Pranayama is the conscious perception and guidance of life energies which unfold the self in complex forms in the psycho-physical system of all living beings. Pranayama is thus more than a system of breath control. It has several aspects in the coarse material body and in the fine material body, directly perceptible ones and more subtly hidden ones. Prana manifests itself in body movements, in the metabolism, in sexuality and in all connsious procedures, and ...