Welcome back – Carmen Yague – September 2024!
Carmen Droege
KPJAYI Mysore Authorized Level 1
Carmen wird von Juli bis zum 7. September 2024 bei uns als Lehrerin zu Gast sein.
„I am Carmen Silvia Droege, I was born and raised in Germany to my German mother and Brazilian father. I studied law and worked as a company lawyer for 12 years while always doing my Ashtanga Yoga practice. It was nothing less then love at first sight, from my side.
I started practicing Yoga in 2008 and straight away attended a 300h teacher training in Cologne at the institute for Yoga & Gesundheit IYGK. I topped it off with a 40h teacher training by David Swenson and then practiced with Beatte Guttandin in Cologne (formerly KPJAYI authorized) until 2013. I also studied with Prem (KPJAYI certified) & Radha (KPJAYI authorised) in Bali for two months. And in 2014 I went to Goa for 7 months to learn from Rolf Naujokat (KPJAYI certified) and Marcy Naujokat because I was keen on being with an advanced practitioner and native German speaking Yoga practitioner. While being in Goa I decided to also stay and practice with Gabriela Pascoli (KPJAYI authorized) for one month. After this intense period of traveling I came back to Germany, got married to my then husband and moved to the Netherlands. I also went to workshops with Manju Jois, David Williams and Danny Paradise but in 2016 I decided to start going to Mysore to practice with Sharath Jois and he has been my teacher ever since. I got his blessing to teach during my trip from July to September 2022.
I’m teaching Ashtanga Yoga since 2014. I taught at Cens Yogastudio in Roermond, and ran a Mysore Program in 2016 at Yoga Place in Maastricht, The Netherlands. Last but not least I taught two years at the Ayurveda Paragon in Thalpe, Sri Lanka.“
Michael Schabort
KPJAYI Mysore Authorized Level 2
Michael Schabort, originally from Cape Town, has been teaching Ashtanga Yoga across the globe for the past fifteen years.
Ever since he was young, Michael has been deeply curious about the three questions that almost no human can answer: „Why am I here?,“ „Where am I from?,“ and „Where am I going?“ This curiosity, along with his desire to truly know and be with God, has inspired him to explore philosophies, practices, and ancient wisdom, including Yoga.
Michael has studied with some of the world’s most renowned teachers in the Krishnamacharya lineage, most notably Sharath Jois, grandson of the famous exponent and Guru of Ashtanga Yoga, Shri K. Patthabi Jois. He was authorised level 2 at the KPJAYI and regularly returns to Mysore India to continue his practice with his teacher Sharath Jois.
He enjoys reflecting on the Shastras (ancient scriptures) and aspires to walk the path of Dharma (living according to the laws of truth that govern our universe). He attentively teaches with enthusiasm and delights in passing on his yoga experience with authenticity, love, and care.
Michael wird im Juni 2024 bei uns als Lehrer zu Gast sein.
Sat Inder S. Khalsa
KPJAYI Mysore Authorized Level 1
Sat Inder S. Khalsa begann im Jahr 2000 Ashtanga Yoga zu Hause zu praktizieren. Später in diesem Jahr traf er Sri K. Pattabhi Jois und seinen Enkel Sharat R. Jois in Boulder, Colorado für einen zweiwöchigen Workshop. Zwischen 2000 und 2008 traf er Pattabhi und Sharath zweimal auf ihren Tourneen und praktizierte mit Nancy Gilgoff, Richard Freeman sowie einigen anderen renommierten Lehrern bei verschiedenen Gelegenheiten.
