Self-Paced 25-Hour Online Pranayama Course with Lifetime Access

Pre-application requirements

You need a good internet connection and a laptop or phone.

Certifications

Upon completion, you will receive a certificate.

How the course works

You can finish the course at your own pace for at least 15 days. Your account will be created on Nirvana Yoga School's site and the course will be available on your dashboard. You will have lifetime access to videos and educational resources.

Course information

Pranayama helps you to learn the deliberate regulation and control of breath which improves the body's natural flow of prana. Pranayama helps to cleanse the body's energy pathways (nadis) and prepare the mind for meditation. You can benefit from the pranayama practices from the comfort of your home. There are different types of pranayama. Some of the most common ones are alternate Nostril breathing, abdominal breathing, and bee breath.

Pranayama helps your body release mental and physical blockages that hinder the flow of prana, or life force. Pranayama practiced consistently may strengthen the whole body. It also helps you to control the mind and prepare you for higher practices of yoga. Nadi Shodhana or alternate Nostril breathing is the safest pranayama. Practice pranayama either on an empty stomach in the morning or three to five hours after eating.

You can practice calming pranayama right before bed. Practice pranayama before you meditate and after you complete your asana practice. Anyone can practice pranayama and become aware of their breath. However, people with breathlessness, heart failure, or feeling tired while practicing pranayama may avoid and try savasana.

Curriculum

1. History, yoga philosophy, and ethics

2. Historical contexts of pranayama and subtle body

3. Understanding of pranayama effects on your body

4. Four aspects of pranayama

5. The pranic body

6. Five major Pranas and five minor pranas

7. Nadis - channels of prana

8. Ida Pingala and Sushumna

9. Location of the Nadis

10. Basic understanding of chakras

11. Different types of pranayama practices

• Abdominal (or diaphragmatic) breathing
• Thoracic breathing
• Clavicular breathing
• Yogic breathing
• Nadi Shodhana pranayama or alternate nostril breathing
• Sheetali pranayama or cooling breath
• Sheetkari pranayama
• Bhramari pranayama
• Ujjayi breathing
• Bhastrika pranayama
• Kapalbhati pranayama or frontal brain cleansing breath
• Surya Bhedi pranayama
• Chandra Bhedi pranayama