Pranayama in my mind - energized but confused

One of my new year resolutions is to re-establish pranayama practice, the last of which I did at teacher training in Thailand last February.  I had gotten into a rhythm, practicing every day, with my own prescription as given by the teachers.  Then I got back to NYC and all changed,  out of a job, having the sell the house, the car, finding a new place to live etc etc... oh it was fun, but I digress.

It turned out that everything worked out fine (do your practice and all is coming), so now there are no more excuses and I am feeling a bigger and bigger need to reconnect with the breath, to understand it, to go deeper.

Obstacles I find on the way is the length of the practice and I do not think I may be able to wake up earlier than 5 AM, and also who to follow.  I feel that if there was a good program out there it might be easier, or not, not sure. Also my dread at the thought of yet another practice and how long it might take... all of these being of course, just "thoughts", and completely outside of the realm of the here and now, hence "to be discarded".

Today I read most of The Yoga of Breath at Barnes and Nobles, in which after much introduction the first exercise is a thorough exploration of my body in Savasana, sounds easy enough.  This led me to read "Science of Breath", which its fantastic stories about how Swami Rama hypnotized (and likely revolutionized) the american establishment of medicine when he "died"* in front of them, just for research purposes.   And this then led to explore Boodiba's suggestion of "The Subtle Body".  In short I feel energized but confused.

There are also many more resources out there.

Where to start?

Perhaps the best way would be to find my pranayama prescription and go with that. Or see if Dharma Mittra has a course on it?

I suppose, true to form and it being the first of the year there is a goal but not much clarity.  I guess it is a start.

*from the foreword: "...He simulated death by virtually stopping his brain waves and heart beat - and yet remained fully conscious of events occurring around him in the laboratory."