BREATHE BETTER.

When you become a master of your breathing, nothing can throw you off center. 

Day 1: Saturday, January 25th - The Science of Everyday Breathing 

Day 2: Sunday, January 26th - The Art of Pranayama

EARLYBIRD AVAILABLE UNTIL 12/25

1 Day - EB: $125, REGULAR: $150
Both Days - EB: $230. REGULAR: $275

Your breath is not just a part of your practice; it is its essence. It's not just a part of your life, but life itself. Understanding and mastering your breath is the key to unlocking your potential, on and off the mat. 

Traditionally, yoga classes begin or end with Pranayama (breathing techniques.) Less attention is given to day-to-day breathing or breathing within poses beyond being told when to inhale and exhale. True functional breathing is more than inhaling and exhaling from an external cue. 

In this 10-hour all-levels training, you will:

  • Understand the relationship between daily functional breathing and pranayama

  • Delve into the biochemistry and biomechanics of breathing

  • Discover why understanding the Ayurvedic vayus are crucial to understanding pranayama

  • Measure how functional your day-to-day breathing is

  • Learn to train your respiratory system to be more efficient and imbue the body with more oxygen

  • Increase adaptability and resilience to stress on a cellular level 

  • Practice seasonal pranayama techniques and tailor them to the changing state of your unique body-mind 

ABOUT

Kari Harendorf is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, E-RYT 500 Yoga Educator, and Reiki Master. A former faculty member at Kripalu and Master Trainer for Urban Zen, Kari has spent over a decade training teachers and guiding students toward precise anatomical alignment, injury prevention, and pain relief. Co-founder of Better Yoga, she teaches weekly livestream classes and shares yoga therapy and health practices on her YouTube channel.

Tiger Bye is a Katonah Yoga® teacher and Oxygen Advantage® Master Instructor with an M.S. in Health and the Public Interest from Georgetown. She co-founded Better Yoga, an online platform offering yoga, breathing, and Ayurvedic education. Featured in the Washington Post and Yoga Journal, Tiger specializes in enhancing breathing for yoga and fitness, teaching in 200-hour teacher trainings and corporate settings. She helps clients improve focus, reduce stress, and optimize performance by reshaping postural and breathing habits for better well-being and alignment.

FAQs

  • This workshop is designed for yoga teachers looking to deepen their understanding of the mechanics of respiration and how and why pranayama works. It is also ideal for yoga practitioners who want to enhance their breath awareness and add pranayama to their daily practice. Whether you're curious about improving your practice, supporting students, or breathing more effectively, this workshop has something for you!

  • You’ll explore breath mechanics, including how the diaphragm, lungs, and nervous system work together. We'll dive into various breath techniques to calm, energize, or balance the mind and body. You’ll also learn how to incorporate these practices into yoga classes or your daily routine to maximize the physical and mental benefits of conscious breathing.

  • Not at all! This workshop is open to everyone, regardless of experience. You'll gain knowledge and tools to enrich your teaching if you're a yoga teacher. As a yoga practitioner, you'll learn practical breathing techniques to breathe more easily and purposefully.

  • Learning better breathing supports better living—on and off the mat! This workshop teaches the why behind the practices. Understand which breath practice for which scenario, how to become a more efficient breather, and as teachers, be able to tailor pranayama practices to the seasons of the year, the seasons of your life, and the student in front of you.

  • You can choose to attend either day or both days of the training. 

    Day 1 will be foundational and science-based, focusing more on Breath Training and Breathing Mechanics—how the lungs, diaphragm, and respiratory muscles work together to support efficient oxygen exchange and optimal health. We will emphasize physical alignment and lung capacity and address habits like shallow or mouth breathing.

    Day 2 will delve into yoga philosophy and pranayama's subtle anatomy and spiritual dimensions. Learn the 5 vayus (vatas) and how prana moves in the body. This will inform which pranayama to choose for which season, which person, and which outcome you want. 

    Both days will include lectures and practice.

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