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.
Page 84 Thomas Ladenburg, copyright, 1974, 1998, 2001, 2007 t.ladenburg@verizon.net Chapter 13 The Debate Over Ratifying the Constitution E ven before the Convention ended, John Lansing and Luther Martin had left for home to fight against the Constitution they had helped write.