(Sanskrit) Life energy.

Universal energy or life force which sustains all life. We take in prana or energy from the food we eat, the air we breathe and from sunshine. Yoga postures, good food, sunlight, fresh air, correct breathing techniques and meditation can all encourage prana to flow through the astral body in the nadis.

Energy that circulates throughout the body

Breath, life, light, universal energy.

It is vital energy (life-energy) which activates the body and mind. Prana is responsible for the higher cerebral functions, the motor and sensory activities. The prana located in the head is the vital prana, while prana which is present in the cosmic air is nutrient prana. There is a constant exchange of energy between vital prana and nutrient prana through respiration. During inspiration, the nutrient prana enters the system and nourishes the vital prana. During expiration, subtle waste products are expelled.

A term referring to the energy in the air we breathe.

Life force, energy. (pranic is the adjective).

Means, “first unit.” Prana is the first manifestation of consciousness in the nervous system. It is experienced as moving energy, and it is moved in yoga practices to advance the process of human spiritual transformation.

the life-giving force . In the personal sense referring to the `life-breath` of the body, but in the universal sense also refers to the animating force of the entire Cosmos.

The essence of the Holy Spirit or vital Life Force that we take in, via many ways. This includes through chewing food, walking barefoot on the grass and breathing. Breathing exercises like pranayama greatly increases its intake.

The vital air of life. It causes all movement in the body, physical and mental, and at death carries the soul into the next body.

The Indian name for chi. See definition for chi.

Breath, respiration, life, vitality, wind, energy, strength. It also connotes the soul.

An ancient Hindu or yogic term that refers to the nutritive subtle-energy taken in during breathing. Also referred to as chi or ki.

The vital breadth, which sustains life in a physical body; the primal energy or force, of which other physical forces are manifestations.

In the physical body, prana is the vital breath that sustains life and manifests as thought, bodily functions, and physical actions. Breathing is the most dramatic expression of prana. In the cosmos, prana is the sum total of all primal energy that manifests as motion, gravitation, magnetism, etc.

Life-breath; the vital force of the body and the universe which sustains life and is the power of animation. Also the exhaling,descent aspect of the prana-shakti.

The yogic concept of a cosmic energy or life force, similar to the Chinese idea of chi, that enters the body with the breath. Prana is thought to flow through the body, bringing health and vitality. It is considered the vital link between the spiritual self and the material self.

Life force or vital energies of the universe that animates all physical matter, including the human body. The soul of the universe.

Denotes the life force or breath of life in all living things.

The breath of life, the vital principle which, circulating through the etheric web, enables the One Life to animate form.

Life force energy, also know as chi, vital force, or mana

Vital life energy that exists everywhere in the universe in different degrees.

(Skt., = Tib. lung) "Breath"; substance which circulates around the SUBTLE BODY. A similar concept to the Chinese qi.

soul, life-breath

The Sanskrit word for "breath." It has come to be accepted as meaning "life energy," but it is a clumsy translation of a broad, esoteric idea. It would be more accurate to say that prana is the "breath that gives life." Prana is not sexual energy. See also 'chi,' 'ki.'

vital energy force sustaining life and creation

Life force. Sanguinarian vampyres obtain pranic energy through blood; Psi vampyres extract it from other person's emotional energy without consuming blood.

vital breath. The prâna theory is extremely important, particularly in the Yoga practices called prânâyâma, which aim to control breath rhythm. According to Yoga teachings, the prâna which gives life and moves man (when inhaling and exhaling), is the same that gives life to the worlds

The vital life-sustaining force of both the body and the universe.

a term for breath

universal life force sensed through breathing practices.

Vital energy or life force

The life principle or life energy. It awakens Kamic or desire germs in the aura of man. At the death of the physical body it returns to Fohat.

A form of energy that animates all physical matter, including the human body.

The universal life force.

Life energy, life force, or life current, which flows through the astral body in the nadis. Yogananda has described prana as "lifetrons" - finer-than-atomic energies which have inherent intelligence, as opposed to atoms and electrons, which are considered to be blind forces. The Chinese call this life force chi. We take in prana or energy from the food we eat, the air we breathe and sunshine. Yoga postures, correct breathing techniques and meditation can all encourage prana to flow through the body.

breath” – the breath of life; one of the multiple breaths or energies that, flowing through the nadis, vitalizes and is the active element in the transformation of the yogic body.

(Skt.): See LUNG.

the breath of life, life air or life force, energy, power.

Vital energy; vital breath.

( Skt.): The subtle energy that circulates throughout the channels that is an object of meditation in yogic practices.

Vital energy; life-breath.

Invisible life force originating from breath and traveling through the universe.

the life force that operates the sensory, motor, and physiological mechanisms of the body. When this current is completely withdrawn, the body dies. Partial withdrawal of the life force from the muscles results in relaxation; greater withdrawal, numbness and anesthesia; profound withdrawal, paralysis and immobility; full withdrawal, death.

Refers to the energy or life force in the body.

The Sanskrit word for the life-force energy that animates all physical matter, including the human body, and is taken into the body through the breath.

Life energy, life force, or life current. We also like Yogananda's description of prana as “lifetrons.” These finer-than-atomic energies have inherent intelligence, according to Yogananda, as opposed to atoms and electrons, which are considered to be blind forces. The Chinese call this life force chi.

Fundamental life force; vital energy.

("life/breath"): life in general; the life force sustaining the body; the breath as an external manifestation of the subtle life force

(rlung). The 'winds' or energy-currents of the body. see channels

The life force or energy which animates material forms. It is also present in breath. Also Chi, Ki or Mana in other belief systems.

Energy, air, breath, life force; received by the body from pure food, nurturing, healing and self transformation

the life force in the body that is derived from cosmic consciousness

Prana (, ) is a Sanskrit word meaning 'breath' and refers to a vital, life-sustaining force of living beings and vital energy in natural processes of the universe. Prana is a central concept in Indian medicine and Yoga where it is believed to flow through a network of fine subtle channels called nadi. The three main channels are: the ida, the pingala, and the sushumna.