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[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _dynamic_attributes=”content” _module_preset=”0253e372-68bc-49be-b60c-b0d489229946″ global_colors_info=”{}”]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IiIsImFmdGVyIjoiIn19@[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#7cb9f4″ custom_padding=”0px||203px||false|false” top_divider_repeat_last_edited=”off|desktop” bottom_divider_style_last_edited=”off|desktop” sticky_position=”top” box_shadow_style=”preset3″ box_shadow_vertical=”5px” box_shadow_blur=”9px” box_shadow_spread=”-24px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__sticky_enabled=”on|sticky” custom_padding__sticky=”5px||5px||true|false” box_shadow_spread__sticky=”-6px” box_shadow_spread__sticky_enabled=”on|sticky” bottom_divider_height__sticky_enabled=”on|sticky” bottom_divider_height__sticky=”0px”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”90%” max_width=”4000px” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_menu menu_id=”159″ menu_style=”centered” active_link_color=”#ffffff” dropdown_menu_bg_color=”#7cb9f4″ dropdown_menu_line_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.74)” dropdown_menu_text_color=”#ffffff” dropdown_menu_active_link_color=”#ffffff” mobile_menu_bg_color=”#7cb9f4″ mobile_menu_text_color=”#ffffff” menu_icon_color=”#ffffff” menu_icon_font_size=”38px” mobile_menu_bg_color_tablet=”” mobile_menu_bg_color_phone=”rgba(124,185,244,0.99)” mobile_menu_bg_color_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” menu_font=”|600|||||||” menu_text_color=”#ffffff” menu_font_size=”18px” background_enable_color=”off” background_layout=”dark” global_colors_info=”{}” dropdown_menu_bg_color__sticky=”#7cb9f4″ dropdown_menu_bg_color__sticky_enabled=”on|sticky” mobile_menu_bg_color__sticky=”#7cb9f4″ mobile_menu_bg_color__sticky_enabled=”on|desktop” menu_font_size__sticky_enabled=”on|desktop”][\/et_pb_menu][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_id=”link-button-en” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|0px||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ body_font_size=”22px” background_color=”#748acc” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
On this page, I provide numerous links related to Ashtanga Yoga. Please note that I take no responsibility for the content of the linked websites.<\/p>\n
Most of these links reflect my personal journey through the world of Ashtanga Yoga and the encounters I\u2019ve had along the way. In this sense, this page is more personal than what is typical for a collection of links.<\/p>\n
If there are no pictures or logos displayed, it is because the respective person or studio did not respond to my email requesting permission to use their image or logo\u2014or because it was impossible to contact them due to an outdated email address.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ body_font_size=”22px” background_color=”#748acc” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Over the years since I began practicing Ashtanga in 2008, I have learned from many yoga teachers and received valuable inspiration from them. I am deeply grateful to all of them for their guidance and patience. The links provided here represent only a small selection.<\/p>\n Most of what I\u2019ve learned (well, it wasn\u2019t exactly early \u2013 I only started at 49) came from those with whom I practiced daily in Mysore-style classes. Ashtanga Yoga thrives on this long-term guidance.<\/p>\n Today, I primarily practice on my own (\u201cSelf-Practice\u201d), still five to six times a week.<\/p>\n At 65, however, my Ashtanga practice is different from what it was at 55. Certain postures are no longer accessible to me in the same way they were a few years ago, which teaches me to let go. What matters most to me is the inner experience \u2013 meditation in motion.”<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” module_id=”current-teachers” _builder_version=”4.16″ body_font_size=”22px” background_color=”#748acc” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/www.ashtangayogaupperwestside.com\/yogavataranam-yoga-sanskrit-and-philosophy” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zo\u00eb-Slatoff.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n My Sanskrit teacher, Zo\u00eb Slatoff, taught Ashtanga Yoga and Sanskrit in New York, USA, for over 20 years and, since 2018, has been teaching online through the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (OCHS)<\/a>. It is undoubtedly this combination that has made her such an interesting teacher for me.<\/p>\n Zo\u00eb has since completed her Ph.D. and now teaches Sanskrit at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, USA<\/a>, as well as online through the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.<\/p>\n Her website offers a wealth of chants, fascinating articles, and blog posts.<\/p>\n I first came across Zo\u00eb through her book, which I found both fascinating and intimidating. From 2018 to 2022, I completed the entire book with her guidance across eleven online courses at OCHS.<\/p>\n In private lessons, I regularly deepen my understanding of Sanskrit with her, especially in relation to the Yoga S\u016btras of Pata\u00f1jali and their associated commentaries.<\/p>\n Occasionally, we also discuss Ashtanga Yoga during these lessons. However, I mention her here primarily in her role as my Sanskrit teacher. At the same time, she has also given me valuable insights into Ashtanga practice and teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb url=”http:\/\/ashtangayogaworldwide.com\/about-us\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Greg-Nardi.