Workshop descriptions:

Katchie Ananda

Pre-Conference:
The River of Grace
Anusara Yoga, Aryuveda and Ancient Buddhist Teachings and Practices

Prophecy from the Hopi Elders in Arizona, USA:

" There is a river flowing now very fast.
It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid.
They will try to hold on to the shore.
They will feel like they are being torn apart, and they will suffer greatly.
Know the river has its destination.
The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off toward the middle of
the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water.
See who is there with you and celebrate. "

In this day-long workshop we will use the elegant principles of Anusara yoga, explore Aryuvedic principles and learn about Buddhist Meditation techniques, to tune body, mind and heart to this great river inside.

Anusara Yoga will give you new tools of how to be at ease in your body and feel alive and vibrant by unifying a life-affirming Tantric philosophy of intrinsic goodness with Universal Principles of Alignment.
How do you truly know your yoga practice is beneficial? We will explore the ancient link between Yoga and Aryuveda, and how to harmonize your temperament with an appropriate asana practice.
We will also learn how to quiet the mind and open the heart by using traditional Buddhist mindfulness practice as taught by Katchie's teacher and mentor, Jack Kornfield.

Main-Conference
The One who Knows
Anusara Yoga and Dharma

"Inside each of us is an eternal light that I call 'the One Who Knows,'" writes Jack Kornfield.
When the path ahead is dark and confusing, how can we find our way? Awakening to our own inner wisdom can give us clarity on how to find our path through life with courage and grace.
The yoga is taught in the Anusara style, - an experience that unifies a life-affirming Tantric philosophy of intrinsic goodness with Universal Principles of Alignment that will reach your heart and heal your body and mind.

We are the Ones we have been waiting for
Anusara Yoga and Dharma

Join the renowned, senior teacher Katchie Ananda for an afternoon class to deepen your yoga practice and activate your power to transform yourself, your community and the world.
Through the simple but elegant concept of becoming the blessing we seek, we can cause a profound shift in our lives and turn a sense of deficiency into an experience of fullness and abundance.
We will learn how to transform the obstacles in our path into fuel for transformation. The purpose of our practice is to remember who we really are and the alchemy of yogic psychology is transforming obstacles into opportunities.

Tattoos on the Heart: The Universe is made of Stories not just Atoms.
Restorative Anusara Yoga, Dharma and Insight Meditation
Come join Katchie Ananda for a quiet session of Restorative Anusara Yoga, Dharma-talk and Meditation practice.
This class will begin with restorative Anusara yoga, followed by a Dharma-talk and a guided meditation, and concluding with inquiry and discussion. Based on core Buddhist teachings, this class is an invitation to find greater ease, well-being, and joy in life.
Katchie offers this one-of-a-kind-class on Yoga and Dharma under the encouragement and guidance of her mentor, Jack Kornfield. Come away with a greater understanding of core Bhuddist teachings and meditation practices essential in the journey of awakening as taught within the Insight meditation tradition.

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Patrick Broome

Jivamukti Yoga Praxis: Meditation und Befreiung
 Wir sind alle den Bewegungen unseres Verstandes zum Opfer gefallen. Unsere Gedanken beunruhigen uns, gefallen uns, quälen uns – aber sie können uns nicht zum Zustand des Yoga führen. Um den Zustand des Yoga zu erreichen, sagt Patanjali, müssen wir zulassen, dass sich unsere Aufmerksamkeit von den Bewegungen des Geistes löst, so dass wir über die Gedanken hinausgehen können, um in einen höheren Bewusstseinszustand zu gelangen. Unser Ziel im Leben ist es aufzuwachen. Bewusstwerden erfordert Erkennen und beginnt mit der Öffnung gegenüber uns selbst. Eine herausfordernde Yogapraxis wird uns helfen im Körper anzukommen, uns zu sensibilisieren und unsere Wahrnehmung für die Schönheit des Lebens zu schärfen. Die Illusion der Trennung wird zerstört. 

"nicht denken, danken" 

Dank einer stillen Meditation und einem hoffentlich ekstatischem Kirtan wollen wir für einige Zeit aus den Gedanken austeigen und ins Herz eintauchen. 

"Herzessenz" Patrick Broome & Philipp Stegmüller
Wo gehen wir hin, wenn wir nicht mit dem Herzen schauen? Wir trennen uns von unserer Essenz und leben stattdessen unsere Übertragungen. Wir verschwenden unsere Zeit in den Um- und Irrwegen des Herzens und bringen weder unseren ehrlichen Wünschen und Bedürfnissen noch unserem Gegenüber wahres Interesse entgegen. Doch echte Yogaerfahrung findet immer nur im Herzen statt. Mit Jivamukti Yoga Sequenzen und Live-Musik wollen wir den Funken im Herz entzünden und das Pullmann Hotel abfakeln.... 
 
