Ashtanga Yoga is often called the ‘hard’ yoga practice. While it can suit many of us and we feel drawn to its dynamic form, others can be turned off by the structure of its rigorous physical hierarchy. Advancing in asana often becomes more unattainable to maintain, especially as we enter the busy years of work/family life, or advance in age. 

Others still feel their competitive side getting fed when they come to yoga to find inner peace and release a sense of competition with themselves and others. Still others might place their sense of value or worth based on how many physical postures they can do.

What would it look like to practice within the structure of Ashtanga Yoga but with a soft, gentle, non-hierarchical and compassionate approach? 

How would it feel to move through the practice with agency and choice, in an environment that welcomes all of who you are? 

How would your life feel if your yoga practice was a true source of nourishment and inspiration, and added to, rather than depleted, your life force? 

Join Wambui for a 5 day immersion of trauma-informed care, rooted in the wisdom tradition of Ashtanga Yoga. In addition to guided physical classes, we will practice the other limbs of Ashtanga yoga, namely accessible pranayama, meditation and afternoon lectures and discussions on how we can bridge a lineage-based wisdom tradition into the demands and emergent concerns of modern living.