Prana : Breathwork Facilitator Training – 3 weeks
March 27 - April 17
Prana is the universal life energy.
“Breath is the Life Bridge connecting known and unknown, finite and infinitie, micro and macro”
What we learn and experience in Breathwork Facilitator Training ?
- Learning, Deepening, Refining & Practicing to Facilitate
- Breathwork for Life Energy, Relaxation, Endurance, Healing, Enlightenment, Evolution
- Benefits : Physical, Mental, Emotional, Energetic, Spiritual
- Anatomy, Postures, Benefits, Mistakes, Tricks
- Breathwork styles from Yoga, Tantra, Therapy, Meditations
- Foundation Practices : 3 parts, Oceanic, Nadi Shuddhi, Brahmari, Heating, Cooling, Circular, Triangle, Box, Rhythm, Intensity
- Advanced : Prana Kriyas, Bastrika, Kapalabathi, Mudras, Bandhas, Emotioal Release, Holotropic, Therapeutic
- Art & Science of Facilitating, Space holding, Trauma Management, Ethics, Effectiveness
Week 1 Foundation Practices
Week 2 Deepening Practices
Week 3 Facilitation Practices, Refinement & Graduation
Why call as Facilitator and not a teacher ?
A true educator acts as a facilitator of Learning and not just teaching knowledge.
Breathwork is experiential and a state of being which happens. Facilitator create nourishing environment, guide and support like a gardener for the experience to happen.
What style of Breathwork it is based on ?
It is based on a good blend of breathwork from various streams of Yoga, Tantra, Therapy & Meditations
What is the Schedule & timings ?
It’s 21 days, 3 weeks, 200 Hours course.
February 26 Wednesday : Arrival before 4pm & Maha Shivaratri Opening Ceremony
February 27- March 19 : Training Program
March 19 Wednesday : Completion & Celebration by 1pm
Typical timing schedule as follows …
* Schedule will be customised based on the flow of the course and themes covered each week
5:30 am Wakeup and Refresh
6-9am Morning Practice
9-10am Seva / Karma Yoga/ Self care
9-10am Breakfast
11-1pm Learning/ Teaching Practice/ Rest/ Karma Yoga/ Self care
1-2pm Juice / Light Lunch
2-4pm Learning/ Teaching Practice/ Rest/ Karma Yoga
4-6pm Evening Practice
6-6:30 Sunset Silence Meditation
6:30-7:30pm Dinner
8-9:30pm Night Practice/ Creativity Celebration/ Sharing/ Rest
10 am Restful Sleep
Weekly Once There will be time for visiting nearby Organic farms, nearby Town for shopping and sight seeing.
Who can join this retreat?
o Anyone who wants to awaken the true nature and creating nurturing space of practice
o Anyone who is seeking for new learnings, healings, deeper experiences in life
o Anyone who wants to rejuvenate and be alive with peace, health, love, freedom & bliss in life
o Any yoga/ meditation practitioner / teacher who wants to refine, learn inner science and deeper mechanics behind practices and integrate transformation with deeper processes
Is it safe practice ?
Yes, these are natural and safe practices. You will be guided with right information on when to use what and how much to use for advanced practices. It can be intense for body-mind-emotions-energy, suggest you not to have any other intense activities during these days.
Does it support my medical condition and treatment ?
Whatever medical condition or treatment someone is going through, it helps to enhance the energy levels and speeds up the healing process. Case by case, if anything not suitable will be explained.
It can be intense for body-mind-emotions-energy, suggest you not to have any other intense activities during these days.
What should I bring?
– Open mind, heart and body 🙂
– Loose and comfortable clothing & white clothing (for specific meditations)
– A pen and notebook
– A Yoga Mat
– Your joyful creativity : musical instruments, songs, poems, handicraft, painting, to share
Where it’s happening ?
