Jivamukti Yoga Luxembourg

SATURDAY 10:00-12:00 & SUNDAY 10:00-12:00:

Some people like surprises some people not so much but whatever category of person you call into, we encourage you to come and experience Bodhi’s class that reflects his colorful personality and life and passionate and creative teaching style!

Bodhi is only in town for a few days so don’t miss this opportunity!!

Trust, breathe and enjoy the journey!!

Price: 50€ each

Cancellation Policy: 48h with credit back on Mindbody account (no refund).

Bodhi short Bio:

Bodhi needs no introduction in these parts having taught here many times in the Jivamukti studio Luxembourg. Over the last 6 years since leaving Luxembourg, Bodhi has helped thousands of people start their day on fire by the sea with his unique morning yoga experiences in Barcelona. He has walked his own path as an international athlete, an ambitious change maker in the social movement, philanthropic ans corporate worlds, and most recently for almost a decade as a full time yoga and wellness leader. He founded his own morning wellness method called Bodhi Sunrise Morning Practice.

Bodhi is full of passion, joy and simple wisdom! Don’t miss this chance to take part and experience his unique and fun teaching!

Insta @bodhisunrise

FRIDAY 18:30-20:30: RESTORE & RENEW XL

The Restore and Renew Jivamukti class is designed to rest your mind and your body. It involves gentle movements, breathing techniques, meditation, a guided relaxation, Sanskrit chanting, and asana that are held for a couple of minutes. You will feel physically and mentally restored after taking this class. We will use props to assist the body and also guide it to let go… Your fascia will be gently but effectively stretched, your breath elongated, and your mind calmed. It’s a perfect end of the week 2-hour practice.

SATURDAY 10:00-11:30: JIVAMUKTI OPEN CLASS

Whether you’re a beginner, deciphering the difference between vrksasana (tree) and sirshasana (headstand) or an advanced yogi who can put both feet behind their head, the Jivamukti Open class welcomes you, as it is open to practitioners of all levels.

You work at your own pace, following the teacher’s verbal as well as hands-on guidance. Asana options will be provided for beginners, intermediate and advanced students.

A typical Open class incorporates the five tenets of Jivamukti Yoga:A typical Open class incorporates the five tenets of Jivamukti Yoga:

• shastra (scripture)
• bhakti (devotion)
• ahimsa (kindness)
• nada (music)
• dhyana (meditation)

An Open class presents classical yoga teachings as relevant to one’s life on and off the mat, drawn from the Focus of the Month essay, supported by chanting, breath awareness, flowing vinyasa sequences, alignment exploration, hands-on assistance, relaxation and meditation. All Open classes include 14 points—asanas, meditation and spiritual teachings—in a sequence creatively designed by the teacher. Exuberant, eclectic music plays an integral role: you might practice to a shifting soundtrack of ragas, global trance, hip-hop, spoken word, George Harrison, Sting, Krishna Das, Donna de Lory, Michael Franti, Bill Laswell, Alice Coltrane and Mozart.

The class is called “Open” because it is open and suitable to all levels of practitioner. Even so, beginning level students should know that there will not be much detailed “how to do” descriptions; for that a student is advised to attend a Basic or Beginner Vinyasa Class.

About Andrea Radhika:

Andrea has been studying yoga since her twenties and  teaching yoga since 2000 . She is an Advanced Jivamukti teacher studying directly from Sharon Gannon and David life and is a mentor on the Jivamukti teacher training faculty teaching at various Jivamukti centres around Europe . Andrea is a Level 2 trained yin teacher under the guidance of Sarah Powers since 2004 when she began yin yoga . She has also trained with Judith Lasater and is certified in Restorative yoga . Andrea has been mentoring teachers since 2008 . She completed the Michael stone Mindfulness training in 2020. She teaches various workshops and retreats both in the UK and abroad. Her teachings are infused with stories , laughter and lightness .

Andrea has taught at the UK In-spa retreat and in Morocco in 2023.

Andrea has been facilitating yoga retreats both in the UK and worldwide since 2004 . She has taught at some of the most prestige retreat centres in the world and now has a series of online courses available at https://www.santoshayoga.co.uk/courses/

Price: 50€ Restore & Renew XL; Drop-in or Pack For Jivamukti Open Class

Cancellation Policy: 48h with credit back on Mindbody account (no refund).

Saturday 23rd May: 9:00-11:30 Technical Led Asana class with Gregor Maehle (90€)

Students of all yoga styles can benefit from Gregor’s Led Asana Class. Here, Gregor will analyse the many intricate anatomical details of accessible yoga postures, while maintaining as much pace as possible. The focus will be on breaking down the various phases of entering and exiting the postures into their constituents. Performing postures safely while understanding which anatomical actions will get us deep into the asanas will prevent unnecessary energy expenditure. Through inducing precision, this format also achieves the release of conditioning and emotions lodged in bodily tissue, preparing us for the higher limbs of pranayama and meditation.