2008 verließ er den Ashtangaweg und studierte vier Jahre lang andere Yogastile, um dann Anfang 2012 wieder die Ashtangapraxis aufzunehmen. Im gleichen Jahr traf er auf Kino McGregor bei der Ashtanga Confluence, wo er auch 2013 mit Mark Robberds, Nancy Gilgoff und einigen anderen praktizierte. Dort reifte schlussendlich die Entscheidung nach Mysore zu gehen, um mit Sharath zu studieren. Seither gilt dieser als sein Lehrer und Sat Inder reiste bislang fünf Mal nach Mysore um unter seiner Aufsicht zu praktizieren. Im Dezember 2016 erhielt er von dem gegenwärtigen Linienhalter R. Sharath Jois die Autorisierung, die Ashtanga Methode zu unterrichten. Seitdem ist er nicht mehr in die USA zurückgekehrt. Sat Inder lebt und unterrichtet heute in Mysore, Indien sowie in Deutschland und weiteren Orten.
Sat Inder wird ab März 2024 bis Ende Mai 2024 bei uns als Lehrer zu Gast sein.
Ashtanga Mysore mit Carmen Yague
KPJAYI Mysore Authorized Level 2
A very warm welcome to new guest teacher Carmen from Madrid! She will take over from January on our Mysore program and will stay until end of February. We are looking forward to meet you in person next year!
About Carmen Yague
Carmen is an authorized Ashtanga yoga teacher by Sharath R. Jois with nearly 15 years of experience in the method. The systematic, gradual approach of Ashtanga yoga appealed to her from the beginning, and she has seen the transformative power of the practice on her body, mind, and approach to life. Carmen’s experience, dedication and attention to detail helps her inspire and support the student’s practice from a place of integrity, rigour and trust. She understands that we can be learning new postures and series for years without understanding much. Therefore, her motivation is to empower the student to develop a greater confidence and understanding of themselves, through this powerful method. From beginners eager to learn to experienced practitioners who want to go deeper, everyone is welcome into the different programs she organizes.
Aktuell
Ashtanga Mysore with Brenda Pasenau
KPJAYI Mysore Authorized Level 2
January til April 2023
Wir freuen uns, dass Brenda Pasenau die Mysore Stunden im Juni bei uns unterrichten wird. Brenda praktiziert bereits seit 18 Jahren Ashtanga im Mysore Stil. Lehrer und Mentor ist John Scott, bei dem sie auch schon mehrere Male assistierte. Ebenfalls in Mysore bei Sharaht Jois Kpjayi, wo sie in 2022 ihre Level-2 Authorisierung erhielt.
Ashtanga Mysore mit Miho Reineke
KPJAYI Mysore Authorized Level 2
Miho wird Mai und Juni 202 bei uns zu Gast sein.
Ashtanga Mysore with Ross Stambaugh
KPJAYI Mysore Authorized Level 2
25th of December 2022 til 8th of January 2023
A warm welcome to our upcoming guest teacher Ross from Ohio! We can´t wait to have you here in our studio!!! He is coming on the 25th of December and will help you during the christmas holidays to keep your practice on going. Dates and holiday schedule is coming soon! Ross is staying until the 8th of January and afterwards in 2023 we have more great authorized teachers for you!
Ross is an authorized Level 2 instructor who learned Ashtanga Yoga directly under the teachings of Saraswati Jois in Mysore, India and has assisted Saraswati on multiple occasions. He has been practicing for over 20 years and continues to take annual trips to India to further his studies. In 2017, he received his Authorization to teach from Saraswati Jois, becoming one of the few teachers to be authorized to teach Intermediate Series by her. Ross seeks to preserve the traditional Ashtanga method by maintaining a daily practice and teaching his students with the same integrity and patience that was taught to him by his teachers.
Ross has a Master’s Degree in Education and is a public school teacher. He has a black belt in judo, enjoys rock climbing, motorcycle travel, bicycling, Shakespeare, and of course coffee. Ross resides in Dayton, Ohio (USA). He believes the daily discipline of Ashtanga Yoga supports the practitioner to simply manage their time well. And when you can manage your time, you can manage your life.
Frühere Gastlehrer
Tabata Trejo
KPJAYI Mysore Authorized Level 2
From a very young age, physical activity became part of her life and at the age of 3 she was already doing Olympic gymnastics. The intense practice of extreme sports caused her many injuries and that brought her closer to thai chi and yoga. She practices yoga on a daily base from the age of 18, so for more than half of her life.
