Workshop with Petri Räisänen
Weekend Workshop May 8-11 2014
About workshop
Petri focuses on integrating healing and therapy with yoga, meeting student’s individual needs and guiding their progress. His friendly, relaxed behaviour and intutivite perception give an open, energetic and meditative atmosphere to his classes.
In this workshop the peaceful and meditative atmosphere is further enhanced by small groups, which allows more individual attention and makes the overall experience grounding and soothing.
Petri’s Mysore teaching gives you an opportunity to experience the wholeness of the practice, and his teachings aims to lead to an experience of deep concentration (pratyahara) and meditation (dhyana).
Workshop is suitable for all levels of students, with an established Mysore style Astanga yoga practice.
Schedule
- Thursday May 8 – 2 Mysore groups (6 and 8)
- Friday May 9 – 2 Mysore groups (6 and 8)
- Saturday May 10 – 2 Mysore groups (7 and 9) + technique class and Q&A 14-16.30
- Sunday May 11 – 2 Mysore groups (7 and 9)
Price
- Full Workshop (Four Mysore Classes + Technique Class ) kr. 1000
- Three Mysore Classes + Technique Class kr. 850
- Two Mysore Classes + Technique Class kr. 650
- One Mysore Class + Technique Class kr. 350
Register here
About Petri
Petri Räisänen is an internationally known and respected Astanga yoga teacher. He is co-owner and director of Astanga Yoga Helsinki, one of the world’s largest Astanga yoga shalas, blessed by Sri K Pattabhi Jois to teach the traditional yoga method. Petri was a devoted student of Pattabhi Jois, and was authorized by him to teach Astanga Yoga in 2001.
Petri has been teaching internationally around the world for over a decade and he lived in New York City for several years until 2008. His teaching style and adjustments are gentle, effective, therapeutic and originate, besides his own practice and teaching, from his past work as a traditional folk healer and naturopath.
In 2004, Petri wrote “Astanga – The Yoga Tradition of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois” in collaboration with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and his grandson, R. Sharath Jois. His intermediate series book “Nadi Sodhana” was released in 2008. Both books are written as part of Petri’s ongoing pilgrimage into Astanga yoga’s inner world, with a great sense of respect towards Sri K Pattabhi Jois and the Astanga tradition.
In addition to Astanga yoga teacher Petri is, for example, a folk healer, punk rock vocalist, throat singer, spritual anarchist and a father.
Read more: www.petriraisanen.com
