Mark Stephens Yoga

You don't need to arrive already knowing how to do advanced pranayama.

In fact, you don't need to arrive with a particular answer at all.

The immersion is for teachers, experienced practitioners, curious students, and anyone interested in exploring the breath from both traditional and contemporary perspectives.

We'll study. We'll practice. We'll observe. We'll question.

And we'll keep returning to the same thing:

What is actually happening here, when we breathe?

→ Explore The Breath Immersion:
yagoy.nl/teacher-training/the-breath-immersion

If you're curious, that's enough to begin.

Many yoga teachers know Mark Stephens through his bestselling books.

His titles—including Teaching Yoga, Yoga Sequencing, Yoga Therapy, and the new Breathing: The Art and Science of Pranayama—have become trusted resources for teachers and dedicated practitioners around the world.

During The Breath Immersion, you'll have the opportunity to learn directly from the author, gaining insights that go beyond the printed page through discussion, guided practice, and experiential learning.

It's one thing to read about pranayama. It's another to experience it with the teacher who wrote one of the field's most comprehensive resources.

Explore the immersion:
https://yagoy.nl/teacher-training/the-breath-immersion/

What if, for one week, you stepped outside the usual rhythm of your life?

December 19–26, we return to Haramara.

A week shaped by practice, ocean, nature, community and space.

Not a packed itinerary. Not somewhere to rush through.

A chance to slow down enough to notice what is here.

Haramara offers a particular kind of retreat: mornings for practice, time in nature, study and inquiry, shared meals, quiet, conversation, and the spaciousness to simply be.

Sometimes stepping out of the ordinary is what allows us to see the ordinary more clearly.

Come for the week. Make some space.

Explore Haramara 2026
https://www.markstephensyoga.com/haramara2026

What if pranayama is about much more than controlling the breath?

The word itself can lead us toward a narrow understanding of practice.

Breathing practices can involve regulation and retention, certainly. But they can also cultivate awareness, attention, inquiry, meditation, and a deeper understanding of the relationship between breath, body, mind, and environment.

The history of pranayama is also far more diverse than a single list of techniques might suggest.

That complexity is part of what makes breathing so fascinating.

Breathing: The Art & Science of Pranayama explores these dimensions through history, philosophy, anatomy, physiology, practice, meditation, and teaching.

📖 Explore the book: https://www.markstephensyoga.com/books-breathing

Save this carousel and share it with a teacher who loves exploring the deeper dimensions of breath.

Breathing: The Art & Science of Pranayama is a resource you'll revisit throughout your practice—whether you're just beginning or guiding others on their yoga journey.

Reserve your copy today and discover the wisdom of breath.
https://www.markstephensyoga.com/books-breathing

When you learn from an experienced teacher, you gain more than knowledge—you gain perspective.

Mark Stephens has spent more than three decades teaching yoga around the world and is recognized for making complex ideas accessible, practical, and meaningful. His approach blends traditional yoga philosophy, modern science, and years of teaching experience to help students build practices that are both intelligent and sustainable.

Whether you're refining your teaching skills or expanding your personal practice, you'll benefit from learning directly from one of today's most respected voices in yoga education.

This is an opportunity to study with a teacher whose work has inspired thousands of yoga practitioners and teachers worldwide.

Reserve your place today:
https://yagoy.nl/teacher-training/the-breath-immersion/

Learn more about Mark Stephens:
https://www.markstephensyoga.com/

Every inhale and exhale is powered by an incredible system working within your body.

In The Physiology of Breathing workshop, you'll gain a deeper understanding of the mechanics that make breathing possible.

Topics include:
🫁 Respiratory anatomy
💙 The diaphragm
🩸 Oxygen and carbon dioxide
❌ Common breathing myths

By connecting modern physiology with yoga practice, you'll gain practical insights that support safer, more effective pranayama for yourself and your students.

Knowledge becomes even more meaningful when it's experienced through practice.

Learn more:
https://www.theyogaloft.de/events/detail/mark-stephens-x-the-roof

We breathe all day.

But how often do we actually pay attention to breathing?

This October, I’ll be teaching The Breath Immersion at Yagoy in Amsterdam — five days to slow down, investigate, practice, and ask better questions about something we usually take completely for granted.

We’ll move between science, history, anatomy, physiology, pranayama, meditation and direct experience.

Not simply learning about the breath, but using practice to investigate what the breath actually does — and what changes when we learn to pay attention.

Five days in the studio.
Five days of practice and inquiry.
A chance to look at breathing from several different directions, and to bring those perspectives back onto the mat and into teaching.

October 14–18 · Amsterdam
→ Learn more and book your place:
https://yagoy.nl/teacher-training/the-breath-immersion/

Come curious. Come willing to practice.

🌿 Breathe. Connect. Transform.

Join us for a 5-day immersive journey into the power of the breath, exploring both ancient wisdom and contemporary science.

More than learning about breathing, this experience invites you to feel, explore, and build a deeply personal relationship with your breath.

✨ Discover the wisdom within each breath.
✨ Experience the science behind it.
✨ Reconnect with yourself—one breath at a time.



Learn more and register at:
https://yagoy.nl/teacher-training/the-breath-immersion/

Where ancient wisdom meets modern anatomy.

Breathing: The Art & Science of Pranayama explores the mechanics of breathing with clarity, helping readers understand not just the philosophy—but the physiology.

For anyone who loves both science and yoga, this is essential reading.
https://www.markstephensyoga.com/books-breathing