Are you looking to deepen your meditation practice or enhance your yoga teaching skills? Pranayama is the key to a deep experience of yoga postures and meditation.
In this course students will learn the anatomy and physiology of breath on the physical and subtle levels and how to teach advanced pranayama or energy control techniques, bandhas and mudras.
We will go deeper into understanding how the astral body relates to energy control
Prerequisites (satisfy one of the following) :
Cost: $850
Locatio: Online, via Zoom
Cost: $699+ accommodations
Location: Expanding Light Retreat, Ananda Village, CA
This is a 7-day residential course which includes a combination of lecture, discussion, and experiential pranayama/asana workshops and teaching practicums.
Melody directs the Ananda Yoga Assistantship, Ananda Yoga Teacher Training and Restorative Yoga Teacher Training online programs. She is a Certified Ananda Yoga Therapist, C-IAYT and a trained Prenatal Yoga Instructor. Melody has been practicing the teachings of yoga since the age of 14, and began teaching at age 17. She loves to help her students experience the depth of Ananda Yoga and Meditation.
Melody is an extraordinary yoga teacher, who conveys her great knowledge of yoga asanas—from physical mechanics to spiritual upliftment—with a blend of graciousness, authority, and fun. One of Melody’s greatest strengths is the purity of her transmission of Yoga. She has very little egotism to block the clear flow of inspiration she shares. Her inner life is committed and deep, and she’s able to help students experience that depth in their yoga practice.
Darshana, E-RYT 200, became interested in meditation and found the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda in 2009. Since then, she has been applying them in her own life and sharing them with others.
Darshana moved to Ananda Village in 2011 and graduated from Ananda Yoga Teacher Training and Ananda Meditation Teacher Training in 2012. She is currently studying to become a certified yoga therapist.
To participate in this training, you’ll need to have completed a 200-hr YTT program from a RYS (Registered Yoga School). We also ask that you have a minimum of 60 hours of experience teaching yoga.
A minimum of 50 hours.
Submit an application for the program and enroll as soon as possible so that we can send you the pre-course online assignments, which are designed to provide you with a foundation of understanding of Ananda Yoga before you begin the course.
You can also check out the Ananda School of Yoga and Meditation YouTube channel to follow asana routines and guided sadhanas and the Ananda Yoga Level 1 Instructional Library to familiarize yourself with the 31 asanas and corresponding affirmations covered in this course.
Yes, there is an online course page and pre-course assignments that you’ll be given access to as soon as you enroll. The online assignments include pranayama instructional videos, reading assignments, and self-quizzes to complete before we meet in-person.
Yes. All of the classes taught by instructors who are E-RYT 500 certified will count towards Yoga Alliance CE hours. There will be at least 25 hours.
Yes, Advanced Pranayma is one of the required courses for those who are seeking Level 2 (300-hr) certification. If you are not a trained Ananda Yoga teacher (200-hr) then you’ll also need to take the Bridge to Ananda Yoga course (in addition to the level 2 requirements) if you’d like to become a certified Ananda Yoga teacher. See Level 2 requirements here.
Yes, we are offering it as a hybrid course and it will be available online at the same time as the in-person course is running. The online component will extend 2 weeks after the in-person is over to allow students to complete certain assignments.
Advanced Pranayama starts the afternoon of the first date listed. The program starts the afternoon of the first date listed and ends with lunch on the last date listed. Check-in is anytime between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. 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.
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Retreat Accommodations
Each guest room includes air conditioning, heating, carpeting, towels, and bedding. Fresh linens and towels are available weekly – no daily maid service. A limited number of queen-sized beds are available. Wi-Fi is available for all guests except those in cabins or tents. Limited handicap accessibility.
Deluxe: Harmony House
Standard: Serenity House & Cabins
Tents and RVs:
Dates: Sep 3 – 10, 2023
All-Inclusive Cost (tuition+accomodations/meals):
| Tent/RV | Standard Shared | Standard Private | Deluxe Shared | Deluxe Private |
| $1,232 | $1,533 | $2,002 | $1,876 | $2,520 |
