Iyengar BKS - Light on Pranayama

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Light Pral)ayama
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Pral).ayamDar pika
B.K . ISy.e ngar
Introductbiyo Yne hudMie nuhin
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Pral)ayamat,h ey ogica rto f breathinlge,a ds
to a controolf rhee motionwsh ichi n turn
bringsst abilciotnyc,e ntraatnidom ne ntaplo ise.
Pra�ayaimsaa bridgweh ichhe lptsh es tudeonft
yoga1 0c rosfsro m ther ealomf p urelpyh ysical
developmteonth tat o ft hes pirainrdf ormasc rucial
stagei nh isjo urneyr owardsse lf-realisation.
Ligonh tP rii7JmiiJIaIii sa worthcyo mpaniaonnd
sequelt o tahuet horL'isgh ont Yogwahi ch isn ow
widelrye cogniseadsa c lastseixco tn t hep ractoifc e
HathYao gaT.h ep resentb ooki sa lspor actiacnadl
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wistho d eveltohpea r to fy ogibcr eathing.
The respiratsoyrstye ims d iscussed fromt he
pointso fv iewo fbo th mod ern anatomayn dt he
ancieynotg at extTsh.e 1 4b asitcy peosf Piiri,layama
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andt het ablaersea u niqufee atuorfte h ebo ok.
Ligohn tPr ii7Jiiyiimpar ovidtehses tudewnitt ha
comprehensbiavcek grouonfyd o gpah ilosoapnhdy
discusssuecsha lliteodp iacssth e Na�isB,a ndhas,
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thaatr et obe avoidiendt hep ractiocfPe r agayama.
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INVOCATIONS
ToL orHda numan
Isa lutLeo rdH anumiinLo,r d ofB reatSho,no ft he
WindG od-
whobe arsfi vef aceasn dd welwlisr.h inu s
Inth ef ormo ffi vwei nodres n ergies
pervadinogu rb ody,m inda nds oul,
Whor e-uniPtreadlq t(iS itwai)t h Pu(rR.amua�) ­
May He ble!.shsep ractitioner
Byuni ting hisv itale nergyp-r3J:Ia­
Withth eDi vineS pirwiitt hin.
* * *
ToS agPea tanjali
Ibo w beforteh en obleosfsat g esP, aranjali-
Who broughtse reniotfymin d byhi s worko nY oga,
Clarity sopefe chb yhi sw orko ng rammaarn,d
Puritoyf b odyb yhi s work onm edici.n e
... ...
Whereth erei sY oga,
Theries p rosperistuyc,c esfsr,e edom,
and bliss.
TRIBUTEF ROMM Y GURUJi
B.K . Sundrartjreancah intlltt nayuktibihi
Yogaststrsaamma latp.bhypar a�yamap radlpika
Vividhpari� asarpchavr�at trio dhvai bohdhanaihi
�a�chakraninka.ar�el jalloeh istoad hakaihi 2
Panchapr8.p.I_lraa sa.rainS<:ihrao dhananbchhoad hakaihi
YuktadhyananukulParc&hJC!aa yamabhila�inam 3
AI.okitascahsav artharnm ayas ri krsnayogina
Adriyerannigmraarpm haratbnahmiJ vviip akhitaha 4
IJ un1e97 9 T.K r:pJamachiirya
I. Lighton PrlirJiyiiimwar titen byB .K . SundaRraaj a
Iyengari,sa fresuhp,- t()-dpartees entaotiftho en
andents cienocfYe o ga.
:z. Itd ealwsi tshu btlfeu nctiinogonf th eb rearvha,r ious
techniqoufie nsh alatrieotne,n tion and aenxdoh fal ation
thef iltraotfit ohnce r imsocno lourfeldu i� dth e Life
Forc- ew ith uncheckfleodw througthh en etwoorfk
channe(lnsa diasn)dt hes ubtcleen tr(ecsh akras).
3-lle xplaitnhsev italiosfit nhgec osmiecn ergaysi t
makeist smelafn ifeisnfit v ef ormswh,i leem phasiisls a id
ond o'ansd don'tTsh.e w orki so fi mmensev aluteo
aredntp ractitioofnp erras� ayama.
4-Scholarsw ilslu relbey i nterestbeydth ist hought­
provokitnrega tias per,e cioguesm i nt hefi rmament of
yoga.
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