Breath Control Advanced Mastery

Unlock the Full Power of Your Breath

Go beyond the breathwork foundations with advanced breath-control techniques designed to enhance energy, focus, and inner mastery. Learn powerful pranayama methods to optimize oxygenation, expand breath retention, and reach new depths in your practice.

What You’ll Learn

  • Unlock peak breath control & performance – Train your body to optimize oxygen intake, boost endurance, and master breath retention.

  • Enhance energy & recovery – Experience the benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and intermittent hypoxic training for increased blood flow, resilience, and vitality.

  • Master advanced breath control techniques – Explore powerful breathing methods like Shakti Chalana Mudra, Nauli Kriya, and Sama Vrtti for deep states of bliss, higher athletic performance, safer weightlifting, and internal health.

  • Expand your lung capacity & spinal mobility – Use breath-driven movement to improve flexibility, posture, and overall physical performance.

  • Balance your nervous system – Learn controlled inhalation, exhalation, and retention techniques to regulate stress, sharpen focus, and achieve deep mental clarity.

Enjoy the benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy without paying thousands of dollars for it!

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Who Is This Course For?

This course is designed for intermediate to advanced breathwork practitioners who are ready to take their practice beyond the basics and into true mastery. If you've already explored pranayama or other breathwork techniques but feel like there’s still a deeper level to unlock, this course will redefine your understanding of breath control and its effects on your body.

  • Experienced breathwork practitioners who want to refine their technique and develop greater control over breath retention, oxygen utilization, and energy regulation.

  • Yogis, martial artists, freedivers, and athletes seeking to enhance physical endurance, mental resilience, and recovery through advanced breathing methods.

  • Those interested in the physiological science of breath control, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy and intermittent hypoxic training, to improve circulation, lung function, and immune health.

  • Pranayama practitioners who want to integrate techniques like Shakti Chalana Mudra, Nauli Kriya, and Sama Vrtti into a structured, progressive breathwork practice.

  • Anyone looking to push their limits—whether in meditation, fitness, or daily life—by developing the ability to sustain longer breath holds, regulate internal pressure, and optimize oxygen exchange.


This is not a beginner’s course. If you’re new to breathwork, we recommend starting with our Breath Foundations Course before progressing to this level.

SIMON DEMONSTRATED ADVANCED PRANAYAMA FOR BUILDING UP INTERNAL ENERGY

I thought daily pranayama to calm down was everything... Couldn't be more wrong!

"I thought I knew breathwork until I took this course. I had already explored various pranayama techniques, but this took my understanding to an entirely new level. Learning advanced breath control like Nauli Kriya, Shakti Chalana Mudra, and intermittent hypoxic training gave me a depth of internal awareness and energy I never experienced before.

The way Simon teaches breath retention, pressure regulation, and oxygen utilization has completely changed how I approach my practice. My endurance, focus, and even my recovery have improved dramatically.

If you’re serious about mastering breath control - not just doing some daily pranayama to calm down the anxiety - this is the course that will take you there."

- David, 28 / Yoga teacher

Why This Course Works?

The Common Problem:

Many dedicated breathwork and pranayama practitioners unknowingly limit their progress by practicing techniques without fully understanding the physiological mechanisms behind them. Most people over-breathe, mistaking rapid inhalations for "deep breathing," which leads to hyperventilation, reduced oxygen delivery, and unnecessary strain on the nervous system. Without a scientific approach, breathwork becomes a random practice rather than a powerful tool for transformation.

The Solution:

This course bridges the gap between traditional breath control and modern physiology, giving you the knowledge and techniques to refine your practice at an advanced level. Guided by Simon Borg-Olivier—a physiotherapist, molecular biologist, and yoga master—you'll learn how to regulate oxygen and CO₂ levels for true breath mastery. You'll explore powerful techniques like the Valsalva and Müller Maneuvers, Nauli Kriya, and Shakti Chalana Mudra to enhance internal energy, resilience, and performance.

You'll be learning how to:

  • Refine your breath control by mastering advanced ratios of inhalation, retention, and exhalation.

  • Apply scientific breathing techniques like the Valsalva and Müller Maneuvers to improve circulation, energy, and nervous system regulation.

  • Enhance CO₂ tolerance and oxygen efficiency for greater endurance, mental clarity, and longevity.

  • Use breathwork as a physiological tool—not just a calming practice—so you can optimize your nervous system, heart rate, and immune function.

