100 Hour Pranayama Teacher Training

100 Hour Pranayama Teacher Training in Rishikesh India is designed for those people who want to concentrate deeper on breathing and the meditative aspect of yoga.

After completion of the course, Students can get a Certificate of Teacher of Pranayama of Yoga Alliance USA in form of continuing education after a minimum 200 hour of Yoga Teacher Training Course.

According to the ancient scriptures yoga is considered not only an asana practice but a union between body and mind. When we say in India “we are practicing yoga” we suppose to do all  – pranayama, asana, mantra, and meditation.

Pranayama can’t be separated from Asana or Meditation or mantra, why? Because the main purpose of pranayama yoga itself – is getting bliss or liberation for the mind. Normalization of breath, increasing the time of spontaneous retention and at least entering in a meditative state – that is the goal of Pranayama.

“Long breath – long life, short breath – short life”, – developing correct breath not only calms the mind but also helps to cure some common diseases. We use pranayama as a tool during meditation, asana, and mantra. Because people are different, everyone can find his /her suitable tool how to enter a deeper state of meditation. Our classes are made by the way so you can try all the main tools of yoga and master those practices that lead in your case to a deeper state of concentration.

Our Program-

• This course is a part of the standard course Pranayama 200 teacher training course
• 2 weeks is more than enough to understand how to integrate pranayama into your regular life
• Learn how to enter and prolong the Kumbhaka state ( spontaneous retention)
• For busy people who have a short vacation and cannot complete 200 hours of pranayama teacher training at once
• Do only part of standard pranayama education and reach 200 hours certificate by performing training twice
• Developing physical and mental discipline
• Learn basic techniques of breath control “short breath – short life, long breath – long life”
• Learn yogic lifestyle and the healing power of your body and mind
• Share your experience with other yoga practitioners
• Discover ancient pranayama practice from spiritual Himalayan masters
• Learn secret practice direct from the Himalayan master

• Beginner, intermediate, and advanced practitioner
• For people who have the desire to experience spontaneous retention or a deeper meditative state
• For meditation and wellness teachers
• For medical and education staff
• For people who wish to muster pranayama deeply

• Retention practice and yogic breathing
• How to reach spontaneous retention safely
• Variety of pranayama techniques
• Awakening of Kundalini with Pranayama
• Chakra Work in Pranayama
• Yogic Nutrition that helps to increase prana flow
• Kriyas that improve prana energy
• Postures for pranayama
• Anatomy and physiology of breath and retention
• Teaching Methodology
• Practicum & Sequencing
• Get important information about your energy body with an aura check up

Note: If 1st/16th of any month is a Saturday or Sunday, then the course will begin from Monday.

• Internal valid Certificate of Pranayama Teacher of Yoga Alliance USA of YACEP in case you did yoga ttc before
• Theoretical and practical skills.
• Mala (string of beads) energised by our Guru Ji Yogachariya Dr. S.K.Pandey, PhD (Yoga & Naturopathy).
• 14 nights accommodation.
• Wi-Fi
• 3 times of yogic nutrition, beverages
• Yogic cleansing session
• Study materials
• Cleansing Kit.
• T-shirts (1) with symbolic of school
• 1 excursions in Himalaya
• 1 short aura check up
• 1 ayurvedic massages
• Accompanying and supporting during time of staying in the Institute, help provided 24 Hours

• • Pick up and drop from the airport
  • Other ayurvedic procedures
  • Detox ayurvedic herbal program
  • Modern automatic Hydrocolontherapy session
  • Ayurvedic doctor consultation
  • Number of excursions more than mentioned above

Detailed Aura check-up with providing of written report about Aura statement, disturbances in Aura if they are present, supporting methods and treatment advices of naturopathic specialist (individual plan of asana postures, pranayama, herbs, meditative practice).

• Detailed horoscope assessment
• Extra night of accommodation

Note:- Time table can be changed during to teaching process.