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”25px|27px|25px|27px|true|true” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Greg Nardi is teaching in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, internationally and also online under the label \u201cGrassroots Yoga\u201d. Greg has been coming to Germany on a regular basis to teach workshops, also here at Ashtanga Yoga Plus in K\u00f6nigstein, since 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n Between 2016 and 2019 I have participated at least once per year in his Mysore programme and taken private lessons from him. We met for the first time in 2014, in Salento, Italy at the second round of John Scott’s teacher training, where Greg taught the part about yoga philosophy. I was also fortunate to assist him once in Preston, United Kingdom, in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n The\u00a0 most important lesson that Greg is trying to teach me is: “Less is more.” I guess that this webpage is living proof that I have not yet totally incorporated this message.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” module_id=”over-the-years” _builder_version=”4.16″ body_font_size=”22px” background_color=”#748acc” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb url=”http:\/\/www.inner-power-yoga.com\/teachers\/ursula-cox\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/om.png” image_icon_width=”27%” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” image_max_width=”27%” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n My first Ashtanga teacher was Ursula Cox, starting with private lessons in January 2008 at Balance Yoga in Frankfurt.<\/span><\/p>\n I can still remember that my first question to her was, whether at 49 years of age I was too old for Ashtanga \u2013 well, 12 years later, what can I say\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n These days, Ursula is teaching in Virginia, North Carolina, USA.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/www.ashtanga-yoga-raum-frankfurt.de\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chris-Braun.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”25px|27px|25px|27px|true|true” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The six months of regular Mysore classes with Chris Braun in Bornheim were an important step in my development to become a teacher. On the one hand, I started a regular Mysore practice with him, and on the other hand, at his place, I met Olivia Martinez, who not only inspired me to significantly intensify my practice, but also nudged me in the direction of considering to teach. Chris continues to teach in Frankfurt.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/ashtangayogamexico.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gibran-Gonzalez.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Gibran Gonzalez is probably the teacher who\u00a0 helped me over the longest period in time, beginning in 2010\u00a0 at the Private Yoga Institute in Frankfurt. He was very patient with me, and I have learnt a lot from him.<\/span><\/p>\n When I had my last contact with him in the Corona summer of 2020, he was in Spain, on his way back to his home country of Mexico.<\/span> [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/www.yogawithrachelgrey.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rachel-Grey.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n I met Rachel Grey at a retreat at Samahita on Koh Samui. She gave two workshops at my studio and was one of the guest teachers at the Private Yoga Institute in Frankfurt for one or two years.<\/span><\/p>\n These days, Rachel is teaching in Chiang Mai in Thailand. She has an interesting channel on Youtube \u201cYoga with Rachel Grey\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/www.private-yoga-frankfurt.de\/team\/elena\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elena-Ries-150×150.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”25px|27px|25px|27px|true|true” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” transform_styles__hover_enabled=”off|hover” transform_scale__hover_enabled=”off|hover” transform_translate__hover_enabled=”off|hover” transform_rotate__hover_enabled=”off|hover” transform_skew__hover_enabled=”off|hover” transform_origin__hover_enabled=”off|hover”]<\/p>\n Elena Riess followed Ursula Cox as my teacher, mainly in private lessons. I am most grateful to her, as she showed me what growth potential there was still with a regular practice at around 50 years old. With her, I also experienced the magic of adjustments for the first time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Elena has\u00a0 been teaching only privately for years, and she currently also does not accept new students \u2013 therefore no link.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/ashtangayogamexico.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/om.png” image_icon_width=”27%” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” image_max_width=”27%” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Olivia Martinez was the first teacher who taught me how to teach Mysore style. I am very\u00a0grateful that I could assist her at the Private Yoga Institute in Frankfurt.<\/span><\/p>\n Olivia now is running her own studio in Tulum, Mexico. She is authorized 2<\/span>nd<\/span> level by the KPJAYI.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”http:\/\/ashtanga.padmaworld.com\/en\/events\/lu2020_interview.html” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lucia-Andrade.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”25px|27px|25px|27px|true|true” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Also Lucia Andrade taught me for many years beginning in 2011, initially for a short period at the former Studio Y in K\u00f6nigstein and then as an always very welcome guest teacher at the Private Yoga Institute in Frankfurt Sachsenhausen. She now lives on Ibiza with her husband and her son, and she also teaches there.