Pranayam Rahasya is the world’s most amazing book written by Swami Ramdev Ji on Pranayam. You will get minute details of Pranayam through this book. Contents 1. FOREWORD 1 2. PRĀŅA-SŪKTA 3 3. THE MEANING OF PRANA AND ITS IMPORTANCE 8 4. TYPES OF PRANA 10 5. THE FIVE SHEATHS (PAÑCAKOŚA) LOCATED IN THE BODY 13 6. PRANA-SADHANĀ 15 7. THE PRANA LORE IN VEDIC LITERATURE 16 8. YOGA-A PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE 29 9. THE TWO PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE 32 10. THE SELF-TRIED TRUTH OF PRĀNĀYĀMA 35 11. ABDOMINAL BREATHING-AN UNSCIENTIFIC THEORY 37 12. COMPONENTS OF AIR 38 13. MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF YOGIC PROCEDURES 41 14. PRĀŅA AS THE NANOTECHNOLOGY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE 58 15. IMPORTANCE AND BENEFITS OF PRĀNĀYĀMA 63 16. SOME RULES FOR PRĀŅĀYĀMA 82 17. THE THREE USEFUL BANDHAS (LOCKS) IN PRĀNĀYĀMA 86 18. THE COMPLETE EIGHT PRĀŅĀYĀMAS 88 19. OTHER PRĀNĀYĀMAS USEFUL FOR TREATING THE DISEASES 100 20. ENERGY CENTRES OR CAKRAS LOCATED IN THE BODY 105 21. KUNDALINĪ-ŚAKTI (SERPENT POWER) 111 22. SOME GUIDELINES FOR MEDITATION 118 23. SYMPTOMS AND BENEFITS OF KUNDALINI AWAKENING 121 Introduction to the Coloured Pictures given in the beginning of the book Sl. No. Topic Pic – 1 Uddīyāna-bandha Pic – 2 Anuloma-viloma Prāņāyāma Pic – 3 Anuloma-viloma Prāņāyāma Pic – 4 Bhramarī Präņāyāma Pic – 5 Mūlādhāra Cakra Pic – 6 Svādhisthana Cakra Pic – 7 Manipūra Cakra Pic – 8 Hṛdaya Cakra Pic – 9 Anahata Cakra Pic – 10 Viśuddhi Cakra Pic – 11 Sauşumņa-jyoti Pic – 12 Cakra Darśana Pic – 13 Divya-drști Pic – 14 Pingala-Gandamālā & Organs of Suşumņa Pic – 15 Gayatri Dhyana Pic – 16 Divine Vision-Meditation Vision & realisation of ‘Om Brahma’
