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.
Welcoming All Yoga Teachers!
Recorded August 12, 2023
Join this introductory session to meet the instructors and learn more about this training.
Cost: $699+ accommodations (all inclusive)
Location: The Expanding Light Retreat, CA
Cost: $850 (for those who cannot attend afternoon/evening live classes)
Location: Online, via Zoom
This is a 6-day residential and online 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 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, RYT 500, 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 also a Certified Ananda Yoga Therapist.
Satisfy one of the following:
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, you will need to attend all morning special pranayama sadhanas and morning classes from Sept 4 – Sept 9, from 6:30 – 8:15 AM PT (Pacific time) and 9:30 AM- 12:30 PM PT. These classes are mandatory.
The afternoon classes or practice teaching sessions from 2:30 – 4:30 PM PT and evening sessions from 7:30 -9:00 PM PT are not going to be available online. Online participants will complete additional assignments and attend a final closing session on Sept 23, 2023 from 9:30 AM PT – 12:30 PM PT.
Yes, all morning and evening sessions will be recorded and available to watch during the course and until the online cohort completes the course on Sept 23, 2023.
Afternoon practice teaching sessions will not be recorded.
Yes. All of the classes taught by instructors who are E-RYT 200 or E-RYT 500 will count towards Yoga Alliance CE hours. There will be at least 33 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 certified 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
The following requirements apply to all Ananda Yoga teachers who wish to earn credit.
Attendance requirements:
Advanced Pranayama starts with an informal meet-and-greet dinner on the evening Sunday, September 3 and ends with lunch on Saturday, September 9. 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. 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.
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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:
6:30–8:15 am | Pranayama Sadhana
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9:30 am–12:30 pm | Mudras and Pranayama
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2:30–4:30 pm | Practice Teaching Session |
4:45 – 6:30 pm | Regular Sadhana or Lecture |
7:30 – 9:00 pm | Free Evening or Lecture |
Pranayamas | Combining bandhas | Mudras |
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Dates: Coming 2025
