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.