Events
July 9 -14 Summer Program
Teachers: Delara Tiv & James Boag
Sādhana, Sovereignty and The Ocean of Yoga Practice
Join us for one-week yoga immersion this summer and experience the profound benefits of re-aligning your body, mind, and spirit. Gift yourself this unique opportunity to reconnect with your inner self amidst the busyness of life, without needing to take time off work or go on vacation, and escaping your daily responsibilities and commitments. It’s about integrating these practical ancient teachings into our daily lives.
By committing to daily asana, pranayama, meditation and exploring the wisdom of time-proven texts, you will gain a fresh perspective that offers insight and solutions, guiding you towards your sacred life purpose and deep values. This is an opportunity to reset and reassess the direction, priorities, goals, and intentions in your life.
By returning to or strengthening your daily practice, you will cultivate equanimity, balance, and a sense of stability and harmony even amidst life’s challenges and chaos. These qualities will permeate every aspect of your life, influencing your actions, relationships, lifestyle, work, decision making and day-to-day activities. Join us on this transformative journey to enhance your well-being and discover the power of yoga in everyday life.
Schedule:
Tuesday & Thursday :
6:30 – 8:30 Mysore Class
8:30 – 9:00 Pranayama (optional)
Wednsday & Friday:
7:00 – 8:30 Guided Practice (Vinyasa Krama)
8:30 – 9:00 Pranayama (optional)
Saturday:
8:00 -10:00 Mysore Class
10:30 – 12:30 Practical Philosophy, Mythology (In French with James)
Sunday:
8:00 – 9:45 Led Primary Series
10:30 – 12:30 Practical Philosophy, Mythology (In French with James)
Cost for the week intensive is 280 CHF
Weekend only 160 CHF
Weekend Intensive – Gregor Maehle
Saturday 7
8h00-10h30 Guided Ashtanga Practice
11h30 – 13h00: Bhakti Yoga – Yoga of Love
13h00 – 13h30: Break
13h30- 15h30: Karma Yoga – how to find your life’s divine purpose
Sunday 8
9h00-11h30 The Breath of Yoga – Pranayama and Kriya
11h30-12h30h: Break
12h30-15h00 : Tantric Meditation
Price: 300 CHF
For more details click below.
Mysore Practice – Gregor Maehle & Monica Gauci
Monday 9 – Thursday 12
6h30 – 9h00
Price: 160 CHF
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Weekend Intensive and Mysore Practice
I am thrilled to announce that my dear teacher, David Garrigues, an internationally renowned Certified Senior Ashtanga teacher, will be teaching a Weekend Intensive and Mysore Practice in Vevey. This workshop is suitable for anyone interested in Ashtanga with a motivation to learn. David is skillful in providing explanations of elusive, often unspoken aspects of the practice. In a weekend workshop he offers clinic style led classes that investigate specific aspects of the practice that help students come to new perspectives on how to practice more intelligently, safely, and joyfully.
David Garrigues
June 7-12, 2024
Weekend Intensive
Friday, June 7th
18:30 – 20:00pm — YOGA SUTRAS TALK ON BOOK 1, SUTRA 20
An interactive class with light asana and chanting
Saturday, June 8th
9am-11:30am — “LIMBS STOP, SPINE GOES!”
The asana lover’s mantra for mastering the 3rd limb of yoga
12:30pm-2pm — PRECISION, PURIFICATION, AND PRANAYAMA
Sunday, June 9
9:30-11:00am — BACKBENDS AND ARM BALANCES OF 2ND SERIES
Connect to the earth and awaken the spine.
12pm-3pm — VINYASA DIMENSION OF ASHTANGA YOGA
Magical and potent technology of vinyasa in Ashtanga Yoga.
Price: 280 CHF
Mysore Practice
Monday 10 – Wednesday 12
David is teaching from 6h45 – 8:15
You can use the practice room from 6:30 – 8:45
Price: 120 CHF
- ALL LEVELS WELCOME
- I will be assisting David and translating instructions if you have trouble understanding English.
- No refund or cancelation after booking
Bank info
Delara
Rue du College 19,
Vevey 1800
CH89 0025 5255 1144 4240 Y
Price: 120 CHF
James Boag
MAY 4, 2024 11h00-14h00
Interactive Talk and Kīrtan: Sūrya Namaskāra and Becoming Our Own True Friend (in French)
Deepen your understanding of the rich layers of meaning encoded in the practice of Sūrya Namaskāra. Learn about essential teachings from the Yoga Sūtra and Bhagavad Gītā we can apply in all aspects of life. Experience the healing, cleansing power of kīrtan and Saṁskṛta sound. Join us for an inspiring and empowering exploration of practical teachings from the heart of the yoga tradition and the uplifting practice of kīrtan.
