What are prana and apana, and what does it mean to offer prana into apana and apana into prana?
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"To offer prana into apana and apana into prana is to surrender the inner breath to the vast outer flow, merging the drop with the ocean and revealing the seamless field of life-energy."
According to Osho, prana is the living, breathing energy pervading inside and outside; apana is its complementary outgoing/downward current. To offer prana into apana and apana into prana means surrendering the inner breath to the vast outer flow—and vice versa—until inhalation and exhalation, drop and ocean, merge. This yogic oblation purifies, empties egoic ownership, and reveals one seamless field of life-energy.
Let breathing-in and breathing-out melt into each other so fully that you stop clutching at either and feel carried by the one big breath of life.
Why this matters practically
- Dissolves the sense of ‘mine’ with each breath, reducing anxiety and control.
- Balances energy and attention, deepening meditation and inner stillness.
- Encourages disciplined sensory intake so prana remains calm and integrated.
- Balances energy and attention, deepening meditation and inner stillness.
- Encourages disciplined sensory intake so prana remains calm and integrated.
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