with Monica Arellano and Leni Scherer

Darmstadt, Germany

October 3-5, 2025

This intensive will explore the fundamentals of hands-on assists and key adjustments in Ashtanga Yoga’s Primary and Intermediate Series. It’s an intimate and delicate art when a teacher and student work together in a Mysore style setting. Adjustments, when done properly, guide a student to more closely embody the energetic pattern intended for a particular asana and thereby expand their awareness of what is present – sensations, the breath, mental patterns. A good adjustment, whether verbal or manual, should bring the student back to an inward, focused, and refined experience.

During this 3-day intensive, we will explore the integration of various skill and attention required when we use our physical and energetic presence to support a student’s practice space.  We will consider intention and execution, what we are trying to communicate, and how to communicate an adjustment most safely and effectively. We will also explore the fundamentals of prana and apana, which can inform alignment by connecting to breath patterns and sensations in our own practice. Having this context will deepen our understanding of which adjustments are uniquely appropriate for each student in each moment.

This Intensive will include morning Mysore practice and is open to all levels with a specific focus for teachers. It could also serve an established student looking for a new and detailed perspective for exploring asana and alignment. It will be limited to 12 students

Schedule

Friday, October 3

8-11 Practice: Mysore Style 

11-12 Break / Lunch 

12-14:30, 15-17:30 Workshop: Introduction to Asana and Adjustments 

Saturday, October 4 

8-11 Practice: Mysore Style 

11-12 Break / Lunch 

12-14:30, 15-17:30 Workshop: Adjusting Key Postures in Ashtanga’s Primary Series.

Sunday, October 5

8-11 Practice: Mysore Style 

11-12 Break / Lunch 

12-14:30, 15-17:30 Workshop: Adjusting Key Postures in Ashtanga’s Intermediate Series.