Prāṇa links what you’re thinking and perceiving into its background. As embodied beings, all that we experience is processed through Prāṇa (breath) and citta (mind).

Due to the overlaying of Prāṇa and mind, the subtle body is not a matter of pure abstraction and data processing but a virtual storehouse of deeply rooted clumps and knots of unconscious emotions, internal sensations, concepts, memories, tendencies, and stories.

exhale. It sounds almost as if you were whispering the word ah with your lips closed. As we know, whispering can be intimate. When you’re close to someone, you don’t shout, and the ujjāyī breath has that same intimate quality, as if you were whispering to your beloved.

Half the world is given to us, but the other half is created by how we frame it.

perspective, it is said that the basic emotions we all experience can be transmuted through yoga when we meditate on them as rasa, a metaphorical flavor in the palate.

Bandha practice stimulates an internal focus and is a good place to start as you develop the skill of contemplating the central channel of the body.

In a situation where maitrī or love is arising, it is good to notice the tendency for the mind and ego to jump in and immediately become attached to the circumstances or feelings, or to become fearful or unhappy when the situation changes. So just as it is important to practice maitrī, it is equally important to release attachment to the residue so

By practicing Brahmacarya, we cultivate respect for others and maintain the perspective of not knowing, not assuming, and not introducing ego (even in the form of preconceptions) into conclusions, behaviors, and all forms of relationships.

The internal forms can be revealed through visualization, but it is also important to study them by establishing an embodied context for them.