One Year Ashtanga Yoga Nourishment Path
For all levels of Ashtanga PractitionersStarts 25 January 2025 | Limited spots
One Year Ashtanga Yoga Nourishment Path
For Ashtanga Yoga Practitioners of All Levels
This program is designed to provide you with the practical skills, theoretical know-how, perspective, inspiration, Ayurveda self-care tools and support to not only enrich your Ashtanga yoga practice, but also the experience you have with life.
This Program Is For You If You Want To:
- Deepen your experience and understanding of yoga beyond of what is possible in the Mysore room, or what your current practice is
- Practice in a holistic way that it not just focused on asana but also integrate the others limbs of yoga and principles and tools of Ayurveda
- Gain more practical know-how in your practice without wasting effort
- Receive accountability, support and inspiration along your way to keep you inspired and consistent
- Enrich your own yoga journey: Unlock what’s possible for you on and off the mat
- Build a sustainable, responsible and compassionate relation to your yoga and life.
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- Be part of a supportive and inspiring community of practitioners and feel validated.
Join us for four enriching in-depth study days throughout the year, where we dive deep into all things Ashtanga practice together, altogether to nourish your practice with know-how, consistency, inspiration, accountability, and community support!
Dates:
We meet on four Saturdays throughout the year and come together for a comprehensive study day.
The study dates are on 25 January , 5 April , 6 September, 22 November, 2025.
Location
We meet at our yoga school at Oosterhamriklaan 261a, Groningen and you can also join live online through zoom (there won’t be recordings).
Sample Schedule of a Study Day
- 9:00-9:30 AM: Energize your morning with a guided Kriya & Pranayama & Intuitive Energy Practice session (combining simple and effective yogic cleansing and breathing techniques with an intuitive energy practice to purify and calm your body and mind)
- 9:30-11:30 AM: Ashtanga Yoga Practice, featuring a guided workshop-style class where we explore different essential aspects of the practice every day
- 11:30 AM-12:30 PM: Take a refreshing break to recharge
- 12:30-12:45 PM: Center yourself with Shanti Mantra and Sutra Chanting, calming your mind and uplifting your spirit.
- 12:45-4:00 PM: Practical Asana Workshop to refine know-how and practical skills for your practice and an uplfting yoga theory lecture to rekindle your inspiration and motivation, with a break around 2:15 PM.
These study days form a comprehensive experience of blending together practice, explorations of essential elements and lighthearted practical theory to better understand the process, alongside with techniques of centering to stay focused and community support. Altogether these study days are designed to enrich your journey and deepen your connection to your practice experience!
Topics We Will Explore During The In-Depth Study Days:
- The blueprint of your asana practice: Discover the core techniques and valuable insights to experience space, anchor and awareness in your backbends, forward folds, twists, arm balances, and transitions.
- Energetic Anatomy: Discover the subtle anatomy of your energetic system and how it influences your practice.
- Joyful Yoga & Ayurveda Philosophy: Explore lighthearted and practical insights into Yoga and Ayurveda philosophy that enrich your practice and perspective for your life on and off the mat
- Chanting: Experience the power of different chants to steady your mind
- Kriyas: Experience and establish kriyas (yogic cleansing techniques) to purify and rejuvenate your body and mind.
- Holistic Practice: Learn how to create a yoga routine that adapts to the changing seasons of life, supporting you through every stage.
And that’s just a snippet —there’s so much more that we will uncover and enjoy!
A digital manual for each study day will be sent to you a few days prior to each study day.
Tuition:
- €385 – Normal rate
- €330 – Special rate applicable until 25.12.2024 for Bhumi Yoga membership holders, and anyone who previously joined one of my 6 months Programs / Intensives
Requirements:
Open to students of all levels of Ashtanga Yoga experience, but not suitable for complete beginners to Ashtanga Yoga. To join this program it’s required that you know at least the sun salutions and foundactional poses (up to parsvottanasana). Please contact me with any questions you may have herein, I’m here to help 🙂
What previous participants of my 6 Month Ashtanga Nourishment Program say about this program:
(Please note that the program was called “Ashtanga Intensive” in 2022 and 2023)
The Intensive brought depth and density to my (body-level) understanding of yoga. As compared to before I have a much better (felt) understanding of not only the muscular/skeletal aspects, but also as it relates to the internal organs (thanks to the focus on the bandhas and the pranayama) as well as to the “subtle” body.
