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Ashtanga Yoga Sutra : 5. Pratyahara
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Pratyahara is seen as the bridge from the external practice to the internal practice. The fifth limb of Ashtanga Yoga is preparing the individual to enter the more intense level of controlling and harmonizing the inner world. Pratyahara comes from 2 Sanskrit words, “prati” which means against or away, and “ahara” which means food. Pratyahara can be translated as…
Ashtanga Yoga Sutra : 4. Pranayama
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Prana means life force or the vital energy and Ayama means controll or restrain. Following the next step after Yama , Niyama , Asanas is Pranayama . It can be understood as controling our vital energy. As what we already know that there is sort of process going on in…