Advanced Pranayama

Yoga Alliance RYT's and E-RYT's: This course offers up to 45 hours of continuing education credit. Ask your instructor for documentation.

7 days

• Jul 29 – Aug 5, 2012

Prerequisite: Level 1 Yoga Teacher Training graduate, Ananda Kriya Yoga initiate, or consent of instructor (call Gyandev at 800-346-5350 or 530-478-7518).

Pranayama is the key to a deep experience of yoga postures and meditation. This powerful week with Gyandev McCord, Diksha McCord, and Savitri Simpson will include:

• Extensive practice of advanced breathing techniques;
• How to integrate asana, pranayama, and meditation;
• Studying the subtler aspects of the chakras;
• How to use the chakra energies to enhance your sadhana;
• How to awaken and raise kundalini energy;
• Karma, reincarnation, and the subtle body;
• How to teach pranayama;
• Deeper exploration of Yogananda’s Energization Exercises.

Prices are all-inclusive and cover accommodations, meals, classes or activities, and course materials.

Advanced Pranayama starts the afternoon of the first date listed. It’s ideal to arrive before 4 pm, if you are able to. That way, you can join in the afternoon session of yoga and meditation, which begins at 4:45 pm. Dinner is at 6:30. The first real gathering of your group is at 7:30 pm. If you need to arrive here after 5 pm, that’s fine, but it helps us if you let us know at 800-346-5350. We can also put aside a dinner for you if you need to arrive after 7 pm. The program ends with lunch on the last date. Please see our Daily Schedule.

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