Weekend Workshop with Simon Krohn

About the workshop

Even though stretching is a natural part of most yoga poses, the yogic understanding of the body has gone far beyond stretching. Stretching will rarely touch you deeply - it is rather the sensation of expansion or release in your body that will do so. In this workshop Simon will share his "greatest hits" of techniques to make yoga a powerful practice.

The main point of the workshop is to avoid forcing your body into the stretches. Not only is that potentially harmful it is even counterproductive. Instead we shall investigate the combination of powerful actions and sensitive surrender, which invites the body to unfold harmoniously.

The workshop will be both fun, technical and challenging. The techniques will be taught in a way that makes them easy to use afterwards, so the workshop can also be valuable for yoga teachers.

It is not a beginners-workshop, but if you can do sun salutations without any difficulty, then you are fit to sign up.

Schedule

• Saturday 09.00 - 11.45: "Stability leads to freedom"
  • We shall investigate how creating stability intelligently, will promote lightness and expand your range of motion.
• Saturday 13.15 - 16.00: "Moving the spine like pearls on a string"
  • We shall see how we can make space in the spine exactly where we need it, and how this can turn on the green light for mobility.
• Sunday 09.30 - 12.15: "Unlocking the hips"
  • The hips are often reluctant to move, and we shall investigate a powerful way to persuade them - without the agony of hip-stretching.
• Sunday 13.45 - 16.30: "Rebound as a power-tool"
  • It is simple biomechanics, but when you learn how to do it, it is both uplifting and mind-blowing.

Useful information

• Dates: September 9-10, 2017
  • Saturday Sep 9th: 09.00 - 11.45 + 13.15 - 16.00
  • Sunday Sep 10th: 09.30 - 12.15 + 13.45 - 16.30
• Location: Balettakademin, Birger Jarlsgatan 70 (T-bana Rådmansgatan eller buss 2)
• Cost: 1900 SEK for both saturday and sunday or 550 SEK/workshop
  • Friday evening Philosophy lecture kl.18.00-20.00: 300 SEK is not included in the price. please register separately for Friday evening
• Send payment to: BG 271-8203

About Simon Krohn

Simon is one of the most popular yoga teachers in Scandinavia. He teaches yoga, breathing technique, meditation and philosophy at a number of teacher trainings in Denmark and internationally. Within Yoga Alliance he holds the highest certification (E-RYT 500) and he has a master's degree in Indian philosophy. He is the author of the book Närmare något on yoga philosophy, which was released in Swedish in 2016.