Focus of the Month: DAILY ASANA PRAXIS
Each month Jivamukti Yoga™ has a special Focus of the Month, which is reflected in our yoga classes. Ever changing new inspirations help to change your perspective on the way of Yoga so you can come to new conclusions on your yoga practice.
Focus of the Month in English. Please click here
Focus of the Month in German. Please click here
September-Raffle
The goal for September is to take at least one yoga class each day (or come close). Jivamukti Yoga Berlin is giving you an incentive to try it out with our September raffle:
Raffle No. 1: Daily Asana Practice at Jivamukti Yoga Berlin
Win one of three free passes to all five classes Sharon Gannon & David Life teach in Berlin on 25, 26 and 27 November 2010 (value 190 EUR each) if you manage to take at least one class every day at Jivamukti Yoga Berlin during the month of September.
Raffle No. 2: Who takes the most yoga classes in September?
Take part in our raffle of who takes the most yoga classes at Jivamukti Yoga Berlin in the month of September. The top three students who took the most yoga classes at Jivamukti Yoga Berlin in September will each get a free JadeYoga Harmony Mat XL (our choice of color) and a free 10class pack - value 197 EUR each.
Rules:
Attendance numbers as registered in our MindBodyOnline System count. Students are reponsible to make sure they are checked-in. Other than that no registration necessary. We will analyze the attendance numbers and inform winners by October 5, 2010. Only asana yoga classes and workshops (i.e. not meditation and kirtan/satsang) taken at Jivamukti Yoga Berlin in the month of September 2010 count. If more than three people manage to come daily, there will be a draw supervised by an attorney-at-law. Jivamukti Yoga Berlin employees, yoga teachers, apprentices and staff may not take part in the raffle. Legal proceedings are barred. Prices are not transferable.
With both facilitators of the German Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Training...
Jivamukti Yoga Immersion with Yogeswari & Dr. Patrick Broome
The only Jivamukti Yoga Immersion with both facilitators of this year's German Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Training, Yogeswari (Jivamukti NYC) and Dr. Partick Broome (Jivamukti MUC), assisted by JYB Director Anja Kühnel (Mentor at the 2010 Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Training in NYC).
A rare opportunity to dvelve deeply into the Jivamukti Yoga Method during three intensive days with a highly qualified team of Jivamukti Yoga Teachers that gives you a first experience how "The Gold Standard of teacher trainings" (Time Out, NYC) really works.
Dates:
Fr., 3.9.2010, 4.30pm through Sun. 5.9.2010, 9pm
Costs:
325 EUR if booked and fully pre-paid by 1.8.2010. Thereafter: 375 EUR.
20% Discount (=260 EUR if pre-paid by 2.8.2010, thereafter 300 EUR) for Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teachers and students with a current JYB-monthly contract.
What is a Jivamukti Yoga Immersion?
Jivamukti Yoga Immersions take you deeper into the study of Jivamukti Yoga as they are part of our continuing education project. The curriculum is derived from the Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Training Course and is taught by Advanced Certified Jivamukti teachers who have been on the faculty of a JYTT and/or a past Immersion.
Who might be interested in taking a Jivamukti Yoga Immersion?
- Jivamukti Yoga teachers who are looking for a refresher course
- Jivamukti Yoga students who are interested in the Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Training course but want to try a sampling first before committing to a whole month
- Yoga students from other disciplines who are looking to broaden their knowledge and techniques of yoga
- Those who are brand new to yoga
- Those who want more than a yoga vacation
- Those who want to work hard under the guidance of qualified teachers
- Those who are interested in becoming enlightened in this lifetime
Jivamukti Yoga Immersions provide a terrific opportunity toawaken or deepen your yoga practice, meet old and new friends, and build a global yoga community. Immersions are suitable for practitioners of all levels and spiritual disciplines.
For detailed further information and programm content, please refer to the German version of this website as this Immersion will be held in the German language (so you should be able to understand the German content).
