The Embodied Breath
An Intimate Guide Through
the Inner Architecture
of Pranayama
with Paul Wooden
This comprehensive foundations course is not simply breathing exercises.
It is designed specifically to open you to a more intimate
relational orientation in your practice.
It is designed to give you the tools and support you need to expand your understanding of the transformative power of the breath through a deeper relational connection with your own embodied life.
Pranayama is an intimate process of apprenticing ourselves
to the subtle and responsive intelligence of life
Pranayama expands and refines our capacity
for feeling
Pranayama expands and refines our capacity for feeling.
It is an intimate exploration of the subtle energetic dynamics of our inner lives. We are not simply breathing with Pranayama practice,
we cultivating the exquisite sensitivity to the responsive intelligence of life.
The Embodied breath course if as much about cultivating feeling and intimacy as it is about the breath.
This course give you a deeper clarity and confidence with how to work internally with energy and breath.
It is an intimate invitation into the rich and subtle terrain of relationship. With you, with others and with life itself.
What we cover
This course will be a mix of theory and practice
Covering these themes.
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The 5 pillars of grounding
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Stability and openness
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Safety and belonging
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The role of gravity in breathing.
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The relational nature of things
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Befriending feeling
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Boundaries, containment and openness (saying yes and no)
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Understanding Energy and mind
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Trusting the natural intelligence of life.
This course is for you if
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If you are ready to explore the deeper dimensions of yoga practice
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You want to establish a real foundation for consistent pranayama and meditation practice.
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If you still feel you are doing someone else’s practice and are ready to open to your own
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you are a teacher looking to deepen your understanding of pranayama
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If you are ready to shift your practice from techniques into a deeply personal relationship with life.
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If you want to cultivate a deeper felt and trusting relationship with your own embodied life
What students say
Paul Wooden is a yoga teachers’ teacher.
It’s hard to convey the deep richness of his teaching, nor the exceptional skills and mastery that he uses in his work. Paul has a massive depth of theoretical and practical knowledge in all areas of yogic study.
He teaches with an open heart and humility and delicately nurtures each student’s development.
Personally, I consider being Paul’s student to be essential to my ongoing training and development as a yoga student, yoga teacher and student of life!
Claire Heywood
The opportunity to attend one of Paul’s events is an opportunity for me to deepen my practice. Paul’s amazing wisdom and depth of knowledge allows me to release into his care and let go of all pretensions and expectations.
Paul has a wonderful way of making each student feel valued and allows them to ‘start where they are at’. He uses plain language and his talks on some of the more philosophical aspects of Yoga are easy to understand and he encourages open discussion and questions.
As a Yoga Teacher myself, attending Paul’s retreats are part of
my ongoing personal development and teacher training as I find I learn so much from him.
I give Paul’s retreats my highest recommendation.
Gina Macaulay - Hara Yoga, Australia
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About Paul
Paul has been practicing and studying yoga and meditation for over 35 years and teaching for 30 years.
He draws from his experience in many different styles and traditions and, through a practical understanding of their underlying unifying principles, weaves together a cohesive and integrated approach to yoga.
Paul is a unique voice in the world of yoga. He has a way of bringing the sometimes abstract teaching of yoga into ordinary language making them accessible and workable in our lives.
For Paul, yoga is first and foremost a relational process, with technique being a way to serve a deepening and more intimate relationship with the ongoing moment to moment reality of our lives.
Working with Paul is an invitation to the deeper dimensions of practice by opening us to the sensitivity and receptivity necessary for the subtler inner practices.