\u00a0<\/span> [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”http:\/\/ashtanga.padmaworld.com\/en\/events\/lu2020_interview.html” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/om.png” image_icon_width=”27%” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” image_max_width=”27%” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Steve Lapham and his wife Sacchi followed Rachel as guest teachers at the Private Yoga Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n The encounter with Steve was important for me since it motivated me to focus on self practice.<\/span><\/p>\n Following a short stay in Cornwall, where Steve and his wife were running their own studio, I lost his trace. Therefore, I am also unable to offer a link.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” module_id=”visited-trainings-and-workshops” _builder_version=”4.16″ body_font_size=”22px” background_color=”#748acc” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/joissathu.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/ManjuJois.png” image_icon_width=”72%” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ image_max_width=”27%” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Manju Jois (born 1944) is the eldest son of Pattabhi Jois. He grew up in India and has lived in the United States since 1975. In 2024, he celebrated his 80th birthday.<\/p>\n Manju has been practicing Ashtanga Yoga for more than 70 years and teaching it internationally for more than 60 years. Since 2024, he has been assisted in his teaching by his daughter Sathu (born 2002).<\/p>\n I have attended several workshops with Manju, including his teacher trainings for the Primary and Intermediate Series. I find Manju deeply impressive due to his incredible energy and the genuine joy he radiates.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/de.ashtangayoga.info” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Ronald-Steiner.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The website of Germany\u2019s probably best known Ashtangi, Ronald Steiner, has a trove of interesting information, on the exact practice of the first three series of Ashtanga Yoga, yoga therapy and also on yoga philosophy.<\/span><\/p>\n Ronald\u00a0 also regularly teaches workshops in Frankfurt at the Private Yoga Institute, and over the years I have also participated in a number of them, also on yoga therapy.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/www.petriandwambui.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Wambui-und-Petri.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Petri teaches yoga (at least in my experience) primarily through the touch and through his charisma. One can feel that he also worked as a Finnish folk healer.<\/span><\/p>\n His two books on Ashtanga Yoga that he wrote in close coordination with Patthabi Jois and Sharath Jois are amongst my favourite books.<\/span><\/p>\n I met Petri for the first time at Balance Yoga in Frankfurt and visited other workshops with him with Chris Braun, later at the Private Yoga Institute and a few times also in Sweden.<\/span><\/p>\n I would also like to mention Petri\u2019s wife Wambui, with whom he has two sons. In the meantime, Wambui is also teaching side by side with Petri. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/www.ashtanga.net\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/David-Swenson-1024×652.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n David Swenson\u2019s teacher training was the first one that I attended \u2013 more out of coincidence, already 10 months after beginning to practice. At the end of the training, I promised myself to never ever start teaching\u2026 Well, a little bit more than two years later (having attended two more workshops with him) I also took part in his teacher training for the Intermediate series (\u201cThe next step\u201d), at minus 20 centrigrade in Edinburgh, Great Britain, again too early to teach something that I myself had not integrated in my own practice. Nevertheless, many adjustments that I offer in the Intermediate Series have been taught to me by him.<\/span><\/p>\n I still remember his answer to a question that I asked in quite a big workshop in Paris: \u201cDo you have some advice on how in a led class one can bind the legs faster behind the head in Supta Kurmasana?\u201d His answer was perfect: \u201cDo you think that this will make you a better person?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”http:\/\/www.swaha.ca” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Marla-Meenakshi-und-Ron-Reid.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Marla Meenakshi and Ron Reid from Toronto have in the past offered\u00a0 a workshop in Paris once per year at the studio of Linda and Gerald. They are not \u201ctraditional\u201d Ashtanga teachers,\u00a0 but still I have learnt a lot from them about the finer aspects of the individual asanas. Marla has also worked as a Shiatsu practitioner, and one can feel that clearly in her touch.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/www.yoganatomy.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/David-Keil.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n David Keil has been a student of John Scott for many years. He is also a well-trained physiotherapist and as such has a clear focus on anatomy.<\/span><\/p>\n His website is a trove for good tips and teaching videos (also concerning the topic of \u201csafe adjustments\u201d, highly recommendable). He is also author of the excellent book \u201cFunctional Anatomy of Yoga\u201c.<\/span><\/p>\n He\u00a0 teaches in Miami, Florida, USA, around the United States and in Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n I met him also at the teacher training of John Scott and Lucy Crawford Scott.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/annenuotio.com\/?lang=en” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Anne-Nuotio.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n I saw Anne first as a co-practitioner at a workshop with Sharath in Helsinki. Then she taught for a short while as a guest teacher at the Private Yoga Institute.