Gabriela Bozic (Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher) on Jivamukti Yoga Immersions:
Also open for non-immersion participants...
Dr. Patrick Broome teaching 2 Immersion Open Classes @ Jivamukti Berlin
Dates:
Friday, 03.09.10, 18.15: Immersion Open
Sunday, 05.09.10, 17:00: Immersion Open
Sunday, 05.09.10, 18.45: Immersion Satsang & Kirtan with Yogeswari & Patrick
Dr. Patrick Broome, the man who brought Jivamukti Yoga to Germany and the yoga instructor of the German national soccer team, will teach two Jivamukti Yoga Open classes at Jivamukti Yoga Berlin as part of this September and will lead our Sunday Satsang together with Yogeswari.
Costs: Satsang & Kirtan on Sunday free. Immersion Open Classes 20 EUR each (only 10 EUR with a valid monthly JYB-conract - from 3month contract on). Since these Open classes are part of the Jivamukti Yoga Immersion, we only have very few places left. We strongly recommend to register early. Either at the studio or online here.
Dr. Patrick Broome: Born in Germany an raised in California, Patrick travels around the world sharing his extensive experience and knowledge of the Jivamukti Yoga method. He received Advanced Teacher Certification and together with the rest of the German Jivamukti Tribe he founded 3 successful yoga centres in Munich.
Since Patrick introduced the Jivamukti Yoga method to Europe in 1996, there has been a steady growing demand for Jivamukti Yoga on this side of the ocean. Now he tries to use this overwhelming public interest to promote, what really matters in the life of a Yogi: Self-discovery; the ability and the guts to analyze, to accept and to clear one's own perception and behaviour.
Also open for non-immersion participants...
Yogeswari teaching 2 Open Classes @ Jivamukti Berlin
Termine:
Saturday, 04.09.10, 17.00: Immersion Open
Sunday, 05.09.10, 18.45: Satsang & Kirtan mit Yogeswari & Patrick
Monday, 06.09.10, 18.15: Post-Immersion Open English
Senior Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Yogeswari from Jivamukti New York will teach two Jivamukti Yoga Open classes at Jivamukti Yoga Berlin this September and will lead our Sunday Satsang together with Dr. Patrick Broome.
Costs: Satsang & Kirtan on Sunday free. Monday class: regular JYB prices. Immersion Open Class on Saturday 20 EUR (only 10 EUR with a valid JYB-montly conract from 3month contract on). Since the Saturday Open class is part of the Jivamukti Yoga Immersion, we only have very few places left. We strongly recommend to register early. Either at the studio or online here.
Yogeswari is based at Jivamukti Yoga Center in New York and a popular teacher around the world. She is known for her vigorous and seamless Vinyasa sequencing, as well as for her thought-provoking philosophical teachings. Yogeswari is Advanced Certified in the Jivamukti Yoga Method, and has taken many Jivamukti Certified Teachers through one-on-one apprenticeships towards their 800-hour cerification. She has assisted and co-taught Jivamukti Teacher Trainings in Germany and the US, and will be co-teaching the Jivamukti Teacher Training at OMEGA Institute in New York in April 2009 with Sharon Gannon and David Life.
Yogeswari is the founder and president of AZAHAR Foundation, an international non-profit organization that promotes cross-cultural understanding and non-violent conflict resolution through Yoga and the Arts. Yogeswari brings with her a 20-year background in choreography and dance, and holds an MA in choreography and dance from New York University and a BFA McL in dance from Temple University, Philadelphia. Born in Switzerland, she teaches in five languages.
She thanks her teachers, Sharon Gannon and David Life, for instilling in her a deep commitment to the practice of Ahimsa (non-violence), and to Shirley Sweet for supporting her vision.
Set your Meditation to Fire!
