Experience Pure Inner Stillness
Shodhan Kriya
Transform your life by stirring inner and outer petals of life
Shodhan kriya is traditional breathing techniques that connect with your nameless, changeless and time-less essential nature.
Activate Your Inner Energy
7 Days Shodhan Kriya
The 7-Day Shodhan Kriya is a blend of traditional breathing kriyas with modern modified breathing with specific gestures to calm the tensed nerves and bring what is worthwhile for you. It makes you connect to your blissful nature no matter whatever you do. Satbodh Yoga school offers both an online and in-person to facilitate the aspirants. Shodhan Kriya is systematized breath techniques that offers solutions to your all problems—whether its physical, mental or emotional. It activates your five sheaths or koshas—annamaya kosha (physical body), pranayama kosha (energy body), manomaya kosha (mental body), vijnanamaya kosha (intuitive body) & anandamaya kosha (bliss body). One week long Shodhan kriya is intricately designed to enhance your personality development and magnetism. You learn to inhale joy, peace and love from outer world and exhale anxiety, fear and depression from your inner world. You become the epitome of tranquility and divinity.
The clouds of negativity roam as usual in outer space but never penetrates you. The breath techniques polish your essential nature thereby making things happen through you not on you. You become the maker; not the vulnerable of the changing phases of life.
- Filters repulsive thoughts and emotions
- Fills you with zeal and enthusiasm
- Improves lung capacity & oxygen level
- Positive changes at your behavioral patterns
- Ensures divine transformation within you
Transform Body Mind Soul
7 Days Shodhan Kriya in Rishikesh, India Synopsis
Timeless Inner Connection
What is Shodhan Kriya?
Shodhan Kriya is traditional breathing techniques to bring tremendous transformation within you. Breath and mind are interconnected as what Hatha Yoga Pradipika says. When you are angry, jealous or frightened; the pattern of your breathing becomes rapid, haphazard and uneven. But when everything comes under control, the same breath turns slow, smooth and serene. When you learn to become aware of your breath; gradually one day you become aware of the subtle breath (prana) too. Shodhan kriya not only purifies your breath; but also helps in the expansion of your innate prana. Prana is the first evolution of cosmic consciousness (Shiva) when existence begins. With overflowing vital energy; things start happening not on you, but through you.
Whatever frustration, anxiety, fear or bad memories are hidden in your sub-conscious mind slowly comes out at the surface and then eliminates permanently. Shodhan is powerful breathing technique to make you relax, balanced with stress-free mind. You start living moment to moment no trace of past or future projection.
- Balances mind, body & emotions
- Awareness of present moment
- Anger, anxiety and fear lessens
- Less thoughts, more relaxation
- Breath becomes an enjoyable experience
Course: 7 Days Shodhan Kriya (offline & online)
Level
Yoga Style
Duration
Module
Language of Instruction
English
Certification
Venue
Satbodh Yoga School
Location
Isolated and peaceful place
Foundation of Inner Discipline
Ethics of Shodhan Kriya
The bedrocks of Shodhan kriya are six principles through which you not merely understand and digest the traditional breathing kriyas; but also integrate and absorb what is said between the lines. As you delve deeper and deeper within you; the pearls of wisdom hidden at the bottom bounces back to float at the surface of your mind.
Vow (sankalp)
The vow you take before plunging into the program must reach to the deepest space of your sub-conscious mind.
Surrender (samarpan)
Empty yourself completely to prepare mentally and psychologically for transformation by surrendering all what belongs to you.
Commitment (pratibadata)
Vow and surrender starts displaying divine traits when commitment joins them to take the pathless path less-travelled.
Presence (upastiti)
Withdrawing the past experiences and future aspirations, be living in the presence moment as Shodhan always happen in now.
Empty mind (khali mann)
An empty mind free from conditioning and prejudices makes you worthy for spiritual evolution and regain your pristine nature
Blissful state (anand)
Joy comes within; outer happenings only trigger it what is inside you. Cultivate a joyful state to transform you horizontally and vertically.
Breathe, Heal, Transform Deeply
Shodhan Kriya: Traditional Powerful Breathing
Shodhan kriya is a powerful yogic technique that blends traditional yogic breathing with modern modified breathing. It improves your nervous system to stir and elevate happy hormones like dopamine, serotonin, endorphins and eliminates stressful hormones (cortisol & catecholamines). All these impacts helps to reduce stress and anxiety from your life and clears space for longevity and happiness.
