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What is the primary aim of Pranayama?
What is the primary aim of Pranayama?
- To control the mind and emotional disturbances (correct)
- To relieve physical pain
- To increase oxygen intake in the body
- To control the body's physical movements
What happens to our breathing when we become angry or emotionally upset?
What happens to our breathing when we become angry or emotionally upset?
- It remains unaffected
- It becomes faster and shallower (correct)
- It stops completely
- It becomes slower and deeper
What happens to the mind when the breath is stopped?
What happens to the mind when the breath is stopped?
- It becomes stable and calm
- It remains unaffected
- It is completely controlled (correct)
- It becomes more active and restless
What is the result of controlling the mind through Pranayama?
What is the result of controlling the mind through Pranayama?
What is the state of Chitta attained by a yogi through Pranayama?
What is the state of Chitta attained by a yogi through Pranayama?
What is intensified by practicing Pranayama?
What is intensified by practicing Pranayama?
What is the result of the practice of Pranayama on the mind?
What is the result of the practice of Pranayama on the mind?
What is the term for the purification of nadis through Pranayama?
What is the term for the purification of nadis through Pranayama?
Which nadi is most important and is opened after the long practice of Pranayama?
Which nadi is most important and is opened after the long practice of Pranayama?
What is the effect of Pranayama on malas in the body and mind?
What is the effect of Pranayama on malas in the body and mind?
What is the relationship between breathing patterns and personality types according to psychologists?
What is the relationship between breathing patterns and personality types according to psychologists?
What is the consequence of not practicing Pranayama judiciously?
What is the consequence of not practicing Pranayama judiciously?
Study Notes
Correlation between Mind and Breathing
- Total concentration of mind can control breathing, which may even be stopped for a while
- Breathing is changed in rate, depth, and maneuver when we become angry or emotionally upset
- Emotions and mental activities are related to the nervous system and change our breathing
Objectives of Pranayama
- Primarily aims at controlling the mind
- Controlling breathing tackles the life force connected with the mind and emotions
- By controlling the mind, emotions, temperament, moods, desires, and natural instincts are also controlled
Effects of Pranayama
- Allows the mind to become still, with no thought processes or emotional disturbance
- Enables the ability to perceive and know reality
- Trains and makes the mind capable of concentration (Dharana)
- Purifies nadis (channels for nerve impulse, pranic activity, blood circulation, and air flow)
- Opens the Sushumna nadi (spinal cord) after long practice
- Eradicates malas (toxic factors) from the body and mind
- Contributes to transforming the total personality
- Helps in controlling non-yogic tendencies, instincts, and urges
Importance of Pranayama
- Helps in controlling psychosomatic diseases caused by psychic tensions and disturbances
- Aids in attaining sound health, steady and peaceful mind, and a slim and lustrous body
- Requires judicious practice to avoid diseases like asthma, constant hiccup, pain in head, ear, and eyes
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Discover the correlation between our mind and breathing, and how emotions and mental activities affect our respiratory system. Learn about the connection between breathing and mental states, and how Pranayama can help control our breath and mind.
