Developing Your Pranayama/ Breathing Connection In Four Days - by Catie Foroughi

COURSE

Developing Your Pranayama/ Breathing Connection In Four Days

With Catie Foroughi

We shall develop our understanding and experience of pranayama , the movement of air and its effects in our body . We shall connect with ease as we bring our focus to our breathing body and develop our character strengths in the process. Each lesson shall have a focal body region and character strength.

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Meet your Teacher

Catie Foroughi
Bali, Indonesia

Catie has been guiding/ teaching yoga/ pranayama/ meditation for over 15 years. She teaches at yoga teacher trainings, workshops, retreats, online and more. She has a continuous love of learning in Iyengar yoga, handbalancing, meditation, pranayama, myriad yoga ways, yoga therapy, mobility/strength training, psychology, character strength’s. She has authored two books and been published in magazines. She enjoys people finding some ease and joy in the process.

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4 Days

603 students

4.5 stars

17 min / day

Clarity

English

Lesson 1

Softening Our Face

Developing more ease in our being and breathing through softening our face. Becoming more sensitive to our breathing body and the effects of a relaxed jaw, throat and tongue on our experience of ourselves. We can experience how a softness in these regions allows a clear passage between our head and heart allowing communication from our heart. We shall develop our curiosity and judgment in the process.

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Lesson 2

Breathing Fully

We explore the effect of the armpits and shoulders in our breathing and general wellbeing. These are are important in our ability to have full breathing. We use perseverance in our focus and in coming back if our concentration varys in our exercises.

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Lesson 3

Balancing Through Grounding

We focus on how our feet, ankles and hips can ground us. We mobilise for more ease then ground openness allowing us to create more balance throughout our body. We develop our fairness by breathing into the less used parts of our lungs. Balancing our use of our lungs can help to create balance in the musculature of our body. Some positions we do in this session Straddle position is sitting down with legs apart (yoga mat distance apart or more) . It looks like a V with the legs. External rotation of the legs in straddle position is bringing your little toes closer to the floor by turning the thighs outwards. Internal rotation of the legs is bringing the big toes closer to the floor from turning the thighs inwards. We come into a forward bend in straddle pose in this session if possible . Rock the baby pose is sometimes called cradle the baby pose. Log stacking pose is sometimes called double pigeon. The shins stack in this position. Feel free to pause this session when you want to stay longer in exercises.

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Lesson 4

Energised Expansion

We shall explore how certain actions in our spine, diaphragm and stomach regions can create energised expansion. We develop our ability to notice and acknowledge ease and contentment when they present. We show ourselves that we can be soft and forgive ourselves and others.

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Recent Reviews

Theodora

February 21, 2024

A short and sweet course that takes a relaxed but informed approach to pranayama. I now understand how and why I should sit, am beginning to get the hang of kapalabhati, and have a new appreciation for the role of my tongue, sinuses and armpits. A great way to situate yourself in your body.

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