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"The word comes from prana, which means both "breath" and "Hfe force" in Sanskrit, and yama, which means "control." prana flows throughout the body in a system of nadi, or channels. As with qi in traditional Oriental medicine, free circulation of prana is a prerequisite of health. prana can become blocked due to improper diet, disease, or constitutional imbalances. The objective of pranayama exercises is to encourage the free flow of prana and eliminate blockages. Yoga teaches that the breath reflects and influences the state of the mind." - Alexander Mauskop, The Headache Alternative (Get the book.)

"An important aspect of yoga is harnessing and increasing the flow of prana, or life energy (similar to the Chinese qi). The blockage of prana, whether due to improper diet, lifestyle stressors, or imbalance in one's physical, emotional, or spiritual health, can lead to illness. Breathing techniques and the duration certain postures are held can help remove blockages in the flow of prana. 3. Begin by whispering an "ahh" or "urr" sound with your mouth open on an exhalation. Completely empty your lungs as you make the sound. Inhale while making the same "ahh" or "urr" sound." - Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac., Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Sleep Disorders: 7 Smart Ways to Help You Get a Good Night's Rest (Get the book.)

"Yoga teaches that prana circulates throughout in the body in a system of 72,000 subtle nerves or nadis.When the flow of prana is interrupted through stress, improper diet, or toxins, one's physical, emotional, and mental health are affected. Chronic blockage of the flow of prana can eventually lead to illness. Pranayama exercises are designed to help prevent or remove these blockages. Pranayama can help the practitioner to regulate previously unconscious bodily functions." - Larry Trivieri, Jr., Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition (Get the book.)

"Energy The Chinese call it Chi; the yogis of India call it Prana; here in the States, people call it Life Force. Whatever you call it, it can be seen, measured, photographed, felt, and manipulated. According to Chinese medicine, restriction in its flow is the ultimate cause of all disease. Exercise stimulates and helps move this "energy" through blocked areas of the body. Biochemical Changes Exercise produces "happy" biochemicals called endorphins. Sometimes called "the runner's high," these endorphins drive away stress and depression and stimulate the immune system." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"The way it works, he explained, is that you open up your crown chakra and convert sunlight into liquid prana. This nectar is apparently far more nourishing than any earthly food. Explaining that he had some friends who had been breatharians for a year and a half, he pointed out that fruitarianism should be seen as a step toward attaining the goal of human photosynthesis. Although he planned never to eat again, I spied him drinking a glass of wine at a party a few weeks later. At Moyle's parties, I met someone writing a book on exercises one can do in the bathtub." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"In his unpublished 1907 paper "Man's greatest achievement" Tesla wrote that this original medium, a kind of force field, becomes matter when prana, cosmic energy, acts on it, and when the action ceases, matter vanishes and returns to Akasha. Since this medium fills all of space, everything that takes place in space can be referred to it. Four-dimensional curvature, said Tesla, put forward at the time by Einstein, is not the decisive feature of space." - Ervin Laszlo, Quantum Shift in the Global Brain: How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and Our World (Get the book.)

"We are not going to review that history here, but suffice it to say that most people interested in alternative healing methods have heard of qi (also spelled chi, and pronounced "chee"), prana, the elan vital, meridians, chakras, and other terms for the energy of the body from cultures around the world. However, NES is not working with these kinds of energies, which for the most part are cosmic, metaphysical energies that pervade the universe. We repeat that we are dealing with energies that are measurable; they are the energies of matter." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"The body draws on its innate intelligence to access universal chi, or prana, as it is called in India. Chi is then intensified and transferred through the hands to promote healing in other living things. Quantum touch works on the principle that areas of illness, vibrating as they do at lower frequencies, will naturally move to harmonize with the higher vibrations being held by the quantum touch practitioner. It is the loving intent and focused attention that allows quantum touch to work. Energy follows thought." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Perhaps most importantly of all, both immigration and the emergence of the leisure travel industry has meant that more people have the chance to see medicine from other cultures in practice, on the ground, with their own eyes—to judge for themselves if qi or prana are more or less credible, comprehensible, and intellectually attractive than neurotransmitters or the Krebs cycle." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.) "One further association unites their alchemical and hydraulic roles: they are the less stable, more impure forms of the vital essences, agni, prana, and ojas—understood as the forms in which the elements of air, fire and water exist in living beings. A third system of medicine became widespread on the subcontinent after the Muslim conquests of the eleventh century, and was strengthened by the rise of the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.)

"Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, the Buddhist monk from the Bon tradition, suggests that one may experience dreams of clarity, "which arise when the mind and the prana [or vital energy] are balanced and the dreamer has developed the capacity to remain in non-personal presence." Unlike normal dreams where the dreamer gets swept back and forth, "in the dream of clarity the dreamer is stable." And unlike normal dreams, in which the dreamer's interests and habits seem projected onto the dreaming, "[i]n the dream of clarity it is as if something is given to or found by the dreamer. . . ." - Robert Waggoner, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self (Get the book.)

"When the flow of prana is interrupted through stress, improper diet, or toxins, one's physical, emotional, and mental health are affected. Chronic blockage of the flow of prana can eventually lead to illness. Pranayama exercises are designed to help prevent or remove these blockages. Pranayama can help the practitioner to regulate previously unconscious bodily functions." - Larry Trivieri, Jr., Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition (Get the book.)

"Cultures from around the world and throughout history speak of pervasive natural energy, calling it qi, prana, and other names. NES would later come to call this pervasive, universal energy the Source energy, and Peter and Harry feel that it is not some unknown cosmic energy but a real energy of physics, what is called zero-point energy (ZPE), the energy of the zero-point field (ZPF)." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"PranaYama: Five-minute breathing exercises to increase prana or Chi (life force energy), as explained below. These are best done before meditation and before eating. þ Meditation according to your choice: I recommend the "Technique of Conscious Breathing," as described in my book It's Time to Come Alive and summarized in "Conscious Breathing Meditation" below. Regular Mealtimes þ Lunch should make up the main meal of the day. Eat around 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. (The best time to eat is when the sun is in its highest position." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"All scientific considerations aside, air contains some life principle (prana) that keeps the human body functioning. prana is not oxygen, but etherealized monoatomic elements or something even more exotic. These etherealized elements are spirally unzipped out of the air and into our bodies by the act of breathing. Isn't that fascinating? When you sleep you automatically breathe, but you do not automatically eat! One can live tor weeks without eating, for days without drinking, but only fleeting minutes without breathing. Yet breathing is the most neglected science in the health field." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.)

"Nutrient prana from the air gives energy to the vital prana in the brain, via respiration, and is thus the equivalent of qi in Chinese medicine. In the body it is seated in the head, and governs emotions, memory, thought and other functions of the mind. prana kindles the bodily fire (agni) and governs the functioning of the heart, entering the bloodstream from where it controls the vital organs or dhatus. Bhutas, the five elements The ether (space), air, fire, water and earth are considered to be the basic elements, which are manifestations of cosmic energy." - Dr. Michael Heinrich, Joanne Barnes, Simon Gibbons and Elizabeth M. Williamson, Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy (Get the book.)

"The blockage of prana, whether due to improper diet, lifestyle stressors, or imbalance in one's physical, emotional, or spiritual health, can lead to illness. Breathing techniques and the duration certain postures are held can help remove blockages in the flow of prana. 3. Begin by whispering an "ahh" or "urr" sound with your mouth open on an exhalation. Completely empty your lungs as you make the sound. Inhale while making the same "ahh" or "urr" sound. Completely fill your lungs. Repeat this process with your mouth closed." - Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac., Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Sleep Disorders: 7 Smart Ways to Help You Get a Good Night's Rest (Get the book.)

"Ayurvedic tantric (alchemical) body, taken from an eighteenth-century manuscript, and illustrating the flow of prana (the life force) through the body. Intriguingly, the image closely resembles late fourteenth-century Persian anatomical drawings. cosmological inquiries by the spiritual alchemy of reincarnation and karma. Just as the body acts to free spirit, or ojas, from gross matter, so embodiment over the course of many life cycles acts to purify the individual soul (or 'atman') of its worldly attachments and free it from slavery to matter. In Vagbhata's Heart of Medicine (written c." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.)

"As with qi in traditional Oriental medicine, free circulation of prana is a prerequisite of health. prana can become blocked due to improper diet, disease, or constitutional imbalances. The objective of pranayama exercises is to encourage the free flow of prana and eliminate blockages. Yoga teaches that the breath reflects and influences the state of the mind. By focusing on breath, one focuses the mind; by making the breath steady and clear, the same effects are achieved in the mind." - Alexander Mauskop, The Headache Alternative (Get the book.)

