Pranayama can control breath and thus mind. Contemplation on the non-dual Self will annihilate it.

Pranayama can control the breath and thus the mind. Contemplation on the non-dual Self will annihilate it.
Upadesa Saram
भेदभावनात्सोऽहमित्य्सौ |
भावनाऽ भिदा पावनी मता || ८ ||
bheda bhāvanā sõham-ityaso |
bhāvanā bhidā pāvanee mata || 8 ||
Instead of meditating with a sense of duality, a non-dual feeling of soham (He am I) is more purifying. That's the opinion of this verse.
हृत्स्थले मनः स्वस्थता क्रिया ।
भक्तियोगबोधाश्च निश्चितम् ॥ १० ||
hrt-sthale manah: svasthatā kriyā |
bhakti-yoga-bodha-shch nishchitam || 10 ||
Abidance of the mind in the Heart is action, devotion, yoga, and knowledge. This is definite.
प्राणबन्धनाल्लीनमानसम् |
एकचिन्तनान्नाश्मेत्यदः || १४ ||
prāna-bandhanāt leena-mānasam |
eka-cintanāt nāsha-metyada: || 14 ||
The mind that gets absorbed by breath control can be annihilated by contemplation of the
non-dual Self.

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Pranayama can control breath, mind, and body, to achieve mental bliss. A physical body is born, out of 5 elements - water, fire, air, earth, and atmosphere-, in the shape of a human being, an animal, a bird, a plant, a rock, and a living& non-living being. The physical body grows, decays, and goes back to the original form of the 5 elements. Whereas the life (Atma) is never born or dies but keeps moving on from physical body to physical body. The physical body of the human being is the highest form, achieved due to good actions and thoughts (Karmas) , a platform to move ahead to the next stage of achieving MOKSHA.