Prāṇāyāma is often translated as “yogic breathwork” or “breath control.” But as we’ll explore together, it is MUCH more than that. Before yogis practiced what we now call yoga (poses and movement), the central “physical” yoga was prāṇāyāma. Yoga, as it's generally referred to now, came much later. Over time, the understanding of yogic breathwork expanded beyond the physical body and into something much more subtle, often referred to as the subtle body. So by practicing prāṇāyāma, we not only...