"Fasting "improves the alignment of the chakras and subtle bodies, which makes it easier for the cosmic prana to enter the body and increases the possibility of the awakening of the Shakti Kundalini." Cousens goes on to describe in detail his own experience with a 40-day fast in which his mind "dissolved into the Light of God" and four hours of meditation seemed to go by in a few minutes. His crown chakra became one "whirling vortex of energy" connecting him with the dance of the cosmos (Spiritual Nutrition, p. 340)." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "In India, this is called prana. Dr. Valerie Hunt of UCLA has proven the existence of such bioenergetic fields and their effects on health. There are now instruments that can measure them. Her book Infinite Mind: Science of the Human Vibrations of Consciousness describes these in detail. Cooked food has no life force, no chi. Nutritionist Natalia Rose ranks raw foods in order of their vibrational life force energies from highest to lowest. Raw foods with high vibrational energies are fresh juices; organic, sun-ripened, fresh fruit; green vegetables; other vegetables, and honey." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "Raw food, he says, opens one up to a lot of prana, the vital force that makes you feel high naturally. "The light is switched on with raw food. You start seeing the Divine in everything," he stated at a lecture. He claims that a live food diet turns us into superconductors of both electrical energy and cosmic energy, enhancing our sensitivity to the Divine (Spiritual Nutrition, p. 305). Christians have also discovered the power of a living foods diet in a big way. Reverend George Malkmus freed himself of cancer using a 100% raw diet." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"In other cultures, Source energy is called qi, ki, prana, and yuan qi (in TCM). When there is a depletion of Source energy in the body-field as a whole or in a particular cavity, then physical problems may result. We will discuss Source energy in more detail in the Drivers chapter (chapter 12), but here we want to examine how cavities enhance information exchange in the body." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"As with qi in traditional Oriental medicine, free circulation of prana is a prerequisite of health. prana can become blocked due to improper diet, disease, or constitutional imbalances. The objective of pranayama exercises is to encourage the free flow of prana and eliminate blockages. Yoga teaches that the breath reflects and influences the state of the mind. By focusing on breath, one focuses the mind; by making the breath steady and clear, the same effects are achieved in the mind." - Alexander Mauskop, The Headache Alternative (Get the book.)

"Although the heart field is not the body's aura or the prana described in ancient Sanskrit traditions, it may well be an expression of the energy that begins in this area. Knowing that this field exists, the HeartMath researchers asked themselves if there could be another kind of energy we haven't yet discovered that's carried within this known field. To try out their theory, the researchers decided to test the effects of human emotion on DNA—the essence of life itself. Figure 2. Illustration showing the shape and relative size of the energetic field that surrounds the human heart." - Gregg Braden, The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief (Get the book.)

"The main life-force energy in yoga is called prana. The prana flows through seven major energetic centers, known as the chakras (literally translated as wheels), and through many smaller channels, called nadis. The seven chakras have physical, emotional, and spiritual properties. The chakras spin clockwise when flowing properly. The bottom three are yang (or external) and the top three are yin (or internal). The heart chakra combines and integrates these opposite forces. All of the chakras are thought to be externalized as endocrine glands. The root chakra is located at the base of the spine." - Michael Friedman, ND, Fundamentals of Naturopathic Endocrinology (Get the book.)

"This concept has many names, like Chi, Qi, Ki, prana, and it runs through many healing therapies. Those who are experienced in reading auras are said to also be able to diagnose illness. Edgar Cayce was able to see auras and it literally saved his life one day. The story goes that he was waiting for an elevator but when the doors opened he saw something was wrong. There was not a single aura around anyone in the elevator. This was very disturbing to Cayce so he waited for the next elevator. The car that he skipped suddenly crashed killing everyone on board." - Alan E. Smith, UnBreak Your Health: The Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Therapies (Get the book.)

"Cravatta found her metabolic type to be vata-pitta and she had a prana vata imbalance. This is a vata imbalance manifested by very fast, scattered mental activity. In Ayurveda, fear and anxiety are considered vata emotions; the greater the imbalance, the more fear and anxiety. Dr. Cravatta explains that although meditation is a natural antidote to vata imbalance, people with prana vata usually have difficulty meditating. An alternative way to pacify vata and calm the mind is slow prana-yama (alternate nostril breathing)." - William Collinge, The American Holistic Health Association Complete Guide to Alternative Medicine (Get the book.)

"In the terminology of yoga, our word breathing is translated as pranayama, and the word air is, roughly, prana. Interestingly, prana also means "life force." The implication of this multiple meaning is that the air we breathe contains, in addition to life-supporting oxygen, a vital force that we ingest as we inhale.2 This pranic life force, which Reich called "orgone," circulates throughout the body, moved by the pumping action of the heart and by the interaction of the diaphragm and lungs." - Ken Dychtwald, Bodymind (Get the book.)

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