<\/p>\n Anne Nuotio in my experience is a precise, strict and direct teacher with a lot of experience. At some early point, she stopped me from doing the 2nd<\/sup> series, because she did not think that I was ready for it. She certainly was right \u2013 actually, I still don\u2019t feel ready for it 10 years later.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/www.stillpointyogalondon.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/om.png” image_icon_width=”27%” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” image_max_width=”27%” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Scott Johnson is also a student of John Scott. He has been teaching in London for many years, and is increasingly teaching throughout England as well as internationally. He\u00a0 also offers a lot of interesting material, in blogs as well as in podcasts.<\/span><\/p>\n Together with Greg Nardi and other teachers, mainly from the United Kingdom, he has founded Amaya, an ashtanga association based on ethical principles.\u00a0 It also serves as an international place for continued education.<\/span><\/p>\n Over the years I have participated in Scott\u2019s Mysore classes in London a few times.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”http:\/\/astangayogalondon.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hamish-Hendry.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Hamish Hendry\u00a0 teaches in London \u2013 in a totally normal flat. You start your practice in one room, and when a place becomes available in the living room, you move there. For the finishing sequence, you return to the guest room.<\/span><\/p>\n Hamish is an immensely experienced and at the same time very modest teacher \u2013 unfortunately,, I have had only once the chance to practice with him so far.<\/span><\/p>\n Hamish has also written a beautiful little booklet about yoga philosophy, and he is the editor of the magazine Pushpam (well \u2013 since the last edition came out in 2015, it would probably be more precise to say \u201chas been the editor\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/www.ashtangayoga108.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/om.png” image_icon_width=”27%” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” image_max_width=”27%” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Clayton Horton is an American, but he has been living in Asia for a long time. He has been practicing for more than 30 years, and teaching for almost 25 years. He is one of the few practitioners certified by Sharath.<\/p>\n Clayton Horton is also one of the international teachers who in the past came regularly to the Private Yoga Institute. There I participated in several workshops with him. At least back then, he would never travel without his guitar.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”http:\/\/kathycooperyoga.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/om.png” image_icon_width=”27%” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” image_max_width=”27%” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Kathy Cooper has been practicing Ashtanga Yoga since 1976 \u2013 her main teachers are Nancy Gilgoff and David Williams (who in 1974 brought Patthabi and Manju Jois to the United States). She splits her time between Sri Lanka and the United States \u2013 and, if possible, she also teaches in Europe when traveling back and forth.<\/span><\/p>\n I met her at a workshop at the Private Yoga Institute in Frankfurt. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/www.yogatemple.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matthew-Sweeney-1.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Matthew Sweeney was the first international teacher with whom I attended a workshop \u2013 in May 2008 in Frankfurt.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t had any more contact with him since then. Nevertheless, I have not forgotten his answer to my totally na\u00efve question 5 months after beginning my Ashtanga practice: \u201eMatthew, do you have some advice, what I can do to improve my practice?\u201c \u201eWell, Matthias, practice \u2013 and all will be coming.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n Matthew is no Ashtangi in the strict sense of the word. He has also developed some personal sequences, for instance the moon sequence, for the practice during the moon days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n From this one contact I found him refreshing, and honest: \u201dI would never have thought that one can make a living by teaching yoga internationally.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n These days, he is teaching in Bali.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/sharathyogacentre.com” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/om.png” image_icon_width=”27%” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” image_max_width=”27%” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_css_main_element__hover_enabled=”off|desktop” custom_css_blurb_content_last_edited=”on|desktop”]<\/p>\n After the death of Pattabhi Jois in 2009, R. Sharath Jois (1971 – 2024) was regarded by many as the lineage holder, or the official successor to Pattabhi Jois.<\/p>\n He ran his own yoga center, the Sharath Yoga Centre, in a suburb of Mysuru (formerly known as Mysore), which was regularly visited by many Ashtanga practitioners (and teachers) from around the world. Sharath also taught internationally.<\/p>\n His grandfather, Pattabhi Jois, had taught Sharath all six series of Ashtanga Yoga. Additionally, Sharath assisted him for decades, both at KPJAYI in Mysuru (formerly Mysore) and internationally.<\/p>\n I practiced with Sharath only once, in Helsinki, at a week-long workshop in August 2009, just a few months after Pattabhi Jois’s death.<\/p>\n Sharath passed away during a teaching tour in the United States, while on a hike, likely due to a heart attack. His untimely death (he was only 53 years old) is mourned by the Ashtanga community worldwide. He is survived by his wife and two children.