Pranayama Theory

• Main aspects of Pranayama
• Fundamental Pranayama Techniques & Benefits (Abdominal breathing, Preparational breathing, Kapalabhati, Nadi Shodana with/without retention Level I, II, Ujjayi breathing, Bramari, Bhastrika, Shitali, Shitkari, Surya Bheda & Chandra Bheda, Plavini).
• Levels of pranic body.
• Influence of pranayama on our lifestyle.
• How to calculate the correlation between life span and breath length.
• Variety of Positions for Pranayama practice. Ways of correct adjustment for energy flow
• Kriyas (Body Cleansing Methods): (Neti, Sutra Neti, Kapalabhati, Trataka, Shanka Prakshalana, Netra Shuddhi). Benefits, precautions. Dauti. Why not used nowadays.
• Retention or Kumbhaka. Main principles. Step by step guide. Safety techniques and precautions.
• Mudra and bandha that useful for Pranayama
• Ashwini Mudra, its role in energy work
• Dyana, Ajali, Prithvi, Varuna, Shakti, Gyana, Chin, Shambhavi, Khechari Mudra, Hansi mudra, Vayu mudra, akash Mudra, Shunya Mudra, Surya mudra, Jalodarnashak mudra, Apan mudra, Pran Mudra,
• Moola bandha, Uddiyana Bandha, Jalandhara Bandha
• Obstacles in Pranayama practice
• Contemporary evidence of pranayama
• Room for pranayama practice
• Science of Prana vidya
• Mapping the body
• Pranayama as 4th Level of 8 Limbs of Ashtanga yoga
• Origin of disease according prana and pranayama
• Pranic healing
• Difference between Reiki and Prana healing
• Transmission of energy
• Education of pranayama
• Karmic laws and prana energy
• Prana pratishta
• Mantra and pranayama
• Kirlian photography and pranic body
• Nadis and chakras in pranayama practice
• Important conditions of pranayama practice
• Loss of personal prana & reestablishment of it the body
• Role of Prana in yoga nidra
• Developing of inner body awareness
• Developing of outer body awareness
• Awareness of panch prana
• Awareness of pranayama kosha

Pranayama Practice

• Nadi Shodhana Pranayama. Levels, retention, safety, performance, benefits
• Kapalabhati. Levels, retention, safety, performance, benefits
• Surya Bheda. Levels, retention, safety, performance, benefits
• Chandra Bheda. Levels, retention, safety, performance, benefits. When to use.
• Bramari. Levels, retention, safety, performance, benefits
• Bhastrika pranayama. Levels, retention, safety, performance, benefits
• Sheetali pranayama. Levels, retention, safety, performance, benefits
• Shetkari Pranayama. Levels, retention, safety, performance, benefits
• Ujjayi breathing. Levels, retention, safety, performance, benefits
• Plavini pranayama. Levels, retention, safety, performance, benefits
• The real result of pranayama practice.
• Important role of Ashwani mudra
• Pranayama in yoga class
• What is pancha prana (Prana, Apana, Udana, Samana, Vyana)
• Pancha prana in spiritual healing
• How to reach Kevala Kumbhaka and what in hidden there?
• Contemporary research on pranayama
• Room for pranayama practice
• Pranayama and aromatherapy
• Inner space
• Vyana, Udana, Samana, Apana, Prana Awareness
• Expansion and contraction of the pranic body
• Rotation of consciousness

Buddha Darshan

• Four noble truths- (Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, Magga)
• The Noble Eightfold ways
• Correct understanding (Samma ditthi)
• Correct thought (Samma sankappa)
• Correct speech (Samma vaca)
• Correct action (Samma kammanta)
• Correct livelihood (Samma ajiva)
• Correct effort (Samma vayama)
• Correct mindfulness (Samma sati)
• Correct concentration (Samma samadhi)
• What are Karma, Rebirth, and the Law of Nature, do not believe in God.
• Is it possible to remove karma influence in this life
• How karma influences future lives.

