Guided Instructions on the Art of Pranayama The Sanskrit word pranayama means to release life energy from its bounds. When practiced correctly, this powerful form of yogic breathwork has the ability to reveal the intricate web of your thoughts, physiology, and energetic patterns, to quiet your mind and heighten receptivity, and to open you to the intrinsic radiance of Being. On Yoga Breathing, Richard Freeman, director of the Yoga Workshop in Boulder, Colorado, invites you to learn the essential principles and techniques of pranayama, including: How to identify and observe your internal breath Ujjayi breathing to free prana (your life energy) The tree of breath practice Specific guidance for lying and seated pranayama, and much more Every breath you take, teaches Freeman, can serve as a guiding thread into the depths of yoga, a place of freedom and immediacy of awareness that begins on the practice. Product Category: Yoga and Fitness Artist/Author: Richard Freeman