PHILOSOPHY, MEDITATION, PRANAYAMA & SUBTLE ENERGY | Cultivating an Authentic Inner Practice
With Doug Keller
Online Course
Yoga is more than movement.
Beneath the physical practice lies a rich tradition of pranayama, meditation, subtle energy and self-inquiry—practices designed to help us understand ourselves more deeply and cultivate greater clarity, vitality and freedom.
In this online immersion, Doug Keller guides you through the inner dimensions of yoga, weaving together pranayama, meditation, subtle anatomy and the wisdom of non-dual Tantra into a practical and accessible path of study and experience.
Each session begins with guided breath, meditation or subtle-energy practices before exploring the philosophical foundations that support them. Rather than treating philosophy as something abstract, Doug shows how these teachings can become living tools for self-understanding, personal practice and authentic teaching.
Most importantly, this course offers the time and guidance to develop a deeper relationship with your own breath, energy, attention and inner experience—helping you cultivate a personal practice that can continue long after the course ends.
Why This Matters
Many yoga practitioners spend years refining the physical practice while giving relatively little attention to the inner practices that form the heart of yoga.
Breath, attention, awareness, energy and meditation are not separate from yoga—they are yoga.
This module offers an opportunity to explore these teachings in depth with Doug Keller, known for making complex philosophical and energetic concepts clear, relevant and experiential.
What You Will Explore
Pranayama & the Energy Body
Build a strong foundation in traditional pranayama while learning to recognize the different effects and purposes of specific breathing practices.
Explore:
Ujjayi and Dirgha Pranayama—the dimensions of the full breath
Anuloma, Pratiloma and Nadi Shodhana
Surya and Chandra Bhedana—Sun and Moon breathing
Viloma and the use of pauses and kumbhaka
Bhastrika and Kapalabhati
The relationship between breath, attention and nervous system regulation
How to choose and time pranayama practices appropriately
You'll also explore how bandhas, mudras and drishti can refine energetic awareness and how breath becomes a bridge between asana and meditation.
As the course progresses, practices may incorporate combinations of breath, mantra and visualization, opening a pathway toward subtler states of awareness.
Tantra & the Philosophy of Modern Yoga
Explore the foundations of non-dual Tantra and its influence on contemporary yoga.
Doug will unpack some of the common misunderstandings surrounding Tantra while introducing its deeper philosophical perspective on awareness, embodiment and spiritual practice.
You'll explore:
The foundations of non-dual Tantra
Awareness and embodied spirituality
The relevance of key Tantric teachings to modern yoga
Mantra and visualization as contemplative practices
Bringing philosophical ideas into personal practice and teaching
The Koshas, Vayus & Subtle Anatomy
Explore traditional maps of human experience and how they relate to breath, movement, meditation and awareness.
Topics include:
The five Koshas—Annamaya, Pranamaya, Manomaya, Vijnanamaya and Anandamaya
The five Vayus—Prana, Apana, Samana, Udana and Vyana
The relationship between body, breath, mind, energy and awareness
Applying subtle anatomy experientially rather than simply learning it as theory
Paths to Meditation
There is no single doorway into meditation.
Through the Tantric idea of Upaya—or “skillful means”—you'll explore different pathways that can lead toward greater attention, insight and inner stillness.
Practices may include:
Antar Mouna—Inner Silence Meditation
Ajapa Japa—spontaneous mantra repetition
Mantra-based meditation
Breath and subtle-awareness practices
Visualization
Practices of inner listening and stillness
You'll explore these approaches experientially and begin to discover which practices resonate most naturally with you
Yoga Nidra & Deep Rest
Explore Yoga Nidra as a traditional practice of conscious relaxation and inward awareness.
You'll experience different approaches to Yoga Nidra and consider how context, intention and language influence the way it is practised and taught. You'll also explore its relationship to rest, nervous system regulation, meditation and inner awareness.
From Practice to Personal Sadhana
The deepest dimensions of yoga cannot be understood through theory alone. They have to be experienced.
Throughout this course, Doug brings philosophy and practice together so that pranayama, meditation and subtle-energy teachings become more than techniques to collect.
The invitation is to discover the practices that speak to you, understand their foundations, and gradually shape them into an authentic and cherished personal practice—one that can support your life, your teaching and your continuing journey in yoga.
What you will receive
A digital syllabus with background information; You will have a few of hours of on-demand videos will be offered to support your continuous growth.
Make It Part of Your 300-Hour Journey
Take this module on its own, or join it as part of our 300-hour Advance Your Yoga Training - a thoughtfully curated 20-month journey to deepen your practice, expand your skills, and grow into a more confident, creative and authentic yoga teacher.
YACEP: 25 hrs of Continuing Education
THE DETAILS
Dates: Five Wednesdays | 12-19-26 April 2028 & 3-10 May 2028
Times: 18.30-21.30 (Amsterdam local time) each day. (when you miss a session a recording will be made available)
Location: This course is 100% Live Online
Price Early Bird Before:
> 1 December 2027: €270
> 1 January 2028 €295
> 1 February: €320
After 1 March: €345
*Prices are exempt from VAT (BTW) as we are CRKBO-registered.
Bundle & Save
This module is one of 9 required 25-hour modules in our Advance Your Yoga 300-hour program. Choose this one plus any 2 others from that group of 9 for one flat price: €945 — any time, no early-bird deadlines to track. That's at least €240 off paying for 3 modules individually. (Doesn't include Inner Compass or Integration — those are priced separately.) [See all 9 modules & full program pricing →]
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