
Pranayama Breath of Life
At the Ayurveda Health Retreat's morning yoga class we teach our guests these four pranayamas. Prana is living force. In different cultures around the Earth, living force is called by different names. The native American Iroquois Indians called it "orenda" in the middle east it is known as "baraka" and the far east "chi and ki". It is the living force behind all movement and action. In Ayurveda there are two paths of healing. Shamana and Shodhana. Shamana is palliative that c