3 Breathwork and Pranayama Techniques for Yoga Teachers Who Keep Putting It Off l Yoga Teacher Tips

If you've been meaning to teach pranayama in your classes but keep finding reasons to wait — this video is for you. Most yoga teachers want to include breathwork. The problem isn't interest — it's knowing where to start, how long to spend, and whether students will actually value it. This video solves all three problems in under 20 minutes, with three simple, immediately usable techniques you can bring to your next class. No restructuring required. No special training needed. Just three practical breathwork tools, three locations in your class to use them, and the confidence to begin. What You'll Learn: -Why two to three minutes of pranayama is enough to measurably shift your students' nervous systems — and why you don't need more time than that to start -The three most common fears yoga teachers have about teaching breathwork — and why none of them should stop you -Three specific breathwork techniques matched to three specific moments in your class: the opening, within dynamic movement, and pre-Savasana -Why coherence breathing (5.5 second inhale, 5.5 second exhale) is the single most accessible pranayama technique for any yoga class -How to use breath-linked movement — half sun salutations, cat-cow, Utkatasana to forward fold — as a seamless breathwork practice within your existing sequence -The extended exhale technique (6 second inhale, 2 second pause, 8 second exhale, 2 second pause) and why it's perfect before Savasana for parasympathetic activation -Why the technique is the timing — and how that insight makes teaching pranayama dramatically simpler than you think --How to communicate breathwork to your students so they understand, stay engaged, and want more The Three Techniques Covered: -Coherence Breathing / Sama Vritti Pranayama — 5.5 x 5.5 seconds, ideal for class openings -Breath-linked movement — half sun salutations, Utkatasana flow, eagle arms transitions -Extended exhale breathing — 6:2:8:2 ratio, ideal pre-Savasana for nervous system downregulation Chapters: 00:00 Introduction — why yoga teachers keep putting pranayama off 01:20 Concern 1: Will my students get bored? 02:06 Concern 2: Which technique should I use? 02:27 Concern 3: Where does pranayama go in class? 03:49 Location 1: Class opening — coherence breathing 07:07 Location 2: Within dynamic movement — breath-linked movement patterns 10:31 Location 3: Pre-Savasana — extended exhale breathing 13:51 The final challenge — pick one technique and try it this week About Jason Crandell: Jason Crandell is a yoga teacher, yoga teacher trainer, and movement specialist with nearly 30 years of experience. His teaching integrates yoga anatomy, breathwork, functional movement, and exercise science to help yoga teachers and practitioners build smarter, more sustainable, and more complete practices. Jason co-hosts the YogaLand Podcast and Yoga-ish Podcast with his wife Andrea Ferretti — one of yoga's most trusted voices for over 10 years and 8 million downloads. If You Want to Go Deeper: This video is a starting point. If you're ready to become a genuinely comprehensive pranayama teacher — with a full understanding of techniques, sequencing, physiology, and how to build a complete breathwork curriculum for your students — check out Jason's course below. → The Art of Teaching Pranayama: learn.jasonyoga.com/breathwork-training → 200-Hour Online Yoga Teacher Training: learn.jasonyoga.com/200 → All Courses: jasonyoga.com #yoga #yogateacher #breathwork #pranayama #yogateachertraining