Pranayama (English Wikipedia)

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Mallinson, James (2012). "The Original Gorakṣaśataka". In White, David Gordon (ed.). Yoga in Practice. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 257–272.
Mallinson, James (2018). "The Amṛtasiddhi: Haṭhayoga's Tantric Buddhist Source Text". In Dominic Goodall; Shaman Hatley; Harunaga Isaacson (eds.). Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions: A Festschrift for Alexis Sanderson. Leiden: Brill. pp. 1–3 with footnotes. doi:10.1163/9789004432802_019. ISBN 978-90-04-43280-2.

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Shearer, Alistair (2020). "Yoga goes West". The Story of Yoga: From Ancient India to the Modern West. London: Hurst Publishers. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-78738-192-6.
Yogananda, Paramahansa (2005). The Essence of Kriya Yoga (1st ed.). Alight Publications. p. part10. ISBN 978-1931833189.

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Zaccaro et al. 2018. Zaccaro, Andrea; Piarulli, Andrea; Laurino, Marco; Garbella, Erika; Menicucci, Danilo; Neri, Bruno; Gemignani, Angelo (7 September 2018). "How Breath-Control Can Change Your Life: A Systematic Review on Psycho-Physiological Correlates of Slow Breathing". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 12 353. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2018.00353. PMC 6137615. PMID 30245619.
Mallinson, James (2018). "The Amṛtasiddhi: Haṭhayoga's Tantric Buddhist Source Text". In Dominic Goodall; Shaman Hatley; Harunaga Isaacson (eds.). Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions: A Festschrift for Alexis Sanderson. Leiden: Brill. pp. 1–3 with footnotes. doi:10.1163/9789004432802_019. ISBN 978-90-04-43280-2.

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B. Alan Wallace. Tsalung Practice-Ninefold Expulsion of Stale Vital Energy (video). Meridian Trust. Retrieved 2017-08-16.

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Malhotra, V.; Deep, A.; Javed, D.; Singh, R.; Wakode, S.; Bhagat, O. L.; Porter, P. K. (2022). "Slow Frequency Anuloma Viloma Pranayama Modulates Cardiac and Neural Oscillations in Yoga Practitioners". Mymensingh Medical Journal. 31 (3): 851–860. ISSN 2408-8757. PMID 35780374.
Zaccaro et al. 2018. Zaccaro, Andrea; Piarulli, Andrea; Laurino, Marco; Garbella, Erika; Menicucci, Danilo; Neri, Bruno; Gemignani, Angelo (7 September 2018). "How Breath-Control Can Change Your Life: A Systematic Review on Psycho-Physiological Correlates of Slow Breathing". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 12 353. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2018.00353. PMC 6137615. PMID 30245619.

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Zaccaro et al. 2018. Zaccaro, Andrea; Piarulli, Andrea; Laurino, Marco; Garbella, Erika; Menicucci, Danilo; Neri, Bruno; Gemignani, Angelo (7 September 2018). "How Breath-Control Can Change Your Life: A Systematic Review on Psycho-Physiological Correlates of Slow Breathing". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 12 353. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2018.00353. PMC 6137615. PMID 30245619.

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www.wisdomlib.org (2009-04-11). "Apana, Apāna, Āpaṇa, Āpāna, Apāṇa, Āpāṇa, Āpana, Apa-ana, Apana-na: 33 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2026-08-12.

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Pande, Govind Chandra (1990). Foundations of Indian Culture: Spiritual Vision and Symbolic Forms in Ancient India (Second ed.). Motilal Banarsidass. p. 97. OCLC 488464360.
Iyengar, B. K. S. (2011). Light on prāṇāyāma: the yogic art of breathing. New York: Crossroad. OCLC 809217248.
Malhotra, V.; Deep, A.; Javed, D.; Singh, R.; Wakode, S.; Bhagat, O. L.; Porter, P. K. (2022). "Slow Frequency Anuloma Viloma Pranayama Modulates Cardiac and Neural Oscillations in Yoga Practitioners". Mymensingh Medical Journal. 31 (3): 851–860. ISSN 2408-8757. PMID 35780374.
Bernard, Theos (2007). Hatha Yoga: The Report of A Personal Experience. Harmony. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-9552412-2-2. OCLC 230987898.
Jain, Andrea (2015). Selling Yoga: from Counterculture to Pop culture. Oxford University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-19-939024-3. OCLC 878953765.

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"Nadi Shodhana Pranayama: Channel-Cleaning Breath". Yoga Journal. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
Brahinsky, Rachel (12 April 2017). "Use "Bee Breath" to Get Anxiety to Buzz Off". Yoga Journal. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
"Vinyasa Yoga Sequences". Yoga Journal. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

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"Surya Bhedana Pranayama". Yogapedia. Retrieved 3 June 2019. In its simplest form, surya bhedana pranayama is inhaling fully through the right nostril, holding the breath and then exhaling through the left nostril. ... The pingala nadi, which represents masculine sun energy, begins in the muladhara (root) chakra and ends at the right nostril, which serves as a sort of entrance to this sun energy. By practicing surya bhedana pranayama, the yogi taps into and activates the pingala nadi energy