Jaina Darshan

• Every object has its own karma. Actions, results, danger.
• 6 Universal Substance
• Soul or consciousness- what is Jiva?
• Matter – Pudugala
• Medium of Motion- Dharma
• Medium of Rest – Adharma
• Space- Akasha
• Time- Kala
• Ethical Code: Five Yamas ( Main importance to Ahimsa)
• Nyaya Darshan
• Nyaya school accepts four Pramanas as reliable means of gaining knowledge
• Moksha (liberation), path of healthy life
• Vaisheshika Darshan
• Theory of Kanada and Uluka.
• Desire ( Raga), Aversion ( Dvesha) and infatuation (moha) are called faults (Doshas )
• The word is made of seven Padarthas
• Dravya (substance)
• Karma (activity)
• abhava (non-existence)

Vedanta

• Founded by Badarayana
• Interpretation of “End of the Vedas”, contains Upanishads.
• Prasthanatrayi’s Theory of Dualism and Non – Dualism
• Satkaryavada – theory of causation
• Achintya Bheda Abheda – ‘non-difference’.

Backward bending postures

• Bhujangasana (cobra pose)
• Tiryaka Bhujangasana (Twisting cobra pose)
• Bhujangasana (cobra pose)
• Ardha Salabhasana (Half Locust pose)
• Saral Dhanurasana (Easy bow pose)
• Ustrasana (Camel pose)
• Setu Asana (Bridge pose)
• Surya namaskar (Salutation to Sun with devine Mantra)

Twisting Pose

• Meru Vakrasana (Spinal twist)
• Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Spinal twist)
• Bhu Namanasana (Spinal Twist Prostration pose)
• Parivritta Janu Sirsasana (Spinal Twist Prostration pose)

Forward bending postures

• Paschimottanasana (Seated forward bend)
• Pada Parasar Paschimottanasana (Legs spread back Stretch pose)
• Janu Sirsasana (Head to knee pose)
• Adha Padma Paschimottanasana (Half Lotus back stretching pose)
• Padahastasana (Hand to foot pose)
• Sirsa Angustha Yogasana (Head to Toe Pose)
• Dandasana (Staff pose)

Inversion Postures

• Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand)
• Salamba Sirsasana (Supported headstand pose)
• Plow pose (Halasana)
• Viparita Karani (Legs up the wall pose)

Balancing Postures

• Vrikshasana (Tree pose)
• Garudasana (Eagle pose)
• Pada Angustasana (Tip toe pose)
• Baka Dhayanasana (Crow pose)
• Padmasana (Lotus pose)
• Vajrasana (Thunderbolt pose)
• Majrari Asana (Cat stretch pose)
• Vyaghrasana (Tiger pose)
• Shashankasana (Hair pose)
• Ardha Ushtrasana (Half Camel pose)
• Supta Vajrasana (Sleeping Thunderbolt pose)

Pawanmuktasana Series

• Anti-Rheumatic group
• Digestive abdominal group
• Shakti Bandha Asana

• Requirements for meditation
• Types of Meditation
• Standard Meditation Practice
• Om Meditation
• AUM Meditation
• Trataka with object & candle
• Vaju Meditation
• Jal Meditation
• Akasha Meditation
• Agni Meditation
• Prithvi Meditation
• Yoga Nidra
• Sound meditation
• Mantra meditation
• Pranayama Meditation and Prana Rotation
• Vigyan Bhairava Breath Meditation
• OSHO Kundalini Meditation
• OSHO Nada Brahma Meditation
• Antar mouna meditation
• Ham- so, So-ham meditation
• Ajapa/japa
• Ida/Pingala spinal rotation
• Panchaprana Dharana, Pranava Dhyana)
• Visualisation & concentration
• Obstacles in meditation

Respiratory system.

• Introduction of respiration
• Organs of respiration. Nose, Lungs, diaphragm, and abdomen. Function and structure of the respiratory tract
• Muscles of respiration and their role in breathing act
• Types of breath. Mechanics of Yogic Breath

Nervous system.

• Introduction. Types of Nervous system. Central and Peripheral Nervous System.
• Breath and connection with nervous system

• How to pronounce Sanskrit letters correct
• Role of Mantra in Pranayama
• Mantra and connection with cosmic powers
• Mantra & pray. Main features.
• Power of the original Sanskrit mantra
• Guru Mantra
• Ganesh Mantra
• Shakti Mantra
• Gayatri Mantra
• Shanti Mantra
• Shiva Mantra
• So Ham
• AUM & Om Mantra