Weaving together practical teachings from the Yoga Sūtra and Bhagavad Gītā, and exploring the the rich symbolism of Sūrya Namaskāra along the way, this satsang gathering with James will take us to the heart of the perenially practical principles of the yoga tradition and leave us with rich insights we can apply in our daily lives and practice.
Price: 60 CHF
Sirsasana & Pincha Mayurasana
Oct 9th 9h-11h, Casa Vinyasa Vevey
Sirsasana _ King of Asanas
Yoga is mind training, using the body as the vehicle.
Fundamentals of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
The most visible aspect of the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga system is the different yoga asanas (postures), more important though is the invisible content, which consists of three fundamental techniques: Breath, Bandhas and Drishti. The postures represent beads, and the three fundamental techniques form the string that holds the beads together to create a mala (necklace). The system is designed to work as a movement meditation, where the transition from each posture to the next are as important as the postures themselves, Vinyasa.
In this workshop we will revisit and deepen our understanding of these foundations.
Breath, Bandhas, Drishti, Vinyasa
Feb 13, 2022 9h-11h Casa Vinyasa
There will be a 45 min lecture followed by applying the foundations going through Surya Namaskar A & B
The sun salutations are the foundation of our Asana practice. Understanding and practicing this sequence with full awareness will allow us to understand and to properly do the asanas that proceed.
One can dig really deep in to this sequence which is taken very lightly. Many practitioners rush through the sequence and are more focused with more amusing and complicated asanas that come after. As students advance quickly they will realise that they can only go so far and that at some point they will get stuck. Unfortunately injuries and some chronic irritation and pain starts to show up somewhere in the body, leading to frustration and in some cases abandoning the practice. If we don’t have a strong foundation we can’t build a house on top and eventually it will crumble.
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is an internal practice not an exercise!
Price: 50 CHF
Fundamentals of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
The most visible aspect of the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga system is the different yoga asanas (postures), more important though is the invisible content, which consists of three fundamental techniques: Breath, Bandhas and Drishti. The postures represent beads, and the three fundamental techniques form the string that holds the beads together to create a mala (necklace). The system is designed to work as a movement meditation, where the transition from each posture to the next are as important as the postures themselves, Vinyasa.
In this workshop we will revisit and deepen our understanding of these foundations.
There will be a 45 min lecture followed by applying the foundations going through Surya Namaskar A & B
The sun salutations are the foundation of our Asana practice. Understanding and practicing this sequence with full awareness will allow us to understand and to properly do the asanas that proceed.
Breath, Bandhas, Drishti, Vinyasa
Feb 13, 2022 9h-11h Casa Vinyasa
One can dig really deep in to this sequence which is taken very lightly. Many practitioners rush through the sequence and are more focused with more amusing and complicated asanas that come after. As students advance quickly they will realise that they can only go so far and that at some point they will get stuck. Unfortunately injuries and some chronic irritation and pain starts to show up somewhere in the body, leading to frustration and in some cases abandoning the practice. If we don’t have a strong foundation we can’t build a house on top and eventually it will crumble.
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is an internal practice not an exercise!
Price: 50 CHF
March 5, 2022 14h-16h Yoga Flame
Arm Balances Foundations & Coordination
- Build a solid foundation.
- Develop the prerequisite strength, coordination, mobility and awareness, for arm balances.
- Key progressions to build the correct coordination and alignment to balance on your arms
Delara will be sharing with you her expertise as a Rolfer Structural Intégration therapist and a life time student of movement working with quality of movement and perception to increase proprioception, intelligence and awareness to understand how you are assembling and activating your body in gravity to balance on your arms.
Working on muscle strength is only a part of the equation.The brain and the motor neurones do not perceive separated muscles. They understand movement. When we change our perception and intention of movement, we coordinate differently and recruit and engage distinct parts of the body.
Correct coordination and technique allows for a lifetime of sustainable practice, happy shoulders and wrists no matter how intense and complicated is your asana practice.
This workshop is suitable for practitioners with an already established yoga practice.
Price: 49 CHF
March 5, 2022 14h-16h Yoga Flame
Arm Balances Foundations & Coordination
- Build a solid foundation.
- Develop the prerequisite strength, coordination, mobility and awareness, for arm balances.
- Key progressions to build the correct coordination and alignment to balance on your arms
Delara will be sharing with you her expertise as a Rolfer Structural Intégration therapist and a life time student of movement working with quality of movement and perception to increase proprioception, intelligence and awareness to understand how you are assembling and activating your body in gravity to balance on your arms.
Working on muscle strength is only a part of the equation.The brain and the motor neurones do not perceive separated muscles. They understand movement. When we change our perception and intention of movement, we coordinate differently and recruit and engage distinct parts of the body.
Correct coordination and technique allows for a lifetime of sustainable practice, happy shoulders and wrists no matter how intense and complicated is your asana practice.
This workshop is suitable for practitioners with an already established yoga practice.
Price: 49 CHF