"Old-School Jivamukti Yoga"
Zurück zu den spirituellen Wurzeln. New York späte 90er: The Wild Child of Yoga! Ein kleiner lila Raum auf der Second Avenue gefüllt mit einem Haufen bunter Vögel. U. a. Sharon Gannon, David Life, Eddie Stern, Katchie Ananda, Cindy Lee, Dana Flynn, Duncan Wong und viele mehr. Wir bringen den Raum zum kochen und schwitzen uns die Seele aus dem Leib. Alle zertifizierten Jivamukti Yogalehrer sind herzlich eingeladen diese Klasse zu assistieren. Gebt mir mehr von diesem heißen Scheiß! 

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Pau Castellsagué & Tobias Frank

Lets get movin'
This workshop provides a safe environment to explore trust, connection and playfulness. Learn to flip, spin, drop back and float, all while suspended in the air with the support of a partner! Using time-tested acrobatic training techniques, students will learn how to combine basic flying positions with inversions to create dynamic flying flows. Teachers will demonstrate techniques for bases, flyers and spotters that will keep the flying safe and supported.

Flip Your World Up side down

With the support of a partner we will embody support, receptivity and trust. Students will solidify spotting techniques in basic inversions as the foundation for acrobatics. The progressions lead to basic partner acrobatics cultivating strength and flexibility while working as a team. A playful, safe, supportive environment will empower the whole room to be upside down and connect to the divine! Recommended for students with an intermediate yoga practice.

5 day Therapeutic Immersion:

AcroYoga® Lunar Immersion: Rejuvenation through Healing Arts

The Lunar Immersion focuses on the healing, relaxing and rejuvenating practices of Thai massage and therapeutic flying. The Lunar Asana Sequence teaches basic body mechanics and with a focus on self-love cultivation, in preparation for the dance of Thai massage. The techniques learned on the floor are then translated to the flying work, using the element of gravity to amplify the healing flow of prana (life force). Often, we will work in teams of three for safety and support, and everyone will have the opportunity to base and fly, heal and be healed. This training offers invaluable tools for yoga teachers, massage therapists, and energy workers who wish to develop a new dimension of healing touch for students or clients.

Skills covered:
• Lunar Asana Sequence
• Thai massage in Supine, Prone, Side Lying, & Seated positions
• Forward, Backward & High Flying Whale Therapeutic Flying Sequences

Recommendations:
• Some experience basing and flying folded leaf
• Some experience giving a brief leg massage with the receiver laying face up (supine).
• Completion of an Elemental Immersion
• 6+ months regular yoga practice

Daily Schedule: 9am-5pm

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Sir Edward Clark

Moving From The Mula – What is the most you can do with the least effort?
Pranayama is energy manipulation played out through the postures. This
workshop explores the idea that it is possible to raise an energy known
variously as kundalini, shakti or prana through the specific use of ujjayi
pranayama in vinyasa movement.

Ujjayi And The Legs
Breathing into the legs sounds like an inane instruction. Yet, the idea of
using breath as a method to control and manipulate the movement of prana
through the legs is defined and explored in this workshop. It sounds a
trifle mundane in print, but the process is quite stimulating. This is
one of those workshops that are just so darned practical that it is hard
to put the usual glossy spin on it, but in that practicality lies
something that will unquestionably change and refine one's practice.

Ujjayi And The Mind
There are postures we love to do and others we are not so fond of – some
come to one with apparent ease and others are approached with a degree of
dread. Yoga philosophy encourages, through action, the appreciation and
awareness of the "present moment" without attachment to the outcome. Fear
and other obstacles tend to be based on the mind's projections into the
future or past. To overcome these tendencies, one identifies the fear or
obstacle and strategises to confront them.

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Dana Flynn

Fun and Deep Lotus Flow Jam

This F&D jam is designed for rebels and truth seekers alike.
Deep fluid asana, radical lotus flow sequencing, soaring arm balances, artful hip openers and liquid backbends set to phat beats, slow jams and ancient mantras for a real Spiritual High!

Wild and Free Lotus Flow Jam
This W&F Jam is designed to Unleash the asanas within. Body Praying, Spirit Diving, Mantra chanting collide in this dynamic practice devoted to Freedom. 
Listen to the Breeze of the Himalayas and Move like yourself!
Go into the Wild and Be Free!

The Teacher's Gospel: Blow it up

Blow up your practice so it is Fresh and Alive each and every day. 
Unleash the asanas within and challenge yourself to go deeper, inspiring your practice to be bold, courageous and to move like yourself.
Spirit dive into Yoga's timeless teachings as they collide with innnovatve sequencing, body mudras, phat beats, smart alignment and the breath as meditation.
Learn how to create a daily sadhana or spiritual practice that expresses devotion and keeps you connected to the cosmos. Find inspiration using the spiritual friends of music, mantra and mudra to explore your fullest potential.
Journey deeper into yourself while cultivating the spiritual discipline necessary to awaken freedom of expression.
Fire up your passion and your practice during this powerful time of spiritual self-discovery and great freedom, creating community right where you are.
Your personal and creative expression is the key to being Happy and Free and the freshest way to continue your mad love affair with yoga and your Life.
Teachers, Be Part of your own powerful and continuous evolution, this is the Gospel!

