The Art of Teaching Pranayama: Breath, Energy & Skillful Sequencing
with Colleen Duggan, ERYT 500, YACEP
Saturday and Sunday, May 30 and 31, 10:30 am - 5pm both days
Uplevel your teaching with the confidence, clarity, and skill to share pranayama in ways that are intelligent, purposeful, and deeply supportive — while deepening your own relationship with Prana Shakti.
Pranayama is one of yoga’s most powerful practices — a bridge between body, mind, energy, and awareness. Yet many teachers feel unsure how to teach breath practices beyond simple cues in class. This weekend immersion is designed to help yoga teachers and teachers-in-training deepen their personal practice while learning the art of teaching pranayama with intelligence, care, and confidence.
Together, we’ll explore how to choose, sequence, and teach breath practices in ways that support grounding, balance, vitality, focus, and inner steadiness. We will go beyond the basics for a more nuanced understanding of prana and pranayama.
This weekend is for you if you are a yoga teacher or teacher-in-training who wants to:
Teach pranayama with more confidence, clarity, and care
Understand the energetic effects of different breath practices
Learn how to sequence pranayama skillfully within yoga classes
Explore breath as a bridge between body, mind, nervous system, and subtle energy
Offer breath practices that are intelligently chosen for the students in front of you.
Know when, why, and how to include pranayama in asana classes, privates, workshops, or class series
Deepen your own personal relationship with pranayama as part of your sadhana
Create meaningful breath-centered experiences for your students
During this weekend immersion, we’ll explore:
Yogic energetics including prana, nadis, and vayus.
How breath practices influence energy, mood, focus, and inner steadiness
Nervous system considerations and trauma-sensitive teaching principles
Contraindications, modifications, and accessible options
Where and what kind of pranayama fits within a yoga class
How to use pranayama to support grounding, calming, balancing, energizing, and meditation
How to craft a pranayama workshop or beginner-friendly series
Practice teaching, sequencing, reflection, and integration
You’ll leave with:
Greater confidence teaching pranayama in classes, privates, workshops, and series
A deeper understanding of breath, energy, and sequencing
Practical teaching tools you can use right away
Sample class and workshop structures
Practice notes and sequencing guidance
A renewed connection to your own breath practice
Continuing Education
This weekend immersion qualifies for 13 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education hours for Registered Yoga Teachers. Participants must attend the full weekend to receive a certificate of completion.
Investment: early bird tuition $325 (until May 10), $375 thereafter.
REGISTATION CLOSES ON MONDAY, MAY 25
We’d love for you to Join Us!!