BOK JINPA I - 4-wöchiger Meditationskurs mit Jason Lamberth (NYC/Berlin/Bali)
We are delighted to be able to offer you in Juli/August den a very special and rarely taught BOK JINPA I 4 week meditation course taught by Jason Lamberth from New York/Bali.
Dates: (Drop-in for single classes possible)
Wed., 1.9., 20-22.00
Sat. 4.9., 19-21.00
Wed. 8.9., 20-22.00
Sun. 12.9., 19-21.00
Wed. 15.9., 20-22.00
Sat. 18.9., 19-21.00
Wed. 22.9., 20-22.00
Sun. 26.9., 19-21.00
Kosten: Pursuant to ancient tibetan tradition no fees are asked for these meditaiton teachings, but instead we kindly ask for donations which we will forward completely to the German children cancer help fund (Deutsche Kinderkrebshilfe).
BOK JINPA I
Bok Jinpa (Tibetan for “set fire to your meditation") is an eight-class course designed to give the practitioner a solid foundation and overview of Hindu Yogic and Tibetan meditation. This meditation course is based on two ancient books: Bhavana Krama (Steps of Meditation) written by Master Kamilashila in 750 AD and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Svatmarama in 1400.
While we discuss and delve into yogic and Tibetan philosophy and practice ancient meditations passed down a pure lineage, it is not defined by any one religious tradition. The course is designed to augment any belief system to increase peace, compassion, awareness, productivity, and happiness. We are all bliss seekers/pain avoiders. By the end of the course, practitioners will have concrete meditations they can practice that will increase stillness and enhance focus, hopefully leading to more bliss and a lot less suffering.
Jason Lamberth is a long-time student of Christianity, Buddhist and Hindu philosophy, as well as, Hatha Yoga. Jason’ s search for spirituality, self-development, meditation and inner wisdom started while growing up within a large, fundamental Christian family in Florida. While many of his relatives chose to become pastors in the Southern Baptist tradition, Jason moved to New York City, continuing to study the Bible, also branching off to other traditions and philosophies including teachers like Krishnamurti, Paramahansa Yogananda, the Dalai Lama, Robert Johnson, and Eckhart Tolle among others.
After a life of soul-searching that weaved its way through a wide range of traditions, cultures, and vocations including playing American football at the University of Florida to studying theater in New York City to building a sculptural furniture company based in Bali, Jason came to appreciate the need for tolerance among all religious and philosophical traditions. His approach to a personal spiritual practice includes all of life’s endeavors whether it is sports, art, religion, business, or family. “Everything and everyone is your teacher if you decide to see them that way.”
Jason has been teaching formal courses on meditation and creating an enlightened life for over four years. His classes are popular in New York City, and Bali. He has been married for 18 years, has two daughters, and splits his time designing furniture and teaching between Bali and Berlin.
Jason feels blessed to have studied and learned from many great teachers and would like to thank: James Connor and Dr. Lisette Garcia, Michael Gordon, Sharon Gannon and David Life, Steve O’Connor, Sophie McLean, and Dechen Thurman, among many others.
Absolute Beginners: A Jivamukti Yoga™ introductory workshop with Steph
Date: Saturday, 09/11/10, 2.00 –4.30 pm
A 2½ hour practical introduction in the basic principles of Jivamukti Yoga™. For absolute beginners and advanced inquirers.
Costs: 20 Euro if booked an paid before the day of the workshop. 25 Euro if paid on the day of the workshop.
10% special discount on the Sunday of the workshop for all Absolute Beginners participants on all class packages as well as prepaid monthly passes and yoga mats. If you buy a 40 class package, you effectively get 25 EUR paid back ;) - (45 EUR discount - 20 EUR workshop fee =15 EUR gift ;).
