Bonfire Hot Yoga Pranayama Deep Dive

Pranayama Deep Dive

Led by: JJ Crow & Seth Brown

Pranayama is a subtle and transformative aspect of yoga, often seen as an important next step in deepening your connection to the practice. This breath workshop provides a supportive space to connect with your body, mind, and spirit.

Through guided discussion and practice, we’ll explore questions like:

• How do we breathe? (Discovering the mechanisms of breath.)

• What are the benefits of a dedicated pranayama practice?

• How does pranayama connect to meditation? Whether you’re new to pranayama or looking to refine your practice, this is an opportunity to expand your awareness and experience the benefits of conscious breathwork!

• This workshop is $40 regularly, $30 for Auto-Monthly and Annual Members.
• Event is accessible for all levels, open to those 16 and older. Minors will need an adult to co-sign the waiver at check-in.

JJ Crow

I was first introduced to yoga in the mid 90's when the costume designer at Willamette University saw a need and generously taught an unofficial vinyasa class to stressed out students. Years later I took up long distance running and needed something to help with muscle cramps. As I ran past the yoga studio I remembered those beautiful classes and decided to try yoga again.

My yoga journey now includes a 200 hour YTT in Vinyasa flow from Pure 8, a Ghosh apprenticeship with Seth Brown, multiple workshops and training sessions with Ghosh Yoga, and a Yin teacher course at Bonfire Hot Yoga. Yoga has become an integral part of maintaining and increasing my health. I enjoy every continuing education opportunity.

The more I practice yoga, the more it becomes an essential to my spiritual practice. The study of yoga helps me dive deep into all aspects of my humanity, which only serves to increase my understanding of the divine. I hope to offer the opportunity for that discovery to others as well.

In addition to yoga practitioner, I'm a wife, mom, and a pastor at Christ the Healer, UCC.

Seth Brown

It’s my personal belief that everyone's yoga journey begins with their first breath, arriving at body, or perhaps even before then. When one becomes aware they are on this path it’s simply a matter of time & perseverance.

Around 2003 I stepped into what I knew as my first yoga class. I was recovering from a traumatic brain surgery that left me chronically disabled - I was 14 years old at the time. It was not hot yoga, but a style based in energy work similar to Kundalini or Qi Gong. It was my first experience in what I knew then as yoga, & had tremendous effects on my physical recovery & depression. Later, in 2008 I would begin my hot yoga practice with Bikram yoga, this time I was 19 & mostly recovered from my surgeries with the exception of chronic nerve damage. I always enjoyed being physical & competitive, & at that first class I knew this was going to change my life.

After about 7 years of practice I found myself going through yet another brain surgery in 2013 - this was to be my 3rd operation. Previously I worked in the trades as a metal fabricator & welder, however this last surgery would usher me into my new occupation as a yoga teacher. In 2014 I arrived at my first yoga training. I completed Bikram’s nine week teacher training, spending the next year after that traveling & teaching around the world & across the USA. My training did not stop there, & since then I have trained under Bernie Clark, Sarah Powers, Esak Garcia, & senior teachers of S.N Goenka (Vipassana) & Richard Miller (iRest). I've also done other 200hr YTT’s in person & online as continuing education. My training hours exceeded over 1000, &, since 2014 my teaching hours exceed 5,000.

This is all to say, teaching is my life's passion. It is not a job or a duty. But a privilege & an honor for which I am grateful.

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