Online Pranayama Immersion (11 sessions)

starts January 2nd – meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday
2 hours per session | M, W, F @ 6 – 8 pm PT

Start your New Year 2026 on the right foot with this Online Pranayama Immersion (12 sessions) with Swami Adi Parashaktiananda.

In each meeting, we will practice for 60-90 minutes and have a lecture for 30-60 minutes. The lecture topics will cover:
– What is Pranayama
– the benefits of Pranayama
– Pranayama for Mental Health
– Balancing Ha and Tha
– increase Prana
– balance Prana
– conserve Prana
– channel Prana
– purify Prana

In the practice session we will practice:
– basic Sivananda sequence
– introduce variations
– increase holding times and meditative practice
– work on variations for ease in sitting posture
– variations to strengthen nadis
– increase pranayama counts
– increase AV holds
– balance and meditate

Book Requirements – CIBY, HY Pradipika

Meetings Dates-
January 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28

Benefits of practice –
– help meditation
– Increase prana
– Balance personality
– Calm the mind
– Increase clarity
– Increase optimism

Prerequisites
– No alcohol, drugs, Marijuana during the period of practice
– Vegetarian
– celibacy observance during period of practice (recommended)