Prana Vidya L1: Healing Yourself & Others With Cosmic Energy

Harness the yogic science of prana to elevate your energy, calm your mind, and skillfully direct cosmic energy for healing yourself and other. Rooted in the Satyananda/Bihar School of Yoga tradition of Prana Vidya, this Level-1 training is a clear, practice-heavy path that turns subtle theory into embodied results.

What you’ll learn (measurable outcomes)

• Perform Full Yogic Breathing and Nadi Shodhana correctly to purify nadis and settle the mind’s fluctuations, with step-by-step cues you can repeat on your own.

• Activate Manipura (solar plexus) and practice “Reversing Prana & Apana” to kindle samana vayu—often experienced as improved digestion, steadier afternoon energy, better core stability/posture, and calmer mood reactivity.

• Sense, circulate, expand, and re-collect prana through guided meditations (Prana Nidra & pranic body activation), so you can feel and manage energy in real time.

• Follow the traditional, systematic arc of Prana Vidya—awakening, raising/storing, expanding/distributing—so your practice progresses safely and clearly.

• Apply the “Eight Stages of Pranic Healing” and guide a basic self-healing session; then advance to a full, instructor-led session.

• Use mudras for the five vayus and mantra to sharpen pranic sensitivity and influence.

• Build a sustainable daily sadhana (breath, movement, mantra, meditation) you can keep up in 10–20 minutes a day.

Who this course is for:

• Yogis, meditators, coaches, and wellness practitioners seeking reliable, lineage-based energy skills.

• Beginners who want safe, guided entry into subtle practices—no prior experience required.

• Teachers/therapists who wish to add pranic awareness and self-regulation tools to client work.

Why this tradition? Authenticity you can trust

• The Satyananda/Bihar system codified Prana Vidya as a complete sadhana—with clearly defined stages that lead from awakening energy to conscious distribution and healing.

• You’ll learn why tantra emphasizes “liberation of energy” as the key to mental transformation—and how pranayama, mudra, bandha, mantra, visualization, and Yoga Nidra work together to do exactly that.

• The course also bridges classical insight with modern language: prana is presented as a multidimensional energy (electrical, magnetic, photonic, thermal, mental), making the practices tangible and testable in your body.

Guided, practice-first curriculum (4 weeks)

• Week 1 – Awareness of Prana: Vedic & cross-cultural context, “prana = constant motion,” breath & body sensing, Prana Awareness Meditation, lifestyle for high prana, Week-1 assignment.
  

• Week 2 – Awakening Prana: Chakras, nadis, Full Yogic Breathing, Nadi Shodhana, Agni Mandala, mudras for the five vayus, pranic body activation, Week-2 assignment.
  

• Week 3 – Directing Prana: Transmission of prana, therapeutic touch basics, Yoga Nidra as an aid to Prana Vidya, mantra, visualization & concentration for pranic direction, Ajna activation.
  

• Week 4 – Healing With Prana: The Eight Stages of Pranic Healing + a complete, guided self-healing session; review & integration.

Real-world benefits you can notice

• Energy & mood: Feel more “on” during the day and reduce afternoon crashes as samana refines and redistributes vitality.
  

• Digestion & core: Many experience warmer, steadier digestion and improved posture as awareness collects around the navel center.
  

• Focus & resilience: Calm, lengthened breathing plus Manipura work often brings steadier concentration and less reactivity to stress.
  

• Sleep & restoration: Pranic practices support deeper replenishment—vital for sustaining higher awareness.
  

• Skillful self-regulation: Pranayama trains you to supply and balance prana where it’s needed—an invaluable daily life skill.
  

• Inside the practices
  

• Nadi Shodhana: Learn exact hand positions, visualizations for ida/pingala, and pacing so you can repeat it safely and effectively.
  

• Agni Mandala & Manipura Activation: Breath-led visualization to kindle inner fire, charge willpower, and cultivate grounded confidence.
  
  Prana Nidra & Pranic Body Activation: Progressive sensing, expanding, and recollecting of prana—complete scripts included.
  

• Mudras for the Five Vayus: Build discernment of prana/apana/samana/udana/vyana to “feel before you direct.”

Instructor & lineage

• Devatma Saraswati was initiated into Prana Vidya in 2008 under the guidance of Swami Satyananda by the senior swamis of the Bihar School of Yoga and has been practicing and teaching Prana Vidya for 17+ years.
  

• This course follows the structured approach presented in Prana Vidya (Satyananda/Niranjanananda)—awakening, raising, storing, expanding and distributing prana.

This course includes

• Guided practices (including Prana Nidra) you can download and repeat for personal transformation.

• Clear weekly assignments and a sadhana plan you’ll tailor to your schedule.

• Practical frameworks that make subtle work concrete—linking energy, breath, posture, and attention into one skillset.

If you’re ready to experience prana as a living, usable force—and to turn timeless teachings into daily, measurable benefits—this training is your starting point.