7 Day Wonders Of Pranayama Holistic Practice, California, USA

7 Day Wonders Of Pranayama Holistic Practice, California, USA

Welcome to an extensive Course held at Vedanta Spiritual & Holistic Retreat, California Hot Springs, in collaboration with Kaivalyadhama, one of the world’s oldest Yoga Institute.Pranayama is one of the most renowned ancient and popular practices of yoga. Its existence dates back to the ancient scriptures like Patanjali Yoga sutra written in 200 B.C. It encompasses one of the most crucial steps of Ashtanga Yoga.Pranayama is both a traditional and scientific technique that balances the mind, body, emotions, and the soul ultimately. Its therapeutic benefits have been gaining popularity all over the world, encouraging people from different professions to practice and master the art of Pranayama.

Yoga is an art of establishing “harmony between individual existences with cosmic existence” and Pranayama is an application of this “art” through which one develops an awareness of one’s Prana (vital life force).The soul of Pranayama lays in controlled inhalation, retention, and controlled exhalation of the breath. It not only extends and empowers the Prana, but it also refreshes and soothes the vital energy so that the body can harness it.

BENEFITS OF PRANAYAMA

• By practicing pranayama one can acquire complete control over one’s body.
• Cures the diseases of Vaata (air), Pitta (bile), Kapha (cough) and enhances the gastric fire in one’s body.
• Regular practice will lead to slimness of the body, lustrous face, clarity of voice, brightness of eyes, freedom from diseases like asthma, sinusitis, hypertension, ischemic heart diseases, indigestion, and many
• Helps in the management of reproductive disorders, degenerative diseases like fibromyalgia reduces the metabolic strain on kidneys, and most importantly increases the blood supply to the cortex in the
• Improves one’s mental health and cures many personalities
• Pranayama has a tremendous power to revert back the aging
• It has an inherent power to boost the immune
• It increases one’s confidence and self-esteem and helps in channel positivity
• Mastery over the art of Pranayama helps in the purification of the Nadis (channels through which Prana flows), and through determined practice, one may also awaken the Kundalini
• When the Prana tends to move along the principle Nadi- Sushumna; the individual starts experiencing higher levels of consciousness, ultimately culminating in a transcendental state.
• If one practices Yoga and Pranayama regularly, it can work wonders and reward one with a healthy and positive lifestyle!

KEY FOCUS AREAS:

PRANAYAMA

• Preparatory practices- Meditative asana, simha-mudra, jihva-bandha and brahama-mudra, drashti
• Different kinds of breathing, Kapalbhati, Jalandhara-bandha, Uddiyana-bandha, and Mool-bandha
• Anulom-vilom, Suryabhedana and Chandrabhedana
• Ujjayi, Sheetali, and Shitkari
• Different variations of Brahamari
• Bhastrika

MANTRA CHANTING / TRATAK

• Concept of Mantra and Om chanting
• Introduction to Tratak
• Mantra chanting with paraphrasing and recitation Gayatri Mantra
• Experiential Tratak Session
• Mantra chanting with paraphrasing and recitation: Mrutyunjaya Mantra and Meditation

ASANA

• Concept of Mantra and Om chanting
• Introduction to Tratak
• Mantra chanting with paraphrasing and recitation Gayatri Mantra
• Experiential Tratak Session
• Mantra chanting with paraphrasing and recitation: Mrutyunjaya Mantra and Meditation