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Their only weekend workshop dates in Europe 2010...
Jivamukti Yoga co-founders Sharon Gannon & David Life in Berlin

Sharon Gannon and David Life, the founders of the Jivamukti Yoga™ method and our beloved teachers, are coming back to Berlin in 2010. Other than in previous years, Sharon and David will not go on a big European tour this year. Rather, their stay in Berlin will include the only weekend workshop dates in Europe in 2010.

Look forward to three extra long, inspiring Jivamukti Master Workshop classes with "The World's Best Yoga Instructors" (Manila Standard, Phillipines). Only this year you will also have the rare opportunity to take two "regular" Open classes with Sharon and David at Jivamukti Yoga Berlin. Everyone (all levels!) is very welcome!

"MEET THE INNOVATORS..." (Yoga Journal , USA)
YOGA JOURNAL magazine has called them innovators in yoga and VANITY FAIR gives them credit for making yoga cool and hip. The Jivamukti Method has been recognized by TIME magazine as one of the nine forms of Hatha yoga practiced in the world today. The popularity of the method is spreading internationally with Jivamukti Yoga centers in such diverse locations as Munich, Berlin, London, Toronto, New York and Charleston and future openings plannend for Japan, Moscow, Sydney and Johannesburg.

It is one of the fastest growing and most highly regarded modern approaches to the ancient art of yoga. Sharon Gannon and David Life have certified hundreds of students to teach the Jivamukti method through the intense one month residential 300 hour Teacher Training course which is offered each year in the US and in Europe. They travel extensively teaching and presenting at American, European, Canadian, South American and Asian Conferences. With their Yoga DVDs and the books, Jivamukti Yoga, (also translated into German, Russian &Italian) The Art of Yoga, Yoga and Vegetarianism and Cats and Dogs are People too!, Gannon and Life are changing the way that people view, spirituality, life, themselves, each other, animals and the environment.

DATES:

Thu., 25.11.10, 18.45 - 21.45: Jivamukti Yoga Master Workshop with Sharon Gannon & David Life - currently still some spots available

Fri., 26.11.10, 18.45 - 21.45: Jivamukti Yoga Master Workshop with Sharon Gannon & David Life- currently still some spots available

Sat., 27.11.10, 10.00 - 13.00: Jivamukti Yoga Master Workshop with Sharon Gannon & David Life- currently still some spots available

(Sorry, Open Classes with Sharon & David on Thursday and Friday mornings 9.15 - 10.50 am sold out already.)

PRICES:
Workshops with Sharon & David: 60 EUR each SPECIAL PACKAGE DEALS: Only 108 EUR for each two Master Workshops, 150 EUR all three Master Workshops of Sharon Gannon & David Life in Berlin. Package prices not applicable if bought at the venue and not available when booking additional dates.

Very limited number of spots! This event might sell out soon, as Sharon & David's 2010 Berlin stay include the only weekend workshop dates in Europe in 2010. Last year, we were sold out more than one month in advance already. But back then they stopped in 9 european cities. Their Open classes in Berlin are already sold out since beginning of October. We, therefore, strongly suggest early advance booking. Your spot in class is reserved after full payment of the applicable class fees is received. In case you cannot attend you may name a replacement person for your spot.

Reservation procedure:

Due to the limited number of spaces available for this workshops we only accept binding reservations with full pre-payment of the workshop fees. With full payment of the workshop fee your are firmly booked for the workshop. In case you cannot come, you can name another person who can come instead of you.

By booking workshops with us, you are accepting our standard booking conditions for workshops and seminars. You can read these conditions by clicking here. Please note: Once we received your payment your spot at the workshop is firmly booked and the workshop fee cannot be refunded. However, if you are prevented to come, you can name a replacement person, who has not yet registered with us, who can come instead of you. In case the workshops sell out, spots will be given in the order the payment is received. We suggest to reduce your financial risks that you cannot come to a workshop you booked by getting a workshop- and seminar insurance, which you can buy for little money by clicking here.

For a binding reservation with advance payment we offer the following four options:

Sorry: The Saturday workshop cannot be booked seperately anymore, but only if you also book either a Friday or a Thursday workshop.

1. Directly at the Jivamukti Yoga Loft Berlin with cash or all major debit and credit cards (you can also call or email CC details).

2. By sending the applicable amount (see above) to our bank account as follows:

Jivamukti Berlin GmbH
Account #: 14918850
Routing # (BLZ): 10020890
IBAN #: DE81100208900014918850
BIC/SWIFT#: HYVEDEMM488
HypoVereinsbank Berlin
Payment note: "Sharon & David" + name of the student + sessions booked

Immediately after receipt of your advance payment you are registered and your spot at the workshop is reserved for you.

* NB: The reduced early bird fees are only valid if full payment is received before 01.10.2010.

3. Through our JYB online store where you can also book and prepay for multiple persons, easily by ACH, credit cards, bank transfer etc.

4. Via the PayPal button below with all major debit and credit cards etc. The prices are increased by 1-5 EUR to partially cover the Paypal fees. Thank you for your understanding.

N.B.: In case the name of the owner of the PayPal account is different to the name of the person registering for the workshop, please enter the later name in the "Message for Merchant" field at the PayPal shopping cart.

