pranayama

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pranayama

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From Sanskrit प्राणायाम (prāṇāyāma), from प्राण (prāṇá, “life force, vital energy, the breath”) (whence also English prana) + आयाम (āyāma, “lengthening, extending, stretching”).

• Hyphenation: pra‧na‧ya‧ma

pranayama (countable and uncountable, plural pranayamas)

1. Breathing techniques; breath control, often synchronized with movements between asanas in yoga.