Turning Pain Into Purpose - Why I Revamped My Pranayama Training

About this episode

Arundhati Baitmangalkar shares her personal journey of revamping her Pranayama Teacher Training and how grief has influenced her approach to breath and yoga teaching.

I’m sharing the deeply personal story behind why I revamped my Pranayama Teacher Training and how grief transformed my relationship with breath, pranayama, and teaching yoga. I also dive into breath literacy, why breath is more than just a technique, why Ujjayi is often overused, and the foundational breathing principles I believe every yoga student and teacher should understand. Episode Highlights: Revamped Pranayama training launchPersonal pranayama backstoryGrief and relationship with bre...

People in this episode

Host: Arundhati Baitmangalkar

Topics covered

• Pranayama
• breath literacy
• grief
• yoga teaching
• personal transformation

Keywords

• Pranayama
• breath
• yoga
• grief
• Ujjayi
• teacher training
• breath literacy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Pranayama Teacher Training

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