ASHTANGA YOGA INTENSIVE:
SELF-EMBODIMENT AND SELF-EXPRESSION THROUGH THE BODY

Self-Embodiment and Self-Expression through the Body

Experience Ashtanga Yoga as much more than a set sequence of postures.

Deepen your understanding of the structure of this unique method and explore the broad
perspective of how this system fits into the more extensive teaching of Yoga, the Mind and
the teachings of the Spirit.

The body needs the mind, and the mind needs the body. The body must remain pure,
untouched, not “used”.

Why do we hurt ourselves?

Why do we sacrifice the body for the sake of ideas, for the ultimate “cause”?

Even if it is the ultimate, it is always a cause.

Experience has taught me that my own body is the source of all vital information that has
enabled me to achieve greater autonomy and self-confidence. The body is the guardian of the
truth, our truth, because it carries the experience of a lifetime and ensures that we can live
with the truth of our organism.

Saturday, June 15^th

8.00 – 11.00 Mysore

Foundations of Salutes to the Sun (Ashtanga Yoga Method)
Exploring HISL – Hip, Innominate, Sacrum and Lumber (Bone Rhythm of the Hip joint in
Salutes, and standing postures)

13.00 – 16.30 Workshop „Fascia and Somatic: Mapping the Interconnectedness of the Body in the Ashtanga Yoga Practice“

This workshop offers a unique map of the ‚anatomy of connection,‘ which focuses on whole-body fascial and myofascial linkages rather than individual muscles and bones within the practice of the Ashtanga Method. Learn how muscles are joined into functional complexes within fascial planes –
resulting in integrated whole-body patterning in posture and function.

This workshop offers an opportunity to develop your body reading skills and learn how the yoga postures of the Ashtanga Method are affected by the different fascial meridian lines.

The workshop offers a new perspective – understanding the ‚Superficial Back Line,‘ for example, gives insights into hamstring problems that one cannot get from considering hamstrings alone. Similarly, the ‚Spiral Line‘ shows how to resolve rotational compensations in a way that no analysis
of any single muscle can give.

Whatever your movement modality – yoga, yoga therapy, or Ashtanga Yoga this course offers skills to see the roots of movement limitations and structural compensations more effectively in your own yoga practice or that of clients and yoga students.

Sunday, June 16^th

8.00 – 11.00 Mysore

Foundations of Salutes to the Sun (Ashtanga Yoga Method)
Exploring HISL – Hip, Innominate, Sacrum and Lumber (Bone Rhythm of the Hip joint in
Salutes, and standing postures)

13.00 – 16.30 Workshop „Juicy Psoas & Conscious“

This workshop offers a unique map of the ‚anatomy of connection,‘ which focuses on whole-body fascial and myofascial linkages rather than individual muscles and bones within the practice of the Ashtanga Method. Learn how muscles are joined into functional complexes within fascial planes – resulting in integrated whole-body patterning in posture and function.

This workshop offers an opportunity to develop your body reading skills and learn how the yoga postures of the Ashtanga Method are affected by the different fascial meridian lines.

The workshop offers a new perspective – understanding the ‚Superficial Back Line,‘ for example, gives insights into hamstring problems that one cannot get from considering hamstrings alone. Similarly, the ‚Spiral Line‘ shows how to resolve rotational compensations in a way that no analysis of any single muscle can give.

Whatever your movement modality – yoga, yoga therapy, or Ashtanga Yoga this course offers skills to see the roots of movement limitations and structural compensations more effectively in your own yoga practice or that of clients and yoga students.

From Monday, June 17th to Wednesday 19th

7.00 – 10.00 Mysore

Class Format

30 % Lecture & Discussion (approximate)
70 % practice (approximate)

• Each afternoon will consist of group sharing, interaction and question and answer.
• Teachings of the spiritual laws of life, the mind and the inner life.
• Yoga for 3D Hip Stability

„I believe there are many pathways into and towards healing and inner transformation. After years of anorexia, bulimia, heroin and other substance abuse, I came to understand that these compulsive behavioral patterns were just a means to escape the boxed-up feeling of terror, rage, shame, despair, grief and unworthiness deep within my psyche and physicality.

Paradoxically, the Ashtanga Yoga and Gestalt methods help me to realise that whenever I wanted to escape myself through compulsive behaviour, what I was really hungry for was a deep and abiding connection with myself that brings forth the joy of being comfortable in my own skin.

Life has taught me so far that there is no salvation other than love. Life has taught me to accept my own foolishness and the inescapable contradictions in my own character. To accept that it was not destiny to be the sort of person I would have liked to be. Life’s taught me to be gentler, because not everyone is the same. Life is a process of unfurling, so it has taught me to give reverence to a person, not a position. Because the instant I feel you are sincere; and that you care and you really believe in what you are doing, you have my heart. Life has taught me that we are all only guests on this planet. Therefore, I have learned to see myself as being on a pilgrimage, to travel light, contact other pilgrims, be simple, look around and realise that God is in everything.“ https://insanyoga.com/