What is this precious love and laughter 
Budding in our hearts?
It is the glorious sound 
Of a soul walking up!
Hafiz

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Gabriela Giubilaro

Hips and Twists

Learn the relation between opening the hips and twist. The practice of revolving in the twisting asanas is beneficial not only for the health of our vertebral column, but it frees our back, and detoxifies the organs.
We will explore also the relation of the twisting asanas with backbends and forward bends.

Freedom and Strength in the Shoulders

Chest, shoulders, shoulder blades and neck are all connected. In this class you will learn how to create freedom in the upper body to open the shoulders. You will learn to structure of shoulders to be able to prevent injury, and how to heal in case of it.

Balancing with Harmony

Balance in the life is the challenge of our modern life style. From the yoga practice we can learn how to be relaxed and strong, harmonious and stable, full of grace and full of inner strength. We will explore a new approach to balancing asanas with grace and power. Learning the mechanics and alignment, the body will become lighter and will be able to use less effort. We will also work on the foundation and preparation and practice some of the more challenging arm balancing asanas.

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Spring Groove

'Sing Yourself Alive' – a bhakti vocal workshop
Spring fuses her training as a Broadway performer, Singer-Songwriter & Kirtan Wallah & a Sivananda certified yoga teacher, to help students of all levels free their natural voice.
No prior musical experience is necessary. All that is required is a desire to better understand *How the Voice Works, *How to access your Power, & *How to Open your Heart to Connect to your True sound.
The workshop is divided into 3 sections...

• Breath Work
• Vocal Exercises
• Singing Mantra (Kirtan) and/or Song.
The sections function as building blocks, adding on in a simple series that makes singing less mysterious and more joyful.
Spring's passion to facilitate transformation empowers her students and allows them to experience the Strength and the Joy of Bhakti (devotional) Yoga.
Sing Yourself Alive & Let Your Voice Be Heard!

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Govinda Kai

Unlocking The Secrets Of The Mind
Our understanding and awareness of, or lack thereof, our own minds holds the power to radically affect the quality of our lives. During this session, we will talk at length about this mysterious part of ourselves, including questions such as "What is the mind?", "Where exactly is the mind located", "How does the mind work?",
"How can I improve the quality of my mind?" and other relevant topics related to the mind. Perhaps one of the biggest first steps to a much deeper and more powerful yoga practice and life is to begin to understand the mind. This session will be a first step to move your understanding in the right direction.

The Dynamic Power Of Yoga Philosophy In Life & Practice
Many people think that philosophy is an area of study reserved for academics and intellectuals. Additionally, many people think that philosophy is primarily a mental activity and is theoretical in nature and not designed to be actively applied to one's daily activities and life. Yoga philosophy is very different in both these regards. Yoga philosophy was designed to be intimately practical, easy to understand and a very powerful way to enhance one's day to day life. In this discussion, we will draw from
classic yoga texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali to illustrate just how simple and how directly powerful the understanding of yoga philosophy can be.
There is no reason to be fearful or intimated by the study of yoga philosophy. What you will learn about yoga philosophy in this session will change your ideas about yoga philosophy and about how it can change your life for many years to come.

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Bryan Kest

Short, Sweet and Strong
Eine kräfige, dynamische Asanastunde, die geistige Übungen beinhaltet um die Anstrengungen des Alltags zu meistern. Auf einer körperlichen Ebene sozusagen das Gegenstück zu long, deep and slow.

Power Yoga Old School
Eine gut abgerundete, fließende Asanastunde, die geistige Übungen integriert, um die täglichen Anstrengungen zu meistern.

Long, Deep and Slow
Eine Serie von tiefen Dehnungen, die den Körper öffnen, während der Geist herausgefordert wird. Diese Stunde ist als Ergänzung zu der fließenden Stunde kreiert.

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Krishnataki

Thai Yoga Massage - The Sacred Dance - Krishnataki Oikonomou

This is an introductory workshop to Thai Yoga Massage. Essentially we will learn about the basic principles of Thai massage and in pairs we will do a short guided healing practice. We will above all learn how to touch each other with mindfulness, fullness and precision and also have a taste of what it feels like to play and move with one another in the Sacred Dance. Thai massage is an ancient healing art from the time of the Buddha, used to rebalance energy and unblock stagnation. It is the unique melting pot of Yoga, Thai massage and Meditation which create Thai Yoga Massage...mindfulness and metta in motion.

Food for the Soul
 As we move further into the technological age, it is becoming increasingly important that we are aware of the intake of toxins into our bodies, if we want to remain healthy and unaffected by todays chronic diseases. Living in harmony with the elements, the seasons and being aware of our addictions and habits are the first steps to acheiving optimum nutrition...if we follow certain guidelines...In this workshop we will address nutrition from the 5-element system of Chinese medicine, looking at the properties of foods, when, where and how to eat them and how we can bring kitchen alchemy into our lives.

Meditation and Kirtan
Buddhist Pali chantings to start the day with guided vipassana meditation practice. Vipassana means 'insight' - observation of the body, breath and mind to give 'insight' into what is going on inside of us...only with awareness can with start a change. Chantings and repeated mantras help to still and focus the mind and bring a sense of calm as we enter into the meditation practice.

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Mc Yogi und Amanda Giacomini

"Ganesh is Fresh"

Join us for a fun, creative exploration of the yoga tradition. Ganesh is the elephant-headed diety of India, known for his ability to remove obstacles and bring success to new endeavors. In this two and a half hour multi-sensory journey, we will invoke Ganesh through stories, art, music, mantra, and a strong Vinyasa yoga practice designed to awaken our own inner ELEPHANT POWER! Be prepared to move, groove, flow, grow, dance, and sing and let the powerful and playful energy of Ganesh clear the path to bright new possibilities in your life.

Konzert und Party

Experience a world where ancient myths meet modern turntables and tablas. Shaking speakers with conscious lyrics and sacred mantras, MC Yogi gets the dance floor jumping with his signature style of yoga inspired hip hop. Be prepared to jump, sing, clap and dance. MC Yogi shows are uplifting and fun for all ages.

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Twee Merrigan

Waking The Tiger and Dissolving the F.E.A.R. 

Mixed Level | Discussion + Asana

This balancing asana practice looks the tiger of fear right in the eyes, harnesses the energy behind that fear, and channels it towards risk-taking, courage, and letting go into the infinite possibilities of the present moment.  Learn to recognize and transform the F.E.A.R. (False Evidence/Emotions Appearing Real) within your yoga practice into joy and abundance in your daily living. Short discussion followed by asana + meditation. 

Rock on Hanuman | One Giant Leap into Handstands + Splits
Intermediate | Mostly Asana
Swing on the vines of handstands and splits! It's a body + soul celebration embodying the strength, devotion, and quick wit of Hanuman fused with rock'n'roll, mystical story~telling, paradigm~shifting + thought~provoking visualizations, rajasic pranayama, devotional chanting and monkey~inspired play. Join us on this yogic adventure, crossing oceans of fear and doubt, to arrive on distant shores of infinite potentiality!

Post-Conference
5 Hour Class
Chakra Balancing for You + the Planet
Mixed Levels | Discussion + Asana
Imagine if we, as a conscious human race were to reduce our efforts of digging down below the earth's surface (it's root chakra) for limited fossil fuel resources, depleting and destabilizing our planet's steady foundation. Imagine that we looked upward into the sky (the earth's higher chakras) to focus more of our efforts towards harnessing it's unlimited, sustainable and renewable energies from the wind, sun, and even higher into the cosmic realm of our galaxy's stars and planets above.  

Join Twee as she guides us through a dynamic elemental and chakra-based Prana Flow ® vinyasa practice starting with a discussion of seven energy centers (chakras) within us all, and concluding with our group's collective suggestions highlighting several ways to support not only our own health and abundance…but our planet's too! | All levels welcome.

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Ganesh Mohan

Freedom Through Surrender: The Divine in Our Yoga Practice
The connection to the Divine is a cardinal practice in classical yoga. The quality of asana practice and its influence on our life and relationships is greatly influenced by our attitude during the practice. Experiencing a taste of devotion in our practice has the potential to change our life. In this workshop, we will see how to integrate a concept of the Divine and of conscious surrender in our yoga practice.

Mantra: Protecting Our Mind

The use of mantra for meditation is a foundational practice emphasized in the Yogasutras of Patanjali. Mantra meditation gives steadiness to the mind and awakens our experience of stillness. In this workshop we will explain why and how we should use a mantra in our asana and in meditation, and we will experience it in practice.

FULL DAY WORKSHOP (Post-Conference)
Yoga Therapy: Breath - The Therapeutic Link between Body and Mind
Breathing is a pillar of good health and mental calm. Deeply connected with the functioning of all body systems and the mind, our breathing influences how we move and think. In this workshop, we will explore different techniques of breathing from the physical perspective. Then we will look at how breathing is connected to the mind, working with attitude and visualizations. Through our connection with and exploration of the breath, we will discover how the breath can be a powerful tool to maintain well-being and combat ill-health.

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Dr. Günter Niessen

Free Your Spine – Wege zur Freiheit für die Wirbelsäule

In diesem Workshop werden wir unsere Wirbelsäule in Theorie und Praxis erfahren und neue Sichtweise auf die Wirbelsäule entwickeln. Welchen Anforderungen ist sie im Alltag ausgesetzt? Welche Konzepte sind für die Yogapraxis unter therapeutischen Gesichtspunkten angemessen und was können wir über Bord werfen, um ungünstige "Bewegungs-Samskaras" sinnvoll zu verändern? Was bedeutet "Neutral Spine" oder wann bin ich eigentlich wirklich aufgerichtet? Die funktionelle Anatomie hält Antworten bereit und zeigt Wege zur Freiheit für unsere Wirbelsäule auf.

