Ashtanga Yoga Retreat and Teacher Intensive near Berlin

ASHTANGA RETREAT – MYSORE MAGIC INTENSIVE MAY ’23
Experience the magic of daily pranayama, Mysore style and Meditation practice. Take your Ashtanga practice beyond with alignment workshops, philosophy and Sanskrit studies with the “full ashtanga intensive” program. Or take it easy and relax or work a little with the “ashtanga holidays” package. FOR ASHTANGA ENTHUSIASTS AND TEACHERS!

IMPORTANT: This retreat is NOT for beginners. You need to be familiar with Ashtanga Yoga Mysore Style and the full Primary Series. Please contact us through the contact form or give us a call (+49.30.48496665) and we explain the details. More info also here: ashtanga-retreat.com

This retreat is in English unless all participants speak German.

ABOUT GRISCHA STEFFIN
Grischa is the founder of Berlin's first Mysore Shala "Ashtanga Yoga Berlin" which he opened in 2004.
He teaches traditional Ashtanga Vinyāsa as it was taught in Mysore by Pattabhi Jois. His main teacher is Richard Freeman from Boulder (USA). In addition, he integrates diverse influences from senior teachers such as Chuck Miller, Maty Ezraty, Nancy Gilgoff, John Scott, Dena Kingsburg, Rolf Naujokat and the Jois family.
He conveys the subtleties of the Ashtanga yoga system in a traditional but non-dogmatic way. Tradition serves the practitioner and not the other way around.
His approach to teaching Yoga is continuously refined by his studies of the ancient Yogic literature, especially Yoga Sutra which is the true key to a meaningful practice.

This seminar takes place at the beautiful seminar house “Breitenteicher Mühle” near Berlin. We have spent several weeks at this mill already and it is embedded in a mind-blowing setting surrounded by a little forest and lush fields inviting for walks. It’s truly a little paradise – we have seen all sorts of animals and rare birds here.

All rooms at Breitenteicher Mühle are beautifully designed and built with excellent natural materials, lot’s of wood and clay. You can choose from different room types (single, double, triple). All rooms are fully equipped with linen, towels etc. Two rooms share one bathroom. A special highlight is the Mongolian tent in the garden.
Please contact us if you run on a very low budget and would like to sleep in your own tent.

ACCOMODATION COSTS:

single room: + 660 €
2-bed room: + 540 €
3-bed room: + 510 €
4-bed room: + 480 €
external / tent: + 360 €

The seminar house offers three delicious mails per day. 100% organic, partly home grown – and simply amazing. All meals are made with love! The food is mostly vegan in addition with some dairy options. All cooks are really enthusiastic and really helpful with all sorts of special diet requests including raw food.

The food is truly a highlight at the Breitenteicher Mühle!!!

ASHTANGA INTENSIVE (+Yoga Sutra) RETREATJULY ’23
Experience the magic of daily practice with Grischa, the founder of Ashtanga Yoga Berlin in 2004.

The foundation of this retreat is the daily Ashtanga Mysore Style, pranayama, and evening meditation practice.

a) ASHTANGA INTENSIVE
Spend the whole day with Yoga and take your practice to the next level: advanced alignment principles,
Yoga philosophy, teaching principles and the proper pronunciation of the Sanskrit language.

In this intensive we will discuss the most important yogic text, Patanjalis famous Yoga Sutra. This changes everything that you know about Yoga and fundamentally transforms all aspects of your practice.

b) ASHTANGA HOLIDAYS / WORK RETREAT
Alternatively you can take a great rest from the daily routine, get some work done or simple cycle to one of the phenomenal lakes nearby.

FOR PRACTITIONERS
This retreat is open for all practitioners with prior Mysore Style experience. The deep understanding of breath, bandha and good alignment taught in this training will transform every single asana and your whole practice. You will understand the root causes of all major difficulties and injuries in Yoga practice and how to overcome them with ease.

FOR TEACHERS
Learn all about the practice and teaching on asana, pranayama, philosophy and meditation. You will learn how practitioners can be assisted in a safe and precise way. You will understand how I recognize and improve various alignment patterns from the beginner to the most advanced practitioner. Every morning you can try out the patterns for yourself, integrate it with your personal background and refine your teachings skills.

Only good education matters, not numbers of hours, months or years. That’s how we all have learnt teaching. I will not press you into a teacher template or judge your teaching skills. I will not sell fake security in form of totally meaningless certificates. Your values as a teacher is yourself, your open heart and your experience. You can’t buy being a Yoga teacher.

DAILY SCHEDULE

6:30 pranayama
7:30 mysore style
9:30 breakfast
10:00 ashtanga alignment
11:30 bhagavad gita
13:30 lunch
16:00 bhagavad gita
17:30 ashtanga workshop
18:30 dinner
20:00 sanskrit and meditation

Arrival day start: 10:30

Departure day end: after breakfast (ca. 10:00).

From Berlin's main train station, a regional train currently runs directly to Angermünde every hour without changing trains. The journey time is approx. 55 min. From there we can share a cab to the location.