The usual yoga course is 2 weeks and offers 6 morning yoga classes and 4 afternoon classes weekly of various content according to the teacher and session.
It is most beneficial for students to take the full 2-week yoga course, if life schedules do not permit this, we take one week bookings for the first week only.
Students should aim to arrive on Saturday between 14.00 and 17.00, the first class of the yoga course is Sunday morning and the last class is on a Friday morning, with departures on the last Saturday by 10.00.
Purple Valley specialises in Ashtanga yoga courses, and is the best place to learn Ashtanga yoga in Goa, India.
All course prices , both residential and non residential, include 3 delicious vegetarian meals a day and full use of the retreat facilities.
Clayton Horton is an experienced and inspiring Ashtanga Yoga Teacher. His teaching style is known to be traditional yet light hearted, relaxed and welcoming. Clayton specializes in teaching beginners as well as intermediate and advanced students. He has been a dedicated student of yoga for over 26 years. He is a student of the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and the Greensufi. His practice is rooted in the Ashtanga tradition and daily meditation. Clayton made his first trip to Mysore, India to study with Guruji and Sharath in 1996. He received formal teaching Authorization from the KPJ Ashtanga Yoga Institute of Mysore, South India in 2003 and received Level 2 Authorization in 2010. more details »
R. Alexander Medin is a native of Oslo, Norway where he grew up pursuing many different talents. He became Norwegian Champion in boxing at 18, but then gave it up for a career as a ballet dancer. He was first introduced to Ashtanga Yoga in 1995 and it's been part of his daily practice since. After many visits to Mysore, he was granted a Certification to teach Ashtanga Yoga by Pattabhi Jois in 2002. In 2004, he completed his post-graduate degree in Sanskrit and Indian Religions and has since taught Yoga in many places around the world. more details »
Jeff and Harmony are dedicated students of Ashtanga Yoga. They are “Authorized” by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (Guruji) to teach the traditional Ashtanga Yoga method, as it is taught in Mysore, South India. They have been blessed to study directly under Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, and Sharath Rangaswamy, as well as pranayama master Sri O. P. Tiwari, of Kaivalyadhama Institute. more details »
David Keil and Gretchen Suarez are experienced Ashtanga yoga practitioners and teachers. David has a deep knowledge of anatomy, kinesiology and bodywork. He has developed a fun and informal style of teaching yoga-anatomy to students and teachers all over the world. David and Gretchen share techniques of practice that will help you take your practice to the next level. His first trip to Mysore, India was in 2002 where he began his study with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and R. Sharath. David and his wife Gretchen returned almost every year and are both authorized level 2 teachers of the method more details »
Dena has been studying and practicing traditional ashtanga yoga for over 25 years. Having completed the fourth series she has been certified to teach by Sri K.Pattabhi Jois of Mysore South India.
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Darby & Joanne have been practicing Ashtanga Yoga for over 30 years. They began their practice with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, the master of Ashtanga Yoga, in 1979 when they spent four years in Mysore, India. They are part of the few teachers worldwide who have attained the highest level of Ashtanga Yoga teaching accreditation and are certified by Pattabhi Jois to teach the original Ashtanga method. They give workshops all over Europe, Canada and the United States. more details »

Kino MacGregor is one of the few people in the United States to receive Certification to teach Ashtanga Yoga from its founder Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. She and her husband, Tim Feldmann, are the founders of the Miami Life Center (www.miamilifecenter.com). She has produced five Ashtanga Yoga DVDs, a line of jewelry and yoga mats, is the author of Sacred Fire (Harmony Publishers) and The Power of Ashtanga Yoga (Shambhala Publishers), and is the founder of Miami Yoga Magazine. Her popular YouTube channel is a resource for yoga practitioners worldwide (www.youtube.com/KinoYoga), reaching nearly a million views per month. Her website is www.kinoyoga.com. Tim's teaching integrates his extensive study of Alexander Technique with 20 years of experience as a professional dancer and an internationally acclaimed choreographer.
THIS IS A 2 WEEK COURSE.
IMORTANT: All students must practice Ashtanga Yoga to join the course. All levels of Mysore practitioners welcome, but no total beginners to Ashtanga Yoga
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Petri Raisanen is internationally known and respected as one of Ashtanga Yoga's new generation of teachers. He was a devoted student of the late Guru, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, who authorized Petri to teach and Petri carefully passes on his Guru's exact teachings. Petri started practicing Ashtanga yoga in 1988 and teaching in 1990. He is co-owner and director of Ashtanga Yoga Helsinki, one of the world's largest Yoga Shalas, which he founded with his friend Juha Javanainen in 1997 more details »
Petri Raisanen is internationally known and respected as one of Ashtanga Yoga's new generation of teachers. He was a devoted student of the late Guru, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, who authorized Petri to teach and Petri carefully passes on his Guru's exact teachings. Petri started practicing Ashtanga yoga in 1988 and teaching in 1990. He is co-owner and director of Ashtanga Yoga Helsinki, one of the world's largest Yoga Shalas, which he founded with his friend Juha Javanainen in 1997 more details »
David Robson is the director of the Ashtanga Yoga Centre of Toronto. With 100+ students each morning, he leads one of the world's largest Mysore programs. After completing a degree in Comparative Religion, David made his first trip to Mysore, India in 2002, where he initiated studies with his teacher, Sharath Jois. Since then he has returned annually to deepen and enrich his practice and teaching. David teaches workshops and retreats around the world, and he recently released a popular DVD on vinyasa, Learn To Float. He is Level-2 Authorized by the Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute more details »
Michael Gannon is one of the shining new international teachers in the area of yoga and transformation. His clear understanding and the unique teaching style of the original vinyasa system supports the idea that yoga's awakening powers-- physical, mental and spiritual-- are available to all, slowly, slowly, through daily practices. Michael is committed to teaching beginners and more advanced students the traditional Mysore style yoga practice as well as meditation to experience these transformations more details »
Joey came to yoga in 1998 after a mis-spent youth pursuing the circus, martial arts and physical theatre. While at Goldsmiths University of London he directed the Yoga Society for 3 years, took up Aikido and sat regularly with the FWBO (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order). He taught for several years at Astanga Yoga London assisting Hemish and also at Tri-Yoga. Lately Joey has set up his Shala studio in Leeds and on a recently visit to Mysore and assisting Sharat he received Authorisation Level 2, meaning he now blessing to teach the full Intermediate Series. Through his teaching he bring clarity and emphasis to sound alignment within the ashtanga system, thereby demonstrating the unity among different schools of yoga more details »