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Astanga Adaptations - workshop
During the weekend, we will learn about Ashtanga yoga, focusing on individual needs.
-In accordance with the early thinking of Trimulai Krisnamachari: “Yoga must always be adapted to the needs of the individual.” Also in the early days of Ashtanga, Pattabhi Jois’ teaching, the asana series was deviated from, varied, and changed to be more suitable for the individual. Krisnamachari used yoga as a component of the Ayurveda he practiced, as a means of limb correction, and as a therapeutic tool. The Ashtanga adaptations workshop is interested in the practice as a tool for bodywork, and how it can affect the characteristics of the body.
The course is suitable for those who have practiced Ashtanga before. The aim is to stimulate critical observation, if any phase of the exercise is useful, useless or harmful. Based on the observations, alternatives are suggested to improve the exercise response. There may also be a need to identify and correct work-related problems, work postures and the adverse effects of one-sided loading. Even with fairly small changes, the Ashtanga asana series can be better targeted at problem areas.
About the director
Long-term manual worker
I started practicing Ashtanga in 2000, and in 2003 I started working as a tutor at community colleges. Teaching yoga became my main job at community colleges from 2003 to 2009, after which I became an entrepreneur. Other styles I practiced and taught include classical hatha and kundalini yoga. I stopped teaching Ashtanga at that time due to hamstring injuries. After that, practicing Ashtanga was occasional, lightened up and applied. In 2006 I graduated as a sports massage therapist. Yoga as a hobby and profession became very rare, as I focused on manual therapy, and I trained further, for example, in acupuncture and as an MST back therapist. Working as a bodyworker taught me that a method, means or tool that suits one person does not necessarily suit another. People differ quite a lot in their physiologies, even in terms of their tissue type, and the methods must be adapted to the current state of the target tissue. It is therefore good to have several tools in your toolbox. My background as a masseuse and bodyworker is reflected in the way I teach yoga, and I use assistance and alignment quite a lot in my Ashtanga instruction.
