Turning Pain Into Purpose - Why I Revamped My Pranayama Training

Let's Talk Yoga

Arundhati Baitmangalkar

Business, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 567 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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I’m sharing the deeply personal story behind why I revamped my Pranayama Teacher Training and how grief transformed my relationship with breath, pranayama, and teaching yoga. I also dive into breath literacy, why breath is more than just a technique, why Ujjayi is often overused, and the foundational breathing principles I believe every yoga student and teacher should understand. Episode Highlights: Revamped Pranayama training launchPersonal pranayama backstoryGrief and relationship with bre...

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, it's episode 221 and I'm your host Arundati and welcome back to the Let's Talk Yoga podcast.
0:07.6	On the show today, we are diving into a personal story and the why as well as details of the new Praniama teacher training that is dropping soon.
0:16.7	And it's only 20 weeks for you and me to sit down in Italy and indulge in a week-long yoga shala experience.
0:24.8	All this and more on this episode. So let's get to it.
0:30.9	Hi everyone. I'm Arundati and you've just tuned in to the Let's Talk Yoga podcast, your ultimate online destination for learning about yoga.
0:40.1	Whether you're a seasoned yoga teacher or a curious yoga student, there's something for you here.
0:45.9	Let this podcast be your virtual yoga school. We offer insights, inspiration and loads of nerdy exploration of yoga along the way.
0:55.0	But first, who am I?
0:56.8	I'm an Indian immigrant yoga teacher living in America for the past decade.
1:01.0	I have my own yoga school here in Seattle.
1:03.9	And I'm also a Bollywood choreographer.
1:06.4	And I've nurtured a thriving yoga community at my studio,
1:09.5	as well as a global yoga audience through my courses and this podcast.
1:15.3	Through this podcast, I intend to create a space for you, the yoga student and yoga teacher, to learn about yoga in depth.
1:24.2	Think of this as your online yoga school, free teacher training coming to you every week.
1:30.0	So grab your cup of tea and let's jump in.
1:34.6	Hi everyone. I want to start this episode with some very exciting news and I have been waiting for a few days to sit down and record and share this with you.
1:45.1	In just under five weeks, my signature offering, my Pranayama teacher training as well as in-depth study program, is back out into this world.
1:54.8	Now, this is super exciting for me because it's revamped and for the first time in six years we have redone the
2:02.6	whole course and by that I mean the syllabus is upgraded how we are offering this entire training
2:08.7	is changing and it's meant to go deeper it's meant to enhance your connection your clarity
2:14.4	your confidence as a student of yoga and as a yoga teacher in your own
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