ORGANIZATIONAL REMARKS:

1.) Be a Yogi, be on time: Checkin starts 1hour before the class/workshop starts. No entry before that. Please be at the venue at least 20mins before the start of the event. For organizational and safety reasons, checkin closes 5mins before the class/workshop and absolutely no entry is possible thereafter. No refunds if you come too late.

2.) Checkin/Tickets: We do not issue tickets for these workshop. Please register at the venue with your name and a photo ID document like passport, drivers license, photo ID or similar.

3.) Rental mats and props: Due the high number of students and the location outside of our studio, there will be NO free rental mats, belts, blankets or blocks at the workop venue. Only for emergencies, we will rent a limited number of mats and props for a fee of 2 EUR per piece. But we cannot guarantee that there will be enough props! Therefore, please do bring everything you usually need for a yoga workshop, i.e. a yoga mat and ideally also a blanket for savasana as well as a belt and a block if you usually use it. There will be a limited number of free rental mats and props at the Jivamukti studios for the two Open classes, but we cannot guarantee that you can get one, especially not if you are coming late.

ATTENTION! TWO LOCATIONS:

1.) The two Open classes on Thursday and Friday morning take place at Jivamukti Yoga Berlin on Brunnenstr. 29 in Berlin-Mitte.

2.) The three 3-hour workshops will be held at Delight photo studios at the old bakery factory in Berlin-Mitte, Saarbrücker Str. 37 (Torstraße & Prenzlauer Allee). Entry from the inner courtyard of the bakery factory.

Everyone is talking about Sharon & David's Jivamukti Yoga method….
“Sharon Gannon und David Life who founded their own yoga method called Jivamukti Yoga in the late 80ies and, with it, made Yoga for the first time ever socially acceptable for western urban dwellers. Among their students are Sting, Madonna, Christy Turlington and basically all other non-overweight famous american actors and musicians. Many speak about them as Gurus. With their mixture of old Indian tradition and modern lifestyle like rock music they were the ones who were majorly responsible for the Yoga boom, which from New York has long spilled over to Germany: Three million Germans are said to regularly practice Yoga these days ... in Berlin-Mitte it appear to be two million alone.'
--Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Germany
"David Life looks like Iggy Pop, is widely tatooed, has an incredible power in his stringy tiny arms and the great luck to have a woman on his side who has a delphine blue streak in her black hair and who is radiating a mild wisdom that makes one want to start crying immediately as soon as she opens her mouth. With their headsets, the two contrive to get every hall to boil.... – Oh My Guru!"
--DIE WELT, German
“..holistic vision extending to strict vegetarianism and hard-core animal rights activism'
--Vanity Fair USA
“David and Sharon have inspired and encouraged us to think of yoga not just as a system of exercises but also as a door to the infinite.”
--Sting
"It has the full package, more than just exercise. I always learn something at Jivamukti; they really educate the students."
-- Christy Turlington
“Without Sharon and David, yoga in the US would still be the obscure practice of a few devotees.”
--The New York Times, USA
“The pioneers of yoga in the United States, inspire us to appreciate life’s depth and breadth.”
--25, Japan
“Jivamukti Yoga offers the tantalizing promise of not only a well-toned body, but salvation too.”
--Hinduism Today, USA
“Es handelt sich dabei um eine kraftvolle Praxis, die Körper und Intellect stimuliert und zu spirituelleum Bewusstsein führen möchte.”
--Yoga Aktuell, Germany
“Meshing the spiritual and psychological elements of yoga with the physical ones, Jivamukti yoga forces students to confront both their bodily and emotional limitations.”
--Harpers and Queens, UK
“Lean, flexible, vegetarian, poetry writing, theosophist, celestial American yogis…their salutes to the sun are done by the stars.”
--Sunday Morning Post, Hong Kong
"These two pioneers, (Sharon Gannon and David Life) are consummate showmen as well as shamans, injecting yoga with a healthy dose of New York Chutzpah along the way."
--Vanity Fair USA
“Meet the innovators, David Life and Sharon Gannon are American originals who are shaping yoga today. Looking for a highly meditative but physically challenging form of yoga? Try jivamukti.”
--Yoga Journal, USA
“The shape of things to come.”
--London Observer, UK
“Lo yoga e uno stile di vita: fatto di meditazione, di posizione, di musica, canti, letture.”
--Corriere Della Sera, Italy
"There's a level of spiritual activism here. It's not just what you do on the mat. You are surrounded by it the second you walked into the door, and it's infectious."
--Yoga Journal USA
"Once you make Jivamukti yoga part of your life, you will look different to the world and the world will look different to you"

- -Yogi Times USA
"Gannon and Life work hard to show that yoga is not just about health and fitness, and that spirituality can be congruent with the high-energy, vibrant lifestyle of New York."
--Yoga Journal
"Jivamukti Yoga (which means "liberation while living") fuses Dynamic vinyasa, music, chanting, and the embodied commitment to yoga's ultimate goal, enlightenment."
--Fit Yoga USA

For a report and more photos on the workshops of Sharon & David in Berlin in 2009 please click here. Even more photos of last year's workshops here.

Interview with Sharon Gannon & David Life @ JYB in 2009: