Curriculum:

- What is Prānāyāma? An overview of its history, etymology, and place within yoga.
- Introduction to the classical Hatha Yoga texts, and what breath techniques are included.
- A roadmap of the course ahead and introducing our guest teachers.
- Opening prānāyāma practice.
- Ānāpāna (breath awareness), Ujjāyī (victorious breath), Sama Vritti (equal breath), and Vishama Vritti (unequal breath).
- How changing the ratio or length of the breath changes the experience.
- Context of why Ujjāyī became so popular within the Āsana practice.
- Anatomy of the respiratory system.
- The nervous system and breath regulation.
- Gas exchanges and the Bohr effect.
- How posture and movement affect the breath.
- Guided breath exploration with Nicole.
- Nādī Śodhana (alternate nostril breathing), Sūrya Bhedana (solar breathing), and Chandra Bhedana (lunar breathing).
- An introduction to idā, pingalā, and the relationship between the nostrils and nādīs in Hatha Yoga.
- The theory behind Katonah Yoga’s approach to Prānāyāma, which incorporates elements of Kundalini, metaphor, imagination, creativity, and traditional techniques.
- Guided practice with Ty, a masterful Katonah Yoga teacher based in Paris, France.
- Kapālabhāti (skull-shining breath) and Bhastrikā (bellows breath) as fiery, energetic, and purifying techniques.
- Śītalī (cooling breath), Sītkārī (hissing breath), and Bhrāmarī (humming bee breath) as soothing, steadying, and down-regulating techniques.
- This offering seeks to help students establish and sustain a pranayama and meditation practice.
- We will cover techniques that are accessible to all levels, and discuss the benefits of daily practice.
- Helpful for teachers looking to guide pranayama for their students!
- Discussion on how the Yoga Sutras describes pranayama: A practice to destroy the veil that covers our inner light, and reveal who we really are.
- Viloma (interrupted breath), Antara Kumbhaka (retention after inhaling), and Bāhya Kumbhaka (retention after exhaling).
- The bandhas and their relationship to Kumbhaka.
- Closing practice ❤️

Guest Teachers:

Ty Watson is a skilled teacher based in Paris. His perspective includes Hatha yoga, Daoism, philosophy, and the Katonah Yoga® canon. Ty leans on metaphor and cultural references in his teaching, and appreciates techniques that are simple and repeatable.

Ty will offer a lecture & Katonah® Prānāyāma.

Nicole Wild is the creator of The Collective School of Yoga, where she offers 200 & 300 hour teacher trainings. She is a skilled anatomy teacher, and has spent hundreds of hours in cadaver labs studying the human body using holistic methodologies.

Nicole will be teaching Anatomy of Prānāyāma.

J Miles is a Yogi, martial artist, body worker, retired breakdancer, community activist, the son of a Baptist minister, and has been teaching yoga, eastern arts, and philosophy for over 20 years. He is founder of Maha Vira Yoga and Project Yoga Richmond.

J will be leading a prānāyāma workshop called Inner Dimensions of the Self.

Enroll

Live on Zoom (July 1—27, 2027) and recorded for replay with 1 full year of unlimited access. Live attendance is encouraged but not necessary. Students can ask questions during live calls or afterward, using a form.

Each session is 75 minutes, including a lecture and a seated practice. Lectures will break down various topics, methods, and practices, and then we’ll put them into practice and learn through experience.

10 YA CEUs for registered teachers.

Tuition: $222

10-hour Pranayama Immersion

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