I particular appreciated Maxi sharing her understanding of the physiology of the breath. I also appreciated Maxi’s use of simple language to explain complex process. Maxi really has a deep understanding of the subject.
I had some very school-book-like expectations for the yoga antomy and physiology part, thinking more in terms of muscles being engaged.
Instead I learnt about the whole system that I am building up through yoga, kriya and pranayama within my entire body and the ground in the practise. So this was more holistic than I could have expected.
My focus is different now, and when I practise I see the positions more as processes.
Meet Your Teacher: Maxi
Hi! I'm Maxi (mom, certified yoga teacher and forever student, PhD, SE practitioner trainee and Ayurveda Health Counselor in training). For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a source of healing in this world.
I believe that when we attune to the body’s sensations, the body starts to reveal a guidance and wisdom towards healing that far surpasses the analytical mind. As we awaken to the body’s sensations, we awaken to a different perspective of ourselves, more firmly rooted in agency and self-knowledge. From this point we can make better decisions and shape a more harmonious inner and outer environment.
In my work I empower people of all walks of life to reconnect to their inner agency and come to a better inner perspective for themselves.
Central to my work is holding space every weekday morning in our Mysore Yoga room. My teaching is always personal and geared towards the individual in front of me. In my teaching I use practices such as Ashtanga Yoga, Vinyasa Krama Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Embodied Coaching, Yoga Philosophy, Pranayama, Ayurveda and Chanting.
My wish is to offer a safe space for you to foster awareness and deep understanding from within. I will offer you practical, safe and simple somatic tools and insights to help you feel balanced, anchored from within and in harmony. These tools will help guide you no matter the complexities in your life and what comes your way.
The Ashtanga Intensive changed my understanding of yoga from a series of asanas to a beautiful technique for self care and love. Now yoga is not only on the matt, but everywhere.
The workshops gave me tools to help myself mentally and physically, from breath work to self observation, and an acceptance for what is that I had not found elsewhere.
The awareness I have of myself in practice is very different now compared to before the intensive: Now I am much more aware of my breath and can connect to my bandhas.
Establishing and progressing my pranayama practice was one of the major benefits of this intensive for me. Being able to dedicate a little time every day to regulate the breath has been really beneficial for me. After pranayama I feel a sense of balance which leaves a mutual state from which I then start my asana practice.
FAQ:
To join this program, what should my experience level be with Mysore Style practice?
Open to students of all levels of Ashtanga Yoga experience, but not suitable for complete beginners to Ashtanga Yoga. To join this program it’s required that you know at least the sun salutions and foundactional poses (up to parsvottanasana). Please contact me with any questions you may have herein, I’m here to help 🙂
This One Year Path is for you if you:
- Want to deepen your experience and understanding of yoga beyond of what is possible in the Mysore room, or what your current practice is
- Wish for more consistency and support in your practice
- Want to feel more resourced for your practice
- Want to practice in a holistic way that it not just focused on asana but also integrating the others limbs of yoga and Ayurveda
- Want to build a sustainable, responsible and compassionate relation to your yoga and life.
- Don’t just want to follow a yoga teacher training to learn more but really experience the richness of all things yoga yourself – instead of learning to teach techniques to teach others.
I may not be able to attend all the Study Days, can I still join?
To get the most out of this year program, it’s best to block off the study days. However, I understand that life happens and you may miss a day.
If you are traveling or sick, you can always join a study day (or more) online. This is what participants of previous immersions have done, and found it extremely valuable.
Do I need extra material for the course?
No. You will receive any relevant material in pdf or audio format throughout the course.
Will there be homework assignments?
No. There won’t be any homework assignments. I understand everyone has a busy life. Yet, to help you integrate and understand what we explore and study, you will receive reflection questions that will help support you. These questions are just for you.
Yet, there will be plenty of time to connect with community as in our online support community and our coaching calls. This is invaluable for your depths and experience moving forward in your practice.
Can I receive a teacher certification following this program?
No. This course is not a teacher training course. It is for those of you who want to dive deeper into your very own journey, you don’t have to prove anything to the teacher nor the group and there is no hassle to attain a certificate. It’s a self study in a group, a real deep dive, for your yoga.
This is the time for your yoga, your process, enriching your very own practice and life.
“I followed the Ashtanga Intensive last year and it was a great gift to myself: a deep dive into ashtanga yoga over the course of six months. It enables you to build a practice that is suitable to your personal needs, and allows you to experience the benefits of pranayama and kriya practices over a longer period of time.