Powerful breathing also clears emotional blocks from subconscious mind and promotes emotional well-being. The traditional kriya allows more oxygen supply to reach all organs of your body including cells and tissues. It also helps in boosting energy level of your body. The deep and long breathing sharpening your focus by regulating brain waves.
Awaken Through Sacred Breath
Meaning of Shodhan Kriya
‘Shodhan’ is a Sanskrit word for purification, cleansing or detoxification. It not only cleanses the body by clearing toxins, but also purify your breath, mind and optical nerves. “Kriya” signifies subtle action or inner practice. In a nutshell, Shodhan kriya means traditional practice of purification. It touches five levels of breath awareness that begins from outer and finally reaches to the center of your consciousness.
Shodhan Kriya involves power of breath to redefine you, rewire you and rediscover you after subduing all those impurities that doesn’t belong you. And, what remains at the end is “pure consciousness” that is “Self” free from all boundaries and limitations.
Path of Inner Purification
Five Steps to Traditional Breathing
Shodhan Kriya includes five traditional breath kriyas. It begins with slow breath; shifts to intermediate breath and finally touches “breath within the breath”. Purification at multi-levels begins only when incoming breath touches your navel center. This is known as “Tanden” in Japanese martial arts and this is the seat of vital energy (prana). Slow and control breathing let the air flow in balance way from both nostrils. You gain rhythmic pattern in incoming and outgoing breath. The sound of breath-movement becomes subtle and you start feeling only pulsation at certain points (at the end of inhalation & exhalation). Awareness generates not only at the movement of the breath, but also at space where breath stops momentarily. These are five steps to Shodhan Kriya:
Rhythmic breath
Fast, shallow breath indicates anxious mind. When breath is chaotic; mind wanders. Traditional breathing kriyas assures rhythmic pattern of breath to relax the overthinking mind and balms the suppressing emotions and feelings.
Deep & long breath
Deep and long breath allows full engagement of the diaphragm, lungs and intercostal muscles. It purifies the whole breath channel and also detoxify the body by eliminating stubborn impurities. It makes you feel light, energetic and full of life.
Deep & long breath
Deep and long breath allows full engagement of the diaphragm, lungs and intercostal muscles. It purifies the whole breath channel and also detoxify the body by eliminating stubborn impurities. It makes you feel light, energetic and full of life.
Fast Breath
Forceful and rapid breath pumps out unwanted airs trapped in many parts of your body and elevates oxygen level. It releases all the suppressed emotions and feelings and also frees you from conditioned mind. It also helps in attaining calm and focused mind.
Nadi breath
When incoming and outgoing breath balances from both nostrils, then subtle breath (prana) starts ascending upwards from major Sushmana nadi. You learn to remain grounded in all situations and seed of higher spiritual evolution sprouts in inner ground of being.
Transcendental breath
When every inhale touches your navel, and every exhale begins from ‘tanden’, then it is known as transcendental breath. It opens the intuitive eyes and whatever you wish or dream, it becomes true or come nearer to the realized level.
Science of Sacred Breath
Science behind Breath
Breathing is the process of moving air in and out through nose, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli (tiny air sacs). Breathing is combination of respiratory system, nervous system, circulatory system and even cellular level. In simple words, breathing is a blend of physics and biology with a little bit of neuroscience.
A normal person breathes 21,500 cycles in a day. There a subtle sound of “sa” in inhaling air and “ha” is exhaling air. In essence, every breath whispering “Hamsa” breathing i.e. “I am Shiva”, “I am that”. So, breath is blend of both science and spiritual science.
Breath is not merely a biological process of exchanging gases; but it’s a link between your lower self and higher ‘Self’. Breath meditation subdues ego from the embodied consciousness and elevates you to divine ‘Self’. Intuition, wisdom and clarity of mind cultivates within you.
- It is a life-sustaining natural process
- Coordination of diaphragm and intercostal muscles
- Gas exchange involves simple diffusion principles
- It is managed by medulla oblongata
- It helps in attaining balanced nervous system
Everything You Need Included
7 Days Shodhan Kriya (Fee Inclusion)
The fee inclusion for 7 days Shodhan Kriya in Rishikesh is 800 USD (twin-sharing room) for every individual. And, for private individual occupancy, the fee will be 1200 USD. The breathing training under Shodhan Kriya will be conducted for a week (7 days) that will include program fees, accommodation, yoga accessories and all meals.

