LES Leventhal Workshop Series

Les Leventhal workshop starting tomorrow Saturday!

Reykjavík Yoga will proudly host Les Leventhal Worskhop on his European Tour. Les is one of the most popular and sought after teachers around the world and his teachings will give you an opportunity to heal your heart and laugh, cry, dance and just let go. His classes are playful and packed with experience. 

WORKSHOPS:
Saturday 11:00 am-1:30 pm: #1 Rock’n Roll Vinyasa
No matter the challenges life is offering you, here’s an opportunity to let go and just flow. It could the music or it might be the freedom inside your soul. One thing is certain – it’s Rock n Roll Vinyasa.

Saturday 3:00-5:30 pm: #2 Facing and Embracing Fears
This Arm balance and Inversions workshop empowers students to have fun with their fear, often achieving what they may have previously thought not possible. We’ll cover the foundations of setting up an arm balance for newer students, while more advanced practitioners are encouraged to try and explore various " up-levels. 

Sunday 11.00 am–1.30 pm: #3 Detox Flow Vinyasa
Sequences of Hip Openers will liberate tension commonly held in this area, while twists will free your spine and promote detoxification through internal massage. This Hips and Twists workshop is great for beginners to advanced practitioners and teachers, who want to learn how to up-level in creative ways and also provide a safe foundation for their beginning students.

More Info & Sign-up: yoga@reykjavikyoga.com
Cost: SINGLE WORKSHOP ISK 6.000 / 3 WORKSHOP PACK: 15.500 ISK
More information: www.reykjavikyoga.com/events

February Guest Teacher

Dear friends, I happily introduce you to our February Guest Teacher, Leifur Wilberg. The dates of his classes are still to be announced.

Leifur started doing yoga regularly 10 years ago as a way to treat himself and calm down mind and body. In July 2016, he found a need to deepen his practice and understanding and went on and finished the 200 hrs yoga teachers training at the Indian Yoga and Meditation association in Risehikesh, India. He learned different yoga styles like Ashtanga Vinyasa, Hatha, Iyengar, Pranayama and meditation. Furthermore he did 10 days Vipassana Meditation course in Nepal and he likes to integrate that knowledge into his classes, which are mainly based on Vinyasa flow style, sometimes very relaxing and healing and at other times, acrobatic and challenging.

"It is amazing how yoga has changed my life to the better, its like the most important things in life, come automatically through the practice of yoga."

Leifur Wilberg Orrason

Reykjavík Yoga Christmas Schedule

Come and meditate and move with us over the holidays! 

Yoga for Christmas

I'm excited to tell you that Reykjavík Yoga will be open during the holidays so you can come and centre yourself in the midst of Christmas craziness :-) On the 24th of December we will have our own Christmas Special including meditation, Vinyasa flow and some lovely surprises. I promise you lots of candles! On Saturday the 31st at 11am I invite you to join me in a "New Beginnings" ritual/yoga practice, letting go of the old and embracing the new. We will do some writing, so bring your notebooks! Please note that those two classes will be about half an hour longer then usual. 

Happy yoga days!

Love to all

December Guest Teacher

Dear friends, I am very happy to announce Reykjavík Yoga December Guest Teacher Emily, that will be coming in from Boston and lead a yoga class on Saturday the 17th.

Emily Wiswell is an experienced, certified yoga instructor based out of Boston, MA. Her classes combine a fluid expression of the asanas, with an accessible approach to the spiritual foundation of yoga. With a foundation in heated vinyasa and Baptiste style flow, her classes are designed to be accessible to all levels. In 2011 she received her Bachelors in Dance, fueling her passion for creative sequencing and dance like motion as well as an anatomical approach. Emily believes wholeheartedly that the practice of movement and spirituality can change one’s life, that each person has the right to fulfill their bliss, and this is what she has set out to teach.

http://www.emilychandrayoga.com/

Emily Wiswell - Reykjavík Yoga Guest Teacher of December

Beautiful upcoming Yoga workshop in the Dance Atelier

Dear friends, Reykjavík Yoga guest teacher of November, Hrönn Kold, is teaching a very exciting  2 1/2 hour  workshop next Wednesday (the 9th of November) in the Reykjavík Yoga studio, at the Dance Atelier, Skúlagata 30, starting at 6pm. Here is the info:

Christmas is upon us and your calendar is probably already filled with appointments with yourself and others - christmas lunch, christmas terminations, christmas shopping, christmas baking, christmas this and that. It's that time of year when we become so focused on DOING that we completely forget to BE and enjoy what already is - the beautiful lights, the seductive scents, being together with our loved ones and life's basic goodness.

