PRANAYAMA SERIES

The breath at the basic level is our life force that keeps our system alive and on a more complex level, it heals, cleanses and nourishes our body and mind. Then on an even greater level, the breath is the pathway to higher thinking and consciousness.

To facilitate the breath for these more complex and higher uses, the art and practices of Pranayama are required.

‘Prana’ is the lifeforce and ‘Yama’ is the control and directing of that force.

In this series you will come to know and experience the power of your breath through yogic breathwork and the profound ability you possess to heal the body while transforming and empowering the mind and emotions.

In this first session, you will come to understand the importance of the practices and how the science of breathing holds the key to many of your body, mind, health and spiritual challenges and quests.

Pranayama Series 2  

By now you should understand the science of your breath and the power it holds once you know how to control and direct its force. 

In session 2 of this series you will practice of Sama Vritti, equalizing the breath to make it even. Your breath is constantly being affected by your emotions, through your thoughts and the environment around you making your breathing uneven and shallow.  As the breath is connected to our nervous system, breathing unevenly and in a shallow manner, leaves the mind more fragile and unprepared for daily challenges while depleting the systems of the body from the nourishment provided by the breath which will lead to illness and disease.

Sama Vritti aims to correct this pattern by expanding and equalizing  your breaths so you can start to use your breathing as a tool for higher consciousness and healing. 

And as always remember to enjoy the practice. 

Pranayama Series 3

The previous sessions of Pranayama Series have given you the grounding and start to be able to see how potentially potent your breathing is as a healing tool and a force to take you to a higher consciousness state.

In Session 3 of this series, you will learn to perform Kumbhaka, the retention of the breath. When performing breathing practices and retention at the same time, you will come to experience how deep your breathing can become, how long you can hold your breath and how easy it becomes to focus the mind.

Words cannot describe the feeling you will experience when you go deeper into this practice and the benefits you will come to see in your body and mind.

Pranayama Series 4

Pranayama is one of the most powerful Yogic practices that you can perform, which brings with it many benefits to the body, mind and senses. If you can take your breath which is usually an involuntary action and make it a voluntary controlled practice, you can direct this force and manifest many positive things into your life.

This is also the stage of Yogic practice that goes from the physical movements to the more subtle practice, which takes the attention from the physical body (Anamaya kosha) and puts it on the higher level of pranic energy (Pranamaya kosha).

In session 4 of this series, you will learn to breathe in a controlled manner through both nostrils in the practice of Nadi Shodhana. As you breathe in and out, you will be exchanging and moving the energy through the nose on both sides in the most controlled and precise manner directly effecting both hemispheres of the brain.

As you do this practice over the next few days, you will come to experience  homeostasis, a state of being when the body and mind are operating as one harmonious and balanced system.

We encourage you to continue with this practice until this feeling is realized.

 Pranayama Series 5

In Session 5 of this series, you will be doing the same breathing method of alternate nostril breathing  and then adding in the additional practice of Kumbhaka, a breath retention, where you take the practice even further into a place of inner stillness by holding the breath at the end of each inhalation. As you do this, you will feel a whole new sensation which enters the spine and brain.

This final breathing practice is a culmination of all the practices in the series where you will reap the benefits of all the practices you've learned.  It is a profound practice of healing, transformation and empowerment that you will know have the knowledge and experience of to use for the rest of your life.

We very much enjoyed taking this journey of the breath with you.

With love,

Yogini & Yogi