Scott Johnson - Illuminate your Practice

We are very happy to announce that SCOTT JOHNSON (London | Stillpoint Yoga) will be back again teaching in Cologne! 
This year you can join him for a 5 day ASHTANGA YOGA & MINDFULNESS IMMERSION where you have the possiblity to illuminate your practice in different levels.

For many of us our yoga practice is deeply important to us. It can make us feel like we’re flying, and yet there are so many things that come up through the process of practice itself. It’s these processes, those things that challenge us, that can be the most profound.

Illuminate your practice

Wherever you are, whatever you bring, this Ashtanga Yoga immersion will shine a light on your practice, illuminating what’s coming up, and explore different ways of moving through it, whether you are working with an injury, feel a little stuck in your practice, or feel like you’re flying.

This immersion is for all practitioners of yoga to discover their own way of practicing this profound system of yoga. To see how the wider teachings of yoga and mindfulness can deeply influence your practice.

Scott will draw on his 18 years of experience teaching Mysore Ashtanga Yoga and Mindfulness to shine a light on your yoga practice and help you discover something fresh…

What you will gain from the immersion

Over the intensive you will gain insight into your own patterns of practice and how to move in your own unique way. If working with pain or injuries there will be fresh light on how to alleviate and work with these issues. We will use the wider context of anatomy, mindfulness and philosophy to see how we can notice things in a fresh way. This will also help you to see the practice of yoga in a wider context to your life.

Program:

Wednesday 22.03. - Sunday 26.03.
07:00 - 10:00  Mindfulness Meditation | Pranayama | Mysore

Afternoon Workshop  Saturday 25.03. 
13:00 - 15:30  WHERE PHILOSOPHY MEETS THE BODY - Uncovering the physical, psychological and spiritual aspects of an ashtanga yoga practice.

The foundational aspect of yoga practice always comes back to this: we are cultivating deeper layers of awareness into what it means to be human. And even though the yoga we know and practice the most is physical, we are always cultivating two other aspects of practice: the psychological and the spiritual.

This workshop will look at the physical practice of ashtanga yoga from the lens of yoga philosophy. We will see that if we can integrate common philosophical principles into our movement practice then balance, alignment and a deeper felt sense awareness will be uncovered.

Afternoon Workshop Sunday 26.03.
13:00 - 15:30 THE ART OF TRANSITIONING - Slowing down the practice to find the deeper movement

The ashtanga yoga practice is based on vinyasa, the art of movement and sequence. We will work on developing, through the lens of the movements of the primary and intermediate series, the ability to see ourselves through the process of vinyasa,. How we experience insight into how breath and the fluid movement in ashtanga yoga wakes us up to what it means to practice and what practice actually is.

We will see that the paradox of an ashtanga yoga practice is the ability to slow down and refine movement into one of transitioning our own unique patterns.

We will also take a gentle look at how the Sanskrit counting method holds the practice together. We will look to see how the count is the basis of realisation of the present moment in practice and work on techniques in particular postures and vinyasas to allow us to let go of effort.

All levels welcome. Previous experience with Ashtanga Yoga is recommended.

Pricing | *Early bird (incoming payment till: 31. January)
 . Complete Immersion (Wednesday - Sunday):  360 € | *330 €
 . Only Weekend (Saturday & Sunday):  190 € | *175 €
 . Single Workshop units:  55 € (Meditation, Pranayama & Mysore = 1 unit / Afternoon Workshop = 1 unit)
(20% discount für Santosha Yoga students with 6-/9-/12-flatrate | not valid for single Workshop units

Learn more about SCOTT

Scott has been director and senior teacher at Stillpoint since he co-founded it in 2009 as Stillpoint Yoga London, with the late Ozge Karabiyik. He has dedicated himself to sharing the practice of yoga each weekday morning since then.

Scott has been practising yoga since 1998, and teaching Ashtanga yoga since 2003. He’s one of only a few Ashtanga teachers to both be authorised in the primary and intermediate series by Manju Jois and be given senior teacher status by John Scott.

Scott is registered as a senior yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance UK and has also undergone extensive training with Clear Mind International, gaining their level 1, 2 & 3 certificate in Mindfulness and Compassion. Scott’s years of dedicated and committed teaching each morning has led Stillpoint to become a highly respected central London Ashtanga yoga shala. He meets everyone who comes and looks to create long-term relationships, integrating the practice of yoga and embodied mindfulness as a way of meeting the world.

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Cancellation policy

A binding registration takes place on the day of receipt of payment. In case of cancellation by the participant, the following participation fees will be refunded:
- Up to 2 weeks before: 80%
- In case of a later cancellation a refund is not possible.

Minimum participants: 6

If the minimum number of participants is not reached, we reserve the right to cancel the workshop.