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Religiousness in Yoga - Chapter by Chapter Study Guide

This chapter discusses the practical aspects of pranayama or yoga breathing techniques. It covers proper posture, different breathing types including inhaling, exhaling, and retention. It also discusses building ratios between inhales and exhales over time using counting or mantras. The chapter answers various questions on techniques like using the nostrils or diaphragm and preparing for more advanced ratios. It emphasizes following the natural breath and using pranayama ratios as a means to meditate rather than an end in themselves.

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Religiousness in Yoga - Chapter by Chapter Study Guide

This chapter discusses the practical aspects of pranayama or yoga breathing techniques. It covers proper posture, different breathing types including inhaling, exhaling, and retention. It also discusses building ratios between inhales and exhales over time using counting or mantras. The chapter answers various questions on techniques like using the nostrils or diaphragm and preparing for more advanced ratios. It emphasizes following the natural breath and using pranayama ratios as a means to meditate rather than an end in themselves.

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Religiousness in Yoga - Chapter by Chapter Study Guide

Chapter 9 Practice:
The Practical Aspects of Prāṇāyāma
- Pages 117-131

1. Introduction P117

- Safety

- Observation

- Respect

2. Posture P117

- Comfortable

- Erect

3. Type P117-118

- Free

- Pūraka

- Recaka

- Kumbhaka

4. Ratio P118-119

- Samavṛtti Ratio

- Samavṛtti Ratio with Mantra

- Viṣamavṛtti Ratio

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5. Technique P119-123

- Ujjāyī for Āsana

- Anuloma Ujjāyī

- Pratiloma Ujjāyī

- Nāḍī Śodhana

- Mṛgi Mudrā

- Śītalī

- Kapālabhāti

- Bhastrikā

6. Building a ratio P123-125

- First Establish Inhale and Exhale before using Holds

- Using Vinyāsa Krama day to day to lengthen

- Using Vinyāsa Krama within each days practice

- Using Counterpose in the Ratio

7. Attitude P125-126

- Mental attitude very important

- Directional Breathing on Inhale and Exhale

- Beginners just follow movement of the Breath in the Body

- Or Beginners follow Breath at point of Entry/Exit in the Body

- Following the Breath by its Sound

- Ratio and Techniques are a Means to follow the Breath

- Following the Breath prepares for Dhyāna

8. Question on Using Nostril and Throat Restriction P126

- Don’t use both at same moment.

9. Question on Diaphragm and whilst using the Breath P126-127

- Linking the Diaphragm to the Phases of the Breath

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10. Question on Diaphragm during Bahya Kumbhaka P127

- Contracting the Diaphragm

11. Question on Mixing Foci during Prāṇāyāma P127-128

- Counting the Number of Breaths

- Point of Attention Linked to Type of Ratio

12. Question on Following the Natural Movement of the Breath P128

- Either Involvement in or Witnessing the Flow of the Breath

13. Question on Counting during the Antar Kumbhaka P128-129

- Using Mantra during Antar Kumbhaka

- Using a finger beat to Count

14. Question on Counting and Prāṇāyāma P129

- Number, Type and Ratio a means not a Final Goal

15. Question on Bahya Kumbhaka P129-130

- Usually more difficult than Antar Kumbhaka

16. Question on Relationship Between Components of the Breath P130

- Using numbers in Ratios

- Effect of Bahya Kumbhaka on Exhalation

- Minimum of Six to Eight Breaths for Each Step

17. Question on Prāṇāyāma and Āsana P130-131

- Prāṇāyāma as a separate Practice to Āsana

18. Question on Preaparing for a Difficult Ration in Prāṇāyāma P131

- Some Preparation always necessary

- Don’t over prepare with Strenuous Āsana

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19. Question on Prāṇāyāma after Āsana P131

- Better to do Prāṇāyāma after Āsana

- There are some Exceptions

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