{"id":29,"date":"2014-06-01T22:12:16","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T22:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2017-08-11T16:48:54","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T16:48:54","slug":"pranayama-and-meditation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/?page_id=29","title":{"rendered":"Pranayama and Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-286 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Satsang-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"323\" height=\"246\" \/>While much of Western Yoga teaching focuses on the physical poses or asana, Yoga encompasses much more. \u00a0The Eight limbs of Yoga (Ashtanga) delineated by Patanjali include the Yamas (social observances), Niyamas (personal conduct), Asana (physical poses), Pranayama (breath control), Pratyahara (Withdrawal of the senses), Dhyana (Concentration), Dharana (Meditation) and Samadhi (Total Absorption).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sherry teaches basic Pranayama practices to calming balance the mind and to prepare for Meditation. \u00a0The breath connects body and mind, and by slowly learning to expend and direct the breath, we can move the subtle force of the the breath within the breath, clearing our channels for the movement of energy itself. \u00a0By intentionally calming the breath, the mind naturally rests and clears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While much of Western Yoga teaching focuses on the physical poses or asana, Yoga encompasses much more. \u00a0The Eight limbs of Yoga (Ashtanga) delineated by Patanjali include the Yamas (social observances), Niyamas (personal conduct), Asana (physical poses), Pranayama (breath control), &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/?page_id=29\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296,"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/296"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}