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Prana Yoga:

Yoga is a philosophy of life and a process of transformation. It is both theory and practice. There are many types of yoga available in the West.

Prana Yoga is an effortless yoga dance with your body mind and spirit. This is the feeling that touched me as I read shakti mhi’s article on Prana Yoga. Who is shakti? She is a spiritual teacher who has taught yoga for 3 decades and is the founder of Prana Yoga Teacher College, located in Vancouver, B.C.

The College offers an opportunity to learn to teach asanas with a balance between the physical and the spiritual. The founder is passionate about spreading the spiritual path of yoga and to this end has devoted her time to training yoga teachers.

There is a flow and ease in yoga, when the yoga student connects with deeper aspects of his or herself through the physical body. This is the main message of Prana Yoga, says shakti. Movement from one pose to the other is carried out in slow motion in order to move deeper within. And when the pose is held, again the mind is taken within to rest in the inner silence.

In Prana Yoga one is encouraged to maintain this connection with the subtle pranic body throughout the practice. This connection can easily be broken when transition from kneeling or lying to standing; and when moving from standing down to the floor. A yoga instructor may give a simple instruction like, “come to standing”. In Prana Yoga however by using a series of postures, the connection to the pranic body can be kept.

Prana Yoga Teacher Training

Prana Yoga is described as having the precision of Iyengar, the style of Sivananda, and the flow of Ashtanga. Prana Yoga level 1 200 hour teacher training programs are offered in Vancouver, and other beautiful and spiritual locations in Thailand, Italy, and Bali. The program is delivered in 4 weeks. For further information, visit the website.