pranayama

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: pra‧na‧ya‧ma

Noun

pranayama (countable and uncountable, plural pranayamas)

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

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