PlayPauseBreathe: Breathe better. Feel the difference in minutes.
Breathe teaches traditional pranayama in depth: techniques that balance your energy, reduce stress and boost mindfulness within minutes, with a guided audio session for every practice.
Every practice, broken down.
Every technique gets a full video lesson of its own, taught step by step: how to sit, where to place your hands, the rhythm of the breath, what it does for you and when to avoid it. Then a guided audio session lets you practice it with Illona, eyes closed.
Pranayama · Anuloma VilomaYour practice, before and after.
Lightness of the body, brilliance on the face, increase of the digestive fire, and slimness of the body. These occur definitely.
From the Yoga-bhaskara, on the effects of pranayama and kumbhaka (breath retention)
Master your breath. Elevate your life force.
Enhance your yoga practice
Pranayama lets you control the vital life force within. Some practices build alertness and focus before you practice yoga. Others use the calming power of the breath to help you cool down.
Live a better life
When you use the power of the breath, you balance the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. This gives you more control over your emotions and brings a series of well-documented health benefits.
How you'll benefit
A better mood, a stronger immune system and more control over your weight.
The stress-relieving effect of pranayama helps you get more restorative sleep.
The only part of the autonomic nervous system you can steer by choice, and the key to influencing every other system and the mind.
More depth in your yoga practice and more healing in your meditation.
Your tissues, brain included, get more oxygen, so you feel alert, reinvigorated and calm.
Learn to purify the body through the lungs and the digestive system.
4 modules, 12 lessons + bonuses.
From the fundamentals to cleansing techniques. Pick a module to see what's inside.
Fundamentals
How pranayama works and how to prepare for it. Learn to recognize bad breathing habits, and the 3 bandhas that let you control energy flow in your body.
Pranayama techniques
The most common pranayama practices and their benefits, from the calm of Anuloma Viloma to the vigor of Bhastrika. Learn to channel lunar and solar energies.
Cleansing techniques
Kriyas, or cleansing actions, that clear the airways and prepare you for other pranayama practices.
Audios and Trataka
Illona guides you through each practice by voice, so you can practice with your eyes closed. Plus Trataka, a meditation that trains concentration and mental endurance.
What you'll discover.
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How to channel lunar and solar energies, linked to the left and right hemispheres of the brain, to balance your energy levels in whatever way you need.
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How to use pranayama after a physical practicefor a boost in calm and mindfulness.
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How to fix bad breathing habits, with hand-based techniques that make improving your normal breathing range easy and fast.
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How to boost your energyand build heat in the body to prepare for a physical yoga practice.
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How to bathe every cell in oxygen, regulating your immune system and releasing endorphins in the process.
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The 3 bandhas, the bodily locks that let you control the flow of energy inside your body.
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Why your menstrual cycle mattersfor some breathing practices, and which ones to avoid.
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The mudras that sharpen focus. Your hands take up a huge amount of neural space in the brain, and these gestures use it to deepen awareness during pranayama.
The pranayamas, on cards.
The Asana Expansion Deck, Vol. 2 of the PlayPauseBe Yoga Deck, includes 6 pranayamas, all taught in Breathe.
For yogis, and for anyone who breathes.
Deepen your practice with pranayama: breaths that focus you before you move and cool you down after.
Re-learn how to use your breath to calm your nervous system, sleep better and feel more energy.
Bring the details of each practice, the bandhas and the mudras into your classes.
Illona.
600 hours of training and more than 1,500 hours of teaching, with a focus on pranayama. The lessons feel like one-on-one sessions with her.
What yogis say.
“Great course, fun and enlightening. I've been practicing yoga for at least 4 years and some days it was just hard to get into it. So far the bhastrika practice has got me in the mood!”
“I was new to Pranayama but now I do it every day! The course is amazing, easy to follow and full of useful information. I also appreciated the bonuses, in particular the guided audio sessions.”
“I love using these lessons before meditation. It really calms the heart and equalizes my breathing.”
“I've done a few breathing classes before, but this was different. The way Illona teaches includes details I had never seen. I felt more like a yogi doing it her way!”
Three bonuses, on the house.
Yoga Detox Secrets
A 6-page ebook on three yogic cleansing rituals. They have been used for thousands of years, support the immune system and leave you feeling fresh and reset.
Pranayama guided audio sessions
Recorded separately from the videos. Illona guides you through every practice in the course by voice, so you can practice mindfully, eyes closed.
Trātaka meditation
A video lesson plus a guided audio session. This yogic purification ritual strengthens the eyes and the mind's concentration and endurance, and develops intuition and willpower.
Lifetime access to Breathe.
If you don't feel any benefit within 30 days, email us and we'll refund you in full.
Add to your practice.
The hand gestures that deepen focus in pranayama.
Kriyas and breathwork to raise your energy.
Long, quiet holds that pair well with your breath.
Do I need yoga experience?
No. Breathe is for yoga practitioners who want to deepen their practice, and for anyone who wants to re-learn how to use their breath.
What's the difference between the videos and the audios?
The video lessons teach each technique in detail. The guided audio sessions let you practice with Illona's voice, eyes closed, once you know the technique.
Can I practice during my period?
Some breathing practices are best avoided during your cycle. The course explains which ones, with safety tips for every technique.
How long do I have access?
For life. You get a members-only area you can open anytime, anywhere, on any device.
What if the course isn't right for me?
You have 30 days to decide. If you don't feel any benefit, email our support team and we'll refund you in full.
Can teachers use it?
Yes. The details of each technique, the bandhas and the mudras will help you guide pranayama in your classes.
Where to go next.
Breathwork deepens the stillness of long yin holds.
Bring the breath into every pose of the Yoga Deck.
Five minutes a day to release tension in the face.
the short version
PlayPauseBreathe at a glance
Breathe is an online pranayama course from Floga Academy with 12 video lessons in 4 modules and 7 guided audio sessions. You learn traditional breathing techniques such as Anuloma Viloma, Bhastrika and Ujjayi, the 3 bandhas, mudras for pranayama and cleansing kriyas, plus Trataka meditation. Taught by Illona Tschopp, it suits yoga practitioners, teachers and anyone who wants to use the breath to reduce stress.
- What it is
- An online course that teaches traditional pranayama in depth, with a guided audio session for every practice.
- Who it's for
- Yoga practitioners, anyone who feels stressed, and teachers who want to guide pranayama in their classes. No yoga experience needed.
- What you learn
- How the breath works, fixing bad breathing habits, the 3 bandhas, pranayama and cleansing techniques, lunar and solar breathing, and Trataka meditation.
- Format
- 12 HD video lessons in 4 modules, 7 guided audios and a digital guide, on any device, anytime, anywhere.
- Teachers
- Illona Tschopp, with 600 hours of training and more than 1,500 hours of teaching, with a focus on pranayama.
- Pairs with
- The Asana Expansion Deck, which includes 6 pranayamas taught in the course. Bonuses: the Yoga Detox Secrets ebook and Trataka lesson.
- Price
- $49.99, one payment, lifetime access.
- Guarantee
- 30-day money-back guarantee: if you don't feel any benefit within 30 days, email us for a full refund.