Many different teachers in Venezuela and Miami crossed her way. In Mexico she had the privilege of being able to participate in an ashtanga intensive with the first teacher authorized by Pattabhi Jois in Latin America, Olivia Martínez. Also there, her experience was further enriched with the teacher Michael Gannon.
In 2014 she arrived in Barcelona and began to share her yoga experiences in various spaces. At the same time, she finally went to India, where she was able to practice with who become her teacher, Sharath Jois.
She repeated to come back to Mysore every year and she follows Sharathji’s workshops every time he comes to Europe. The practice in India has also allowed her to deepen the studies of philosophy and sutras with the teacher Jayashree, professor of Sanskrit and Hindu philosophy at the University of Mysore.
In 2017 she opened her own shala in Barcelona, where every day ashtanga classes are taught in the traditional style according to the lineage.
In 2019 she finished a master’s degree in physiotherapy and another in sports rehabilitation from the Esneca School; now she is able to apply this knowledge.
Tabata wird von November bis Dezember 2022 bei uns als Lehrer zu Gast sein. Im März 2023 kommt sie wieder!
Miho Reineke
KPJAYI Mysore Authorized Level 2
Miho wird ab Ende September bis November 2022 bei uns als Lehrer zu Gast sein.
Maia Glikstein
Maia Glikstein (35) Argentinian, classical dancer and Yoga teacher. Trained by Tatiana Fesenko in Russian classical ballet, in 2005 obtains a scholarship in the higher school of dances, in Madrid, Spain.
After a year of studies, she joined Zerohour Company Tango, established in Tokyo, Japan, doing tours in China, Israel, Italy, France and Germany. During her contract in Beijing, China start practicing martial arts and this leads her to be interested in oriental culture.
Start practicing Hatha Yoga and after two trips consecutive to India, decides to settle in New Delhi. Based in the capital of India, she dedicates herself for two years only to delve into the study and self-investigation of hata yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Bhakti yoga and to develop with her Guru Mohan Karki special trainings for WESTERN instructors following a traditional Indian school with ancestral contents and pure philosophy.
Today she is one of the few authorized teachers in Latin America (Mat. 12107/18) 500hrs RYT by Holistic Healthcare foundation society INDIA, for grant through said institution the certification of YOGA ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL INDIA. (Trainings of 50hrs, 100hrs and 200hrs).
Although she has studied and practiced many styles with different teachers (even traveling to Mumbai, Pune, Goa) her personal practice is traditional ASHTANGA YOGA, Pattabhi Jois´s Lineage.
In India, she had been working for Holistic healthcare Foundation Society – in corporate Yoga, taught in-service classes in the field of Afghan and Tibetan refugees.
Today, teaching courses in Brazil, Argentina, and returning to India constantly, she begins to dictate formations and workshops for all those who want to start a path of practice and expansion of this discipline.
Maia wird ab Juli bis September 2022 bei uns als Lehrer zu Gast sein.
Sat Inder S. Khalsa
KPJAYI Mysore Authorized Level 1
Sat Inder S. Khalsa begann im Jahr 2000 Ashtanga Yoga zu Hause zu praktizieren. Später in diesem Jahr traf er Sri K. Pattabhi Jois und seinen Enkel Sharat R. Jois in Boulder, Colorado für einen zweiwöchigen Workshop. Zwischen 2000 und 2008 traf er Pattabhi und Sharath zweimal auf ihren Tourneen und praktizierte mit Nancy Gilgoff, Richard Freeman sowie einigen anderen renommierten Lehrern bei verschiedenen Gelegenheiten.