No prior knowledge is necessary for this workshop with max. 25 students. In 2½ hours you will gain an overview of the five main tenets of Jivamukti Yoga™ and will learn the fundament of the yogic practice: the postures (asanas). Learn to know yogic scriptures, sing your first OM and sit a few moments in silence. Precise explanations of the yogic principles, like non violence, offer you the freedom to find your own interpretation of these principles. Carrying out the individual asana exactly under the guidance of the teacher will enable you to achieve a state of well-being and will bring new energy for your body and soul. The workshop will be taught by Advanced Certified Jivamukti yoga teacher Steph and assisted by at least one additional Certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher, who will give each student, from time to time, individual assists and comments, so you will do the individual asanas correctly right from the start of your yoga practice.
Our FAQ for Beginners: Please click here
Registration: Please click here.
City Yoga, Jiv amukti Yoga & Spirit Yoga Teachers unite 4 Global Mala...
108 minutes 3 individual Hatha Yoga styles by donation and afterwards Kirtan-Concert and Vegan Potluck Garden Party
Date: Sunday, 19.09.2010, from 5pm
Yoga around the World
On 19/09/2010, Yoga will be practiced around the world for a good cause. Global Yoga Mala Project is a worldwide event where one yoga class is strung together with the next one to a symbolic global mala chain. Due to the time difference, we are creating a 24 hour global chain of yoga classes. All proceeds will be donated for a good cause. Become a part of this global mala chain for peace around the world and take part in our Special Gloval Mala event at Jivamukti Yoga Berlin.
108 is a holy number. Each mala is made out of 108 stones or seeds. The Buddhism knows 108 senses. Shiva dances in 108 different postures. And so there are many more meanings for this special number.
For Global Mala 2010, we will offer a special 108min long team teaching class uniting three individual Hatha Yoga styles that are represented by Yoga teachers from the three major yoga studios of Berlin-Mitte. Become part of this great team teaching class with which we and the teachers want to prove that Yoga and all yoga styles stand for unity. Unity for world peace and for a good cause. Open for all Levels (and all styles of Yoga ;).
After the class we will have a great Kirtan-Concert and a vegan potluck gardenparty in our JYB summer garden.
RVSP: First come, first served. In order to enable us to better plan this event, we kindly ask you to RVSP for this class, either by e-mail to events@jivamuktiberlin.de or - ideally - via the Facebook event RVSP utility here.
Costs: Completely by donation. All proceeds will be donated without any deductions (see below). Suggested donation: 20 EUR or 10 EUR for students and unemployed. From 20 EUR donation on, you will be issued a tax deductible donation certificate by the end of the year.
Beneficiary: All proceeds from this class wil be donated to Tierfreunde Niederbayern e.V. This is not a regular animal shelter, but a very special project where people with a lot of personal engagement are saving animals mainly from south and south-east Europe which they coddle-up on a cosy farm and at their own homes before trying to find a new home for those poor animals. The donation procedure will be controlled under the strict supervision of our Yoga*Loft dog Arvinda, who herself has been lucky enough to have been saved as a spindly picture of misery from a knacker's yard in Hungary by Tierfreunde Niederbayern.
The Global Mala yoga teachers:
Annette Söhnlein unterrichtet bei City Yoga Berlin Anusara Yoga und außerdem Rückenyoga und Hormonyoga. Sie ist überzeugt vom therapeutischen Nutzen des Yoga. Schon immer hat sie alles im Leben mit Leidenschaft getan, egal ob es der eigene Club, die Arbeit vor und hinter der Kamera oder eine kleine Agentur waren. Durch Yoga kommt zur Leidenschaft die Kontinuität und ein gutes Fundament dazu.
„Für mich bedeutet Yoga Alles, dem ich mit Liebe im Herzen begegnen kann. (...)
Wenn man keine Liebe für etwas finden kann, warum sollte man es dann tun?“
(Bhagavan Das)
Anja Kühnel Anja is director of Jivamukti Yoga Berlin and Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher.
She discovered her passion for Jivamukti Yoga in 2000 while living in New York for during a court internship. Back then, she also met her teachers Sharon Gannon and David Life for the first time.
