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 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 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 lessons, and is the best place to learn Ashtanga yoga in Goa, India.
Basia is an earnest practitioner and authorized instructor (2004) of the Ashtanga Vinyasa System. She co-founded Ashtanga Yoga Japan (www.ashtanga.jp), the Museum Tokyo Performance Space (www.museumtokyo.com) and assisted in the expansion of the international Yoga center in Tokyo( www.iyc.jp) as well the Ashtanga Yoga Studio (www.astanga.pl) in Warsaw, Poland. She is currently teaching in Oslo , Norway.
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Basia is an earnest practitioner and authorized instructor (2004) of the Ashtanga Vinyasa System. She co-founded Ashtanga Yoga Japan (www.ashtanga.jp), the Museum Tokyo Performance Space (www.museumtokyo.com) and assisted in the expansion of the international Yoga center in Tokyo( www.iyc.jp) as well the Ashtanga Yoga Studio (www.astanga.pl) in Warsaw, Poland. She is currently teaching in Oslo , Norway.
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Clayton Horton is the Director of Greenpath Yoga in San Francisco California. He is a student of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and the Greensufi. His practice is rooted in the Ashtanga Tradition and daily meditation. He received formal teaching authorization from the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute of Mysore, South India in 2003. He has been a student of yoga for over 20 years and began teaching in 1996.
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This is a rare opportunity to work closely with Sharath Rangaswamy, grandson of the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois who recently passed away.
PLEASE NOTE: The workshop requires full knowledge of the entire Ashtanga Primary Series and an established self-practice. Sharath has also requested that participants have worked with him or his grandfather at some time in the past - this can be at one of the workshops on their World Tours, or in Mysore.
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Noah Williams is one of the handful of Certified Ashtanga teachers From the USA.
He began daily study under Tim Miller at the Ashtanga Yoga Center in Encinitas,California in 1993. At Tim's suggestion , Noah first traveled to Mysore to study with Sri.K.Pattabhi Jois in 1995, travelling yearly thereafter and obtaining certification in 2001.He was involved in the opening of the Ashtanga Yoga Shala in Los Angeles and has hosted Sri.K.Pattabhi Jois and R.Sharath over the past few years on their trips to California.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS STILL SOME AVAILABILITY FOR WEEK 2. CONTACT info@yogagoa.com for more information
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Nancy is one of the best known and experienced teachers of Ashtanga Yoga having arrived with the first westerners to practice with K.Pattabhi Jois in Mysore,India more than 30 years ago. As a result of her close association with Pattabhi Jois, Nancy is able to teach with the style and touch that was transmitted directly from Guruji. Nancy is also a student of Baba Hari Das and various Iyengar teachers. She is the director of the House of Yoga and Zen on Maui.
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Petri Raisanen is internationally known and respected as one of Ashtanga yoga's new generation of teachers. He is a devoted student of his Guru, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, who has authorized Petri to teach, and Petri carefully passes on his Guru's exact teachings.
Petri started practicing Ashtanga yoga in 1988 and 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.
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Petri Raisanen is internationally known and respected as one of Ashtanga yoga's new generation of teachers. He is a devoted student of his Guru, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, who has authorized Petri to teach, and Petri carefully passes on his Guru's exact teachings.
Petri started practicing Ashtanga yoga in 1988 and 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.
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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.
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Tarik is one of the few western yoga teachers based in Tokyo, Japan where he gives daily classes at his Shala MysoreTokyo in the heart of Tokyo and also at TokyoYoga. He has taught in Europe, North America, Africa and throught Asia. Tarik is committed to making the practice accessible to everyone. He emphasizes the importance of beginners starting with Mysore style classes and of working with students , one on one, to develope a practice that is ideal for their continued health, vitality and growth
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Louise Ellis is one of the few women to have been certified by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois to teach ashtanga vinyasa yoga. Her background spans over 35 years of both practice and teaching in several systems of yoga. American by birth she is currently based in Rishikesh, India and travels extensively to share her love of this powerful and healing practice. Her years of experience are evident in her individualized approach to teaching, which centers on the development of pratyahara and ease in daily practice through the use of breath, drishti and and attitude of surrender and bhakti. She believes that the practice of ashtanga can be life long, enduring and enjoyable at all stages of the process.
AVAILABLE AS A ONE, TWO OR THREE WEEK COURSE
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Louise Ellis is one of the few women to have been certified by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois to teach ashtanga vinyasa yoga. Her background spans over 35 years of both practice and teaching in several systems of yoga. American by birth she is currently based in Rishikesh, India and travels extensively to share her love of this powerful and healing practice. Her years of experience are evident in her individualized approach to teaching, which centers on the development of pratyahara and ease in daily practice through the use of breath, drishti and and attitude of surrender and bhakti. She believes that the practice of ashtanga can be life long, enduring and enjoyable at all stages of the process.
AVAILABLE AS A ONE, TWO OR THREE WEEK COURSE
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