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/samahitaretreat.com\/about\/our-founders\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-Dallaghan.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n In 2003, Paul Dallaghan and his ex-wife founded Yoga Thailand, now Samahita Retreat, on Koh Samui. I got to know and respect him at one of his well-known 4-week teacher trainings that I took with him and his team in 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n I am especially grateful to Paul in that he introduced me to the pranayama in the tradition of Sri O.P. Tiwari. The continued education in this style of Pranayama has brought me back to Samahita almost every year since 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n Paul is currently finishing his doctoral thesis on the topic of pranayama at\u00a0 Emory University in Atlanta. He is one of the few who manage to combine the academic world and the world of yoga. This is a common trait with my Sanskrit teacher Zo\u00eb Slatoff \u2013 and it is perhaps no coincidence that both met for the first time in the middle of the Nineties at their respective first teacher training.<\/span><\/p>\n Paul has been certified by Patthabi Jois.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/johnscottyoga.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/John-Scott.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n I have participated in a number of Ashtanga specific teacher trainings, and I learnt the most in the one offered (in the past) by John Scott and his former wife Lucy Crawford-Scott, back in 2014. It was organized in two parts of two weeks each, one in Mousehole, Cornwall, England and one in Salento, in the south of Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n In the second half, I also got to know Greg Nardi and David Keil. Greg was teaching the part on Yoga Philosophy and David anatomy.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/davidgarrigues.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/David-Garrigues-1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n I met David Garrigues for the first time at the Private Yoga Institute in Frankfurt in 2013. I was fortunate to study with him for a couple of years. Once, I could also assist him in Philadelphia.<\/span><\/p>\n David is offering an unbelievable amount of material online: \u201cAsana recipes\u201d, video courses for a fee and a large number of blogs.<\/span><\/p>\n David has been certified by Patthabi Jois.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/twitter.com\/kinomacgregor” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Bildschirmfoto-2020-05-11-um-13.48.58.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Kino MacGregor is, together with her husband Tim Feldmann, owner of the Miami Life Centre in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. She\u00a0 teaches worldwide and online and also offers a number of helpful videos about the different asanas, amongst other things. She has also created the online platform OMStars that is based on a monthly fee and offers a lot of material on Ashtanga Yoga and beyond.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Between 2011 and 2015 I visited several workshops with Kino, some that she taught on her own, some that she taught together with her husband.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n At some point in time, she suggested that I should go to Mysore regularly \u2013 a proposal that I appreciated, but did not deem feasible due to\u00a0<\/span>my private situation (at that point both my parents needed to be looked after).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Kino is one of the few teachers worldwide certified to teach 4th series.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/twitter.com\/kinomacgregor” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tim-Feldmann.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Tim Feldmann, Kino MacGregor\u2019s husband who originally is from Denmark, was for me one of the most important teachers for adjustments.<\/span><\/p>\n Tim holds a 2<\/span>nd<\/span> series authorization by Sharath.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Both in workshops with him on his own and in those together with Kino, I have learnt a lot from him \u2013 in particular concerning the differences in the practice with increasing age. One quote from him: <\/span>\u201eAt my age, every morning, I humbly ask my body what it is prepared to do on the mat.\u201d I definitely can relate to that.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/www.dena.net.au\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dena-Kingsberg.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Dena Kingsberg and her husband Jack have their own shala in Byron Bay, Australia. In addition, they teach internationally. Dena is one of the\u00a0few women who received certification by Patthabi Jois.<\/span><\/p>\n My first workshop with them was in Paris in July 2010, followed by two wonderful weeks in the beginning of 2011 at the Purple Valley Retreat in Goa, India.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”http:\/\/www.sattvayogashala.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joanne-und-Mark-Darby.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Mark Darby comes from Qu\u00e9bec in Canada. Together with his wife Joanne, he is part of the \u201cfirst generation\u201d of the international Ashtanga teachers. Their Ashtanga path had started already in 1979 with Patthabi Jois. In the meantime, their son Shankara is also teaching \u2013 he was born in Mysore. His parents these days are mostly to be found in Costa Rica.<\/span><\/p>\n I met Darby in 2009 at the Balance Yoga Institute in Frankfurt. He and his wife as well as their son have also offered workshops in the former studio Y in K\u00f6nigstein.