FULL DAY WORKSHOP (Post-Conference)
Yoga Therapy: Breath - The Therapeutic Link between Body and Mind
Breathing is a pillar of good health and mental calm. Deeply connected with the functioning of all body systems and the mind, our breathing influences how we move and think. In this workshop, we will explore different techniques of breathing from the physical perspective. Then we will look at how breathing is connected to the mind, working with attitude and visualizations. Through our connection with and exploration of the breath, we will discover how the breath can be a powerful tool to maintain well-being and combat ill-health.

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Todd Norian

Anusara Yoga - Lakshmi: The Goddess of Refined Beauty:
What makes an experience sacred is the meaningfulness you give to it. Become a connoisseur of life, never taking anything for granted. Live fully, love fully, laugh

fully. Receive the teachings and blessings of Lakshmi (wealth, abundance, and beauty) while practicing a lavish sequence of sparkling poses.

Anusara Yoga: Transform Challenges Into Life-Enhancing Change

There's no real way to live a happy life without the Tantric view that everything in life is for your awakening. Is life happening TO you, or is life happening FOR you? Attitude is power.

Learn how to transform challenges into positive change by aligning with Shri. Glorify life as art through the practice of Standing Poses, Inversions, Hip Openers, Hand Balances, and deeper Backbends.

Intermediate Level

Anusara Yoga - Touch of Grace:

How to Give Unforgettable Physical Adjustments for Teachers and Aspiring Teachers of All Levels and Styles

Learn the techniques and skills necessary to give unforgettable hands-on adjustments that will transform your students forever. Using the elegant and sophisticated Universal Principles of Alignment and teaching methods of Anusara Yoga, you will learn how to transmit the highest intention of your heart through touch. Take your teaching to a deeper level of excellence.

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Young Ho Kim

InsideFlow

Alles ist im Fluss mit der Musik! Dein Körper, Dein Herz Dein Yoga.

Anmutig fließt Du in dieser Yogastunde von einer Yogaübung (Asana) zur nächsten, die Musik trägt Dich dabei weit über Deine Vorstellung hinaus und Deine Yogapraxis wird zu einem meditativen und schweißtreibenden Tanz mit Dir selbst.

Wie kann man den modernen Menschen von heute, die Essenz von Yoga, klar und spürbar erfahren lassen? In einer Diskussion mit Freunden bei einem Yoga Workshop in Österreich vor einigen Jahren fand Young-Ho Kim mit Inside Flow seine Antwort darauf.

Im täglichen Leben werden wir von Reizen nur so überflutet, Konzentration kostet enorme Kraft. Viele finden diese Kraft im Yoga, aber nur Geübte schaffen es sich selbst immer wieder den Impuls zu geben, die Sinne zurück zu ziehen und für wenigstens einen kurzen Moment bei sich zu bleiben.

Musik bringt uns in Bewegung, gleichzeitig aber auch zur Ruhe, innerlich und äußerlich. Sie beeinflusst unsere Stimmung, bringt uns zum Träumen, inspiriert uns zu neuen Taten, gibt uns Kraft, geht direkt ins Herz und schafft vor allem einen Raum in dem wir ganz für uns sein können. Es gibt viele Musiktitel, die uns berühren und das Herz öffnen. Warum also nicht die Kraft der Musik für Dein Yoga nutzen?
 
Das Ziel von Inside Flow ist die Bewegung mit dem Atem und der Musik zu einer Meditation zu verschmelzen. Eine traditionelle Komponente aus dem Yoga, das Vinyasa, erfährt hierdurch eine Fortsetzung der besonderen Art.

In einer typischen Stunde Inside Flow, werden Asanas funktionell und didaktisch korrekt aufgebaut und aneinandergereiht. Diese Reihen ergeben eine eingängige Choreographie, die passend zu einem aktuellen, bekannten Titel geübt wird. Hier fließt der Schweiß, gepaart mit Dehn- und Kräftigungsübungen. Die Übergänge zwischen den einzelnen Asanas ergeben sich aus der vorangegangenen Bewegung und sind somit für den Teilnehmer leicht nachzuvollziehen. Welche Asanas in Abfolge geübt werden bleibt dem Trainer dabei selbst überlassen, der Schlüssel liegt jedoch darin, eine Verbindung zwischen Musik und Bewegung herzustellen. Wenn Bewegung und Musik sich ergänzen, wird das Thema des Liedes, zum Thema der Stunde. Dieses Thema wird durch eine Widmung verstärkt, die jeder Teilnehmer für sich selbst wählen kann, bevor der Inside Flow das erste Mal zur Musik geübt wird.
Der schönste Moment dieser Stunde beginnt mit dem ersten Ton der Musik, dem man mit seiner Bewegung Bedeutung gibt und endet mit dem letzten Ton, wenn man zufrieden in die Position des Kindes gleitet.
Alles ist im Fluss, die Musik fließt in Dich hinein und mit Deiner Bewegung aus Dir heraus. Alles ist im Fluss, aber Du bist ganz bei Dir!

