Pranayama - A Word A Day 12/7/19

Pranayama (prana = energy + yama = control) is a type of meditation technique that  involves various ways of controlling the breathing, with the goal being  to withdraw ones senses from the outside world. This helps one to raise  one’s prana (or Kundalini energy in this case) up the deep spine to the  spiritual eye or sixth chakra, which brings one to enlightenment. Kriya  Yoga is one such technique, made well known by Paramhamsa Yogananda in Autobiography of a Yogi.  (1)