Is Praṇava only used in connection with om? And furthermore, when we utter om, on its own, or in a mantra, a hymn, a devotional song, an end to a yoga practice...what does it mean / is it for? Does it connote Īśvara / God / the Supreme, or have we westernised its meaning, to denote something less than that, e.g. a nice or mystical sound associated with yoga? Or could the power and vibration of it connote the supreme anyway whatever name and form we assign to it?