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”http:\/\/www.ashtangamaui.com\/nancy” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nancy-Gilgoff.jpg” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Nancy Gilgoff was probably one of the first, if not the first female American practitioner, who learnt yoga from Patthabi Jois in Mysore, back in 1973.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n She keept teaching worldwide until a few years before her death in early 2024.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I met her once in 2010 in a workshop at Andrea Lutz\u2019s studio in Berlin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/astangajooga.fi\/astanga-special-workshop-with-petri-raisanen-and-juha-javanainen-in-easter-2020\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/om.png” image_icon_width=”27%” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” image_max_width=”27%” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Juha Javanainen has founded the Ashtanga Yoga School of Helsinki together with Petri. I ran into him in Helsinki during a workshop with Sharath Jois (was that already been already back in 2009?) and once I attended a workshop given by him at the Private Yoga Institute in Frankfurt.<\/span><\/p>\n I enjoyed the refreshing combination of a very modest yet unbelievably experienced teacher (he has been practicing since 1989).<\/span><\/p>\n These days, he seems to be only teaching workshops from time to time, together with his long-term friend Petri.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/www.richardfreemanyoga.com\/richardandmary” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/om.png” image_icon_width=”27%” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” image_max_width=”27%” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Richard Freeman has been practicing yoga for more than 50 years. Based on an intensive training with B.K.S. Iyengar and his own inner perception, he\u00a0 teaches Ashtanga Yoga in a very precise, alignment-based way.<\/span><\/p>\n I have participated in one of his workshops in Berlin.<\/span><\/p>\n These days he spends most of the year on Koh Samui in Thailand, together with his wife Mary Taylor.\u00a0 He\u00a0 offers workshops at the Samahita retreat there. I highly recommend their books (a third one about the Bhagavad Gita has just appeared), if you are interested in the philosophical aspects of yoga.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/www.richardfreemanyoga.com\/richardandmary” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kia-Naddermier.png” module_id=”Kia” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Kia Naddermier has her own yoga studio in Paris (Mysore Yoga Paris), and she also teaches internationally. She is another student of John Scott. She has also\u00a0 been a longtime student of Sri O.P. Tiwari and\u00a0 teaches Pranayama in his tradition.<\/span><\/p>\n So far, I have participated\u00a0 in her Mysore classes only once\u2013 and I liked it very much. Two yoginis who came to my studio to practice before the Corona pandemic, participated in a workshop with her in Brussels and were very impressed.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”http:\/\/monicamarinoniashtangayoga.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monica-Marinoni.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Monica Marinoni has lived\u00a0 in Auroville, Tamil Nadhu, India for more than 20 years, and started teaching there in 2004. These days she teaches as a guest teacher at shalas around the world and at the beginning of 2019 she also teaches at the Private Yoga Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n That is\u00a0 where I met her \u2013 a few years earlier – during a Mysore week that she was offering there.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb url=”https:\/\/www.ashtanga.net\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/om.png” image_icon_width=”27%” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” image_max_width=”27%” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n I only visited a workshop with Tim Miller once, for a day. A number of Ashtanga friends are very impressed by him. He was the first teacher to be certified by Patthabi Jois.<\/span><\/p>\n Tim\u2019s studio is located in Encinitas in California, the town where Patthabi Jois and Manju Jois taught Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga for the first time outside of India.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” module_id=”places” _builder_version=”4.16″ body_font_size=”22px” background_color=”#748acc” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n One of the wonderful things about Ashtanga for people who travel a lot is that one can visit an Ashtanga studio with a Mysore program anywhere around the world and start practicing, even if one does not speak the local language.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In my inner picture, the many Ashtanga studios around the world are like a network spreading the teaching of Ashtanga. The parts of the network that I mention here are a small selection – these are the parts to which I have some form of personal relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n Here, I\u00a0 would also like to mention the colleagues and studios in the wider Frankfurt area where Ashtanga Yoga can also be learnt and practiced.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Germany” use_icon=”on” module_id=”Germany” _builder_version=”4.16″ body_font_size=”22px” background_color=”#748acc” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”in Ahlen\/Westfalen” url=”http:\/\/www.seaofyoga.com” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sea-of-Yoga.png” image_icon_width=”49%” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”25px|27px|25px|27px|true|true” link_option_url_new_window=”on” image_max_width=”49%” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Sea of Yoga is Gudrun Seyler’s studio. I met Gudrun via Greg’s workshops at my place.