Living as a Yogi means for Anja to try to balance up the disequilibrium between herself as part of human civilization and the world as a whole. In her classes, Anja strives to bring emphasis to the yogic tenet that none of our doings, might they be only thought or actually carried out, is without impact to our surroundings. In which direction the world turns, is in the hands of each single one of us.
The love to her life, to all beings and to this world as a whole motivate Anja to teach yoga. The path of yoga gives every single one of us the chance to grapple with our inner self and to find the harmony within us that we are longing for.
Kathleen Kloss unterrichtet u.a. bei Spirit Yoga Berlin.
Sie ist an der Ostseeküste mit den Pferden des Tuniersports aufgewachsen. Vor 8 Jahren wehte sie der Wind nach Berlin, Nordsee und Afrika, wo sie sich im Tanz und Gesundheitssport etablierte und immer weiter ausbilden ließ. Die Suche nach dem Ganzheitlichen führte sie dann zum Sivananda und Hatha Yoga.
Ihre Sehnsucht nach einem tieferen Sinn, dem richtigen Flow und einem guten Lehrer endete nach vielen Jahren im Schneidersitz vor Patricia Thielemann-Kapell. 2005 folgte dann die Ausbildung im Spirit Yoga. Kurz darauf 1 Monat Indien im Ashram von Sai Baba. Von dem russischen Heiler Pjotr Elkunoviz bekam sie die Einweihung in Reiki, Wirbelsäulenbegradigung und das Handauflegen und Heilen mit alten Gebeten. Yoga ist ein wunderbares Instrument zur Vertiefung unseres Daseins, die Reflektion in Bewegung und Stille. Ihr Motto: Make a Stronger Commitment with Yourself
Die Global Mala Kirtan-Band:
Janin Devi & the Bhaktas There compassion for yoga and spiritual music brought them together in 2009. They are the great discovery of the famous american kirtan artist Dave Stringer who engaged them as his support band at the Berlin Kirtan Jam Sessions, the Berlin Yogafestival and the Yoga Vidya festival.
It is their greatest pleasure to introduce people all around Germany to Bhakti Yoga (yoga of devotion) through singing and music. It is the simplicity of their melodies, that makes them interestiing. A "Heja" starting out loud and ending very quietly.
Global Mala Vegan Potluck & Gardenparty:
After our Global Mala class and the Kirtan concert we invite everyone to a vegan potluck gardenparty at the JYB summergarden. Potluck kommt aus dem Englischen und bedeutet eine Party, zu means a party where everyone brings their favourite dish/reciipe for the others to share. As last time, we are looking forward to your vegan creations (no animal products please) and will provide for a vegan barbeque, drinks and environmetally friendly plates and silverware.
London calling...
cat alip-douglas - Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher from London
cat from London will teach three cool London-Style Jivamukti Open classes in Berlin in September. At Jivamukti London she is not only one of the few Advanced Certified Jivamukti yoga teachers, but also Assistant Director and part of the Jivamukti Advanced Certification Board, which will take place in in London this October.
Her Jivamukti Yoga classes in London are among the most popular of the studio. And also her German students during her recent trips to Frankfurt and Munich were absolutely stunned. We are so happy that cat finally makes it to Jivamukti Berlin.
Dates:
Wed., 22.09.2010, 20.15: Open English
Thu., 23.09.2010, 20.00: Open English
Fri., 24.09.2010, 18.15: Open English
cat alip-douglas: From the fashion floors of Condé Nast in New York to the wooden floors of Jivamukti Yoga in London, cat has officially traded in her Manolo Blahniks for a more 'grounded' approach to life...in bare feet. cat hails from New York City and has been calling London home since early 2004. She feels privileged and blessed to have been part of Jivamukti London since its inception in 2005 and continues to serve as Advanced Certified Teacher, Assistant Director and mentor for the 800-hour apprenticeship programme. Gratitude all around! For more information on JIvamukti Yoga London and the family that keeps it together, please visit: www.jivamuktiyoga.co.uk
Costs:Regular JYB prices, all class packages and contracts (except for trial class rate). First come, first served.
