Yoga Life Book
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Prana

The Prana is supplied by food, water, air, solar energy, etc. The supply of Prana is taken up by the nervous system. The Prana is absorbed by breathing. The excess of Prana is stored in the brain and nerve centers. When the vital energy is sublimated or transformed, it supplies abundance of Prana to the system. It is stored up in the brain in the form of Ojas. Ojas is nothing but Prana.

The Yogi stores an abundance of Prana by regular practice of Pranayama just as the storage battery stores electricity. That Yogi who has stored up a large supply of Prana radiates strength and vitality all around. He is a big power-house. Those who come in close contact with him imbibe Prana from him, and get strength, vigor, vitality, and exhilaration of spirits. Just as water flows from one vessel to another, Prana actually flows like a steady current from a developed Yogi towards weak persons.

The Yogin who becomes an expert in the knowledge of this secret will have no fear. Some persons are more successful in life, more influential and fascinating than others. It is all due to the power of this Prana. Become a Yogi and radiate joy, light, and power all around you!

BLISS DIVINE by Swami Sivananda

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