pranayama

== English == === Etymology === From Sanskrit प्राणायाम (prāṇāyāma), from प्राण (prāṇá, “life force, vital energy, the breath”) (whence also English prana) + आयाम (āyāma, “lengthening, extending, stretching”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pra‧na‧ya‧ma === Noun === pranayama (countable and uncountable, plural pranayamas) Breathing techniques; breath control, often synchronized with movements between asanas in yoga. ==== Translations ====