cYs Practitioner Training Programme 2004 Retreat Extract 3

Session 4 – Self Planning & Self Practice

This was a five day mid-afternoon Prāṇāyāma only planning and practice project for year Four students within a four year Practitioner Training Programme.

The format was:

• 5′ Pulse taking
• 15′ Prāṇāyāma Planning
• 10’ Group Chanting
• 15′ Prāṇāyāma Practice
• 5’ Sitting
• 5′ Pulse taking
• 5’ For recording your pulse, personal notes or reflections from the practice

The Bhāvana practice proposition and Prāṇāyāma practice techniques that set each afternoons focus, technique and crown ratio are shown below.

For those needing clarification around the Prāṇāyāma Planning Techniques, a PDF handout on the Primary Prāṇāyāma Techniques as taught by Krishnamacharya and Desikachar can be viewed or downloaded from the link below.

• Primary Prāṇāyāma Techniques as taught by Krishnamacharya and Desikachar

The above post on this particular Self Planning & Self Practice exploration can be downloaded as a PDF.

• View or Download this 5 day year Four Prāṇāyāma planning and practice project as a PDF

Furthermore, this post will sit within a series of Practitioner Training Retreat Self Planning and Self Practice Extracts, illustrating both short term and longer term developmental examples of the Viniyoga of Āsana, Mudrā, Prāṇāyāma and Bandha.

• cYs Practitioner Training Programme Retreat Extract 1 – Self Planning & Self Practice
• cYs Practitioner Training Programme Retreat Extract 2 – Self Planning & Self Practice
• cYs Practitioner Training Programme Retreat Extract 3 – Self Planning & Self Practice
• cYs Practitioner Training Programme Retreat Extract 4 – Self Planning & Self Practice