Pranayama Series #1: Why Breathwork Matters in Yoga Classes
Yogaland Podcast
Andrea Ferretti
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
This is episode 1 of a four-part series on Pranayama: On this episode, we explore why breathwork matters so much for yoga teachers and how to effectively integrate pranayama into your yoga classes.
Whether you're a seasoned yoga teacher or simply interested in deepening your pranayama practice, this conversation will help you understand why breathwork is essential and how to teach it with confidence.
We talk about:
The most important pranayama benefits for your own practice and your teaching.
Why pranayama is an essential tool for yoga classes and how it helps students find calm, focus, and energy.
How pranayama supports nervous system regulation, emotional balance, and overall well-being.
Practical teaching tips for introducing pranayama to your students with clarity and ease.
Common challenges teachers face when teaching pranayama and how to overcome them.
🎥 If you want to deepen your pranayama practice and teaching skills, join the waitlist for my upcoming online pranayama training: jasonyoga.com/breathwork
Time codes in this episode:
00:15 Starting the Pranayama Series
00:22 Why Pranayama Matters
01:05 Pranayama vs. Asana
03:11 Immediate Effects on the Nervous System
09:22 Heart Rate Variability Explained
19:01 CO2 Tolerance and Efficient Breathing
27:09 Practical Benefits of Breathwork
29:32 Gatekeeping in Pranayama
30:49 Personal Journey with Pranayama
32:26 Pranayama Techniques and Their Benefits
35:57 Incorporating Pranayama into Daily Life
39:22 Categories of Pranayama
47:21 Teaching and Practicing Pranayama
56:14 Conclusion and Next Steps
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone. I'm Andrea Ferretti, and this is Yoga Land. |
| 0:14.6 | Hi there, Jason. |
| 0:15.7 | Hi, Andrea. |
| 0:16.5 | Welcome back. |
| 0:17.5 | Thanks for having me again. |
| 0:18.5 | You're welcome. |
| 0:19.1 | I mean, we are in our garage. You're very knowledgeable guests. So you're welcome back anytime. Good. Yeah for having me again. You're welcome. We are in our garage. |
| 0:21.1 | You're very knowledgeable guests. |
| 0:22.8 | So you're welcome back anytime. |
| 0:24.2 | Good. |
| 0:24.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:25.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:25.9 | So we are going, we're starting a series of podcasts about pranayama and breathwork. |
| 0:31.0 | And this is number one. |
| 0:32.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:32.4 | Today we're going to talk about why pranayama matters, why it's important. |
| 0:36.2 | And a little bit about the benefits. |
| 0:39.2 | And before we go into the meat of the discussion, I just want to do a quick little housekeeping |
| 0:44.0 | shameless plug that you've got a pranayama course coming up. It's going to launch April 8th. |
| 0:50.9 | It's going to be fabulous. It's going to go into much more detail with all of these things |
| 0:55.3 | that we're talking about in this series. And if you want to find out more, you can go to jasonyoga.com |
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