Breathwork
Expand your breath, expand your practice!
This pranayama further training course focuses on the transformative role of breathing in yoga. Through practical workshops and insightful discussions, you will learn how breathing can improve asanas, deepen relaxation, sharpen concentration, and refine sensory perception. Learn how conscious breathing can bridge the body and mind, while exploring its role in postural improvement and vital capacity.
This program offers the tools to take your practice and teaching skills to the next level.
This pranayama further training for yoga teachers examines the powerful link between yoga and breathwork, offering a blend of study and hands-on practice.
You will explore the anatomy of the diaphragm and the solar plexus, and how they are engaged in pranayama breathing exercises. You will learn how 3-part or full yogic breathing can lead to postural improvement, and how the breathing challenges of sedentary work environments can be overcome.
Interactive lectures and group discussions will enhance your understanding of different yogic breathing methods, while practical workshops focus on expanding the breath during Sun Salutations, building vital capacity in the 12 asanas, and refining how to teach pranayama.
With self-practice, partner exercises, and teaching simulations, this programme equips you with essential tools to integrate breathwork into your yoga classes.
Completion of the Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training Course.
Graduates of other teacher trainings: please contact tyrol@sivananda.net regarding eligibility.
Expanded breathing for expansion in asanas, relaxation, sensory perception and concentration.
With study of basic anatomy, in-depth self-practice, partner exercises, teaching simulations and group discussions.
The following certificate course is offered at the Sivananda Yoga Retreat House, Austria.
On completion of the training course, you will receive a certificate of participation.
The course is 4 days (3 nights) in duration.
A full day begins with the first meditation session at 6 am, and ends after the second meditation at 9:30 pm. See the daily schedule below for details.
| Location | Nights | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Sivananda Yoga Retreat House, Tyrol, Austria | 3 | from €337 |
The course instructors are senior teachers of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres.
Swami Sivadasananda, Yoga Acharya and senior disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda, has taught at workshops and Yoga Teachers' Training Courses around the world for many years. He is a dynamic, precise and knowledgeable instructor.
He is the author of Sivananda Beginner’s Guide to Yoga and Yoga – Your Home Practice Companion.
Swami Satyananda is the director of the Sivananda Yoga Centre in Vienna. He is a precise teacher whose knowledge comes from close observation of body and mind.
| 6 am | Satsang (group meditation, kirtan and mantra chanting, short lecture) |
| 8 am | Asana and pranayama class |
| 10 am | Vegetarian brunch |
| 10:45 am | One-hour karma yoga (selfless service) |
| Between 12 pm and 3 pm | Lecture or workshop |
| 4 pm | Yoga class or workshop |
| 6 pm | Vegetarian dinner |
| 6:45 pm | One-hour karma yoga (if not done in the morning) |
| 8 pm | Satsang (group meditation, kirtan and mantra chanting, short lecture) |
This daily schedule is subject to change.
A meditation cushion for the morning and evening meditation sessions is recommended. A meditation shawl is also advantageous.
To practice the yoga poses you will need a non-slip yoga mat or wool mat. You will need a blanket to cover yourself at the end of the yoga class during the so-called final relaxation.
Pillows, shawls, blankets, mats and much more can be purchased in our online shop or in our boutique after arrival.
For your stay you should bring comfortable clothing, slippers, walking shoes, rain gear, torch (flashlight), bathing suit and towels. Eyeglass wearers should bring a hard case for safe storage during the yoga classes.
Sivananda Yoga Retreat House, Tyrol, Austria
Accommodation and meals are in the non-smoking eco-hotel Hotel Pointner serving wholefood organic vegetarian cuisine.
All guest rooms have wooden floors and furniture, health mattresses, shower, toilet, hairdryer, telephone and radio. Most rooms have a balcony.