Accommodation & Vegetarian Food

Welcome Gift & Souvenir

Pick & Drop Facility from Jolly Grant Airport (Dehradun)

Astrology & Gemstone Consultancy

Special Yoga Dresses & Wi-Fi Zone

Satbodh Certificate & Performance Certificate
Breathe Better, Live Better
Why Do You Join Us?
You don’t require special skills or effort to learn breathing. But when the pattern of breathing is erratic, it invites fear, depression and anxiety. Shodhan kriya teaches you how to change breathing pattern with awareness at certain points to reclaim your peace, power and presence. It is simple and yet its fruits are amazing. It revitalizes your body and mind as it is a vital link between Annayamaya Kosha (physical body) and pranamaya kosha (energy body).
Focus
Removes mental blockages to sharpen mental clarity.
Balances energy
Infuses energy at all sheaths of your existence .
Deep sleep
Relieve from snoring and other breath-related hurdle
Improves lung capacity
Strengthen respiratory system
Oxygenation
Shodhan helps in elevation of energy level
Quality Life
Shodhan helps in balancing inner and outer life
Release traumas
Helps in maintaining emotional balance
More productive
You become asset instead of liability
More productive
You become asset instead of liability
Awaken All Energy Layers
Benefits of Shodhan Kriya: Traditional Breath Techniques
Shodhan Kriya ensures five levels of benefits at annamaya kosha (physical level), pranayama kosha (energy level), manomaya kosha (mental level), vijnanamaya kosha (wisdom body) and anandamaya kosha (bliss layer). Inhalation means birth and exhalation implies death and retention is sustenance of life. So, this is the reason retention or holding of breath is vital to Shodhan kriya. This purging kriya touches all the dimensions of your existence to bring transformation.
Physical Benefits
- Detoxify by eliminating harmful waste
- Improves metabolism and digestive system
- Helps in managing hypertension
- Boosts your immunity power
- Controls blood pressure and heart rate
- Reduces stress hormones like cortisol
Energy Benefits
- Cleanses and balance three major nadis (tubes)
- Aligns and activates chakras (energy channels)
- Helps in managing hypertension
- Prepares energy body for meditation
- Spiritual growth and inner harmony
- Expands your “aura” (protective energy field)
Mental Benefits
- Sharpens focus and concentration
- Make you aware of inner chatter
- Remain calm in adversary situation
- Improves mental clarity and decision-making
- Balances your emotional behaviour
- Reduces hypertension and anxiety
Intuitive Benefits
- Sharpens discerning power
- Supports neuroplasticity
- Break mental conditioning
- Activates intuitive intelligence
- Transcend three bodies (gross, subtle & causal)
- Prepares you for blissful experience
Blissful Benefits
- Cultivates undivided consciousness
- Connect to innate joy & peace
- Boosts evenness of mind
- Remain connected to essential “Self”
- Elevates your spiritual essence
- Things start happening through “you”
Consistent Inner Cleansing Routine
Shodhan Kriya: Daily Schedule
Shodhan kriya is fundamentally purging process merely with distinct dimensions of breathing techniques. It touches your both gross and subtle dimensions ensuring purifications strike both at inner and outer beings. The seven day course comprises practical and theoretical session on an average of 6-7 hours daily. Practice under the guidance of Guru and self-practice will help you to understand and embrace the traditional techniques of breathing and its impact on many dimensions of your being.

Welcome ceremony
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Silence breath kriya
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Introduction to Guru
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Rhythmic breath kriya
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Yagya ceremony
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Self-Sodhan kriya
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Nadi-purification kriya
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Questionnaire session
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Sodhan kriya
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Modified breathing
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FAQS
Shodhan Kriya Frequently Asked Questions
What is Shodhan Kriya?
Shodhan kriya is online and in-person (offline) program by Satbodh Foundation. It is a traditional inner action (kriya) of breath modification with specific yogic gesture and lock to dispel all negativity stuck in many dimensions of your existence. It connects to your essential nature to make your worthy for spiritual transformation by transcending talkative mind and egoistic consciousness. It connects you to the whole existence.
What is the need to practice Shodhan kriya?
Traditional yoga reveals that mind and breath are interconnected. When your breath is shallow, fast and unbalanced; it invites all sorts of anxiety, fear and misery in life. Shodhan kriya revitalize your breath and gently terminates anxiety and fear from mind. Balancing your breath brings mind under your control and strengthens positivity in life.
I am a beginner. Can I practice Shodhan Kriya?
Yes, you can do. There is no precondition for Shodhan. If you are passing through stressful & challenging life, this traditional kriya of traditional and modified breathing is excellent for you.
How traditional breathing is different from pranayama
Pranayama is basically a yogic practice to remove inner blockages and prepare you for meditation. Under training breathing techniques, you bring the breath under your control by constant awareness. You feel the difference at five dimensions of your being by just few weeks of Shodhan Kriya practice.
What are the benefits of Shodhan Kriya?
Shodhan kriya gently removes the suppressive emotions and disturbing thoughts hidden in lower layers of mind. You expel all that makes your life hellish and devour elixir of life to experience joy, freedom and peace in every moment of life.
How long does it take to learn Shodhan Kriya?
We offer both online and offline Shodhan Kriya training for aspirants. 90 minutes daily online practice for a week makes you learn practical and theoretical aspects of Shodhan Kriya. Within a week under the guidance of Guru for six hours of offline daily training, you will learn the Shodhan Kriya. The proficiency depends upon your dedication and devotion.
Who is not eligible to practice Shodhan Kriya?
Although, Shodhan Kriya is simple and safe; but if you are suffering from severe heart problem or patient of high blood pressure (BP), then it is advisable to consult doctor before starting the Shodhan Kriya course.
How this kriya is beneficial to overall health?
Traditional breathing techniques of Shodhan Kriya removes stress anxiety, and depression by balancing your moon and sun. It improves blood circulation, oxygen level and metabolism. It also helps you remaining in balance state in every situation.
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