Prana rides on the breath, so when we breathe in, we take in prana. When we expand the breath and improve the quality of it, we are expanding and improving the quality of this vital life force within and around us. This is exactly what yoga breathing techniques, or pranayama, are designed to do.
Many of the United States Founding Fathers were at the Constitutional Convention, where the Constitution was hammered out and ratified. George Washington, for example, presided over the Convention. James Madison, also present, wrote the document that formed the model for the Constitution. Other U.S. Founding Fathers were not there, but made significant contributions in other ways. Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration of Independence, was serving as ambassador to France at the time of the Convention.
In fact, many of the framers of the Constitution were dead set against including them in the document. James Madison, who would become the fourth President of the United States, was the documentâs primary author. Called the âFather of the Constitution,â Madison didnât think we needed a Bill of Rights and the document that emerged from the Convention in 1787 reflected his conviction.