6th – 11th SEPTEMBER 2015
at MERCHANT CITY YOGA

Sunday Led Primary and Technique Workshop
10am-12pm, 2-4pm
5 Day ‘Traditional Ashtanga Guided Self Practice’ Intensive
6.30 – 8am / 8 – 9.30 am (2 sessions)

An opportunity to work closely and in a small group, with one of the few KPJAYI Certified Ashtanga teachers and advanced practitioners in the world.

Sunday will commence with everyone together, for a traditional Sanskrit-counted Primary class, followed by simple pranayama techniques. The afternoon workshop will focus on key features and concepts of the Ashtanga method, such as “tristhana”, correct alignment, technique, determination, discipline and dedication (to help make the impossible seem achievable). During Monday to Friday’s traditional Guided Self Practice, you will have the chance to deepen and develop your asana technique and practice, whilst being guided through methods of approaching the more challenging postures.
Groups are limited, so that Philippa can give optimum attention and assistance. Perfect for established practitioners of the Primary, Intermediate, Advanced A or B series, who are keen to devote a week to honing in on the subtleties of the traditional Ashtanga practice, whilst receiving guidance on how to develop the asanas that they are currently working on.

Philippa Asher

Philippa is one of a few Ashtanga yoga practitioners in the world, to receive Advanced Certification (awarded by the Krishna Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute), to teach through to the Advanced B Series.

From the late nineties, Philippa studied for three-to-six months a year at KPJAYI (learning under the guidance of revered guru, Sri K Pattabhi Jois). Since his passing, she regularly returns to Mysore, to continue her Ashtanga yoga study with Guruji’s grandson, Sharath.
After 25 years of learning and teaching several forms of dance at schools, universities and ballet companies all over the UK, Philippa accidentally chanced upon Ashtanga yoga. It was a life-changing incident, that made complete sense. For 12 years she practised daily before work (in the media, film and music industries) and spent numerous sabbaticals in India, studying at KPJAYI.
Philippa’s dedicated passion for Ashtanga yoga, background as a trained dancer and experience as a qualified teacher (Post Graduate Certificate in the Education of Adults), gives her an intuitive and sound understanding of bodies, yoga asanas, people and how they learn.
In 2006, Philippa established and ran Triyoga Soho’s Ashtanga Self Practice programme in London. She taught there for several years before moving to South India, to build her own shala (on a coffee estate in the Western Ghats). Ashtanga NIRVṚTA is a stunning homestay yoga retreat, which aims to bring Ashtanga yoga to all levels of practitioners, in nature.
As well as being the resident teacher at Ashtanga NIRVṚTA, Philippa regularly leads guest workshops at studios in India, Europe and on retreats worldwide. Her approach to sharing yoga asana (from beginners to more seasoned practitioners), is serious, yet light-hearted and joyful: with an emphasis on good technique, safe alignment and the synchronisation of tristhana (breath, gaze points and movement).

for more info:  www.ashtangaphilippa.com

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