2008 verließ er den Ashtangaweg und studierte vier Jahre lang andere Yogastile, um dann Anfang 2012 wieder die Ashtangapraxis aufzunehmen. Im gleichen Jahr traf er auf Kino McGregor bei der Ashtanga Confluence, wo er auch 2013 mit Mark Robberds, Nancy Gilgoff und einigen anderen praktizierte. Dort reifte schlussendlich die Entscheidung nach Mysore zu gehen, um mit Sharath zu studieren. Seither gilt dieser als sein Lehrer und Sat Inder reiste bislang fünf Mal nach Mysore um unter seiner Aufsicht zu praktizieren. Im Dezember 2016 erhielt er von dem gegenwärtigen Linienhalter R. Sharath Jois die Autorisierung, die Ashtanga Methode zu unterrichten. Seitdem ist er nicht mehr in die USA zurückgekehrt. Sat Inder lebt und unterrichtet heute in Mysore, Indien sowie in Deutschland und weiteren Orten.
Sat Inder wird ab November 2020 bis Januar 2022 bei uns als Lehrer zu Gast sein.
Ashtanga Mysore with Liz Carrasquel
KPJAYI Mysore Authorized Level 1
June til end of August 2019
Liz started practicing Yoga in her teens 15 years ago in Venezuela.
At the start she practiced different styles of yoga, but already four years later found Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga while living in California where she had the chance to practice with Tim Miller. Several years later she felt privileged to take part in his teacher training.
Another big influence in her Ashtanga Yoga path has been Lino Miele, whom she considers an endless source of inspiration and guidance in her journey.
Furthermore her studies in the Ashtanga methodology have been developed in Sri K. Pattabhi Jois‘ Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore, India, where she has practiced with Sharat Jois as well as his mother Saraswathi.
Currently she lives in Venezuela where she teaches and practices everyday with love and devotion at her own yoga studio called Samasthitih in the city of Caracas, Venezuela.
Kiril Yordanov
Kiril Yordanov
KPJAYI Mysore Authorized Level 1
Kiril believes in the ancient principle of Guru-Shishya Paramparā – the transmission of spiritual knowledge from teacher to student. His immediate interest in the science of Yoga has emerged after accidentally reading the BHAGAVAD GITA in 2012. Fascinated by the thorough parallels between the Daoist principles of following the natural way (Dao) with equanimity of Lao Tzu in Dao De Jing and the ideas of Abhyasa (practice without expectations) and Vairagya (detachment) in the Gita led to him embarking on his Yoga Journey.
He is deeply honored to study with the current lineage holder of Ashtanga Yoga tradition. Since 2015 he made 5 consecutive trips of 2 to 3 months each to the source of the Tradition – the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute (KPJAYI) in Mysore, India.
In 2017 Kiril received the blessings from ParamaGuru Sharath Jois (Authorized Level 1) to teach the traditional Ashtanga Yoga method. In the last 3 seasons (2017, ’18, ‘19) Kiril has been truly grateful for the opportunity to assist Guru Sharath in the KPJAYI Shala. This has been unimaginable learning and humbling experience, facilitating silently the practice of amazing people from all over the world and receiving with deep appreciation the direct instructions from the Guru.
Monica Marinoni
Traditionelles Ashtanga Mysore mit Monica Marinoni
Monica wurde in Mailand, Italien, geboren. 1995 zog sie nach Auroville, eine internationale Gemeinschaft in Südindien. Sie begann Ashtanga Yoga im Jahr 1999 bei der anerkannten Ashtanga-Yoga-Lehrerin Karen Haberman zu praktizieren. Zu ihren Lehrern gehörten auch Rolf Naujokat, Tim Miller, Dena Kingsberg und David Swenson. Seit 2001 praktizierte sie unter der Leitung von Sri K. Pattabhi Jois und seinem Enkel Sharath am Krishna Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga-Institut in Mysore, Indien wo sie einige Monate im Jahr studiert.
Monica hat die Level 2 Autorisierung vom Institut erhalten, um die gesamte Intermediate Serie des Ashtanga-Systems zu unterrichten. Sie studiert derzeit die 3. / Advanced A-Serie mit Sharath Jois.
