From The Happiness Lab: Yoga of the Mind
How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality
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The Four Elements of the Eightfold Path
The fourth limb of the eightfold path is also about harnessing something that can help us get through tough times, not mindful movements as in the asanas, but mindful breath. Pranayama isn't just about taking a few deep breaths when we're feeling stressed. Prama is really like everything. Once you focus on your breath and once you assume a posture, whatever that posture is, then your body starts to go into a state of actually engaging with what is underneath your skin and what is happening beyond your mind. It's starting to unite the way that your body moves and the way thatyour mind works so that you're able to understand yourself as a full spiritual being.
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