  • Experience the power of intermittent hypoxic training to unlock the benefits of high-altitude adaptation and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.


This course isn't about simply following techniques—it’s about understanding how breathwork truly works so you can elevate your practice to mastery.

SIMON EXPLAINING HOW BREATH AFFECTS YOUR WHOLE PHYSIOLOGY

What’s Inside the Course?

11+ Hours of In-Depth Breath Mastery

Gain immediate access to over 11 hours of advanced lectures and guided practices exploring powerful breath techniques, pranayama methods, and their physiological benefits.

Lifetime Updates & New Bonus Videos

Receive continuous free updates and newly-added bonus videos as the course expands, ensuring you always have the most advanced breathwork resources available.


join the supportive community

Join our community of yoga, movement, and breathwork practitioners on the HHL platform, ask questions, and get ongoing support on your breath mastery journey.

Introduction to Advanced Breath Control: The Physiology of Advanced Breathing Techniques

  • Learn the scientific principles behind advanced breathwork, including physiological effects on your nervous system, blood chemistry, and internal organs.

  • Explore key breathing concepts: Mueller and Valsalva maneuvers, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, intermittent hypoxic training, and yogic breathing (pranayama).

Fundamental Advanced Breath Control Techniques: Mastering Slow Breath Cycles

  • Develop the capacity to comfortably extend your breathing cycle up to one breath per minute or longer.

  • Learn to sustain deep diaphragmatic breathing with minimal effort and maximum oxygen efficiency.

Nauli Kriya & Mueller Maneuver Practices: Advanced Abdominal & Diaphragm Control

  • Step-by-step training in Nauli Kriya, mastering abdominal muscle isolations for improved digestion, spinal health, and energetic flow.

  • Learn the expansive Mueller maneuver, enhancing your ability to increase oxygenation and circulation.

Valsalva Maneuver & Breath Retention Mastery: Inhalation & Exhalation Retention Practices

  • Master the Valsalva maneuver—breath retention techniques that help stabilize the spine, optimize blood flow, and enhance energy levels.

  • Learn Simon’s specialized methods for holding breath with internal muscular activations, effectively training your body for deep physiological and mental calmness.

Integration & Advanced Pranayama Techniques: Dynamic & Static Breath Control Practices

  • Advanced breathwork sequences, combining dynamic movements and prolonged breath retentions to optimize internal health.

  • Experience powerful practices like Shakti Chalana Mudra, alternating hypoventilation and hyperventilation for profound energetic effects.

Bonus

  • Bonus guided sessions, including controlled pauses, advanced hypoxic exercises, and expert-level pranayama practices.

  • Extended practice sequences designed for sustained personal development and breath mastery.

From Simon: The Hidden Keys to Advanced Breath Mastery

"Most advanced breathwork and pranayama practices taught today focus heavily on complicated techniques without clearly explaining how or why they work. As a result, practitioners often end up either over-breathing (hyperventilation) or misunderstanding key practices like bandhas, retention, and internal energy control.

True breath mastery isn’t about forcing air in or out—it's about understanding and influencing the subtle physiology of breathing to profoundly affect your body and mind.

In this course, I reveal the often-misunderstood techniques of breath retention, internal expansion, and controlled hypoventilation. You’ll learn advanced breathing practices such as Shakti Chalana Mudra, Nauli Kriya, Sama Vrtti, and techniques derived from both Eastern wisdom and modern physiology (like the Valsalva and Müller manoeuvres).

This is breathwork as it was meant to be practiced—intelligently, safely, and deeply transformative."

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What other people are saying...

I’ve been studying with Simon for 9 years and the wealth of knowledge and experience he’s sharing so generously just cannot stop. I have also trained with him and the early morning classess started with joint synergy exercises which were kind of a moving meditation that’s always been more effective for me than sitting ones. And now this has been turned into a whole program that I can practice with Simon from home. I got into the habit of starting my day with joint synergy to energyze myself, but I also do these sequences before I go running or climbing. The joint synergy sequences get me in the zone, I become warmed up and energised and it makes so much easier to do my high-intensity exercise regime.

Andrea,, 32, UK

I have been doing Yoga Synergy for quite a few years, but Simon’s classes and workshop are always so jam-packed with valuable info that it always takes month to digest all the theory and apply it to my practice. And because Simon himself is continually evolving his practice and teachings, there’s always a lot that I still don’t understand, but this Joint Synergy program clarified so many thing for me that I feel I am doing his yoga sequences much more efficiently because of the understanding this course gave me.