Shift your Mind
Unser Geist kann uns beflügeln aber auch beschränken. Lerne wie du deinen Geist verstehen und transformieren kannst, so dass der Geist Dich beflügelt!

Es ist nicht nur deine Chance, es ist deine Pflicht dein Potential auszuschöpfen. Denn nur deshalb bist du auf dieser Erde! Oft behindert das Denken einen Schritt weiterzugehen und deine Grenze zu erweitern.

Yoga gibt uns eine fantastische Möglichkeit in uns zu blicken und uns selbst zu verstehen. Ergreife die Möglichkeit und wachse sowohl körperlich als auch geistig.
 
Du bist mehr als Du denkst.

Candlelight Yoga

Die Kerze vor Dir steht als Symbol für eine Widmung. Jede Bewegung, jeder Atemzug und jeder Moment ist etwas bestimmtem gewidmet. Je achtsamer umso mehr Anmut wird fließen, je anmutiger umso mehr Energie wird für die Widmung entstehen.

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Carlos Pomeda

The Joy of Meditation
Have you every been interested in meditation? Do you want to find the joy of meditation in an easy way?
Then, this workshop is for you.
The great thing about meditation is that we all have everything we need to practice it, already! All that is required is simple, skillful guidance that will allow us to get in touch with the unbounded reservoirs of joy, inspiration and love that lie within us.
In this workshop—taught by a former monk with over 30 years of experience—we will not only explore the various building blocks and the many facets of meditation, but we will also have ample opportunity to explore various approaches through guided group sessions, discussions and questions and answers.
Join us in this fascinating journey of exploration.
Recommended Reading Material: Muktananda, Swami. Meditate: Happiness Lies Within You. ISBN: 0911307621.

Spanda: The Pulsation of Life (Spanda Karikas)

What is the secret of the tremendous display of energy behind all natural phenomena? What is the dynamism of life? What is that power which enlivens our senses and our mind? What is the vitality behind our consciousness? How can we be in contact with the source of energy and happiness?
These are some of the questions explored in this fascinating seminar. Drawing from one of the fundamental texts of Tantric Shaivism in Kashmir, this course explores the very foundation of life and the universe, unveiling powerful insights and a variety of transformative practices that have the potential to radically transform and enrich our lives.

The Inherent Joy of Life: Tantric Reading of Bhagavad Gita

Where can we draw inspiration for our yoga practice? And where can we turn to for advice?
In India, these questions have often been answered in the form of the Bhagavad Gita, one of the foundational texts of the yoga tradition. Written in a simple style, yet profound; inspiring, yet practical, the Gita has shown for generations and generations of yogis and seekers the key to the integration of yoga into our daily lives.
In its pages we will find how love, knowledge and action can be the very means by which we access the highest experience. By offering various approaches, the Gita shows how to infuse with meaning, depth and joy not only our practice, but the rest of our lives as well.
In this seminar we will tap into the vitality of this classic, and we will do so by drawing from a unique tantric understanding, guided by the masterful commentary of Abhinavagupta, the foremost exponent of Kashmiri Tantra. Even if you have read or studied the Gita before, the insights contained in this commentary are unique.

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Tobias Frank & Pau Castellsagué

Lets get movin'
This workshop provides a safe environment to explore trust, connection and playfulness. Learn to flip, spin, drop back and float, all while suspended in the air with the support of a partner! Using time-tested acrobatic training techniques, students will learn how to combine basic flying positions with inversions to create dynamic flying flows. Teachers will demonstrate techniques for bases, flyers and spotters that will keep the flying safe and supported.

Flip Your World Up side down

With the support of a partner we will embody support, receptivity and trust. Students will solidify spotting techniques in basic inversions as the foundation for acrobatics. The progressions lead to basic partner acrobatics cultivating strength and flexibility while working as a team. A playful, safe, supportive environment will empower the whole room to be upside down and connect to the divine! Recommended for students with an intermediate yoga practice.

5 day Therapeutic Immersion:

The Therapeutics Immersion focuses on the healing, relaxing and transformative practices of Thai massage and therapeutic flying. The Thai Asana Sequence teaches basic body mechanics and massage techniques, with an emphasis on cultivating sensitivity and self-love. This practice lays the foundation to effortlessly transmit metta (loving-kindess) during the dance of Thai massage. The techniques learned on the floor are then translated to the flying work, using the element of gravity to amplify the healing flow of prana (life force). Often, we will work in teams of three for safety and support, and everyone will have the opportunity to base and fly, heal and
be healed. This training offers invaluable tools for yoga teachers, massage therapists, and energy workers who wish to develop a new dimension of healing touch for students or clients.