At Bodhi Vanam, Kodaikanal mountain, South India. Bodhi Vanam (Awakening Forest) is a simple, non-profit wholeness centre and a healing forest. Here one can rest, reconnect, tune, learn, realign, rejuvenate, experience and evolve the inner & outer nature ! The center is at 1250 mts. elevation with lovely weather (avg.18-25°c) with rich flora and wild fauna. nearby, there are many organic farms, international communities and a Zen meditation centre.
It’s accessible by Bus/Car ~130km from Madurai Airport, ~175km from Coimbatore Airport, ~380km from Thiruvannamalai, ~430kkm from Auroville, ~500km from Chennai Airport. Over night Bus journey is a good option for people coming through Chennai. Perumalmalai or Pethuparai Junction is good stop for people coming through Bus. Last 2 km is off-road jungle terrain which can be traversed by foot or by Jeep.
As the place is surrounded by wilderness with animals possibly roaming at night, its advised not to go out between 6pm-5am.
How much it costs ?
Value of the course content is priceless. As we are non profit foundation, donation of ₹66,000 (Indian) / € 777 (Euro) requested to cover the costs. if you also book Meditation/ Transformation facilitator trainings, there will be discount of 10%
Contribution Covers for :
Course, Course Materials, Books, Cleansing Tools, Herbals, Eco friendly Yoga Mat, Certificate
Accomodation with Food
Accomodation will be basic, simple, clean and suffficient and not lunxury.
As we are non profit foundation, following donation is requested to cover the costs.
Tent ₹15,000 (€180)
Shared Room ₹18,000 (€210)
What kind of Food ?
Healthy wholesome vegetarian multi cuisine food shared twice a day with fruits in between. We don’t use white rice, white sugar, white salt, white flour, milk, eggs. We use brown/ black rice, varieties of millets, sprouts, cold pressed oils, … We get as much possible organic good quality Vegetables and Fruits as per seasonal and local availability.
Who are the facilitators ?
Ananda is the main facilitator and will be joined by assistant facilitators who are experts in various aspects.
For any further queries contact
Ananda : +91 9765348573, bodhivanam.in@gmail.com
* * Pre-register as spaces are Limited
How to confirm registration ?
1. Fill in the form at https://forms.gle/6tzmMwtvBv8EMkvG7
2. Discuss and get your queries clarified
3. Pay 50% Deposit
Indian UPI Payment : 9765348573@icici, hi.ananda@icici
International Payment : hi.ananda@gmail.com
What about cancellation ?
Book only when it’s clear and possible for you to attend.
If you cancel for unforeseen reasons, deposit amount will be held.
If program cancels for unforeseen reasons, amount will be returned back and only 5% will be held for service charges.
What are the other programs happening ?
About Facilitator Ananda:
Ananda is an inner guide, yogi, meditator & healer sharing experiential retreats, trainings, personal guidance & mentoring across Asia & Europe. His vision is to remind, empower, enlighten, evolve people to live true nature with love & freedom. His mission is to create & nourish high vibrational transformative spaces, programs, healers & facilitators.
Ananda is founder and care taker of Bodhi Vanam, a wholeness centre & natural eco farm with fruits & herbs in a healing forest on Kodaikanal mountain, south India.
Ananda feels Awareness & Love are the master keys to live wholesome.
Awakening experiences and further quest propelled to travel inside and outside to explore various forms of transformational tools and energetic spaces.
Over 30 years his life has been enriched and evolving with hatha yoga, zen, vigyana bhairav tantra, inner science, psychology, divine grace and mother nature.
Ananda is professionally trained with various ancient and modern forms of healing tools including Ayurveda, Varma, Cranio Sacral, Family Constellation, Reiki, Pranic healing, NLP, NVC, ATB, DUP, Watsu, Aqua wellness, Alchemy of touch, Reflexology & Rebalancing.
Ananda had a professional life with a Masters degree in Computers and worked as a Software Architect for 12 years in international companies. He left that profession long ago for simple living and heartful sharing.
Ananda tunes and bows down all to the masters in his life and to the mystery of life itself.