Leo, 42, Spain

The Essence of Pranayama is not to Breath More, but to Teach you How to Breathe Less!

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Meet Simon Borg-Olivier

Simon Borg-Olivier is a physiotherapist, certified yoga therapist, and co-creator of YogaSynergy. With over 40 years of teaching experience, Simon has guided thousands worldwide to improve their health, movement, and breathing through a unique fusion of traditional wisdom and modern science.


He combines his background in physiotherapy, yoga, and biomechanics to create accessible practices that foster strength without tension, flexibility without pain, and energy without overexertion. Whether you're a seasoned teacher or a curious beginner, Simon’s methods can help you achieve balance, vitality, and longevity.

Read More About Simon

Simon Borg-Olivier, MSc BAppSc (Physiotherapy) APAM c-IAYT, has been practicing traditional forms of posture, movement, breathing, and mental control for 50 years. He has been teaching for 40 years and has been a registered physiotherapist for 25 years.

Simon works as a research scientist and a University lecturer. He has been regularly invited to teach about lifestyle, posture, movement, breathing, and meditation at conferences, festivals, and intensive teacher training courses internationally since 1990.

He is also co-director of YogaSynergy, one of Australia’s oldest and most respected yoga schools, which has a style based on a deep understanding of modern medical science and traditional forms of exercise and therapy from all over the world.

Simon has studied with great traditional masters from Tibet, Japan, India, and China. Along with his business partner and fellow physiotherapist, Bianca Machliss, Simon has co-authored many books and scientific articles including ‘Applied Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga’, which is the textbook for two courses they teach at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

Currently, Simon conducts intensive training courses in India, Bali, Europe, and Australia. He also teaches many online courses on the applications of posture, movement, and breathing for fitness, internal health, wellbeing, and longevity.

Enrollment Details

  • Course Duration: Self-paced with lifetime access—study at your own speed and revisit lessons anytime.

  • Total Video Content: 11+ hours, including lectures on physiology of breathwork, philosophy of pranayama, plus guided practices.

  • Access: The course is hosted on our HHL (Health, Happiness & Longevity) Platform. After enrollment, you’ll need to create a free user profile to access all course materials.

  • Pricing: One-time payment ($197 USD) with no recurring fees.

FAQ

Who is this course designed for?

This course is intended for intermediate-to-advanced practitioners already familiar with basic pranayama techniques. It’s perfect for those looking to deepen their understanding, enhance their practice, and explore powerful advanced breath-control techniques.

Can I do this course if I have no prior experience in breathwork?

This course is not recommended for complete beginners. It’s better suited for those who already have a foundation in basic breathing techniques or have completed the Breath Control Foundations Course.

What if I find the breathing exercises too challenging?

If you find the guided breathing exercises too challenging, you can easily adjust the pace to your comfort level. Each exercise can be modified according to your capacity, allowing gradual progression without strain.

What makes this course different from other advanced pranayama courses?

Simon uniquely combines traditional yoga techniques with advanced insights from physiotherapy and modern physiology—clarifying complex practices like Shakti Chalana Mudra, Nauli Kriya, and breath retention (Valsalva & Müller manoeuvres).

Do I have lifetime access to the course?

Yes! This course includes lifetime access, so you can revisit the material as many times as you like.

Can I download the course materials?

The platform does not currently offer a video download option, but if you need to download the sessions for any reason, just reach out to us, and we’ll send you the videos. Even without downloading, you’ll have lifetime access to all course materials through the HHL Community platform.

Can I access the course on mobile and tablet?

Yes! The course is accessible on desktop, mobile, and tablet, so you can practice anywhere, anytime.

Is this course accredited for Yoga Alliance Continuing Education (YACEP)?

Yes! You will receive 20 Continuing Education Points (CEP) credited with Yoga Alliance upon completion of the course.

Is there a refund policy?

Yes! We offer a full money-back guarantee within the first 14 days if you're not satisfied. This applies only if you have watched no more than three videos.

Why am I being redirected to another website for payment?

This course is hosted on Simon's official community platform, Health, Happiness & Longevity (HHL). When you click to purchase, you'll be redirected to healthhappinesslongevity.co, where you’ll securely complete your payment and access the course.

Still have questions?


Feel free to contact us, and we'll help you decide if this online course aligns with your goals.

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