<\/p>\n She has been practicing Ashtanga Yoga since 2011. She did her teacher training with a student of Beate Guttandin. Her interest encompasses also yoga philosophy and Sanskrit.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Berlin” url=”https:\/\/ashtangaberlin.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashtanga-Yoga-Berlin.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Grisha Steffin is a student of Richard Freeman \u2013 and because of this, I had the pleasure of meeting Richard once in Berlin, outside of Grisha\u2019s former shala, despite nearly 100 participants.<\/span><\/p>\n Grisha recently moved his shala to the Prenzlauer Berg.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Berlin” url=”https:\/\/practiceashtanga.net\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/PracticeAshtanga.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Saskia Rand was one of the co-practitioners at the Private Yoga Institute \u2013 and before that also at the Balance Institute and with Chris Braun. She has been living in Berlin since 2018, where she offers private classes for individuals and groups. She has regularly practiced with Sharath in Mysuru (Mysore), and a few years ago received his authorization to teach the Primary and Intermediate Series.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Darmstadt” url=”http:\/\/pure-ashtanga-yoga.de\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pure-Yoga.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Sonia Kirchner, the owner and director of Pure Yoga, is also an acquaintance from the time in the Mysore classes at the Private Yoga Institute. She has studied intensively with Dr. Ronald Steiner, and she teaches Ashtanga Yoga Innovation in his style.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Frankfurt” url=”https:\/\/www.ashtanga-yoga-raum-frankfurt.de\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashtanga-Yoga-Raum-Frankfurt-1.png” module_id=”Frankfurt” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”25px|27px|25px|27px|true|true” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Chris Braun, the owner and director of Ashtanga Raum Frankfurt in Bornheim, has been practicing and teaching Ashtanga since 2005, longer than any other resident teacher in Frankfurt.<\/span><\/p>\n I took Mysore classes with him from middle of 2009 to early 2010 and also participated\u00a0 in a few workshops. At his place, I met Olivia Martinez \u2013 and she was the reason for then changing to the Private Yoga Institute, where she started to teach the Mysore programme.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Frankfurt” url=”https:\/\/www.private-yoga-frankfurt.de\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Private-Yoga-Institute.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n For a long time, the Private Yoga Institute was my home base for my (almost) daily Mysore practice. Jutta Gonder founded it in 2009, and over the years has been bringing many authorized Ashtanga teachers as guest teachers as well as for workshops to Frankfurt.<\/p>\n I am also grateful to Jutta that I could make my first experiences in teaching in the Mysore style at her studio. Also my participation in two of her teacher trainings were a lot of fun and helped me develop my teaching skills further.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Hamburg” url=”https:\/\/www.shenar.de\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Inke-Shenar-Yogaschule-\u00dcber-den-Linden.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Inke Shenar has been practicing Ashtanga since 2000. She is a Level 1 authorized by Sharath Jois, and she has also done the teacher training with John Scott. She is the author of two books, one as an introduction to Ashtanga Yoga (in my opinion the best that exists in German) and one about yoga during pregnancy.<\/span><\/p>\n She is also teaching pranayama in the tradition of Sri O.P. Tiwari.<\/span><\/p>\n Inke Shenar and I have never met in person \u2013 I only once visited a workshop with Ron Steiner at her studio.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Munich” url=”http:\/\/www.jivamukti.de\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jivamukti-Munchen.png” module_id=”Jivamukti M\u00fcnchen” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Antje Gruber is the owner of Jivamukti M\u00fcnchen. We had only a short contact by telephone, when I was checking out different air refreshers for my shala. During the conversation, she mentioned that her studio is also offering Mysore classes, and she immediately agreed with me linking her studio on my website.<\/p>\n The main teacher for the Mysore classes is Manfred Gauper, originally from Austria. He also is one of John Scott’s students, and he mentions Chuck Miller and Maty Ezraty (who passed away in 2019) as his two other important teachers.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Sch\u00f6naich close to Stuttgart” url=”https:\/\/www.simplyashtanga.de\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Simply-Ashtanga.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Kristine Sandk\u00fchler-Mensch, the owner and director of Simply Ashtanga, has been practicing\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>yoga since 2001 and Ashtanga Yoga since 2008. Initially, she taught in Florida, USA, and now for many years close to Stuttgart.<\/span><\/p>\n Kristine was the first host for Greg Nardi here in Germany. She and I met through the contact to Greg \u2013 and we are also in a regular exchange.