4 days WORKSHOP Utrecht 14 – 17 November 2024 Oudegracht

We are very honored to welcome Petri to Utrecht for the second time for a 4-day workshop.

Petri is an internationally known and respected Ashtanga Yoga teacher. He is a devoted student of his Guru, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, and was authorized to teach Ashtanga Yoga in 2001 by Guruji. Petri is careful to pass on his Guru’s exact teachings. Petri is co-owner and director of Ashtanga Yoga Helsinki, one of the world’s largest Ashtanga Yoga Shalas, which he founded with his friend and colleague, Juva Javanainen, in 1997. Sri K Pattabhi Jois blessed the school to teach the traditional Ashtanga Yoga method. In his yogic path Petri has studied with many respected Ashtanga Yoga teachers such as Derek Ireland (his first certified teacher), Radha Warrel, Gwendoline Hunt, Lino Miele and Eddie Stern, in addition to R. Sharath Jois and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Petri focuses on integrating healing and therapy with yoga, meeting student’s individual needs and guiding their progress. Petri’s yoga pose adjustments are gentle, effective, therapeutic and, according to some, almost magical, and 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 give an open, energetic, and meditative atmosphere to his classes.

Thursday 14th

6:30-8:15 & 8:15-10:00 Ashtanga Mysore Class

Friday, 125th

6:30-8:15 & 8:15-10:00 Ashtanga Mysore Class

14:30-15:30 Workshop: "Students and Teachers Role in Practitioner Centered Ashtanga Yoga Approach".  

We are moving from the ”authoritative and highly controlled” teaching method towards the practitioner centered and safer (physically and mentally) teaching method. What does it mean for the students and teachers?            

15:45-16:30 Chanting: Healing and philosophical mantras 

16:30-17:30 Workshop: Breathing to 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..

Is that what Sage Patanjai meant with Yoga, or the old sages like Vasistha or Yajnavalkya? The body control, yes, but where the mind dwells in the Yoga practice? Are we able to hear the breathing, sense the energy flow inside the nadis - energy channels. Are we able to sense the holiness, the quiet force of the Universe?

Saturday, 16th

7:00-8:45 & 8:45-10:30 Ashtanga Mysore Class

14:30-16:30 Workshop: Lengthening the body - how to create a maximum length for the limbs in the asanas. Asana techniques, tips and hands on adjustments.

Originally a bone setting techniques (a healing method) called “limb lengthening”, which Petri modified for asana adjustments to create a maximum length for limbs. This will not only take you to the next level in the asana, but also release the tensions and pains from the body. In this workshop we are practicing how to find the space in a gentle and safe, but effective ways.

Sunday, 17th

7:00-8:45 & 8:45-10:30 Ashtanga Mysore Class

14:00-15:45 Workshop: Back and hip therapy exercises

Petri will introduce some healing and injury preventive back and hip exercises which anyone can start to do besides the Ashtanga practice. We are using Ashtanga asanas and special therapy techniques to strengthen and stretch the body.

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16:00-16:30 Guided self-healing meditation

Petri will guide a meditation based on the energy healing and mind work.