Sundays: Feb 9, 16, 23, Mar 1
7:30–8:30 pm ET
$400.00

What is a pranayama practice? What does it mean to sit with your breath every day? What impact can this have on your life?

This 4-week series of online workshops will lead you through a pranayama practice. Taught to a maximum of 4 people at one time, this workshop series will teach you about pranayama, but more than that will walk you through the practice. In addition to the 4 hour-long weekly sessions, you will be expected to practice the techniques at least twice each day (this works out to about 30 minutes each day). There will also be some reading to do (but not too much).

​Taking this course is a commitment! ​
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​Pre-requisites:

• ​Introduction to the Science of Breath Webinar (or having taken a Science of Breath workshop or teacher training with me, or having learned and practiced Buteyko breathing) 
• a morning CP of at least 25 (a CP — comfortable pause, or control pause — is sometimes called a BOLT ) 
  if you don't know what this is, watch the video below​

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​So, you'd really like to take this course, but your morning CP isn't high enough? Well, depending on the time between now and the start of the course, it's likely that you can work to increase your CP. Fill out the application, be honest about your CP, and we can have a conversation about whether this course is right for you right now, what can be done to get you ready for it, or other options that might be better for you.

​What if you have one (or more) of the health concerns listed in the application? Again, let me know, we can talk about why or why not this course would be good for you to take at this time, and what some options might be. 

I want to make sure that you are getting the course that will be helpful, and not some training that will make you feel sick, be harmful for you, or stimulate your nervous system in a way that's detrimental to you. 

​With effort relaxing, the flow of inhalation and exhalation can be brought to a standstill;
​this is called Pranayama. As the movement patterns of each breath — inhalation, exhalation, lull — are observed as to duration, number and area of focus, breath becomes spacious and subtle.

Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras 2:49 & 50

​Retention should be practiced perfectly four times a day: early morning, midday, evening, and midnight, so that retention is gradually held up to eighty (counts in one sitting).

Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Swami Muktabodhananda
Chapter 2, Verse 11

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This workshop series will be presented on Zoom. Creating a Zoom account is free and simple.

​You will receive in this course:

• Two one-on-one, 30-minute consultations (via Zoom) to be sure that your personal needs are being met, and that your health is not being adversely affected 
• Four 60-minute Zoom meetings with me and your small group where:
  • you will learn about different types of pranayama
  • I will explain the week's work
  • we will practice it together
  • you can ask any questions you may have
• Access to me via email during the four weeks for support
• Access to a private Facebook group