The Science of PRANA | World Asthma Day

The science of yoga and physiology agree that within a body there are various energies: nervous energy, heat, bio chemical energy etc. which function in the different parts of the body. These energies allow all the different organs and muscles to function, communicate and coordinate with the brain. These energies can be segregated into various forms of prana. Physiology confines itself to the study of these energies and the inter relatedness of them. Whereas yoga says that there are other forms of prana in and around body. All these forms of energies have a great impact on the life of a yogi.
Yoga says that there is an energy called the pranamaya kosha which surrounds the physical body. This corresponds to the body described by those who have awakened their physical abilities. Within these pranic bodies the prana flows freely but on a fixed path. The yogic term for this path is nadi. Many people consider these nadis not more than nerves of a human body which clearly is not the case. The nerves are the way of blood travelling; nadis are referred to as the flow of prana. Pranayama practices help one to manage the flow of prana which is responsible for the well being.