Ashtanga Yoga : The Healing Space Workshop with Petri Räisänen
29 november to 2 december 2024
We are very happy to have Petri coming back to teaching this 4 days workshop in Amsterdam also this year! Petri has been one of our regular guest teachers in Amsterdam for many years and one of the primary teachers from our own Ashtanga teachers. His very open and gentle approach to Ashtanga Yoga has a very inclusive and healing effect which makes him a very unique voice within this tradition of yoga. If you have met Petri before, you know you want to practice with him again.
The workshop sessions are for ashtanga practitioners of all levels including beginners (previous experience with ashtanga yoga is recommended). If you are new to Petri, we recommend you joining the whole program to get the most out of this experience.
Program
Friday Nov 29th
7:30 – 9:15 Led class Primary Series. The traditional exact Vinyasa counting, Sanskrit asana names, and counting with a continuous rhythm guided by Petri
11.30 – 13.00 Opening Workshop | Introduction to the Healing Space in Ashtanga Yoga. Pranayama and meditation.
13.15 – 16.00 Workshop | Therapeutic and Healing Yoga Asana adjustments.The art of a mindful touch. Accessible Ashtanga Yoga. Focusing for the therapy work on the pains and tensions, releasing the sources of the stiffness. The healing adjustments are also in the attitude, willingness to help and cure. It is a kindness and compassion in action. How to create a trust and safety in the Yoga Shala.
Saturday Nov 30th
07.30 – 9.00 or 9.00 – 10:30 | Morning Mysore style practice ( two shifts)
12.45 – 14.15 Workshop | Breathing into the silence (based on Pranayama and mind work).We create the space for the body with the Yoga Asanas. Lengthening, stretching, rotating, twisting, pushing, pulling, balancing..Listening the breathing and sensing the energy flow inside the nadis – energy channels. Are we able to sense the holiness, the quiet force of the Universe?
14:30 – 17:30 Workshop | Energy healing and mind work in asana adjustments and “personal practice..using the techniques of Finnish traditional folk healing and Sage Patanjali. The energy-healing techniques are based on sensing and locating the blocks in the flow of energy throughout the body. In this workshop we will lean how to “sense” the student though our nadi (energy channel) system and use that information in the asana adjustment.
Sunday Dec 1st
07.30 – 9.00 or 9.00 – 10:30 | Morning Mysore style practice (two shifts)
12.45 – 14.15 Workshop | Positive and healing mantras. Mantras are powerful and deeply effective for the body and mind. In this workshop we are discussing about some of the ideologies behind mantras and learn how to use them as positive and healing instruments in daily life.
14:30 – 17:30 Workshop: Spirituality for the atheist, anarchist, non believers, rebels, free souls, spiritual seekers, believers and religious beings! Spirituality is connected to the sense and sensing beyond the ”normal” states of mind. Can atheist sense the god’s presence. Can a religious person be an atheist? Many spiritual leaders has been a rebels and the free souls has been dangerous for the leading religions. Discussion and meditation practice. We will also discuss Kaivalya (liberation) as a natural path for the self realization. Kaivalya is about the liberation from your ego and dissolving to Purusha (eternal soul), through discrimination between the harmful actions and liberating actions. Kaivalya is about our real nature.
Monday Dec 2nd
06.30 – 8.00 or 8.00 – 9:30 | Morning Mysore style practice ( two shifts)
Location
Yoga Circle
De Clercqstraat 66-68, Amsterdam
Prices
Full program: €375 (€350 for Yoga Circle students with active membership)
One day: €120
3 Morning Mysore Only: €120 (€100 for Yoga Circle students with active membership)
Single session tickets are now available at €50 per session. Please make sure you book the correct session!
[ For members discount, please send an email to [email protected] to request discount code before registering ]
Important Info for Mysore Practice:
You will have the option of choosing your own practice starting time. A link to a sign in document will be shared via email a few days prior to the workshop start date.
Level
Previous experience with Ashtanga Yoga is recommended although not required. Petri will make you feel welcome no matter what your level of experience is.
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 Petri Raisanen
Petri is an internationally renowned and highly respected Ashtanga Yoga teacher with a deep-rooted connection to Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, under whom he became authorized to teach Ashtanga Yoga in 2001. Co-founding Ashtanga Yoga Helsinki in 1997 alongside his friend and colleague, Juha Javanainen, Petri serves as the co-owner and director of the studio. Presently residing in Algarve, Portugal, Petri shares his life with his wife and children, and they have recently established their new shala, Yoga Roots Odeceixe.
Petri’s teaching methodology centers around therapeutic and healing adjustments, which originate (besides his own practice and teaching) from his past work as a traditional Finnish folk healer and naturopath. His friendly, relaxed behaviour and intuitive perception make his workshops inclusive for practitioners of all levels and regardless of body type, providing immense benefits to individuals seeking physical as well as mental well-being.
For more information about Petri please visit his website.
