For the first time in YIS!
Thomas retreat from the 12th to the 26th of September
Thomas
Retreat Program
- A daily Mysore style class for practitioners of the Primary (First) and Intermediate (Second) series of Ashtanga yoga. Suitable for students at all levels but some experience with Mysore style is required!
Some additional “Playground” and “1 % Theory” classes in the afternoon will address
- Trickier aspects of the asana practice (such as jumps)
- Understanding Ashtanga yoga as a system to heal body, mind and soul
- How to build an individual practice for a lifetime
- An introduction to pranayama and meditation
- The history of Ashtanga yoga (as far as we know it)
- Questions and, hopefully, answers
Thomas will also be available for individual tuition (not included in the workshop price).
Thomas Biografy
Thomas learned the traditional Ashtanga yoga teaching method originally used in Mysore from Manju Pattabhi Jois, the most experienced practitioner and teacher of Ashtanga yoga in the world, who began practising and teaching Ashtanga yoga under his father, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, in the 1950s. Manju officially authorized Thomas to teach in 2009.
Thomas´s understanding of how Ashtanga yoga should be practised and taught is also strongly influenced by the teachings of David Williams, the first Westerner to learn the complete Ashtanga yoga system of asana and pranayama directly from Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in the 1970s. Thomas is also grateful for what he learned during the Primary and Intermediate series trainings given by David Swenson, who was among the early Western students of Ashtanga yoga in 1975. Two main elements characterize Thomas’s teaching style: his desire to transmit the practice as his teachers learned it in the 1950s to 1970s; and his commitment to respecting students’ individual potential or limitations, being particularly careful never to injure his students. He encourages his students to develop their individual approach to the practice and to keep it fun.
Thomas teaches in good English and some horrible Italian!.
More about Thomas: www.ashtangamunich.com