The Techniques of Pranayama

The literal meaning of the Chinese term qi is “breath”, “gas” or “ether”. In traditional texts, the term was never clearly defined, as the Tao masters preferred not to limit the miracle of this mysterious energy in sterile definitions. The Chinese philosophers, Lao-Tse (604-531 BC), the legendary author of the work Tao Te Ching,…
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Ki is the Japanese term equivalent to the Chinese qi notion. The Chinese metaphysical principle (qi) was introduced to Japan in the Nara period (710-794 AD) and the Heian period (794-1185 AD). The ki concept was rapidly assimilated into the Shintoist beliefs regarding the nature. On this basis many works show the connection…
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Mana is a concept used in the Huna tradition in Hawaii. It is considered that mana has three primary forms; each of them functions in one of the three basic levels of man''s personality. Mana, the basic force of life, operates in the infrastructure of the Inferior Self (unihipili), which is the subconscious mind. Mana has the power to…
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Baron Karl von Reichenbach (1788-1869), a German chemist, metallurgist and meteorites expert used the term od (and the related ideas “odic force” and “odil”) in order to describe a subtle substance which emanates from all things and beings in the universe, including the stars and the planets (more accurately from…
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The term “orgon” was invented by Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957), an Austrian student of psychiatrist Sigmund Freud and a leading expert of psychoanalysis himself in his youth. While he was continuing Freud’s work between 1936-1940, Reich put forward the hypothesis of the existence of the orgon,. He stated it was a vital force…
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Bioenergy is a concept that appeared and was especially used in Eastern Europe. It is related to the same universal force of life that is supposed to connect all things and beings together. It can also be controlled and directed by the power of will. This bioenergy is used in the disciplines with a therapeutic profile…
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