September 1st - 8th




Gabriele Severini
Gabriele Severini is born in Rome, he studied with Lino Miele and Tina Pizzimenti, the two Ashtanga Yoga certified teachers in Italy.
He obtained a degree in Physical Education from the University of Rome, he has worked as a swimming teachers for years and studied also massage therapy.
His interest and commitment to Ashtanga Yoga has been the inspiration for attending several workshops and retreats in Italy. He took his first trip to India studyingwith Lino Miele in Kovalam and three months in Mysore with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and his grandson Sharath Rangaswamy. From 2003, Gabriele comes back to Mysore every year to study at the “Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute”, now KPJAYI.
In 2006 he received directly by Sri K.Pattabhi Jois the authorization to teach Ashtanga Yoga in the traditional form, in 2011 he received the level 2 by Sharath Jois, who is currently his main teacher, and asked him to asist in the shala in December 2011.
Gabriele has also attended intensive workshops with Richard Freeman, Mark Darby, has practised Vipassana meditation in Italy, has studied pranayama with B.N.S Iyengar of Mysore and he is studying Indian philosophy with MA Narasimhan, Yoga Sutras and chanting with Dr M.A. Jayashree, and Sanskrit, in Mysore.