FLYING ASANA: 2 Yoga, Akrobatik & Thai-Massage Workshops with Kai Ribéreau and Alexandra Ahammer
Dates: Saturday, 25.09.2010 and Sunday, 26.09. 2010, 14-16.30.
Costs: 35 Euro each or 55 EUR for both workshops if fully paid by 24.09.10.
If paid on the day of the workshop: 40 Euro each or 65 EUR for both workshops.
20% discount for students with JYB-contracts and for students and unemployed people.
Registration: Number of students strictly limited to 26. Wir suggest early registration empfehlen. To pre-register please click here.
flying asana - yoga without touching ground
The workshop is taught in German, so the workshop description is German as well:)
Wer hat es nicht schon als Kind geliebt, auf den Füßen der Eltern herumzuturnen? Das ist auch heute noch wunderbar!
Gemeinsam lernen wir hier mit einfachen akrobatischen Übungen das berauschende Gefühl wieder kennen, das sich einstellt, wenn sich unser räumliches Bezugssystem dreht.
Ausgehend von leichten Yogastellungen, verlieren wir nur scheinbar den Boden unter den Füßen, wenn die Basis nicht mehr die gewohnte Erde, sondern der auf dem Rücken liegende Partner ist, der uns auf Füßen und Händen balanciert.
Die vielleicht schönste (und absolut alltagstaugliche) Erfahrung ist die Bereitschaft, dem Partner voll und ganz zu vertrauen und für einige wunderbare Momente die Kontrolle über den eigenen Körper abzugeben.
Mit Elementen der Thai Massage schaffen wir einen liebevollen und entspannenden Ausgleich zu der kraftvollen Dynamik von Yoga und Akrobatik.
Es sind weder spezielle Vorkenntnisse, noch ein eigener Partner notwendig.
ACHTUNG! Die Kombination aus Yoga, Akrobatik und Thai Massage hat hohes Suchtpotential!
Workshop Modul 1 - Sa., 25.09., 14-17 Uhr:
Thai & Fly - Thai Yoga Massage und Therapeutische Akrobatik
Mit der uralten heilenden Kunst der Thai Yoga Massage steht uns eine wunderbare Technik zur Verfügung, um den Köper energetisch und physikalisch auszubalancieren. Die durch unsere Hände in den Körper des Partners fließende Herzenswärme sorgt durch passive Dehnungen für Entspannung und Wohlbefinden. In einer sicheren Situation lernst du mit einfachen akrobatischen Übungen, deinen Partner sensibel, aufmerksam und liebevoll wahrzunehmen. Ein klarer, verantwortungsvoller und mitfühlender Umgang miteinander bildet die stabile Basis der therapeutischen Akrobatik. Mit liebevoller Güte (Metta) und freundlicher Unterstützung der Schwerkraft ermutigen wir unseren "Flyer" seinen Körper mal loszulassen, damit sich Verspannungen z.B. in der Wirbelsäule lösen können, während die "Base" geerdet, sowie geistig und physisch gestärkt wird. Dadurch und durch das ganz von allein entstehende Vertrauen zu deinem Partner bereitet dich das Therapeutische Fliegen auf anspruchsvollere Partner-Akrobatik vor. Der ständige Fluß von "Basen" und Fliegen, Geben und Empfangen, Würdigen und Akzeptieren, Ein- und Ausatmen schafft eine tiefe Verbindung, Verständnis und Einheit mit dir selbst, deinem Partner und dem Göttlichen.