Skills covered:
• Thai Asana Sequence
• Giving & Receiving Thai massage in the 4 main positions - Supine, Prone,
Side Lying, & Seated. Plus additional Tandem sequence (2 givers on 1 receiver)
• Forward, Backward & High Flying Whale Therapeutic Flying Sequences

Pre-Requisites:
• Comfort & experience basing AND flying folded leaf
• Comfort & experience giving a 10 minute Thai massage sequence on the legs
with the receiver laying face up (supine).

Recommendations:
• Completion of a General Immersion
• 6+ months regular yoga practic

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Dave Stringer
Kirtan Playshop

Listen friend, this body is his instrument.
He draws the strings tight,
and out of it comes the music of the universe."
Kabir

"Lausche mein Freund, dieser Körper ist sein Instrument,
er zieht die Saiten fest an,
und daraus ertönt die Musik des Universums."
Kabir

Jeder von uns ist geboren mit der Fähigkeit zu musizieren: eine Stimme, zwei Hände.
Keine Vorkenntnisse sind nötig. Dieser Workshop ist eine Einführung in das Yoga des Singens für diejenigen, die Kirtan praktizieren möchten, das Chanting in ihre Yogaklassen einführen möchten, eine tägliche Chanting Praxis aufbauen möchten, oder einfach nur Ihre Erfahrung und ihr Verständnis vom Chanting zu vertiefen suchen.
Du wirst traditionelle Eröffnungs und Beendungs-Mantras erlernen, ihre Bedeutung und ihre Geschichte sowie sie in einfacher Sprache wiederzugeben. Der Workshop beinhaltet auch das Yoga eine Beziehung mit deiner Stimme und deinen rhythmischen Fähigkeiten einzugehen. Diejenigen unter euch, die bereits ein Instrument spielen sind herzlich eingeladen dies mitzubringen, weil wir ebenso die Kunst des gemeinsamen Kirtan - Musizierens erforschen werden.
Grundkenntnisse zum Spielen des Harmoniums sowie der Finger Zimbeln werden vermittelt werden.

Kirtan (Opening Ceremony)

"Ekstatisch, freudvoll und tief berührend" - so könnte man einen Kirtan mit Dave Stringer in 3 Worten beschreiben.

Längst ist Kirtan in den USA eine ganz eigene Bewegung. Festivals mit 2- 3000 Besuchern und 3 Tage Kirtan non Stop ist inzwischen Kult in der Yoga - und spirituellen Szene in den USA.

Auch bei uns gewinnt Kirtan immer mehr an Bedeutung und ist diese Art des Singens für viele eine Bereicherung und Quelle der Kraft geworden.
Kirtan Call und Response -- ein Tanz der Energien -- ein Feld der Heilung und Herzöffnung durch die Wiederholung der Sanskrit Mantren.

Dave Stringer ist in den USA schon längst einer der Großen der Kirtan Szene. Seine natürliche Art den Kirtan anzuleiten und ihn für alle zu
öffnen , seine humorvolle Art die Schwierigkeiten die einem auf dem Weg begegnen darzustellen, macht ihn bei vielen sehr beliebt.

Über ein Filmprojekt kam er 1990 im Ashram von Swami Muktananda in Indien zum ersten Mal mit Kirtan in Berührung. Nach seiner Rückkehr in
die USA begann er in Yogastudios Kirtan anzuleiten.

Inzwischen tourt er 12 Monate im Jahr durch die USA, Europa, Australien und Kanada. Sein Kirtan ist lebendig, freudvoll und immer eine Einladung zusammen zu kommen und zu feiern

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Rod Stryker

Pre-Conference
Fullday intense: Tantra Vidya: Yoga's Path to Power and Prosperity

Through theory and practice we explore the science of Tantra as the most comprehensive and complete approach to yoga. We highlight the key points of Tantric philosophy, exploring its approach to asana specifically and yoga in general–which can be summed up as shakti sadhana or "power yoga."

We then focus on the yoga practices that expand asana's reach and which most directly empower you to thrive in every area of life as prescribed by the tantic tradition. Lecture and two tantric hatha yoga/asana practices.

Two years yoga practice recommended.

The Secrets of Pranayama (Yoga Garden Cologne)
Learn the secrets to refining and mastering your breath. Through theory and guided practice, you'll experience the power of the sacred science of breath and discover how, when the breath can be used to still the mind, dissolve the unconscious, and attract the forces of happiness and success.
Discussion and accessible pranayama practice(s).

A minimum of two years of asana practice recommended.

Yoga Nidra, The Science of Destiny, and The Yoga of Fulfillment

Yoga Nidra is the sublime science of complete relaxation. Because of its unique capacity to transform all of the "layers" that the soul inhabits (physical, mental, energetic, and causal bodies), yoga nidra is both a comprehensive method for maximizing health and vitality as well as one of the tradition's most profound and accessible way to positively shape our destiny. In this workshop we outline the theory of sankalpa, how we bring thought into form, the practice of yoga nidra, and how both relate to the concept of dharma. Lecture and practice.

