Is this training for me?

This training consits of 4 very intensive weekend workshops (October - December) at Ashtanga Yoga Berlin, each from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon.

It is for you if you are an open minded Ashtanga practitioner or teacher wanting to learn more about the finer aspects of the Ashtanga Vinyasa method and study how they can be taught and assisted in a Mysore class. A solid Ashtanga practice is required!

The Art of Teaching Ashtanga Yoga | Alignment, Adjustments & Philosophy

In his teacher intensives Grischa is sharing his personal experience of teaching Ashtanga Vinyasa since 2002.
It is the essence of various ideas and approaches of some of the world's most respected Ashtanga teachers today, especially the "internal alignment" patterns that Richard Freeman has been exploring and teaching over the past decades.

Each of your students is always more important than any series, method or tradition. Just because you were taught in a certain way it does not mean that it is is the right way for the person in front of you.

What to expect from this training

Everybody can learn teaching the Ashtanga series, it's numbers, where to gaze and when to grap a toe in a day. All this is important but let's focus on the rather miracolus components of teaching Ashtanga!

This training will deepen your understanding of Yoga and give you insights into the complexity of working with individuals.

Instead of learning "standard adjustments" you will understand the patterns that create intelligent alignment. Inevitably you will end up dicovering thousands of adjustments that you will intuitively use to individually support your students.

Certifi-Fakes

Only personal practice, curiosity, knowledge, concentration, humbleness and compassion can authorize you to teach Yoga, not any "certificate" in the world. Therefore do not consider this training if you believe you need an xxx hours certificate!

If you become a good teacher students will want to learn from you. If you are a bad teacher students will run away from you even if you have 10 "certificates". And would you want to work with a Yoga studio judging you by certificate?

Yoga Sutra - The Meaning of Yoga

Obviously this teacher intensive workshop series is about understanding and teaching Pattabhi Jois' Ashtanga Vinyasa Mysore Style method.

Yet equally important is the in-depth study of Yoga philosophy. The enquiry into the meaning of Yoga is not just a nice-to-have-add-on for teachers, it must be(come) your core of teaching Yoga!

This training incorporates the analysis of Patanjali's Yoga sutra as a starting point into the vast body of yogic knowledge.