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Wiesbaden” url=”https:\/\/www.daily-ashtanga-yoga.de\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DAY.png” image_icon_width=”77%” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” image_max_width=”77%” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Jeannine Heller, the owner and director of the Daily Ashtanga studio, has been practicing Ashtanga since 2007. She opened her studio in 2017. She teaches according to the AYInnovation method, developed by Ronald Steiner based on Ashtanga Yoga.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”in Bad Soden im Taunus” url=”http:\/\/palma-lacanfora.de\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/om.png” image_icon_width=”27%” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” image_max_width=”27%” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Palma Lacanfora has been practicing Ashtanga Yoga since 2005. Like Annette Weinert from Ashtanga Yoga Hanau, she has received her foundational yoga teacher training from Beate Guttandin in Cologne. I met Palma at Chris Braun\u2019s studio and then practiced side by side with her at the Private Yoga Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Berlin” url=”https:\/\/www.ashtangastudio.de\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashtanga-Studio-Berlin.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n In the Ashtanga Studio Berlin\u00a0 with Andea Lutz, I participated in my only workshop with Nancy Gilgoff and in several workshops with Manju Jois. It is located at the Prenzlauer Berg \u2013 conveniently 5 minutes away from the apartment of very good friends \ud83d\ude42<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Berlin” url=”http:\/\/ashtangamitteberlin.de\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashtanga-Yoga-Mitte-Berlin.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n My only contact with Katharina Fengler and Tom Austin from Studio Ashtanga Mitte Berlin has been via eMail with Tom. Their studio is one of the stops on Greg Nardi\u2019s yearly tour through Germany (well, almost yearly). Tom is also a student of John Scott.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Cologne” url=”https:\/\/ashtangayoga-koeln.de\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashtanga-Yogawerkstatt-K\u00f6ln.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”25px|27px|25px|27px|true|true” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Ashtanga Yogawerkstatt K\u00f6ln was founded by Beate Guttandin\u00a0 in 1993, and these days is directed by J\u00fcrgen Freitag.<\/span><\/p>\n As far as I know, Beate Guttandin is the teacher with the longest experience practicing and teaching Ashtanga in Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Cologne” url=”https:\/\/www.yogastudioehrenfeld.de\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dvipada.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”25px|27px|25px|27px|true|true” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Dvipada Ashtanga Yogastudio in Cologne Ehrenfeld is run by Heike Katharina Schmitt. She has been teaching for more than 20 years. Actually, she was the third German teacher to be authorized in Mysore. In addition to traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, she offers Vedic chanting, amongst other things.<\/p>\n In 2009, Heike recommended that I\u00a0<\/span>take my basic training as a yoga teacher with Paul Dallaghan in Thailand. I remain grateful to Heike for this great advice.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Frankfurt” url=”https:\/\/www.balanceyoga.de\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Balance-Yoga-Institut.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Balance Yoga Institute is one of the largest yoga studios in Frankfurt, with branches in Sachsenhausen (a part of Frankfurt south of the river Main), Darmstadt and Mainz.<\/span><\/p>\n It is also well known for its teacher trainings, where for instance Chris Braun and Jutta Gonder participated.<\/span><\/p>\n As for Ashtanga, they currently (September 2020) don\u2019t offer as much \u2013 a few led classes and no Mysore classes.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Frankfurt” url=”http:\/\/huongyoga.com\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Huong.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n As far as I know, Huong is the only Ashtangi in the Frankfurt area who has received Sharath\u2019s authorization 2<\/span>nd<\/span> level. She continues to go to Mysore regularly to further her practice. She came to Ashtanga from an Anusara background.<\/span><\/p>\n I know her from the time when we practiced mat to mat with Gibran and Lucia as teachers, trying to come to grips with the Intermediate series.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”in Freiburg” url=”https:\/\/www.private-yoga-frankfurt.de\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashtanga-Yoga-Freiburg.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Ashtanga Yoga Freiburg consists of a young team of Ashtangis who are supported on a regular basis by Susanna Finocchi. Susanna ran the Ashtangayoga School in Copenhagen for almost twenty years, together with Jens Bache. <\/span><\/p>\n They have translated Sharath’s book on Ashtanga Yoga into German. Should you be interested in the German version, you can order it here<\/a><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\nMy current teachers<\/span><\/h2>\n
These are the teachers who have accompanied me in the Mysore classes over the years<\/span><\/h2>\n
Gibran has a 2<\/span>nd<\/span> level authorization by Sharath. He continues to work as a travelling teacher and has no website of his own. You can reach him via shivranji (at) gmail.com.<\/span><\/p>\n
Lucia was one of the first students of Sharath to receive certification to teach 4<\/span>th<\/span> series from him. She can be reached via email <\/span>luciashtanga (at) gmail.com.<\/span><\/p>\nOn my Ashtanga path, I have also met a large number of internationally active teachers in teacher trainings or at workshops. I have enormous respect for their work and for their enthusiasm.<\/span><\/h2>\n