Von 2004 bis 2016 unterhielt sie eine Ashtanga Yoga-Shala in Auroville, Indien. Von 2017 bis 2018 eröffnete und leitete sie `Mysore Berlin Ashtanga Yoga` in Berlin. Zudem reist sie seit 2007 regelmäßig als Gastlehrerin um die Welt.
Monica assistierte Sharath Jois 2010 und 2012 für einige Monate in der Shala in Mysore und nahm 2009 und 2014 an seinen Spezialkursen für Lehrer teil.
Monica unterrichtet mit Liebe und Hingabe und kümmert sich zutiefst um die Praxis und ihre Schüler.
Eloisa Fernandez Iskandar
I was born and raised in Caracas Venezuela, and started to practice ashtanga there with Liz Carrasquel in 2011. Since then I dedicated my life entirely to it, not only to the asanas but to the whole spiritual aspects that it involves. I used to practice other styles before, but it was this method the one that really made a difference in me.
Since 2013 I started to travel to Mysore to practice under the guidance of Sharath Jois. His discipline and devotion for the practice were my inspiration to go deeper in this journey and continue to practice every single day. Since then I kept going to Mysore every year and in 2016 I received his blessing to teach the practice in his tradition.
Yoga helped me to become a more centered and focused person, cultivate healthy relationships with my family and friends, have a peaceful routine with less stress and become aware of the power from the actions that I decide to take, because they are the ones that will transform my life.
Before yoga I used to be a preschool teacher in a constructivist school where teachers and kids builded the knowledge together by creating meaningful experiences that allowed the kids to apply what they were learning to real life and adapting every activity to their particular needs and interests. That’s why I fell in love with Mysore Style, because it is a place to build a practice which adapts to everyone’s particular needs and help them develop by allowing the practice to mold to every person’s different body and mind.
I started teaching Ashtanga Mysore Style in the living room of my house in Barcelona in 2014 after that I decided to move with my former partner to Gdansk – Poland and we opened the first ashtanga school in the city, introduced the mysore style and builded together a community of practitioners. I have had the great opportunity of teaching with very experienced teachers like Laruga Glasser, Przemek Nadoldy, Steve Lapham, Ricardo Martinez, and also assisted Sharath Jois in KPJAYI this year in February.
The most important for me is that I’m married to the practice, I do it every morning without excuses, because I’m convinced that to share yoga with other students the most important is to have enough experience which is given by the self practice, this meaning not just the asanas but the practice of having a clean body a clean mind and a healthy lifestyle.
Every year when I go to Mysore I assist to Philosophy and chanting classes with Dr. M. Jeyashree and Prof. M. Narasimha in Anatha Research Foundation, thanks to this I have learned to see reality in a more clear way and find peace in the most difficult moments.
In my free time I love to cook and share with my friends, watch stand up comedies, go the nature and enjoy a nice view, drink coffee, go for scooter rides and eat peanut butter with dates.
Steve Lapham
It was in 1998 that Ashtanga yoga came into my life, and I would have to say that it was just in time. Life for me was pretty crazy at that point and if I hadn’t found the therapy of the daily practice Ashtanga provides, then it would probably be a different story for me today. There is something very special that happens to a person when the practice takes hold, & this is what I wish to share with you.
In 2002, I first began practice with Sri K Pattabhi Jois and R. Sharath Jois on their tour in New Zealand. The late Guruji really inspired me and since 2004 I have been returning to Mysore deepening my connection to Ashtanga at its source by continuing with Sharath. In 2010, my dedication to the practice was recognized by Sharath & I was then selected for his level 2 (full intermediate series) training for authorised students.
Today, my daily practice includes the 4th series and the Ashtanga pranayama sequence. I am so passionate about these systems and believe in their efficacy towards ultimate health, that I continue to study classical Yoga philosophy, Sanskrit and Ayurveda and bring these practices of my direct experience into the class.
Spending time with people who inspire me like Rolf Naujokat and other senior practitioners keep the juices flowing and to whom I am also indebted for the dedication of these yogis.
