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WORKSHOPS AND
DROP-IN CLASSES

From the beginning of November through the end of April, FREE FLOW YOGA SPACE houses a series of workshops on hatha-yoga, qi-gong and Taoist energy practices. Please see the schedule for the upcoming season below.

Between the workshops, the flow of yoga continues. Throughout the season, English and Russian-speaking resident teachers will lead regular drop-in classes on Ashtanga Vinyasa and Iengar Yoga, and hatha yoga universal style.
Morning classes typically start at 9:30 a.m.

YOGA AT THE FREE FLOW
SEASON 2006-2007

(The dates of the workshops will be finalized in September, when the schedule of the charter flights to Goa will appear)
Teacher: Raisa Mansurova (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Theoretical basis and practical methods of maintaining good health.
Tapping the reserves of human abilities and development of spiritality.
B.K.S. IENGAR YOGA AS IT IS
Teachers: Tatyana Tolochkova and Vitaly Litvinov, B.K.S. Iengar Yoga Center (Moscow)
This workshop will be interesting to both intermediate and beginner B.K.S. Iengar yoga practitioners. All asanas will be divided in groups, as it is common in B.K.S. Iengar yoga. The groups of asanas will be taught consecutively from simpler to more complicated ones.
During theory classes, various existing types of yoga will be discussed. Particular attention will be paid to the explanation of principles and features of B.K.S. Iengar yoga.
ASHTANGA VINYASA YOGA AS TAUGHT BY SRI K. PATTABHI JOIS
Teachers: Mikhail Konstantinov (Ashtanga Yoga Center, Moscow) and Yana McBride (Byron Bay, Australia)
Six days of traditional ashtanga vinyasa yoga, one day off and four days of vinyasa flow. Practioners of any level are welcome.
Beginners will be offered basic asanas, experienced praticioners will work on more advanced versions.

PURNA YOGA (part I)
Teachers: M.Madavan (yoga therapyst, hatha yoga and pranayama teacher, Tamil Nadu, India), Ilya Zhuravlev and Mikhail Baranov (Ashtanga Yoga Center, Moscow)
First week - intensive practice with Dr.Madhavan!
Asanas: South and North Indian styles, sukshma vyyama (Dhirendra Brahmachari school). Shatkarmas: Traditional cleansing practices of hatha yoga.
Yoga nidra & cyclic meditation: Deep relaxation techniques.
Lectures on ayurveda and yogic diet.
Shows of yoga videos and spiritual movies.

PURNA YOGA (part II)
Teachers: Ilya Zhuravlev and Mikhail Baranov (Ashtanga Yoga Center, Moscow)
Continuation of the first workshop. Participation only in the second part possible.

ASANA – PRANAYAMA – MEDITATION
Teachers: Achalanatha (Sergei Babkin) and Anandabhairavi (Olga Lyubomirskaya), Santosha school of hatha yoga (Moscow)
Body-based practices leading to awakening of consciousness and full control of energy flow and state of mind.
Morning session: sukshma-vyayama and pranayama.
Evening session: theory and practice of intermediate level.

HATHA YOGA
Teacher: Denis Zaenchkovsky (Ashtanga Yoga Center, Moscow)
Intermediate level practice for advanced practicioners
Static and dynamic practice of yoga asanas (vinyasa and vyyama).
Simple pranayamas. Banhas and nauli.
Theory: Tension release points, concentration in asanas, fixations.

KUNDALINI / ASHTANGA - DYNAMIC VINYASA YOGA
Teachers: Gary Barrero (NY, USA) and Charlotte Dodson (Sydney, Australia)
Kundalini kriyas and meditations: Awaken true self, purify, expand aura, open heart and connect with soul.
Ashtanga vinyasa: Vigorous asana practice to build inner strength and flexibility of body and mind.
Satsang: Evening chants in Sanskrit, Gurmukhi and English

INWARD TRIP
Teachers: Tatyana Tolochkova, B.K.S. Iengar Yoga Center (Moscow)
Building the asana structure as one of the principles of Iengar Yoga.
Dynamic practices of Iengar Yoga.
Body as a tool of working with consciousness.
Breathing and pranayama as the means of controlling the state of mind.

YOGA AND SELF-REALIZATION
Teacher: Olga Zvontsova, certified teacher of Iengar Yoga (Yekaterinburg)
Practice and theory of yoga. B.K.S. Iengar school of hatha yoga.
In-depth study of basic yogic techniques and asanas.
Particularities of yoga practice for women.
Yoga for children aged 6-12 (upon demand).

HEALTHY SPINE
Teacher: Leonid Gartsenshtein (Kishinev, Moldova)
Main reasons of spine pathology.
Spine correction through yoga therapy.
Risk-free approach to yoga practice from the point of view of spinal health.

AWAKENING KUNDALINI SHAKTI
Teacher: Reinhard Gammenthaler, direct disciple and successor of Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari (Berne, Switzerland)
Yogic sukshma vyayama in the tradition of Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari.
Subtle techniques and breathing exercises to purify the system of Nadis, energy channels in the astral body of man which carry the life-force, Prana.
These thousands years-old techniques, which had been a carefully hidden secret amongst Indian Yogis, have the potential for a speedy and safe awakening of inner energy, culminating in the awakening of Kundalini Shakti and preparing the practitioner for the realization of the higher stages of Ashtanga-Yoga, the eightfold Yoga Path – namely Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi.

ASHTANGA VINYASA YOGA AS TAUGHT BY SRI K. PATTABHI JOIS
Teachers: Mikhail Konstantinov (Ashtanga Yoga Center, Moscow) and Yana McBride (Byron Bay, Australia)
Six days of traditional ashtanga vinyasa yoga, one day off and four days of vinyasa flow. Practioners of any level are welcome.
Beginners will be offered basic asanas, experienced praticioners will work on more advanced versions.

HATHA-YOGA FOR BEGINNERS
Teacher: Julia Cherkasskaya (Ashtanga Yoga Center, Moscow)