Fri 30.3. / 3pm - Sun 15.4. / 3pm

Special Yoga Programm on Easter

In-depth yoga practice, building up energy for body and mind.
Relax and enjoy the fresh mountain air, silent walks.
Light organic meals and a variety of yoga topics.

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Fri 30.3 / 3pm - Sun 1.4 / 3pm
Yoga Relaxation Days

Take the time to experience moments of deep relaxation for body, mind and spirit.
Gentle yoga classes for all levels create the basis for health and strengthen the nervous system.
The causes and effects of stress are discussed in a workshop. Using various meditation exercises, relaxation is slowly transformed into inner balance. Enjoy a peaceful yoga vacation in the mountains.

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Fri 30.3. / 3pm - Sun 1.4. / 3pm*
The Yogic Diet

The Vegetarian Alternative.

Fast food and processed food, food with low nutritional value or containing high levels of fats, salt and sugar
are a staple part of the modern diet. Various diseases are the result. In cooking workshops you will get lots
of new ideas on how to improve your diet while remaining in harmony with the ideal of nonviolence and with ecology.
Topics include a variety of recipes for busy people, energy-giving breakfast recipes, light dinners for a
sounder sleep, diet and its effects on the mind.
The daily practice of yoga and meditation sensitises body and mind, promoting a healthy lifestyle.

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Mon 2.4 / 3pm – Fri 6.4 / 3pm
Yoga Fitness

This programme focuses on strengthening body and mind for all-round health.

Yoga asanas provide an optimal development of muscle strength and flexibility. This is excellent prevention
against posture faults such as lordosis, kyphosis or scoliosis, and helps improve existing posture faults.
In addition to learning the natural resting breath, you will learn pranayama breathing exercises that
systematically increase your vital capacity. Relaxation exercises strengthen the nervous and immune systems.
Enjoy the energising vegetarian food, specially adapted to the yoga practice.

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Mon 2.4 / 3pm – Fri 6.4 / 3pm
Sivananda Beginners Guide to Yoga
The proven basic guide from the Sivananda Yoga Centres

THEORY:

• Basic principles of yoga for integral health
• Overcoming stress
• Step-by-step relaxation

PRACTICE:

• Abdominal breathing, deep breathing and pranayama
• Better flexibility through the Sun Salutation
• Basic postures with preliminary exercises and deep relaxation
• Introduction to concentration and meditation

Textbook: Sivananda Beginner’s Guide to Yoga

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Fri 6.4 / 3pm - Mon 9.4 / 3pm *
Meditation Techniques from the Yoga Sutras

The famous verses of the sage Patanjali are an integral guide to the physical, mental and spiritual levels of the meditation practice.

Lectures with Swami Durgananda, Yoga-Acharya

• The basics of concentration and meditation
• Various methods for controlling the mind
• Overcoming obstacles in meditation

Swami Durgananda, Yoga Acharya, is a senior student of Swami Vishnudevananda and director of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres in Europe. Her practical and intuitive style of teaching is the result of intensive practice and over 30 years of teaching experience.

Textbook: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with a commentary by Swami Durgananda.

 

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Fri 6.4 / 3pm - Mon 9.4 / 3pm *
Agonist - Antagonist

Workshops and lectures with Swami Sivadasananda, Yoga-Acharya.

The strength of the agonist ("player") and flexibility of the antagonist ("opponent") determine the mobility of the joints. In longer, intensive asana classes we will practice a selection of classical asana sequences with detailed corrections.
With a new PowerPoint presentation on anatomical details of muscles and joints.
Asana workshop topics: forward bends and hip-opening asanas, backward bends and lateral bends as well as twisting asanas.

Swami Sivadasananda, Yoga Acharya and senior student of Swami Vishnudevananda, has taught at workshops and Teachers’ Training Courses around the world for many years. He is a dynamic and very precise instructor with profound knowledge.

Textbook: The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga by Swami Vishnudevananda.
Participation in the asana workshops is also possible on a day-by-day basis.

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Fri 6.4. / 3pm - Mon 9.4. / 3pm
Asana-Workshops with Prema

A detailed look at advanced asana variations for the development of strength, flexibility and inner stability.

