— NEW DATES : due to changes in his travelling schedule, Eddie had to postpone this workshop to March 2025 —
A weekend with Eddie Stern at Yoga Circle | Lecture & Practices
We are honored once again with the presence of Eddie Stern and his ever evolving teachings on yoga. This weekend will be focused on pranayama as a fundamental practice in yoga for calming, strengthening, and focusing the nervous system in preparation for meditative practices. You will experience how the core yoga practices affect the communication from the brain to body, and body to brain, which shapes our perception of how we respond, adapt, and perceive ourselves and reality.
The workshop program will offer an evening lecture on Friday and 2 morning practice sessions on Saturday and Sunday.
There will be 2 different asana groups in the morning, the early class (group 1) more suitable for regular yoga practitioners (intermediate level), and the later class (group 2) which will be an open level class suitable for anyone, including complete beginners. You are of course welcome to choose whichever group you’d like to practice, but for continuity of the teachings you will be asked to practice in the same group on both days.
If you’d like to study more with Eddie, he will be teaching a 10 hrs pranayama training in the afternoons. You’ll find more information about his training here.
PROGRAM
You can choose any of the 2 programs, bear in mind that the group 1 program is recommended for regular yoga students.
- GROUP 1:
– Friday 28 March | 18:00-19:30 | Pranayama Essentials: A History of Practices and Purposes of Pranayama from 5000 BCE to Present (lecture including some meditation, chanting, pranayama)
– Saturday 29 March | 7:00-8:45 | Hatha Yoga Kriyas and Yoga Asana Sangraha
– Sunday 30 March | 7:00-8:45 | Pranayama and Yoga & Strength - GROUP 2:
– Friday 28 March | 18:00-19:30 | Pranayama Essentials: A History of Practices and Purposes of Pranayama from 5000 BCE to Present (lecture including some meditation, chanting, pranayama)
– Saturday 29 March | 9:00-10:30 | Hatha Yoga Kriyas and Yoga Asana Sangraha
– Sunday 30 March | 9:00-10:30 | Pranayama and Yoga & Strength
Lecture
Pranayama is a fundamental practice in classical yoga for calming, strengthening, and focusing the nervous system in preparation for meditative practices. It has been said that when we glimpse our inner essence, the power of that realization can be so profound that the vessel of our body needs to be strong and stable enough to contain the increased flow of energy that comes along with the new revelations about who we are. While asanas give stability to our bodies, they only have a limited impact on the deeper functions of our nervous system, specifically the operations of the autonomic nervous system. When we can begin to have a measure of control over the automatic functions of our body, such as breathing, we can begin to manage our subconscious impulses, thought patterns, and unconscious behaviors.
Yoga Asana Sangraha
This class will begin with several practices kriyas that target digestive health, and increase energy and lightness in the body. Yoga Sangraha is a collection of asanas from the Hatha Yoga traditions that I (Eddie) currently use as my practice. It will be comprised of the basic set of Yoga Sangraha postures, arranged in a specific way to heighten the signaling of the nervous system to create a deep sense of calm and prepare one for meditation. This is a several-year evolution of practices from experimentation and study, and I look forward to sharing with you my ongoing investigations into yoga practices.
Yoga & Strength
We will start the Sunday class with pranayama. The Yoga & Strength class is based on strength building practices followed by simple asanas. It includes different types of Sun Salutations, push-ups, planks, axial muscle strengthening, squats, and other exercises that build strength, functional mobility, and endurance in different ways. Many of the practices are drawn from Indian physical exercise systems such as kushti, the Hindu wrestling system that uses lots of different squats push-up positions such as found in Sun Salutations. These practices are followed by calming, slow held asanas, and relaxation.
DATES
28-30 March 2025
LOCATION
Yoga Circle
De Clercqstraat 66-68, Amsterdam
PRICE
€150 (€130 for Yoga Circle Members – please request discount code via [email protected] before registering)
Single session tickets might be available approx 1 week before the start of the workshop IF spaces are still available.
LEVEL
All levels and beginners welcome for group 2, no previous experience necessary.
Yoga students with an established practice are suggested to join group 1 (but ultimately you can join whichever group you want, only make sure it’s the same group on both days).
CANCELLATION
You will get a full refund if you cancel up to 3 weeks prior to the start of the workshop. Within 3 weeks there will be no refund, but you can of course arrange to transfer your spot to someone else.
ABOUT EDDIE STERN
Eddie Stern is a yoga teacher, author, and researcher based in New York City. He has a multi-disciplinary approach to yoga which includes studying traditional texts and combining the application of the practices contained within them to science, research, technology, and collaboration. He is involved in evidence-based research in the healing capacities of Yoga, recently completing a masters in science for yoga research at the Vivekananda Yoga University. He has published several scientific papers and books, including the best-selling One Simple Thing, A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How it can Change Your Life, and is the co-creator of the Breathing App. His latest book, Healing Through Breathing, that illustrate the body-brain/brain-body connection, has been recently released on Audible Originals. Eddie has been practicing yoga since 1987 and has spent the past 35 years traveling yearly from New York to study yoga, philosophy, ritual, and Sanskrit with his teachers in India, including 19 years studying in Mysore.
Eddie leads pranayama teacher training courses and educational programming through his training platform, Yoga Education Collective, which he co-founded with Robert Moses and Harshvardhan Jhaveri.
For more information about Eddie please visit his website.
