Respect, Devotion, Surrender.
“practice, practice, practice and all is coming” S. K. P. Jois
Yoga is a way of living that teaches us how to keep our mind, emotions and body aligned with the soul purpose to enable our self expression with coherence and fearless grace. Our yoga classes and workshops are led by experienced teachers that have yoga as their personal practice and understand the value on sharing the yoga system with an individual approach within a group context.
Schedule
Mysore Style Ashtanga Yoga Classes: You may arrive at anytime until 1 hour before the end of the class. Try to reserve at least 1h for your practice. On the first day beginning students typically practice for 30-40 minutes. The length of practice gradually increases. Suitable for all levels of practitioners.
Hatha Yoga classes are Guided 1 hour 15 minutes. Please arrive on time for all Guided Classes. At fifteen minutes late you can only enter class with special permission from the teacher. As this classes has a steady flow, please avoid arriving late as it will interrupt the class.
Margaret, Cauhe, Paulain and Carolina’s classes are taught in Portuguese or English, according to students needs.
There will be no Ashtanga classes Full & New Moon days
Single Class (Drop-In): 15€ • 5 class pass (valid for one month): 50€ • FULL Access: 90€ • 2x week: 60€ • 3x week: 75€
Maha Mantra
I bow to the lotus feet of the Gurus The awakening happiness of one’s own Self revealed, Beyond better, acting like the Jungle physician, Pacifying delusion, the poison of Samsara. Taking the form of a man to the shoulders, Holding a conch, a discus, and a sword, One thousand heads white, To Patanjali, I salute.
May all be well with mankind. May the leaders of the earth protect in every way by keeping to the right path. May there be goodness for those who know the earth to be sacred. May all the worlds be happy. Quoted from the KPJAYI official website
Moon
In Yoga, the full moon corresponds to the top of the inhalation and the very peak of Prana Vayu (the expansive and upward-moving direction of Prana). The full moon provides energy and heat, but can increase the tendency to lose our connection to earth. The new moon is associated with the end of the exhalation when Apana (the contracting and downward-moving direction of Prana) is at its strongest. During this time the energy is quieter and cooler, but the tendency can be towards heaviness and lethargy. Practicing Yoga over time creates a greater sensitivity towards energetic movements and influences. Observing moon days is a way to recognize the ebb and flow in nature and within our own beings, so we can live more in tune with these cycles.
Practice Guidelines
Do not eat before practice! We recommend that you leave at least four hours between eating a meal and practicing yoga. Ideally your digestive system should be as empty as possible – in other words early morning practice is best after emptying bowel and bladder. Do not drink water during practice, but wait until after you have rested. We also suggest that you do not practice yoga during the 2-3 heaviest days of menstruation. Irregularities in your menstrual cycle such as prolonged periods may result from practice at this time. Please inform us if you have any injuries, health problems or if you become pregnant, so we can adjust your practice accordingly. In general, if you become sick or have injured yourself, you will feel better and heal quicker if you practice. A shower before practice helps to increase flexibility and mental focus. It is also makes the experience for your teachers and others practicing around you more pleasant! Please wear clean yoga clothes, wash your mat regularly and do not wear perfume or cologne as these can cause allergic reactions for others.
Meet Our Teachers
Margaret Rosania has been teaching Ashtanga Yoga according to the Mysore method for more than a decade. She was first introduced to Yoga in 2001, and began practicing Ashtanga in 2003. In the course of her journey as a designer, Yoga practitioner and spiritual seeker, Margaret is constantly connecting and exploring the relationships between humanity and nature. Her journey through Yoga gave her the opportunity to practice with various teachers around the world (Sharath Jois, Saraswathi Jois, Tim Miller, David Swenson, Nancy Gilgoff, Richard Freeman among others) and to be for 4 years the assistant of her professor in New York, Guy Donahaye, in the Ashtanga Yoga Shala NYC. Over the years she taught in New York, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. With the birth of her son Micael in 2012 she experienced a deepening of Yoga in all aspects of her life.
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.
Graduated in Hatha Yoga Classics from Humaniversidade de São Paulo under the supervision of Gerson D’Aaddio da Silva, during the years of 2009 and 2010. He attended an Ashtanga Yoga Immersion with David Swenson in New York and started the studies of Thai Yoga Meditative Massage with Javier Sunder, in São Paulo. Among retreats, workshops and regular classes in India, Europe, the United States and Brazil, he has dedicated the past 10 years of his life to the study and practice of the Ashtanga Yoga System along Patricia Varela, Alexandre Schmidt, Andrea Palma, Matthew Vollmer, Guy Donayahe, Saraswathi Jois, Margaret Rosania and Mário Reinert. “Along with so many other teachers and students that I have the opportunity to learn, I continue my training that I’m sure will never end. At the end of my daily practice I bow to have this Yoga in my life. “
Carolina Peral found herself practicing yoga in 2012 at the Yoga Sivananda Center in Lisbon after a few years of practice, it’s in 2015 that she decides to take her yoga practice to the next level when she takes a 200H Yoga Teacher Training at Yogaworks school in USA. At the end of the course the yoga studio owner employed Carolina and she starts teaching immediately. Grateful Carolina decided to practice Karma Yoga and part of her classes revenue was donated to the Town Health Clinic in Atlantic Beach, NC. When she moved to New York City her studies continue there at Yogaworks Soho and Upper East Side studios. She also started teaching at a local Yoga studio in Prospect Heights Park in Brooklyn. Her Yoga practice and teachings in NYC envolve into a urban style following the city rhythm and embracing the flow going to Hatha Yoga to an Hatha Flow. When she moves to Miami Carolina meets her Kundalini Master Jap Hari Kaur and starts practicing Kundalini Yoga on a daily basis while teaching Hatha Yoga at Jap Hari Kaur Yoga Studio. Recently Carolina as deepening her spiritual studies in Sound Healing where she also complements her yoga classes with Symphonic Gong. Carolina style is a mix of Hatha Yoga, B.K.S Iyengar alignment teachings, Kriyas and Mantras.
Alexandre Paulain, Brazilian, was baptized in dance to start his experiments with body and soul. A classical and contemporary dancer, after experimentation in performance, theater and dance, he came into contact with yoga, specifically ashtanga vinyasa yoga, in 2003 and has since been on a path of no return. Therefore, dance and yoga have been the field of research and practice ever since.
In 2006, he began his career as an Ayurvedic masseur and in 2009, improved the technique of this massage in Mysore, India, with his master Madhu Premananda. From 2012 to 2014, he graduated as an Ayurvedic therapist at Yoga Brahma Vydyalaya School and since then has been improving Ayurvedic diagnostic procedures and treatments quite efficiently. As part of this enhancement, he attended several courses such as Ayurvedic Gynecology with Dr. Gaurave Davee, India, Marmatherapy, Dr Avinash Lele, India and other teachers and courses. Currently also also practices Gokul yoga, a style of yoga based on marmas (energetic points) and bands (places in the body where awareness springs for better performing asanas).
In 2006, he began his career as an Ayurvedic masseur and in 2009, improved the technique of this massage in Mysore, India, with his master Madhu Premananda. From 2012 to 2014, he graduated as an Ayurvedic therapist at Yoga Brahma Vydyalaya School and since then has been improving Ayurvedic diagnostic procedures and treatments quite efficiently. As part of this enhancement, he attended several courses such as Ayurvedic Gynecology with Dr. Gaurave Davee, India, Marmatherapy, Dr Avinash Lele, India and other teachers and courses. Currently also also practices Gokul yoga, a style of yoga based on marmas (energetic points) and bands (places in the body where awareness springs for better performing asanas).
