Advanced yoga retreat on Clare Island, Ireland, with Yogacharya Venkatesh and Hema
23rd - 29th August 2010

The teachers

Venkatesh
 Hema and Venkatesh 

Venkatesh is a very advanced practitioner from Mysore, South India, where he runs his own school of yoga. He is well-known for his precision, dignity, discipline and ability to handle students of all levels. He has developed his own system which comprises ten series of asana, which he calls Atma Vikasa. Students of all levels of practice and experience are catered for.

Though he is an expert in all aspects of Yoga, his special and rare expertise is in back bending asanas. He has been running special courses on flexibility improvement for many years and has earned for himself the title of "rubber yogi".

These courses are Venkatesh only residential workshops in Europe this year, and we are honoured to host them at our centre. He will be assisted by his wife Hema.

For more information about Venkatesh and Hemma (including some very impressive photos of Venkatesh practicing backbends), click here to visit their website

 

The course
This is an intensive workshop designed for experienced yoga practitioners. It involves over 4 hours of disciplined, intense and focussed practice every day, and is therefore not suitable for beginners. To apply for this course, you must have been practicing yoga  consistently for at least 2 years [4-6 days a week, for a minimum of one hour per day], and be able to sit still for 20 minutes, lift up unassisted in Urdhva Danurasa, and sit in Padmaasana for at least a few minutes.
Note hower that this workshop is not so much about doing advanced asanas than about developing an intelligent practice and learning to use one's current flexibility/skill fully to advance further in one's practice. 
Yoga teachers are very welcome and will greatly benefit from doing this workshop.
Please send details of your yoga experience when applying for this course. We will let you know within a week if your application was successful, and you will then be requested to send a booking form and deposit. 

Cost 740 euros including food, shared accommodation and tuition.

To book, please contact us with details of your yoga experience.