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      • Module 17: Advanced Meditation, Chanting, Mudras & Pranayama
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Module 2:  Introduction to Pranayama & Delving Into the 8 Limbs of Yoga

Module 2 in our Yoga Teacher Training program starts with the fundamentals. After learning about the history of yoga, we delve into the philosophy with the eight limbs of raja yoga, followed by the fundamentals of breathing (pranyama).

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are one of contemporary yoga’s favourite sources of inspiration and guidance on how to live a balanced and ethical life both on and off the mat. While the complete Yoga Sutras (written sometime in the first four centuries CE) consists of 195 (196) aphorisms that yoga scholar David Gordon White calls “a Theory of Everything,” most of modern yoga’s attention is focused on the 31 verses that describe the ‘eight limbs’ of yoga, which form a practical guide on the subject of how to attain liberation from suffering. A study of the history of the Yoga Sutras reveals that much of our understanding of this ancient work has been filtered through numerous commentaries (bhasya) on the original verses. 

It's not for nothing that the breath plays an important role in asana class. You begin the class by focusing on your breath, and everything kind of settles down. The day and its activities start seeming more distant, and all of a sudden there is no hurry anywhere anymore.
 
The breath truly is the key in moving distractions from the mind.
 
The quality of our breath determines the quality of our lives, and many yogis believe that the length of one's life is determined by number of breaths, not by number of years. The deeper you breathe, the longer you can live. Pranayama is the act of controlling and directing this energy, namely by controlling the flow of breath. Pranayama involves many different breathing techniques that aim at slightly different results.
 
We can use the breath to calm and balance ourselves, to energise the body and the mind, to cool or heat the body, but it always aims at promoting and maintaining our overall health.
 
  1. ‘tasmin sati shvasa prashvsayoh gati vichchhedah pranayamah’ - YS 2.49

Objectives: To introduce students to the practice of Pranayama including how to teach and contraindications. Students will practice teaching each other as well as participating in guided practices.

To ensure that students have a thorough understanding of the 8 limbs of yoga and their applications not only to yoga classes but to living a yogic lifestyle.

Content:
The Breath and physiology of breathing
  • Inhalation (Pooraka)
  • Exhalation (Recheka)
  • Internal breath retention (Antar Kumbhaka)
  • External breath retention (Bahir Kumbhaka)
  • Abdominal breath
  • Thoracic breath
  • Clavicular breath
  • Complete breath (yogic breathing)

The 8 Limbs of Yoga
  • Yamas
  • Niyamas
  • Asana
  • Pranayama
  • Pratyahara
  • Dharana
  • Dyana
  • Samadhi
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Stretch Yoga Brisbane City & Stretch Yoga Holland Park

Turrbul and Jagera Country
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we come to practice
and pay respect to their elders past, present and emerging.


 Level 2, 129 Margaret St, Brisbane, 4000  |  50 Seville Rd, Holland Park 4121  |  info@stretchyoga.com.au

Reception Hours:
Monday 12pm - 5:30pm  HP
Tuesday 2:30pm - 5pm  CBD
Wednesday 10:30am - 7pm  HP
Thursday 12pm - 2:30pm HP / 3:30pm - 5pm  CBD
Friday 2:30pm - 5pm CBD
Saturday 9am - 12pm​ HP
Sunday 9am - 1pm HP

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Phone:  07 3210 6886

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  • STUDIO
    • CLASS Styles
    • OUR Teachers
    • ABOUT US
    • MEMBERS PAGE
    • Membership Benefits
    • Hire our Studio Space
    • Corporate Yoga >
      • Hen's Party Yoga
    • Blog
    • Brand New to Yoga?
    • Boutique
  • TIMETABLE & PRICING
    • Holland Park Timetable
    • CBD Timetable
    • Pricing >
      • Student & Concession Passes
      • Gift Vouchers
  • events & courses
    • Beginners Course
    • Curvy Yoga Course
    • STRETCH FAMILY (Pre/Postnatal | BABY) >
      • Prenatal Yoga Course
      • Mothers Group >
        • Mothers Group FAQs
      • Mini & Me Yoga
    • Nurture & Nourish: Mindful Meditation
    • Calm Kids Holiday Fun
    • Happy Hips & Healthy Hamstrings
    • Active Birth Workshop
    • Sthira & Sukha: Finding Balance
  • Yoga Training
    • Yoga Training 2024
    • Purposeful Sequencing 50hr Training
    • Yin Yoga 50hr Training
    • 2023 YTT 350hr >
      • Module 1: History of Yoga and Introduction to Yogic Philopsophy
      • Module 2: Introduction to Pranayama & Delving Into the 8 Limbs of Yoga
      • Module 3: The Impact of Yoga on Our Mood, Biochemistry and Mental Health
      • Module 4: Anatomy: Planes of the Body, Types of Movement & Major Joints
      • Module 5: Surya Namaskar - Sun Salutations
      • Module 6: Seated Postures & Forward Bends
      • Module 7: Intro to Meditation, Bandhas & Pranayama
      • Module 8: Neutrally Rotated Standing Poses
      • Module 9: Externally Rotated Standing Poses
      • Module 10: Backbends
      • Module 11: Twists
      • Module 12: Abdominals
      • Module 13: Yin & Myofascial Release
      • Module 14: Supine & Restorative Poses
      • Module 15: Sequencing
      • Module 16: Yoga for Inclusivity
      • Module 17: Advanced Meditation, Chanting, Mudras & Pranayama
      • Module 18: Arm Balances
      • Module 19: Inversions
      • Module 20: Advanced Biomechanics
      • Module 21: Teaching Methodology
      • Module 22: Communication & Business of Yoga
  • Contact Us
    • FAQs