Yoga Vidyā | Pre-Recorded Learning Modules of Prāṇa Saṁyama | Level – 1 & 2
Module Availability | March 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025
Fee | Available in the Form Below
Total Lecture | 16 sessions (8 in each)
Total Hours | 16
Mode | Pre-Recorded Videos
Programme Anchored by | Śrī V Srinivasan, Senior Faculty & Therapist, KYM
About Prāṇa Saṁyama | Level – 1
Basic Understanding on the Theory of Prāṇāyāma Followed by a Practice
One of Yoga’s most subtle and yet deeply powerful tools is Prāṇāyāma. In fact, Śrī T Krishnamacharya highlights the practice of Prāṇāyāma as one of the highest forms of Tapas, or discipline done to eliminate impurities from all dimensions of the body. Prāṇāyāma, when properly and systematically practiced, under the guidance on an experienced teacher, can offer diverse physical and mental health benefits.
About Prāṇa Saṁyama | Level – 2
Advanced Practices of Prāṇāyāma with Bandhā-s & Introduction to the Nuances of Samantraka Prāṇāyāma.
Prāṇāyāma as a subtle and yet extremely powerful tool of Yoga is lauded by Yogi-s as the highest form of Tapas, for the manifold benefits it bestows on the practitioner. Merely regulating breath is not Prāṇāyāma. At the highest level of Sādhana, Prāṇāyāma requires the total complete cessation of the breath itself, with Prāṇa being held within the body in an effortless manner. This is the Sādhana of the Yogi-s of yore. At a preliminary level, a number of techniques to direct control of the breath to the throat, mouth and nostril are taught.
When these basic techniques are sufficiently mastered, one can move on to integrate more advanced practices of breath control such as Bandhā and Mantra. Many Yoga texts, including Śrī T Krishnamacharya’s Yoga Rahasya affirm that Prāṇāyāma is considered complete only when done along with the Bandhā-s and with the mental recitation of Mantra.
In this course, participants will be led through advanced practices of Prāṇāyāma with the Bandhā-s and will also be introduced to the nuances of Samantraka Prāṇāyāma. While the basic theory behind the use of the Bandhā-s will be discussed, these are designed primarily as guided practice sessions.
The practice will be led by Śrī V Srinivasan, Senior Yoga Therapist & Faculty of KYM Institute of Yoga Studies.