You are not the breather but the one that is being breathed. The tantra says that "She breathes you in until she is finished with you." The breath is something vital, transformative, and alchemical. You are invited to experience your breath like never before.
Unlock the Power of Your Breath
Transform Your Life with Breathwork & Pranayama
Join Dr. Paula Sauer and Selena Garefino MPH, ERYT for a comprehensive 50 hour Pranayama and Breathwork Teacher Training Course this FALL
Empower yourself and others with the ancient wisdom and modern science of the breath.
The breath is one of our most potent tools. You can change your state in moments. With the power of the breath you can heat yourself, cool yourself, stimulate or soothe. You can process difficult emotions and improve the overall quality of your breath and so much more. Breath is alchemical.
Are you passionate about guiding others on their journey to mental clarity, emotional balance, and physical well-being? We invite you to discover the art and science of pranayama and breathwork.
Whether you're a yoga instructor, wellness coach, physical therapist, therapist or simply someone looking to deepen your own relationship with your own practice, our course is designed to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to lead breathwork and pranayama classes and to empower your 1:1 clients to utilize their breath in potent ways.
What will you learn?
- Applied Anatomy of the Breath
- Katonah Yoga® Breath Practices
- The Magic Square of Katonah Yoga® + Body as a House, Breath of the Seasons, Weaving the Breath
- Conscious Connection Breath Practice for Breathwork Sessions
- Guiding Group Conscious Connection Breathwork
- Circular Breathing techniques from several traditions
- Guiding Private Group Conscious Connection Breathwork
- Nervous system regulation techniques
- Contraindications of Breathwork
- Introduction to Pain Science
- Classical Pranayama Techniques
- Applied Nervous System Anatomy
- Breath and Pelvic Floor Health AND SO MUCH MORE...
- All students will have recording access to their course for 6 months.
Your 50 Hour Breathwork + Pranayama Certification includes a course platform and private facebook community. Special bonus pranayama and breathwork sessions and office hours with Dr. Sauer and Selena.
All students will have 6 month access to their course materials and lecture recordings.
Harness the Power of the Breath
Discover how pranayama and conscious connection breath can elevate your daily life, bringing peace, energy, and focus effortlessly. Upon completion of the course you'll have all the tools you need to add pranayama and breathwork to your existing classes, to teach private lessons focused entirely on the breath, and to guide group and individual Conscious Connection Breathwork Sessions for your clients safely and intelligently.
This course is open to all. Whether you are a yoga teacher, practitioner, coach, or other related field. The course is open to practitioners simply seeking to deepen their practice and to gain more skills and techniques for personal wellbeing.
- Live-Streaming with recording access for 6 months
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Experience profound shifts in your mental, physical, and emotional well-being through controlled breathing.
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Learn powerful pranayama techniques from the comfort of your home, at your own pace.
- An online private community forum
- Open to all practitioners + teachers
- Flexible and supportive learning
- Expert guidance from seasoned teachers and a renowned physical therapist
What breath techniques will I learn?
This training will teach you classical pranayama techniques from the ancient yoga traditions including bonus lectures on the history of the concept of "prana" or lifeforce.
You will also learn the Katonah Yoga® pranayama practice and the maps of Katonah Yoga®. 10 hours of this training is bankable towards a Katonah Yoga certification.
KATONAH YOGA® was founded by Nevine Michaan, and is a Hatha yoga practice refined over forty years, blended with Taoist theory, sacred geometries, pranayama, and meditation. For more information, please visit www.katonahyoga.com.
You will also learn to safely guide what is referred to as Breathwork or Conscious Connection Breath or Circular Breathing. Conscious Connection Breath or Breathwork gets called many names in the wellness space. Conscious Connection Breath involves a continuous inhale and exhale without pauses creating a cyclical breathing pattern.
The practice is very powerful and can evoke strong emotional experiences in the practitioner. It is truly transformational on every level.
The practice acknowledges that the breath and the breather are powerful and that this work is supportive mentally, spiritually, and emotionally.
REGISTER FOR THE TRAINING ➡Payment Plan
Our most flexible option. 6 payments of $200 after Early Bird
Pay in Three
Receive a BONUS 1 off coaching session with Selena priced at $300
Pay in Full
Receive 1 1:1 coaching sessions with Selena priced at $300 plus access a bonus 10 Hour Katonah Yoga® course. *please note this was a course recorded live in 2024.
