1. Importance of breathing By, Dr. Shamanthakamani Narendran, MD (Pead), Ph.D. (Yoga Science) Control of unknown things through known things

2. External Respiration is the exchange of gases between the atmosphere and the blood. Internal Respiration is the exchange of gases between the blood and the cells of the body. Cellular Respiration or Aerobic Respiration involves the use of oxygen to break down glucose in the cell.

3. The main job of the respiratory system is to get oxygen into the body and waste gases out of the body. It is the function of the respiratory system to transport gases to and from the circulatory system. Respiration is a vital function of all living organisms. Respiration occurs at TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS : The level of the CELL & ORGANISM

4. FLOW OF AIR The nose will do three things to the air we breathe in: a. Filter the air b. Warm the air c. Provide moisture (water vapor or humidity) to the air.

5. Right and Left BRONCHI

6. ALVEOLI The Alveoli consist of thin, flexible membranes that contain an extensive network of Capillaries. The Membranes separate a gas from liquid. The gas is the air we take in through our Respiratory System, and the liquid is BLOOD.

7. VENTILATION movement of air to and from the Alveoli. INHALATION - air is pulled into the LUNGS. EXHALATION - air is pushed out of the Lungs. MECHANISM OF BREATHING

8. THINGS HAPPEN TO THE AIR WE INHALE a. Oxygen is removed b. Carbon dioxide is added c. Water vapor is added. Blood contains a large amount of CO2 and Little O2.

17. Recognize in the first solution BREATHING Outside world Inside world Birth Death Body Mind Consciousness Unconsciousness

31. Atharva Veda explains Prana in a wider sense Pranah praha anu vaste pita putramiva priyam. Prano ha sarvasyesvaro yacca pranati yacca na. Prana is to all persons as father is to his dear children. Prana is the hard core of all creation which breathes and breathes not. This characteristic of prana indicates its all pervasiveness.

32. Apanati pranati puruso garbhe antara, Uada tvam prana jinvasyatha sa jayate punah. The child in the mother’s womb breathes. O prana, when you move in him, he takes birth.

33. Likewise in Prasnopanisad Pranasyedam vase sarvam, tridive yat pratisthitam, Mateva putran raksasva, srisca prajnam ca vidhehi na iti. All that exists in all the 3 worlds is under the governance of prana. O prana (please) protect us, your children as mother and grant us the (real) wealth and wisdom.

34. Pranam deva anu prananti. Manusyah pasavasca ye Taittiriya Upanisad (Brahmananda Valli) says; gods breathe prana; men and animals also do that. Prana in other words is called life “Ayush”. This is in all beings. Modern science has found that the basic of this entire physical world is nothing but Energy. Matter is also ‘bottled up’ energy, as described.

35. Prana on the other hand, is the basic fabric of the entire creation. Energy, we have thus seen, is the very basis of this physical universe.

37. Sankara says Kartum akartum anyatha va kartum sakyam To do, not to do, or, to do differently, is the freedom we all possess. And at the mental level, we have the structure of mind described in yoga vasistha as

38. Yoga Vasistha, says at the mental level, we have the structure of mind Svayameva pinatam yati, svayameva tanavam yati. It becomes grosser and then by itself it becomes subtle; constricts or expands; speeds up itself or slows down.

56. Since the same term Prana is used at two levels of manifestation, we use the term ‘ Varistha Prana ’ (the main Prana) for the basic life fabric. Apana Samana Prana Udana Vyana Varistha Prana

58. Prana, Apana, Samana Payupasthe’panam caksuh srotre mukhanasikabhyam Pranah svayam pratisthate madhye tu Samanah Esa hyetat hutamannam samam nayati Tasmadetah saptarciso bhavanti | | 3.5 | |

60. Vyana Atraitadekasatam nadinam tasam satam satamekaikasyam dvasaptatirdvasaptatih pratisakha nadisahasrani bhavantyasu Vyanascarati | | 3.6 | |

62. Udana Athaikayordhva Udanah punyena punyam lokam nayati Papena papamubhabhyameva manusyalokam | | 3.7 | |

66. Pranayama Panca Prana Upaprana Names of Yoga practice Prana Devadatta Conventional Pranayama Dhananjaya Kurma Trataka Samana Krkala & Naga Kriyas Bandhas Apana Kriya Yoga, Bandhas Vyana Savasana, Yoganidra & Mudras Udana Kundalini Yoga

72. B O D Y – M I N D C O N N E C T I O N S VARISTHA PRANA MIND PANCA PRANAS BODY PHYSIOLOGY

74. BREATHING CONTROL MIND CONTROL OVER PRANA VARISTHA PRANA C O N V E N T I O N A L P R A N A Y A M A

75. CONVENTIONAL PRANAYAMA Tasminsati svasprasvasayorgativicchedah Pranayama | | 2.49 | | Pranayama is that by which the movement of breath during inhalation and exhalation is controlled. Patanjali in his Yoga Sutra defines Pranayama

79. Svasa Prasvasayorgativicchedah Pranayamah… | | 2.49 | | Pranayama is cutting off of the course of breathing in and out

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