Workshop Modul 2 - So., 26.09., 14-17 Uhr:
AcroYoga - Akrobatik und Partneryoga
Acroyoga ist ein märchenhafter und sicherer Spielplatz, auf dem Vertrauen, Verbindung und Verspieltheit herrschen. Die Techniken von Partneryoga und einfachen akrobatischen Tricks bereiten dich darauf vor, das am Boden geprobte in der Luft umzusetzen. Der Fokus liegt diesmal auf den fließenden Übergängen zwischen einfachen fliegenden Haltungen, um so eine dem yogischen Vinyasa entsprechende Sequenz von Bewegungsabläufen zusammenstellen zu können. Was für ein Spaß! Komm, spiel mit uns!
Kai Ribéreau is Certified Jivamukti yoga teacher. You probably already know him from his regular classes at JYB and you can find his bio here. Together with his partner Alexandra Ahammer, a teacher of Hatha-Yoga, ayurvedic yoga, business yoga and kids yoga, he has been practising and teaching Acro-Yoga and Thai Massage for a number of years now.
More on Flying Asana with Kai & Alex here:
Oktober
Yoga Community Event organized by all major Berlin yoga schools:
Live Kirtan-Konzert mit Dave Stringer in Berlin
Date: Fri., 1.10.10, 8pm.
Jivamukti Berlin is very happy to present to you, in collaboration with all major Berlin yoga schools, the renowned Kirtan Artist Dave Stringer from L.A. for a full Kirtan-Konzert evening in Berlin.
Venue: Gotischer Saal, Kreuzberg, Schmiedehof 14 at Victoria Quartier (Entrance through Methfesselstr. 40)
More on Dave Stringer see here.
Costs: 20 Euro at the venue, 18 EUR on presale. Special Price if bought on presale at Jivamukti Yoga Berlin (at the Studio or in our Online Shop): Only 15 EUR.
FLIGHT OF THE YOGI - A Jivamukti Yoga Workshop series with Karl Straub (USA)
In Oktober we welcome our dear friend, the extraordinary Jivamukti Yoga teacher Karl Straub (USA) back to Jivamukti Yoga Berlin for a three session workshop series titled "FLIGHT OF A YOGI".
FLIGHT OF THE YOGI - Dates and workshop descriptions:
Sat., 23.10.2010, 10am-12.30 pm: The Yoga Runway: Ready for takeoff?
Explore the beauty and balance that vinyasa (real yogic flow) brings to the launchpad of your practice. It might be more than you think! We begin with special pranayama to tune in your natural flow. Develop continuity of movement, breath, and mind. Also we'll enjoy some amazing yantra and fun partner practices to deepen our inner-body awareness.
Sat., 23.10.2010, 2-4.30pm: Wings of Flight
We start with pranayama and a
warm up for shoulders and hips, then we take your balancing poses and
inversions to new levels -- safely. Also includes some kriya, partner work, and special practices to awaken and employ your bandhas. Finish up with a beautiful guided meditation and deep savasana, the real flight!
Sun., 24.10.2010, 2-4.30 pm: Landing Zone: Getting back to Earth.
Deep and slow asana followed by grounding restorative poses to get our heads out of the
clouds. Feel your body's capacity for constructive rest and spontaneous
healing. We'll also tap ancient techniques like nada (sound) yoga including
overtone chant. Includes a deep experience of sama vritti pranayama, amazing reclining supported variation, sometimes reported to induce
colorful visions, and deep personal insights.
Costs: 35 Euro each workshop or 90 EUR for alle three workshops if pre-registered and pre-paid by 22.10.10.
If paid on the day of the workshop: 40 Euro each or 110 EUR for all three workshops.
Karl Straub leads courses, retreats, and teacher trainings in about half a dozen countries each year as he shares his knowledge of asana, philosophy, massage, yogic assists, overtone chant, and related arts. He has multiple certifications: Jivamukti Yoga, Thai Yoga Massage, Tibetan Heart Yoga, and the E-RYT (experienced registered yoga teacher) designation from Yoga Alliance, and he serves as Regional Executive Director for Europe for the Yoga Studies Institute.