 

Saturday 23rd May: 13:30-16:30 The Breath of Yoga – Pranayama and Kriya workshop with Gregor Maehle (90€)

Imagine how great it would be to have a switch that, when operated, would enable you to consciously choose between your right and left brain hemispheres, intuitive and analytical intelligence, sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, fight/flight reflex and rest/relaxation, and between the male and female, solar and lunar, aspects of your psyche. How great it would be if, when required, you could switch from being compassionate to doggedly determined. Or from being charged with energy to being completely relaxed within a few minutes. Or from extrovert (physically present, expressive and outgoing) to introvert (reflective and absorbing) within a short time. This switch does, in fact, exist, and it is not at all hidden. It is the prominently protruding olfactory orifice right in the middle of your face: your nose.

Pranayama includes some of the most neglected yet most powerful methods of yoga. Pranayama is the vital link that connects asana to meditation, without which the combined benefit of both cannot be harvested. Learn how to use pranayama to harmonize the doshas (humors of the body) and thus attain a state of health and balance as well as how to still the mind, enabling spiritual insight.

The kriyas are predominantly methods of purification of the body. They support the work of postures and are especially important for people who live in large cities. They aid in removing contamination from chemical, environmental, electrical, biological and electromagnetic sources.

price: single workshop 90€

special price for the day: 160€

 

Bio Gregor Maehle:

Gregor Maehle began his yogic practices 48 years ago. In the mid-1980s he commenced annual travels to India, where he studied with various yogic and tantric masters, traditional Indian sadhus and ascetics. He spent fourteen months in Mysore, and in 1997 was authorised to teach Ashtanga Yoga by K. Pattabhi Jois. Since then, he has branched out into researching the anatomical alignment of postures and the higher limbs of yoga.

In India Gregor also received eight months of mostly one-on-one instruction in scripture and the higher limbs of Yoga through B.N.S. Iyengar, a student of T. Krishnamacharya, and he studied Sanskrit under Professor Narayanachar and Dr Chandrasekhar. Gregor’s internationally acclaimed textbook series consisting of Ashtanga Yoga: Practice and Philosophy, Ashtanga Yoga: The Intermediate Series, Pranayama: The Breath of Yoga, Yoga Meditation: Through Mantra, Chakras and Kundalini to Spiritual Freedom, Samadhi The Great Freedom, How to Find Your Life’s Divine Purpose, Chakras, Drugs & Evolution and Mudras: Seals of Yoga and Bhakti: Yoga of Love – have sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide and have been translated into 10 foreign languages. Gregor´s books are available as hardcopies, ebooks and audiobooks and additional volumes are preparation. Gregor has been invited to many countries to teach and has contributed to and been interviewed by numerous yoga magazines. On Gregor’s blog page chintamaniyoga.com/blog/ you will find over 300 articles, videos and podcasts on all aspects of yoga, which Gregor has authored together with his wife Monica.

Today Gregor teaches an anatomically sophisticated interpretation of traditional vinyasa yoga, integrated into the practice of the higher limbs in the spirit of Patanjali and T. Krishnamacharya. His zany sense of humour, his manifold personal experiences, and his vast and deep knowledge of scripture, Indian philosophies and yogic techniques combine to make his teachings applicable, relevant and easily accessible to all his students.

 

Sunday 24th May: 9:00-12:00 Balancing the Pelvis part I with Monica (90€)
Sunday 24th May: 14:00-17:00 Balancing the Pelvis part II with Monica (90€}

BALANCING THE PELVIS

The Seat of Yoga

The most common pain-generating problem I see in yogis stems from a torqued or twisted pelvis. Nearly everyone (if not everyone!) has one, which results in us having a functional short leg. However, it is the degree of your pelvic torsion that determines how severe the compensations of this are to the rest of your body.

Knowing how to balance your pelvis is probably the most effective preventative and therapeutic tool you can have. Our pelvis roots our spine so any imbalance here effects everything above it and also places stresses on the joints below. It especially effects the alignment and function of our spine and sacrum, our sacroiliac and hip joints and our knee joints. For example, of the 14 muscles that cross the knee joint, seven of them originate at your pelvis! The stress of a pelvic torsion is often the cause of knee pain, wear and tear and eventual injury.

In this workshop we look at the causes, the muscles involved, how we can access ourselves and others and, most importantly, how we can practically rebalance the muscles involved for a healthy pelvic balance.

Especially when seated, our pelvis is our base, our support and our connection to earth. It houses and protects our organs of procreation, digestion and elimination. Females are especially prone to pelvic stresses. Understanding and recognising the typical problems of this area both educates and empowers us to manage them and to care for and heal ourself and others. Emotionally, the balance of our pelvis enables us to create, to integrate and to let go of what is not needed.

*For this workshop you will need two yoga blocks, two tennis balls and a long sock.

 

price: single workshop 90€

special price for the day: 160€

Testimonials

Hi Monica, I met you in Horsham last weekend and I was so impressed with your teachings, and your kind nature, I really learnt a lot. Thank you so much for the fantastic workshop. You have really helped to raise my awareness of my body. And how much work I have to do 🤪.

Clare, UK

Thank you for a wonderful weekend. I found it totally inspiring and absolutely loved every minute.  You gave me so much to think about. I’m still processing it all…

Michelle, UK

Bio Monica Gauci

Monica Gauci brings her vast knowledge and experience as a Yoga Therapist, a trained Chiropractor and 47 years of personal yoga practice to this topic.

Her work and insights as a therapist make her workshops powerfully relevant.

Her teaching is inspired by her passion to educate others to empower them to be able to heal and care for themselves.