Many pranayama techniques are designed to cleanse the nadis, allowing for greater movement of prana. "prana" or "vayu" (life energy) along with "nadi" (energy carrying arteries). They also said that it resembles the Asian concepts prana and qi. Taylor identifies other similarities between the Force and a Navajo prayer, prana, and qi. She is the founder of Prana Vinyasa yoga. Self-consciousness means Self-knowledge, the knowledge of Prajna i.e. of Prana which is Brahman. In the "nadi" and "cakra" flow the "prana" (breath, life energy). The Saptarshis were Urjastambha, Agni, Prana, Danti, Rishabha, Nischara, and Charvarivan. Special breathing techniques are practised to influence the flow of prana within these nadis. She continued with her yoga education, taking teacher training with the prestigious Prana Yoga College. Gayatri mantra suggests Bhoor, this implies existence, and signifies Prana, life, or life breath. Prana in its universal aspect is immaterial. This prana or essence is what vanishes when a person dies, leaving a gross body. The muscular body is considered to be inflated with "prana" (life-breath), an Indian concept. These agitations cause violent fluctuations in the flow of prana in the nadis.