Bhagavad Gita 4.29
अपाने जुह्वति प्राण प्राणेऽपानं तथाऽपरे। प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः॥
apāne juhvati prāṇa prāṇe'pānaṃ tathā'pare prāṇāpānagatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇāḥ
Translation
Yet others pour as sacrifice the outgoing breath in the incoming, and the incoming in the outgoing, restraining the flow of the outgoing and incoming breaths, solely absorbed in the control of breathing.
What it means
Some offer the outgoing breath into the incoming and the incoming into the outgoing, absorbed in breath regulation. Breath practice is named as a sacrifice. Even the body's most automatic rhythm can become a conscious act of dedication.
Try this today
Pranayama described as sacrifice: the breath itself becomes the offering.
Something to reflect on
What would change if my breath were a conscious act rather than background noise?
Read it in Yathora