50 Hr – Breathwork & Pranayama Teacher Training Certificate Course, Bangalore, India.
- Contact Hours: 40 Hours
- Non-Contact Hours 10 Hours
- Course: 50 Hr – Breathwork & Pranayama Teacher Training Certificate Course
- Total Fee for the Training(For Indian Citizens Only): INR 10,000(Registration Fee) + INR 30,000 (Course Fee) = INR 40,000
- Total Fee for the Training(For Non-Indian Citizens Only): USD 200(Registration Fee) + USD 400 (Course Fee) = USD 600
- Accreditation: Yoga Alliance USA YACEP.
- Skill level: Beginners, Intermediate & Advanced
- Self-Paced/ Flexible Duration: Online or Regular Mode.
- Language: English
- Mode: Offline/Online/Hybrid/Self-Paced
- About the course facilitator: Dr. S. Karuna Murthy, M.Sc., Ph.D., E-RYT 500, YACEP
- Language: Our courses will be held in English Medium.
- Course Dates: Please Contact Us (karunaayoga@gmail.comor +91 9686549129)
Breathwork & Pranayama
Pranayama is the most important physical practice of Yoga and also the most overlooked. Pranayama means to extend or lengthen the life force known as Prana, and this can be done by regulating the breath. Breath is closely related to both bodily and mental functions. By correcting and controlling the breath, improvements in overall health will be automatically experienced.
It is said that each individual has a set number of breaths for his lifetime. We come to this world with an inhalation and we will leave it with an exhalation. It is up to you what to do in between with your limited number of breaths. Are you going to waste it or are you going to manage it mindfully? If you learn how to lengthen your breath you will learn how to lengthen your lifespan in a healthy a graceful way.
This course will give you all of the skills, knowledge, resources and confidence you will need to start guiding people through the healing, ancient art of breathwork. This course delivers all of the need-to-know information about guiding groups and individuals through breathwork practices. This course is suitable for anybody who would like learn how to teach breathwork to others, you don’t need any previous experience.
If you are already a yoga teacher or a meditation teacher, you can use this course to upskill and add breathwork practices to your current classes or you can start offering breathwork classes in addition to your yoga and meditation classes. If you are a councilor, psychologist or any professional that is looking for simple practices to help your clients to get clear and centered, this course will be great for you. By the end of this course you will have the knowledge, skills, resources and confidence to guide groups and individuals through breathwork sessions.
What you will learn
- How to practice breathwork & pranayama correctly
- How to teach breathwork & pranayama for different levels
- Teaching methodology of breathwork & pranayama
- How to setup and structure a class
- Evidence based benefits of breathwork & pranayama
- Breathwork and neuroscience
- Anatomy & physiology of the respiratory system
- Different types of breathwork & pranayama
- Fundamental principles why breathwork works
- The science behind breathwork & pranayama
- Difference between pranayama and breathing
- Do’s and don’ts of breathwork & pranayama
- Important safety guidelines
- How to integrate breathwork in daily life·
- Learn step by step how to safely guide students or clients through breathwork practices
- Learn simple but powerful breathwork practices and variations to calm the body and mind·
- Understand how regulated breathing can positively impact the health and well-being of the body and mind·
- By taking this course you will gain an understanding of the anatomy and physiology of breathing
- Understand how oxygen and carbon dioxide work in the body and how breathwork affects the way our body uses the oxygen in our body
- Learn how breathwork affects the nervous system and switches on the relaxation response in the body
- You will learn the three different types of breathwork practices – calming, balancing and energizing
- Learn the basic guidelines for teaching breathwork
- Learn about the benefits of breathwork, understand how breathwork calms the nervous system, relieves brain fog, increases immunity and much more
To Whom this course is for?
- Any person with an interest in teaching breathwork
- Yoga teachers who want to upskill and offer breathwork practices to their students
- Health care professionals such as councilors or psychologist who would like to learn how to teach simple breathwork practices to their clients
- Meditation teachers who want to offer breathwork practices to their students
- Holistic healers who want to offer breathwork practices to their clients
Course Content
Unit 1: Philosophy of Pranayama
Introduction of Pranayama
What is Prana?
What is breathwork & pranayama?
