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Title: |
Yoga Breath |
| Sub-title: |
PrÄṇa and PrÄṇÄyÄma in Early Modern Yoga |
| Series: |
Wiener Forum für Theologie und Religionswissenschaft |
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| By (author): |
Magdalena Kraler |
| ISBN10-13: |
3847117467 : 9783847117469 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pages: |
447 |
| Weight: |
.762 Kg. |
| Published: |
Brill Deutschland GmbH - April 2025 |
| List Price: |
66.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
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| A central practice of both premodern and modern yoga, prÄ á¹ Ä yÄ ma (â breath controlâ ) is practised in yoga classes worldwide. Like the notion of prÄ á¹ a (â breathâ , â vitalityâ ), prÄ á¹ Ä yÄ ma has a longstanding history in South Asia, constituting the fourth limb of Patanjaliâ s yoga. Since roughly 1850, prÄ á¹ a and prÄ á¹ Ä yÄ ma have been reinterpreted in light of the ideas of Hindu reform movements, nineteenth-century occultism, science, biomedicine, and transnational hygiene. In this book, Magdalena Kraler traces the history of yogic breath cultivation between 1850 and 1945 for the first time. She reconstructs how prÄ á¹ a assumed a central role in the cosmological frameworks of modern yoga and how prÄ á¹ Ä yÄ ma came to be understood as a form of self-cultivation. Engaging one of modern yogaâ s key practices, this book not only offers a thorough academic analysis, but also responds to a growing worldwide interest in breath cultivation. |
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