Ashtanga Retreat Intensive June 2024 (Brandenburg, Germany)
Overview
The Ashtanga Yoga Mysore practice can bring forth amazing initial changes and exciting experiences. But all this is nothing in comparison with the value of true Yoga practices as a fascinating tool for a deep mental transformation.
Over the past decades the meaning of the term “Yoga” has become totally distorted and raped as a capitalistic marketing concept. Let’s not get fooled and learn to understand the meaning of Yoga on all levels: in ethics, self-study, asana, pranayama and mental techniques.
The yogic scriptures provide the missing link between practices and meaning. In this retreat Grischa will take you deeply into the mind-blowing depth of yogic analysis of reality and consciousness, analytically, in a non-esoteric language. With clarity the scripture become the most valuable tool we have in Yoga. Not just for your daily practice, but more importantly for your long-term yogic path. We will also see how the orthodox teachings allow us to truly understand all components of our phenomenal Ashtanga method, as well as the meaning of pranayama and the huge complex of the mind according to the ancient teachings.
Breitenteicher Mühle is the perfect location for an Ashtanga Yoga Retreat like ours, that’s why we keep coming back since 2019. We can full concentrate on the practice. The property is surrounded by a forest like natural park, there is plenty of water (it’s a water mill!), animals that you can hardly find anymore, all extremely calm and lush green. The ancient water mill has been reconstructed beautifully with traditional ecological materials such as clay and wood. The practice hall is very spacious and full of light, ideal for the Mysore Practice and the workshops all day. The team is super great and food ist phenomenal!
UPDATE: A generous swimming pool with a panoramic view over the fields just appeared (not to forget about the beautiful Sauna).
In this intensive we discuss the most important yogic text, Patanjali’s famous Yoga Sutra, in addition to the core concepts of other texts such as the Bhagavad Gita. This changes all you know about Yoga and fundamentally transforms all aspects of your practice – and maybe life.
Detailed Information
Yoga for all - inclusive pricing ("pay what you can")
There is no “regular price” for a retreat as this.
You will find a price slider on the booking page. Please choose at least 700€ for the intensive plus accommodation. If you have a good income, please pay at least 1000€, otherwise I cannot support poor Yoga enthusiasts any longer.
Low income, activist, caregiver, artist, single parent, etc.? Pay what you can afford. We don’t ask for proof, but please don’t take advantage of the discount just to spend the savings on things like air travel or other teachers. A low budget means a genuinely low budget.
Higher income? Please help me make yoga accessible for the greater good. I rely heavily on the income from my two annual retreats.
Questions? +49.30.48496665
Accommodation & full board
The prices below are for your bed and full board (vegan/vegetarian).
| 3 bed | + 510 € |
| 2 bed | + 540 € |
| single | + 660 € |
| 4 bed | + 480 € |
| external / tent | + 360 € (only available when house full) |
Language
Employee in Germany? Get paid extra vacation for this training. Call for info: +49.30.48496665
For practitioners
As usual Ashtanga practice is open are for all practitioners with prior Mysore Style experience. This training is about fascinating core principles of the Ashtanga method that should be learnt in seemingly simple poses which paves an easy path to so-called advanced postures.
For teachers
In just one week I will pass on the essence of 25 years of teaching and practice experience on asana, pranayama, philosophy and meditation. Do the same with a few other senior teachers and that is all you need to teach. This is the way we were all trained.
| 6:30 | pranayama |
| 7:30 | mysore style |
| 9:30 | breakfast |
| 10:30 | yoga philosophy ashtanga practice – technique and meaning |
| 13:00 | lunch |
| 15:30 | yoga philosophy ashtanga practice – technique and meaning |
| 18:30 | dinner |
| 20:00 | meditation, sanskrit, vedic chanting |
Arrival day starts at 10:30 with an introduction to the key principles of a healthy and meaningful Ashtanga practice.
Departure day Mysore only, departure after breakfast (ca. 10:00).
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Contents
Every day starts with one hour of pranayama. Unfold a deeper understanding of the subtle qualities of prana and the nervous system day by day. Rather than blindly repeating exercises, we will trace down the the effects of pranayama in order to make the breath long and subtle, to transcend the qualities of inhaling, exhaling and holding and finally to “remove the covering of light” as described in the Yoga Sutra. Experience the mental transformation process which turns exercising the breath into a yogic practice!
The daily Mysore Style class is the one-on-one time, in which you learn how to link all movement in your body and nervous system to a deeply focused quality of breath. You will also understand how to apply the technical details of the asana workshop sessions in your own practice. And of course Grischa will help you to overcome individual challenges or obstacles in your practice, to get rid of given injuries and to avoid the root causes of future ones.
Asana is widely misunderstand as a stretching and strengthening program. Nothing could be further from the nature and goals of Yoga practice.
We will see how asana practice is transformed into a valuable component of the Yogic path. You will understand a completely different layer of the famous “bandhas” and how to use them for revealing your inner teacher in every single pose you can think of. You will understand the deep patterns of posture rather than external techniques.
Let’s understand Yoga from the perspective of those who invented it thousands of years ago.
The meaning of Yoga is not gymnastics and never was before it came to the West.
Retreat Modules
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