Ashtanga Yoga Berlin - Retreat and Teacher Intensive by Ashtanga Yoga Berlin

Ashtanga Yoga Retreats with Grischa

Advanced Ashtanga for All!

Are you an Ashtanga enthusiast seeking true Yoga? 

I am not in Yoga for profit, not for showing off my body, not for teaching you gymnastics. I am simply in it for making the deep studies of Yoga available to all enthusiasts, for bringing people together who want to make a better world come true by changing yourself and inspiring others. This is what Yoga was constructed for, but it is the real Yoga that capitalism almost completely erased in just 30 years. 

Living for the benefit of all beings is the inner guru what we all share. It flourishes from grounding all our practices in the wisdom of ancient yogic scriptures. This shift will guide you toward the transformative potential described in these texts. This is my mission to teach.

An ironic comment "don't get stuck" on a supposedly "advanced" asana form. Is Yoga about a leg behind a head? Ekapadashirshasana.

Practitioners will gain clarity to ask meaningful questions and seek guidance from true teachers. Teachers will learn how to share this wisdom and support others on their path. Teaching and practicing is the same in different stages. It’s a natural process, not a commercial one! 

My mission is to restore Yoga as a universal blessingβ€”an antidote to selfishness, greed, and irresponsibility. By embracing genuine transformation, we can inspire one another to reduce social and ecological suffering and contribute to the global change our world urgently needs.

This journey is for the rare and invaluable true Yoga enthusiasts. Financial contributions are flexible: give what you can, and those with higher incomes are encouraged to support more generously.

For questions about the retreat, the teacher, payment options, or locations, contact us at Ashtanga Yoga Berlin: +49.30.48496665

About Grischa

Grischa has been teaching traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga since 2001. He opened Berlin’s first Ashtanga Shala “Aṣṭāṅga Yoga Berlin” in 2004. His main teacher was Richard Freeman. Read more…

Grischa Steffin from Ashtanga Yoga Berlin

His teaching is guided by the goals of Yoga as described in the classical scriptures such as the Yoga Sutra, Bhagavad Gita and other texts. Samadhi is the key tool to Yoga. It arises from selfless service (ishvara pranidhana) only, never from a hedonistic, selfish lifestyle.

In 2019 Grischa founded the “Yogis for Climate Justice” movement. We are trying to re-establish Yoga as the open, non-profit, social movement that was until just a few decades ago when the capitalistic mindset took over and re-defined Yoga as an excuse for an utterly selfish way of life for rich people.

Please contact us if you an enthusiast who wants to make a difference!

Upcoming Ashtanga Retreats

Mon, 9. June -Β 
Sun, 15. June
@ Holzmannstett (Bavaria, Germany)
SPECIAL: This retreat is in German! Take your Ashtanga practice beyond with alignment workshops, philosophy and Sanskrit studies. Dive deeply into Grischa’s magic ingredients for a transformative Mysore practice, pranayama and meditation. In addition this is a very special opportunity for studying one of the most inspiring texts on Yoga that exists, the famous Bhagavad Gita!
Sun, 27. July -Β 
Sun, 3. August
@ Gutshaus Großschânfeld (Mecklenburg, Germany)
Finally a place that everyone can afford, room and board starting at €315 for 4bed, Yoga tuition flexible as usual. Find the most advanced, no nonsense teachings you can find in a Mysore room as well as pranayama and meditation. Bonus: There is a lake inviting for a swim between the sessions just 100m from the house!
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