<center>My breath runs in a subtle rhythmic stream;
It fills my members with a might divine: <ref>https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/02/transformation#p1</ref></center>
==Control of the Breath==
... ''prāṇāyāma'', the regulated direction and arrestation by exercises of breathing of the vital currents of energy in the body.
<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/23/hathayoga#p5</ref>
... the control of the breath or vital power; for breathing is the chief physical functioning of the vital forces. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/23/the-systems-of-yoga#p10</ref>
=Why Doing Pranayama Is Important?=