Program:

Friday 2nd May 18:00-20:00. Original led primary Ashtanga series taught by K. Patthabi Jois in 1976 followed by Breath and Moola bandha workshop.

Saturday 3rd May 08:00-10:00 Ashtanga Yoga Mysore style.
11:00-13:00 Vinyasa alignment workshop focusing on neck, shoulders, spine connected with core alignment. Also the wisdom of the Ashtanga method with focus on inversions and savasana.

Sunday 4th May 08:00-10:00 Ashtanga Yoga Mysore style.
11:00-13:00 Backbending workshop, with the focus on safety while opening & insights into poses for healthy practice which supports deepening/opening.

Kathy Cooper

Kathy is an Ashtanga yoga teacher of the first
generation and has been practicing consistently for 49
years. David Williams and Nancy Gilgoff were her first
teachers. David taught her all of the advanced series.
Kathy studied with Guruji(K Pattabhi Jois) many times
over the years in the US and Mysore, India.

Kathy about herself:
The inherent wisdom of Ashtanga yoga has led me on a
transformative journey. Being present in the body
through the connection to the breath and bandhas is
the key which unlocks the blocks. This union is the
place where the mental/emotional/physical bodies find
their release and begin to unwind. Facing myself daily
on the mat, I have opened to the deeper Self seeing
and releasing the conditioning of the mind and body,
which is an ongoing process. My love of yoga keeps me
on the mat daily. It is my teacher and healer. I feel
strong, balanced and happy.

The longing for the deeper truth of life led me to
explore sufism, Shamanism, Vipassana meditation and
to work with awake teachers. I have done many
retreats over the years. Daily practice has supported
this journey impeccably, both in integrating openings
and surrendering to the now.
Adyashanti express this journey beautifully: The
spiritual task we are given is a simple one: to attend to that
inner spark of radiance, to hold vigil over it until we realize it to
be ourself, and to dig up and cast off all arguments we have
with its love.”
I have done in-depth yoga trainings with advanced
teachers from other traditions. The integration of the
wisdom of alignment has informed my ability to support
practitioners to correct and avoid injuries, and to
clarify the engagement of the bandhas.
I bring this informed, deep, long-time practice to my
teaching, supporting practitioners to strengthen their
core/breath/alignment to correct and avoid injuries
and to move from the core.

“Kathy is someone who is filled with a balanced light of
both broad loving energy that feeds the soul and that
burning single-pointed ekagrata Shiva energy that is
capable of building cities(and tearing them down.) She
expresses a lifetime of accumulated wisdom that facilitates
her open fearlessness. She exemplies living our yoga.”
Sarah, student from Portland, Oregon