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COURSE

Journey To The Breath

With Wendy Buttery

This course will gently lead you through some of the different pranayama practices as taught from a yoga perspective. Each day we will practice a different breath and then on the final day we will put these all together to form a sequence of around 15-20 minutes that you can use daily. Pranayama means: Prana = lifeforce Yama = control. By controling our breath we can bring extra energy and clarity to our lives.

A 5-day course leading you through some of the most effective practices of a yoga pranayama practice.

5 Days

1.6k students

4.9 stars

17 min / day

English

About this course

Ujjayi

Nadi Awareness

Bandha

Meet your Teacher

Wendy Buttery

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Balearic Islands, Spain

Wendy has been practicing yoga for 24 years and teaching for 19. She has taught classes and retreats all over the world always emphasising the power and importance of a pranayama practice as a tool for getting deeper into a yoga practice, but, more importantly, as a healing force.

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5 Days

1.6k students

4.9 stars

17 min / day

English

Lesson 1

Ujjayi Breath

The Ujjayi Breath is the basis of all yogic breathing and the first of the building blocks of maintaining a pranayama practice. If you can do only a few minutes of practice a day, this is the one to go to.

Lesson 2

Nadi Sodhana (Alternate Nostril Breathing)

Nadi Sodhana has been used a really effective tool to calm the mind chatter. By focussing on what our breath is doing and the position of our fingers and redirecting the breath through one nostril and then the other, we might notice that our normal mind noises are no longer important.

Lesson 3

Bastika (The Bellows)

Bastika is known to be a firey breath - hence the name "the bellows". This is quite an active breath which fires up the lungs but also increases the agni, your internal flame. When your agni is alight this can help you in cold climates or even just to help you get through a cold. Your agni is also responsible for your digestion so keeping this lit will help to keep your bowel movements regular. If you have high blood pressure this might not be a breath to practice fully.

Lesson 4

Sitali (Cooling)

Sitali is one of the only breaths in yoga practiced through the mouth. This is a cooling breath that people have used in hot climates but also if one has a fever. This breath has also helped women with menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes (or flashes)

Lesson 5

Full Sequence

The final day of the course. Today we are knitting together the full range of breaths to bring you a full rounded sequence you can practice regularly. Add in or take out whatever you need and make your practice very personal to you. The more you practice this sequence the greater clarity it can bring to your breath, your mind and your health. Make it your own practice and focuss and consciously sit to practice every time you can. If you don't have time to sit regularly then maybe you can use the individual breaths in your daily life. Ujjayi breath is especially useful to help you calm your mind before sleep. Or even 5 minutes of Nadi Sodhana can be beneficial before a difficult meeting or stressful situation. It really is up to you how you use the breaths abd how often.