100-hour Meditation Pranayama Course

This Meditation and Pranayama Training is to learn, practice, and teach ancient Yogic methods of Meditation, Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha, and Meditation with skilled and experienced teachers, leading to more profound inner and outer changes. Prana is the subtle vital force in our bodies. It pulsates within every cell and molecule of DNA; in fact, every gland and organ pulsates with prana. Good health indicates that the flow of prana in the body is unrestricted. But when the flow of prana becomes blocked, optimal functioning decreases in that area. As a result, we feel stiff, in pain, ill, and cramped in that part. Therefore, to maintain the steady flow of prana’s life-sustaining energy,

Pranayama TrainingThe word Pranayama has two roots: Prana + Ayama. Prana means vital energy, and Ayama implies expansion. Therefore, Pranayama is an expansion of prana. Yogic Pranayama exercises purify all the energy channels in the body. Therefore, every Pranayama technique has unique benefits for the body and mind, interconnected and interdependent.

Pranayama has four aspects: 1) Pooraka –inhalation, 2) Rechaka –exhalation,3) Antarkumbhaka–internal breath retention, and 4) Bahir kumbhaka–external breath retention. In various Pranayama practices, we utilize these four aspects of breathing to improve and regulate the flow of prana in our bodies. The Fourteen distinct types of pranayamas are included in The Retreat:

Basic Abdominal breathing
Natural Breathing
Thoracic breathing
Clavicular breathing
Yogic breathing
Deep breathing with ratios
Rapid breathing
Viloma
AnulomVilom
Sheetali
Ujjayi
Bhramari
Bhastrika
Surya Bhedan

Physical Benefits of Pranayama
Pranayama can relieve many ailments, including fatigue, sleep disorders, anxiety, dizziness, lungs, and visual problems. It also helps keep your lung tissue elastic, tone your abdominal muscles and strengthen your immune system. In addition, as you breathe deeply, you increase your oxygen intake, which boosts your energy, improves metabolism, and helps your body to rid toxins.

Mental Benefits of Efficient Breathing

If you are anxious or upset, your breath becomes shallow. Breathing efficiently clarifies your thinking, improves concentration, decision-making, and memory, reduces anxiety, and improves communication skills. In addition, breathing exercises will restore a sense of calm and self-assurance.

Spiritual Benefits of Efficient Breathing
The practice of Pranayama stimulates the Kundalini and chakra centers, regulates the flow of prana, and purifies your inner being. Asanas eliminate the distortions of the physical body. Pranayama influences both the subtle and physical bodies and free the mind from untruthfulness, ignorance, and other painful and unpleasant memories and experiences. When the mind is silent, it becomes easier to enter into deeper states of Meditation.

Three Bandhas
The Sanskrit word Bandha means to hold, lock. There are three main bandhas plus the Mahabandha, a combination of them. A bandha is practiced separately or in conjunction with various asanas and Pranayama. Bandhas help to balance the chakras and awakens
Kundalini’s energy. The idea is to use muscular contractions or locks to seal off the energy flows. They help reduce tension and stress, muscular strain, and nervous irregularities. The three bandhas are related to the base of the spine, the dorsal or solar plexus region, and the throat or upper spine.

1. Mula bandha– pulling up the muscles between the anus and the scrotum or the vagina. The region between the navel and the anus is contracted towards the spine and pulled towards the diaphragm. It helps tone the pelvic area and correct prostate troubles and bladder weakness. It is a traditional practice for longevity and opens the psychic gateway for elevating lower energy.
2. Uddiyana Bandha encourages prana to course up through the Sushumna Nadi, the main channel for the flow of Kundalini energy. In addition, Uddiyana bandha aids digestion and bowel function, relieves constipation, reduces nervous tension and emotional stress, and promotes youth and vitality.
3. Jalandhara Bandha or the Chin Lock is the simplest of them. After exhaling or inhaling, apply Kumbhaka (breath retention) and bring the chin down towards the collarbones. This lock helps the lymphatic glands, thyroid and parathyroid, and the thymus function and stimulates various autonomic centers situated in the brain stem. It also helps flush out accumulated wastes through the improved circulation to these areas.
4. Mahabandha combines the three bandhas, promotes longevity, restores energy, and invigorates the entire psyche.

Mudras
In Sanskrit, Mudra means ‘gesture’ or ‘attitude.’ In Yoga, mudras are particular positions of the hands and the body to establish specific energy patterns, similar to electrical circuits. Mudras are practiced separately or with asanas, Pranayama, and bandhas. The mudras deepen a meditation practice.

Some benefits of Mudra’s
• Mudras have a therapeutic effect on the body and mind without side effects. In addition, they are easy to practice and give better results.
• Tattva Mudras are related to five elements: Fire, Air, Space, Earth, and Water. Therefore, Tattva mudras balance five elements in the body.
• Pranic Mudras are related to main five pranas Prana, Apan, Vyana, Udana, Samana. Pranic Mudras balance Pranas in the body.
• Mudras energize the body and mind, helping in promoting health and developing immunity, and purifying the nervous system
• Mudras affect all the seven chakras, and through these chakras, they positively affect the body, mind, and emotions.