
Pranayama, as traditionally conceived, involves much more than merely breathing for relaxation. Pranayama is a term with a wide range of meanings. Patanjali defines pranayama as "the regulation of the incoming and outgoing flow of breath with retention." It is to be practiced only after perfection in asana is attained. Pranayama also denotes cosmic power, or the power of the entire universe which manifests itself as conscious living being in us through the phenomenon of breathing.
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Siddha Yoga @ siddhayoga.org
The goal of the Siddha Yoga path is Self-realization -- the unceasing experience of yoga, or unity with God. Within each of us, behind the mind, the body, the ego, is a divine power. We practice yoga to recognize this divine power, the Self, and harmonize all our actions, thoughts, and words with it.
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Swami Atma @ yogaadvaita.org
This site is dedicated to spreading the teachings of yoga and advaita vedanta in the authentic tradition of India according to the lineage of Sri Swami Sivanandaji of Rishikesh and Sri Swami Vishnu-devanandaji.
Besides covering the asanas, pranayamas and other techniques of hatha yoga, it also delves into the philosophy of advaita vedanta and many aspects of the teachings. This includes the four paths of yoga: jnana, raja, bhakti and karma plus much more ...
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Tantric Breathing @ newfrontier.com
Although most people into new age philosophy consider prana breath, in Sanskrit the word means life-force. Pranayama (the act of taking in Prana) teaches that during the retention portion of the breath cycle, one should consciously retain the Prana, then release the carbon dioxide (and other gases) from the lungs during exhalation, storing the prana in the Manipura, or 3rd Chakra.
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The Science of Breath @ lifepositive.com
An article by B.K.S. Iyengar
We are all born as composites of nature (prakriti), the elemental aspect of our being; energy (vishva chaitanya shakti), commonly called prana, and absolute consciousness (prajna). Together, matter, energy and absolute consciousness create action and stability, motion and mobility, understanding and creativity.
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The Transcendental Meditation® @ tm.org
The Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) program of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is the single most effective technique available for gaining deep relaxation, eliminating stress, promoting health, increasing creativity and intelligence, and attaining inner happiness and fulfillment.
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The You and Me Yoga System
YOU & ME is an acronym of the words Yoga Opening Unfolding & Meaningful Experience, which reflects the inner development that can take place in students through regular practice.
The YOU & ME Yoga system is made up of techniques which have been carefully selected and arranged for staff and parents to practise with their charges and, being simple and adaptable, it applies to all levels of understanding.
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Vihangam Yoga @ vihangamyoga.com
In Vihangam Yoga the mind is lifted to its source, the Akshara Brahma where it is permanently quietened, just like a river losing its identity in the ocean. Once the soul is freed from bondage of the mind, it realises its true nature and stops identifying itself with the human body.
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Yoga For Epileptic Seizure Control @ hinduism.about.com
Yoga is increasingly becoming a focal point of therapy and research in treating epilepsy. Zoe Langley, who has greatly benefited from this treatment, reports on how yoga is being rediscovered as a useful approach to exercise self-control of seizures.
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