He owes his success to the support of his family and his many teachers from various traditions including David Life, Sharon Gannon, Swami Bua, Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, Geshe Michael Roach, Christie McNally, Jonas Westring, Richard Freeman, and Keido Fukushima.
Karl is a graduate of Duke University and studied cognitive science at Columbia University. He is a former dolphin communication researcher, competitive swimmer, school teacher, aide to a member of Congress, resident manager of a retreat center, and founder of the Ahimsa School, ahimsaschool.org. Before his transition to teach yoga full-time in 2004 he worked 15 years running his own web hosting and network consulting company (eplex.com), and he considers himself happier and healthierkarl straub upward-facing dog pose for the change.
Also check out this recent article about Karl in Yoga Journal USA here and the interview with him on www.yogaservice.de.
November
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, 9.15 - 10.50: Jivamukti Open Class with David Life @ JYB
Thu., 25.11.10, 18.45 - 21.45: Jivamukti Yoga Master Workshop with Sharon Gannon & David Life
Fri., 26.11.10, 9.15 - 10.50: Jivamukti Open Class with Sharon Gannon @ JYB
Fri., 26.11.10, 18.45 - 21.45: Jivamukti Yoga Master Workshop with Sharon Gannon & David Life
Sat., 27.11.10, 10.00 - 13.00: Jivamukti Yoga Master Workshop with Sharon Gannon & David Life
PRICES:
Master Workshops with Sharon & David: 60 EUR each
Open Classes with Sharon or David: 35 EUR each or three units each from your JYB class packs or 25 EUR if you have a JYB monthly contract that is valid through November.
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: If booked and fully prepaid by 30.09.2010: Only 55 EUR for each Master Workshop, 100 EUR for each two Master Workshops, 140 EUR all three Master Workshops or 190 EUR for all 5 classes (3 Master Workshops and 2 Open classes) of Sharon Gannon & David Life in Berlin. 10% discount for all Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teachers until 30.09.2010!
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. Moreover, their Open classes will be held at the Jivamukti Yoga Center Berlin with very few spots remaining. 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.
Advance Booking & further information: Please click here.
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
“..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:
Sorry. Sold out already:(
With Yogeswari, Dr. Patrick Broome, Sharon Gannon & David Life
The 2nd Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Training in the German language
Become a certified Jivamukti Yoga® Teacher - one of the most effective and popular forms of yoga today!
After three years, Jivamukti in Germany finally offers a Jivamukti Teacher Training in the German language again.
Part 1 of the German Jivamukti Yoga Teacher training takes place in Bavaria this time. 4 intensive weeks at the Benediktinerinnenabtei Frauenwörth, Chiemsee, from 11/07 through 12/03 = 300 hours certification.
Taught by Yogeswari, Dr. Patrick Broome, Sharon Gannon & David Life and assisted by a mentor team of advanced certified Jivamukti teachers.
With highly qualified specialists in Sanskrit (Gabriela Bozic), Anatomy (Timo Wahl) as well as Kriya and Kirtan (Petros Haffenrichter).
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Part 2: After completing the 4 intensive teacher training weeks, you can start a 500hrs apprenticship at one of the many Jivamukti yoga schools world wide (including Jivamukti Yoga Berlin). In close cooperation with an experienced Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher as a mentor, you will be introduced to teaching Jivamukti Yoga in the real life. The program ends with a practical teaching test and a 800 hours certification in the Jivamukti Yoga method.
More informationen on Part 1: www.jivamuktiyoga.de
To sign up for Part 1 of the German Jivamukti Teacher Training, please send an e-mail to ausbildung@jivamuktiyoga.de.
All prices for the events shown on this website already include the statuatory German sales tax at a rate of 7% for concerts/kirtans and 19% of everything else (if a other rate is not specifically indicated).