Laying Foundations in Pranayama and Breathwork

About the class

Through a straightforward step-by-step approach, you will gain a well-rounded understanding of breathwork and pranayama by learning from science-based theories. You will also get the opportunity to practice and build up your breathwork skills with around twelve different breath techniques.

At the end of the course, a handout will be supplied to outline the subjects that have been covered with useful exercises and sequences to help you build your personal practice and gain the most possible from this introductory workshop.

This 10-hour workshop is open to everyone.

* Yoga students of all levels.
* Yoga teachers.
* Teachers, therapists, coaches, and bodyworkers.

Understand how to build a regular and safe self-practice or so you can introduce breathwork and pranayama into your classes or client sessions.

Breathwork and pranayama can heal, energise and calm our body and mind, as well as create space to change old patterns and cultivate vitality.

Remember that breathwork and pranayama are the fourth limb in Patanjali’s eight limbs of yoga and are thus a vital part of an authentic and genuine yoga practice.

The benefits are many and varied:

* Indispensable tools that help us build a safe and robust physical practice.
* Develop body awareness, concentration, mindfulness, focus, and stamina.
* Decrease feelings of stress and tension.
* Support mental and physical health.
* Soothe the nervous system.
* Aid muscle relaxation and pain management.
* Help oxidise the blood and the respiratory system.
* Slow down the heart rate and lowers and stabilises blood pressure.
* Increase energy levels.
* Help the fight against insomnia and sleeping disorders.

Themes covered:

* The anatomy of the breath: the respiratory structures and system.
* Preparing the body and mind for breathwork and pranayama.
* Learning how to connect with breath and the respiratory structures.
* Learning about and conditioning the diaphragm.
* Connecting with our lungs and developing ‘deep and full’ breathing.
* 3-part breathing + yogic breathing.
* 9-part breathing + sectional breathing.
* Rhythmic breathing techniques and the science behind retention.
* The nose and an introduction to nostril breathing techniques.
* How to design simple sequences and how to practice or teach them.
* Breathwork leads to a steady mind.


About Laurent :

The course tutor, Laurent Roure, is a senior yoga and pranayama teacher and has been practising and studying pranayama in the style of Dr. Gitananda Saraswati’s yoga system for many years. He advocates the Gitananda system due to its strong emphasis on physical therapeutics.

Laurent’s approach to breathwork utilises breathing techniques from outside the traditional yogic system and seamlessly embeds them into his practice and teaching. Laurent’s approach is thus finely tuned to be relevant and applicable to our twenty-first-century lives.

** PRACTICAL BITS **

Due to the nature of the Crescent Bakery building, it's ideal to wear layers of clothing for cooler / warmer fluctuations.

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Please note workshops will be refunded only if we can find someone to take your place. Obviously, we will take account of exceptional circumstances. If you have chosen to pay in instalments, payments to completion will still be due.

Please contact studio@orangeyoga.co.uk and we’ll be happy to help.

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