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| 8:00 am – 11:00 am | Ashtanga yoga and pranayama | |
| 11:30 am | Brunch | |
| 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Asanas, pranayama, philosophy, Q & A, | |
| 7:30 pm | Evening meal |
| Ashtanga yoga and pranayama Do your Ashtanga yoga practice at your own level and pace. Start where you are, whether you are a beginner or know the whole first series, or second, or third. Paul has a unique understanding of Ashtanga yoga and can help you develop and deepen your undestanding and experience of the effect your Ashtanga practice has on your body, mind and soul. The sessions will start with pranayama exercises, which will give additional depth to your experience. Asanas, pranayama, philosophy, Q & A In the afternoon sessions, Paul will focus on specific asana and pranayama exercises and aspects of yoga philosophy for the students in the group. Here will also be time for Q&A. All this with a lot of Irish humor mixed in. Be extraordinarely observant about your yoga practices and thoughts about yoga and your life these days before the workshop starts, so you will be prepared to use the workshop to transform your understanding of yoga and "the meaning of life". Paul Dallaghan I grew up in Ireland and completed a degree in Economics and Business at Trinity College, Dublin. I discovered yoga in 1995 in New York. I did not go out in to the world with any notion of becoming a yoga teacher but life presents you with things. I had worked in business and entertained my passion for acting yet yoga and the spiritual path strongly called me and I could not refuse. I taught in New York for four years and by late 2001 moved to Asia and have been based in Thailand since, teaching there and internationally. My initial intention of leaving New York was to go deep into the practices. I have been fortunate to spend a lot of time in India with my teachers, meeting other masters and on pilgrimage. After many years of such immersion I could not avoid the pull to teach and found Thailand becoming the base, especially as Jutima had been born there. Yoga Thailand and the Institute were started so the teaching of courses, trainings and retreats could properly and authentically be given. My direct teachers are O.P. Tiwari and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. These masters have built my practice, grounded me and how I teach and allowed for deep inner growth. My practices have been built on ashtanga vinyasa asana and authentic pranayama. Early on I was exposed to most asana approaches and many different gurus and lineages of teachings. But growth only comes from dedication and practice of a particular approach and letting go of your ego to go under that teacher's direct guidance. It is really the path had me more than I made such a decision and this became clear as I realised I knew nothing. All I have really done is wholeheartedly commit to the practice and living of what I am taught, aiming to understand it, apply and then pass it on in the realm of teaching. All these really ground the student in meditation which I have been fortunate to settle in and practice 'being' daily. I have made it a point to look into Buddhism and other approaches but it is really my teacher's influence and guidance that has directed me mostly within to the realm of meditation. See http://www.centeredyoga.com/paul.html for more info on Paul. Cost
If there is room, participants can sign up for individual sessions, and youth born 1988 or later can attend at half price. Meals Brunch will be served at 11:30 am and an evening meal at 7:30 pm. Cost: 80 SKr per meal. 480 SKr for all six meals. You need to sign up for the meals before the workshop starts. |