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Pratyahara - The 5th Branch of Yoga

Icon Written by yogi on February 24, 2007 – 11:15 pm

“I am not in the world, the world is in me”
Most of us are more familiar with the third or fourth branches of yoga, namely Asana and Pranayama respectively. Pratyahara, the fifth branch, is perhaps a little less familiar.
Pratyahara refers to sensory withdrawal. This means taking time to withdraw our senses from the world in [...]