The ART of BREATHING – PRACTICES for BODY, MIND and SPIRIT

Guy has been teaching Ashtanga Yoga for over 30 years. He has studied extensively in India at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute, the KPJAYI and the Sadvidya Foundation in Mysore. He is one of thirty people in the world to receive advanced teaching certification from Pattabhi Jois and is author of the influential book Guruji: A Portrait of Sri K Pattabhi Jois Through the Eyes of his Students.

Having lived in New York for two and a half decades, where he was the director of the Ashtanga Yoga Shala teaching daily Mysore Style Ashtanga, he currently resides in Israel and continues to teach workshops internationally on asana, pranayama, meditation and yoga philosophy and travels annually to India to continue his studies with Dr KLS Jois (Acharya).

The amount of knowledge Guy has accumulated over the years is amazing and he is coming to share his wisdom and understanding with us.

According to yoga, all functions in the body are caused by breathing, and one’s state of health is directly affected by the quality of the breath. But breathing is more than just an organic process, it is also connected to the functioning of the mind: the way you breathe affects the way you think and feel and vice versa – the way you think also affects the breathing.

Conscious modification of breathing is THE central theme in yoga practice: it can be used for cultivating optimum physical health, as a therapeutic tool for calming and transforming the mind, or as a means to enter into meditation, which is achieved through slowing down, reducing and eventually stopping all thinking.

SATURDAY, 8:30 to 11:00
This workshop will focus on the physical mechanics of breathing: how to breathe deeply, full yogic breath, how to breathe smoothly for good health.

SATURDAY, 13:00 то 15:30
The second workshop will focus on the subtle aspect of breath – i.e. on the prana (vital energy) and the mind. The main focus of the second part will be on pranayama and the transformation and calming of the mind.

SUNDAY, 9:00 to 11:30
The third part will focus on the spiritual aspect and the use of breathing to enter states of meditation through concentration and pratyahara.

Each workshop will involve asana, pranayama, meditation, talk and Q&A in different proportions. The workshops are open to all – for beginners and experienced students.

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Ashtanga yoga shala, Sofia, Bulgaria.