• Balancing postures and inner balance
• Deeper relaxation through conscious stretching
• Advanced inverted postures
• Pose and counter pose, muscle length and muscle strength

Prema is from Argentina. Besides being an inspiring practitioner and teacher of yoga in Taiwan, she also posed as models for the illustrations in the new Sivananda book, Yoga: Your Home Practice Companion.

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Sat 7.4 / 3pm - Sun 8.4 / 10pm
Consciousness beyond Life

Research into near-death experiences in cardiac arrest has led to a new concept of enhanced consciousness.
Two evening lectures with Pim van Lommel PhD, cardiologist, the Netherlands.

• Enhanced consciousness beyond the conventional concept of time and space
• Brain and Consciousness
• Near-death experience and mystical experiences from different world religions

Pim van Lommel, M.D., worked from 1977-2003 as a cardiologist in a 800-bed Teaching Hospital in Arnhem, the Netherlands, and is now doing full-time research on the mind-brain relation. He started his research on near-death experiences (NDE) in survivors of cardiac arrest in 1986 and published his studies and findings in his book “Consciousness beyond Life”. The focus of his current research is the connection between the mind and the brain.

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Fri 6.4 / 3pm - Mon 9.4 / 3pm *
Further Training for Yoga Teachers
Yoga Body Work

Asana corrections for intermediate and advanced students

>> Further Training for Yoga Teachers

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Mon 9.4. / 3pm - Fri 13.4. / 3pm
Yoga Retreat: Body-Mind-Balance

• Develop a new body awareness
• Conscious breathing brings new energy
• Eat nutritiously and responsibly
• Develop a fit and beautiful body
• Boost your energy and vitality at any stage of life
• Increase your powers of concentration and discipline
• Reduce stress and experience peace of mind

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Mon 9.4. / 3pm - Fri 13.4. / 3pm
Yoga and Mountain Magic

A yoga and hiking vacation in the majestic Kitzbühel Mountains offers both active recreation and a pleasant escape from our hectic lives.

Several approx. 2-hour hikes with like-minded people are complemented by daily yoga classes in which we delve into the true nature of body and mind.

We will go on excursions to the most beautiful corners of the region:
Bichlach: Rolling hills of meadow and forest around the Vogelsberger and Gieringer ponds.
Venedigerblick, a fabulous hiking route: Zefirau, Schleier waterfall, Ebner chapel, goat farm.
Astbergweg: High-elevation hike with breath-taking views of the Wilder Kaiser and the Kitzbühel mountains.
Other possible excursions: Hike in the Hohe Tauern and visit to the Mittersill National Park.
Trips to Gaudeamus Hut on Wilder Kaiser and to the Krimmler waterfalls.

You can join this active yoga vacation at any time. Please bring hiking shoes and raingear. Der Einstieg in diesen Yoga-Aktivurlaub ist jederzeit möglich. Bitte bringen Sie Wanderschuhe und Regenschutz mit.

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Fri 13.4. / 3pm - Sun 15.4. / 3pm
The Yoga Lifestyle

Learn how to turn your yoga practice into a yoga lifestyle.

The harmonious processes of the classical asana sequence such as pose and counterpose, as well as posture, breathing and relaxation, bring harmony and rhythm to our daily lives. The yoga exercise plan for busy people gives new ideas for personal time management. The topics “Developing willpower” and “Inner strength through meditation” help to relate the psychological aspects of yoga to one’s own experiences in life. The cooking workshop teaches how to prepare healthy dishes and snacks suitable for people on the go.

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Fri 13.4. / 3pm - Sun 15.4. / 3pm *
Ayurveda, Yoga and Health

You learn the basics of Ayurveda and the Ayurvedic science of nutrition, including many recipes and tips for your body type.

The physical and mental characteristics of the three body types – Vata, Pitta, Kapha – are explained. In addition to the yogic guidelines for optimal nutrition, you will learn how to find the ideal balance of the six food tastes. A workshop on typical spices, their effects and constitution-related uses prepares you for the Ayurveda cooking course: Together, we prepare an Ayurvedic menu with grains, vegetables, pulses, salad and dessert.