Bring what you will need (blankets, a pillow, a thick mat, etc.) so that you will be warm and comfortable and able to rest on your back for the better part of one hour. Open to all levels.

Tantra Yoga Vinyasa: Asana, Bandha, Mudra

Tantra Yoga views the body as a sacred altar and teaches that "worship" means learning to gradually master the dormant force in the spine called shakti. In this class you'll learn about and experience the progression of Tantric principles and techniques––starting with accessible asanas, then build to bandhas and finally mudras––that by activating the body's latent forces, lead us to ultimate freedom and exaltation.

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Moritz Ulrich

Born to be Wild
- mainly Asana - open for all! - german

Wild zu sein bedeutet in unserer Gesellschaft meistens etwas außer der Reihe zu tanzen, nicht angepasst zu sein und sich an keinerlei Regeln und Absprachen zu halten. Dadurch lassen wir uns oft abschrecken unsere eigene natürlich Wildheit zu entdecken und auszuleben. Wild zu sein ist ein Zustand unserer Ursprünglichkeit. Ein Zustand in dem wir in der Lage sind unsere Umwelt zu be-ob-achten und ihr zuzuhören und im Einklang mit ihr leben zu können.

Erlebe wie die Yogapraxis dich unterstützen kann Konditionen und Gewohnheiten zu erkennen und für einen Moment zur Seite zu legen.

Chakra Tuning - Die geheime Kunst, die dein Leben verändern wird.

Uralte,lange geheime, Praktiken des Hatha Yoga werden dir helfen viel alten Ballast

aus allen Bereichen des Lebens abwerfen zu können. Chakra sind Energieräder. Die Yogis nutzen das Bild der Chakras, um verschiedene Qualitäten unseres Lebens darzustellen. Die Asanapraxis und Nada, der Klang, werden wie eine feinstoffliche Reinigung wirken und du wirst mit einem *Gefühl von Freiheit* diesen Workshop verlassen. Die körperliche Praxis in diesem Workshop ist eher ruhig und nutzt die verschiedenen Körperhaltungen für ihre Wirkung auf die verschiedenen Chakras.* Lass dich ein auf ein Reise nach Innen* und zu deinem Leben und lerne wie du achtsamer und aufmerksamer mit ihm umgehen kannst. In jeder Asana werden wir die Bija- Mantras der Chakren singen, um so ihre Wirkung zu verstärken. Eine Intensive Klasse aus der du heraus schweben wirst.

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Christiane Wolff

Yoga meets Spiraldynamik®
Die Spiraldynamik® betrachtet sinnvolle Körperausrichtung als dreidimensionale Bewegung; eine gesunde Haltung als 3D-Dynamik mit Ruhegleichgewicht. Diese Grundsätze können in jeder Ausgangsposition, jedem Asana sowie im Alltag zur Haltungsanalyse und -optimierung dienen. Spiralige Bewegungsintelligenz deckt eingefahrene, belastende Haltungsmuster auf; bewusste Übungen wirken nachhaltig. Wenn das schlüssige Konzept der anatomisch sinnvollen Bewegung im Yoga umgesetzt wird, ergeben sich unzählige Variationen, erfrischende Abwechslungen und Klarheit im grobstofflichen Körper. Zusätzlich können kleine, feinfühlige Übungen im Yoga-Unterricht integriert werden und Asanas sinnvoll vorbereiten. Damit wird das Körperempfinden gefördert, das Haltungsgefühl verfeinert und somit das "Erlebnis Asana" ganzheitlich vertiefen.

Energetische Erlebnisreise: Beckenboden

Sei neugierig .......

Die Basis für ein gutes Körpergefühl und die spirituelle Entwicklung ist ein funktionell arbeitender, elastischer und kraftvoller Beckenboden und eine bewusster Kontakt zu diesem besonderen Energiepotential des Körpers. Der Yoga bietet vielfältige Möglichkeiten die gegensätzlichen Wirkungen, die optionale Anpassungsfähigkeit und das hohe Potential der Impulskraft des Beckenbodens zu realisieren. Kinästhetische Wahrnehmungsübungen, gezielt stenosierende und damit den Beckenboden trainierende Atemtechniken, sensorische und motorische Stimulationen sowie harmonisierende, durchblutungsfördernde und kräftigende Asanas bieten eine beeindruckende Entdeckungsreise zum Beckenboden. Seine Schlüsselfunktion bei der funktionellen Zentrierung und optimalen Entlastung von Hüft- und Kniegelenken sowie seine wesentliche Bedeutung bei der körpergerechten Wirbelsäulen-Aufrichtung werden erfahrbar. Der angeregte Dialog mit der Schwerkraft und die erlebte psychische Interaktion verstehen sich als vielfältige Anregung hin zu einer sinnlichen und holistisch ausgerichteten Körperarbeit.

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