Let's Talk Modules
Each Module Includes a Sat/Sun Intensive + 1 Weekly Practice, and 5 Hours of self-breath practice guided by pre-recorded lessons.
Weekly breath practices will be held on Monday and Wednesdays at 4pm CEST (CET).
January 18th and 19th
3pm CEST/8am MT/10am ET
Module 1
Applied Anatomy of the Breath with Dr. Paula Sauer + Classical Pranayama Techniques with Selena. Expect 2 hours each day of applied anatomy of the breath followed by 3 hour sessions with Selena on various pranayama techniques and teaching pranayama effectively. Leveraging the energetics of breath practices for maximum benefits. This module is supplemented with pre-recorded video lectures on "prana" and the concept of pranayam from Classical Yoga Studies.
MODULE 2 January 25th and 26th
Module 2
3pm CEST/8am MT/10am ET
10 Hours of training with Dr. Paula Sauer. You will learn pelvic floor health and the breath, contraindications for breathwork, introduction to pain science, physiology of the nervous system and breath and more. And if that sounds intimidating? I promise it is not! Dr. Paula will guide you through experiential labs all along the way to make the material digestible and USABLE.
MODULE 3 February 1st and 2nd
Module 3
3pm CET/8am MT/10am ET
In this module you will receive 10 hours of education in Conscious Connection Circular Breathwork techniques. You will learn to safely guide group and 1:1 sessions with students. Students will practice this technique throughout the entirety of the course and in this module will learn the critical pieces for guiding others.
MODULE 5 February 15th and 16th
Module 4
3pm CET/8am MT/10am ET
In this module you will receive 10 hours of education in Conscious Connection Breathwork practice and guidance and additional techniques. Expect to swim in the philosophical waters, to do a lot of practice, and to engage with your fellow breathers.
MODULE 5 March 1st AND 2nd
Module 5
3pm CET/8am MT/10am ET
In this module you will learn Katonah Yoga® Pranayama and the applicable maps of Katonah Yoga®. This module is supplemented with videos of Katonah Yoga® Pranayama Practice, one of which is yours to keep and download forever. In this module you'll learn to apply classical pranayama techniques to the maps of Katonah Yoga® to weave beautiful pranayama classes that stand alone or can be taught in a yoga class.
Breath and consciousness are two sides of the same coin. When we practice conscious control of the breath we are making what is unconscious conscious. We're harnessing our ability to move against the grain and against our habits, which always moves us towards our potential.
The ancient texts of yoga say that the one that has mastered prana has mastered everything.
In this training you will learn to guide your people through powerful techniques that open up a range of possibilities. The breath has the power to stir us up, calm us down, agitate, soothe, heat, cool, and so much more. It gives you another piece of yourself. Breath is a wellness tool that once you have it is always available, always free, and always useable.
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Meet your instructors
Selena has practiced yoga for 27 years and taught movement and meditation for over 15. She holds thousands of hours of yoga training from luminary teachers. She began her yoga studies at age 13 and has never ceased her pursuit.
She is a personal development coach, somatic coach, and teacher's teacher. A devoted student of the yoga tradition she has never ceased her learning. She is a South-Asian anthropologist, holding multiple certifications in yoga, pilates, FRC™, Katonah Yoga™, NLP, Somatic Experiencing, NLM™, and more.
Selena is an oral storyteller and teacher of mythology and folklore.
Selena is a Socio-Cultural Anthropologist and also holds an MPH from Boston University. She is a two-time Cornell Fellow and Fulbright Scholar. Her research includes the History and Evolution of Yoga in the West, Maternal Child and Infant Health in Nepal, and Myth and Folklore Studies.
She wants you to find an inner intimacy and practice that supports you the whole of your life. She believes your most critical transmission is your inner transmission.
Meet your instructor
Dr. Paula Sauer - Paula brings over 20 years experience working with the human body and movement as a physical therapist and an educator in the fitness space, specialising in orthopaedics, women’s health and geriatric medicine. Paula authored and produced an integrative therapeutics training program for online and in person training, and has lectured worldwide on the topics of anatomy, kinesiology, therapeutics, women’s health, and injury prevention. Paula holds a doctorate degree in Physical Therapy, and works fluently in both English and German. She created and operated her successful practice in Los Angeles, CA and also co-founded a computer vision company in the fitness technology space. When Paula isn’t teaching or writing new material, you can find her treating patients in Switzerland.
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