Foreword
We
first
enter
this
life
asspirit
and
thenweareborn.
We
spendour
early
years
learning
howto
functionin
a
physical
body
and
inmaterialcircumstances.This
allowsus
to
survive,
but
there
comes
a
time
whenwe
must
understandand
reclaim
our
spirit,
our
energeticnature.Essentially
wemustknow
ourselves
as
praanee,
creatures
who
live
by
praana,
the
basic
life
energy
of
the
universe.To
make
this
shift,
weneedto
expandourunderstanding
ofour
energyblueprint.Andto
understand,we
must
first
expenence.
Praana
J
Praanee,Praanayam
isa
collection
of
YogiBhajan'squotes
and
kriyas
gathered
fromlectures
throughout
his
35-yearteaching
career
in
the
West.
Yogi
Bhajan
isa
Master
of
praanlc
energy
and
thesequotes
and
kriyascanhelp
you
tounderstandand
experience
whoyoutrulyare
in
theuniverse
of
praana.
All
of
themeditations
and
exercises
are
fromYogi
Bhajan'
s
teachings.
Where
I
thought
someadditionalinformation
would
be
helpful,
I
haveincludedsomegeneralyogic
background
text
and
somecommentary.Almost
all
ofthe
quotationsare
his,
but
if
you
are
curious,
thereareEndnotes
at
the
back
of
the
book,
which
willtell
you
thesource
ofthe
quotation.Yogiccommentary
will
be
labeled
as
such
and
will
bein
a
smaller
typeface.
Background
information
is
not
inquotations
marks
and
does
not
have
anEndnote.
A c k n o w ~ e d g e m e n t s
Iwouldliketothankallthepeoplewhohelpedmetoputthisbooktogether:SatyaKauratKRI;SatsimranKaur,ShaktiParwhaKaur,andmysisterJudy,whotookthedigitalphotosfromwhichIdrewtheillustrations;
Dr.
JaswantSinghHawkins,GuruPremSinghandSimranKaur,andSadaSatSinghandKaurwhoreadthefirstdraftandgavemetheircomments.ImustalsohumblyacknowledgeallthehelpIreceivedfromthenineteenthpauri
of
Japji;
fromthe
mantraAadsuch,jugaadsuch,haibhaysuch,Nanakhoseebhaysuch;
andfromthebreathitself,the
PawanGuru.
J