अपाने जुह्वति प्राणं प्राणेऽपानं तथापरे | प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः
apāne juhvati prāṇaṃ prāṇe.apānaṃ tathāpare . prāṇāpānagatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇāḥ
另一些人則專心於普拉那亞瑪（Pranayama），透過止息出息與入息的流動，不斷練習控制生命氣息。他們之中，有人將出息獻祭於入息之中；而另一些人，則將入息獻祭於出息之中。
Constantly practising control of the vital forces by stopping the movements of the outgoing and the incoming breaths, some offer as a sacrifice the outgoing breath in the incoming breath; while still others, the incoming breath in the outgoing breath.
有些瑜伽士練習普拉卡（Puraka，吸氣），有些練習雷查卡（Rechaka，呼氣），有些則練習昆巴卡（Kumbhaka，屏息）。透過普拉那亞瑪（Pranayama）的練習，五種次級普拉那（Prana）及其他普拉那融入主要的普拉那（MukhyaPrana）。當普拉那受到控制時，心意亦停止遊蕩而變得穩定，感官也隨之減弱並融入普拉那之中。心意和感官的活動是透過普拉那的振動來維持的。若普拉那受到控制，心意、智性與感官便停止運作。
Some Yogis practise Puraka (inhalation)? some Yogis practise Rechaka (exhalation)?,and some Yogis practise Kumbhaka (retention of breath).The five subPranas and the other Pranas are merged in the chief Prana (MukhyaPrana) by the practice of Pranayama. When the Prana is controlled? the mind also stops its wanderings and becomes steady the senses are also thinned out and merged in the Prana. It is through the vibration of Prana that the activities of the mind and the senses are kept up. If the Prana is controlled? the mind? the intellect and the senses cease to function.