History / scriptural references
Three bodies
Five pranas
Five koshas
Seven chakras
Nadis
Four bandhas
20 mudras
Eight limbs of Raja Yoga
Mitahara
Pranayama in Ancient Scriptures
5 Factors Influencing the Mind
Unit 2 – Science of pranayama
The autonomic nervous system
Biomechanics of breathing
The respiratory system
The functions of the lungs
Physiological / neurological benefits of breathwork/ pranayama
Unit 3 – Alignments of Sitting Asanas (Poses)
Vajrasana (Thunderbolt/ Adamantine/ Diamond Pose)
Ardh Padmasana (Half Lotus Pose)
Siddhasana(Psychic Pose)
Padmasana (Lotus Pose)
Unit 4 – Pranayama Preparation
Six kriyas
Four bandhas & locks
20 mudras / hand gestures
Preparation for breathwork & pranayama
Proper posture for breathwork
Warmup of throat and respiratory system
Unit – 5 Pranayama Practice
- Full Yogic Breath – Open up the energy systems
- Ujjayi Pranayama (Ocean’s Breath) – Create inner silence
- Breath of fire (Bhastrika Pranayama) – Awaken the fire within
- Kapalbhati Pranayama (Skull Shining Breath) – Cleanse your body and mind
- Kaki Pranayama (Crow’s Beak Breath) – Focus the mind
- Nadi Shodhana Pranayama (Alternate Nostril Breathing) – Bring balance in your life
- Bhramari Pranayama (Humming Bee Breath) – Soak in bliss
- Surya Bhedana Pranayama (Right Nostril Breathing) – Activate the solar energy
- Chandra Bhedana Pranayama (Left Nostril Breathing) – Activate the lunar energy
- Kumbhaka Pranayama (Breath Retention Techniques)
- Sheetali Pranayama (Cooling Breath) – Cool down the body and mind
- Sheetkari Pranayama (The Hissing Breath) – Experience the cooling effect
- Sama Vritti (Equal/ Box Breathing) – Reduce the stress levels
- Viloma Pranayama (Reverse Breathing) – Control the Natural Flow of Breath
Unit – 6 Pranayama Practice
Daily Yoga Flow: Stretch & Strengthen (For all levels)
Yoga Flow to Connect with Yourself (With Surya Bhedana Pranayama)
Energizing Yoga Flow (With Ujjayi Pranayama)
Guided Meditation: Withdrawal of the 5 Senses (With Samavritti Pranayama)
Guided Meditation for Positive Energy (With Viloma Pranayama)
Guided Meditation: Transforming the Emotions (With Kapalbhati Pranayama)
Guided Meditation with Mantra Chanting
Nadi Shodhan Pranayama and Meditation
Preparation for Pranayama
Guidelines of Pranayama
The Power of the Mudras
Brahma Muhurta: Most Auspicious Time
Importance of Ratio and Counts
Nasikagra / Nasagra Drishti (Nose Tip Gazing)
Unit – 7 Kumbhaka Pranayama (Breath Retention)
Introduction of Kumbhaka
Benefits & Contraindications of Kumbhaka
Physiology of Kumbhaka
Guidelines for Kumbhaka
Technique 1: Practice: Internal Breath Retention (Ratio of 1:1:1)
Technique 2: Practice: Internal Retention – Extended Exhalation (Ratio of 1:1:2)
Technique 3: Practice: Extended Internal Retention & Exhalation (Ratio of 1:2:2)
Nadi Shodhana Pranayama (Alternate Nostril Breathing) & Practical Classes
Technique 1/Stage1 – Intro (No Ratio, Breathing through Individual nostril)
Technique 1/Stage 1 – Practice (No Ratio, Breathing through Individual nostrils)
Technique 1/Stage 2 – Intro (Ratio 1:1, Breathing through Individual nostrils)
Technique 1/Stage 2: Practice (Ratio 1:1, Breathing through Individual nostrils)
Technique 2/Stage 1: Intro (Ratio 1:1, Alternate Nostrils, No Breath Retention)
Technique 2/Stage 1: Practice (Ratio 1:1, Alternate Nostrils, No Retention)
Technique 2/Stage 2: Intro (Ratio 1:2, Alternate Nostrils, No Breath Retention)
Technique 2/Stage 2: Practice (Ratio 1:2, Alternate Nostrils, No Retention)
Technique 3/Stage 1: Intro (Ratio 1:1:1 with Internal Breath Retention)
Technique 3/Stage 1: Practice (Ratio 1:1:1 with Internal Breath Retention)
Technique 3/Stage 2: Intro (Ratio 1:1:2 with Internal Breath Retention)
Technique 3/Stage 2: Practice (Ratio 1:1:2 with Internal Breath Retention)
Technique 3/Stage 3: Intro (Ratio 1:2:2 with Internal Breath Retention)
Technique 3/Stage 3: Practice (Ratio 1:2:2 with Internal Breath Retention)
Technique 3/Stage 4: Intro (Ratio 1:3:2 with Internal Breath Retention)
Technique 3/Stage 4: Practice (Ratio 1:3:2 with Internal Breath Retention)
Technique 3/Stage 5: Intro (Ratio 1:4:2 with Internal Breath Retention)
Technique 3/Stage 5: Practice (Ratio 1:4:2 with Internal Breath Retention)
Technique 4/Stage 1: Intro (Ratio 1:1:1:1 with Internal & External Retention)
Technique 4/Stage 1: Practice (Ratio 1:1:1:1 with Internal & External Retention)
Technique 4/Stage 2: Intro (Ratio 1:1:2:1 with Internal & External Retention)
Technique 4/Stage 2: Practice (Ratio 1:1:2:1 with Internal & External Retention)
Technique 4/Stage 3: Intro (Ratio 1:2:2:1 with Internal & External Retention)
Technique 4/Stage 3: Practice (Ratio 1:2:2:1 with Internal & External Retention)
Technique 4/Stage 4: Intro (Ratio 1:2:2:2 with Internal & External Retention)
Technique 4/Stage 4: Practice (Ratio 1:2:2:2 with Internal & External Retention)
Samavritti Pranayama (Equalizing Breath/Square Breathing) & Practical Classes
Unit 8 – Unit Samavritti Pranayama
Introduction of Samavritti Pranayama
Practice of Samavritti Pranayama (Ratio of 1:1:1:1)