Journey To The Breath - by Wendy Buttery

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.

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Meet your Teacher

Wendy Buttery
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

Happiness

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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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.

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Recent Reviews

Jackie

October 22, 2025

Thank you for having the patience to walk me through these breaths.

Michelle

July 5, 2024

Thank you! I loved how you teach the different pranayama’s and then combine them at the end. I’m somewhat new to breath work and I love how I feel when I practice pranayama. This course has been very helpful and your instructions are really clear.

Merv

October 6, 2023

Thank for a very good course, I really liked the 5th lesson, and hope so much to apply it daily. Thank you

Shari

September 25, 2023

Wonderful class. Thank you🙏🏼

Margarita

August 27, 2023

Just what I needed. Thank you for your clarity. Much inspired.

Bharath

August 14, 2023

This is great

Veronica

July 10, 2023

Excellent course , thank you

Linda

April 1, 2023

Very useful overview of breathing techniques. My breathing feels deeper, more complete, and more clear. I intend to make this part of my daily practice. Thank you.

Amy

March 29, 2023

I really enjoyed this course. It was a nice overview of some breathwork techniques and I loved how they were all put together for the final day! Thank you so much 🙏

William

March 29, 2023

Thank you

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