This 2,5 hour yoga workshop invites you to tune your sensitivity towards your inner Self so that you'll become able to enjoy all the wonderful experiences that come with the Christmas season and at the same time be able to give the best of yourself to your dear ones.

The workshop begins with a warming creative vinyasa flow that brings us to love-enhancing backbends and deep releasing hip-openers. Expect practical nuggets from the Tantrik philosophy, some partnerwork, sweat and to have a great time. 

The workshop concludes with seated loving-kindness meditation and deep relaxation.

All levels are welcome.

Price: 4500 ISK

Sign-up: info@yogaplace.dk

Payment information provided upon sign-up.

Hrönn teaches regular classes in her own studio YogaPlace (www.yogaplace.dk ) and at one of Copehagens most popular yogastudios, Hamsa Yoga (www.hamsayoga.dk ). She also offers workshops, retreats in Iceland and Spain, meditation courses and teacher trainings. Furthermore you can practice with Hrönn through the online yoga streaming site YogaStream (www.yogastream.dk )

This week @ Reykjavík Yoga

This week Reykjavík Yoga offers you:

Today, TUESDAY @5.30 pm: Klara Ka leads a Vinyasa flow that focuses on the expansion of the breath and the opening of the heart.

THURSDAY @5.30 pm: Vinyasa flow with Baddý that focuses on getting movement in the hip area, opening up and working with the psoas. Introduction to the Sacral chakra.

SATURDAY @11 am: Vinyasa flow with Baddý. Finding joy in the practice, through creativity, exploration and presence. Focus on hips and the psoas.

Look forward to share the practice with you

Wonderful Reykjavík Yoga class

I want to thank Klara Ka for a beautiful class this morning at Reykjavík Yoga, as I was practicing there for the first time, super excited to see how it feels to be a student in that space. And it felt so good! Klara led a heart-opening Vinyasa flow class, at a perfect pace for a Saturday morning. A truly wonderful experience. Namaste to you Klara 

❤️

October Guest Teacher: Klara Ka

I'm delighted to introduce to you Reykjavik Yoga Guest Teacher of October: The wonderful Klara Ka. Klara will be leading the Saturday morning class the 8th of October and more classes still to be announced. 

Klara started practicing yoga with her teachers at Himalaya yoga valley centre in Cork, Ireland in 2012 and has been dedicated to her practice since the very first class and she never looked back. Klara quickly realized that yoga wasn't just about the physical benefits, yoga left her feeling happier and more balanced. After two years of studying with Lalit Kumar and Lisa Fahy she was on the way to India to study the eight limbs of Ashtanga yoga with Lalit at his 200hr TTC in Himalaya yoga valley centre in Goa. Her love and respect for yoga deepened immensely during that month. Qualifying as a teacher was just a beginning of a lifelong journey for we are all forever students in this anscient science. Klara stayed in India for couple of months, exploring the aspects of meditation and ayurveda in the Himalayas and Rajasthan. She’s been sharing her practice ever since. She worked as a full time yoga teacher at a retreat centre in Siem Reap, Cambodia and then went on teaching at a women's spa in Kampot, Cambodia. Klara has an adventurous heart, she has been traveling the world for a decade but it feels like yoga gave her travels a different purpose. Regular practice keeps her grounded and balanced wherever she is and she feels very blessed to be able to share her love for yoga with others around the world. She moved to Iceland only recently and is delighted to be part of the amazing yoga community in Reykjavik. She feels honored to be teaching along great teachers at Yoga Shala and now being a guest teacher at Reyjavik yoga.

Saturday classes rock!

I'm incredibly happy about how many people are attending the Saturday morning Yoga classes at 11 am, not just only for the beautiful energy in the room, also because it is such an amazing way to start your weekend. At the moment they are the best sought classes and I love them because everyone come in that relaxed mode, ready for their time of self nurture. 

Today was no exception. Full class and great vibe.

Thank you amazing people for showing up. Namaste.

Humble handstands with Tómas

Tómas Oddur Eiríksson is Reykjavik Yoga Guest Teacher of the month of September! He will be teaching Vinyasa flow next Saturday working with "humble handstands" :-). Tómas is a brilliant teacher and I know all of you will love his class! 

Reykjavík Yoga, Skúlagata 30, 2nd floor
Single class: 2.000 ISK (cash only)
10 class card: 15.000 ISK
3 months: 28.000

September Guest Teacher: Tómas

Tómas is the guest teacher of the month of September! He will be teaching on Saturday 17th and another class still to be announced. Tómas is a walking, talking ball of radiant light and those who have practiced with him know how present and brilliant he is as a teacher as well.

 Tómas Oddur Eiríksson has been a dedicated yogi since early 2010. His yogic journey began at Yoga Shala Reykjavík where he practiced Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga on a regular basis for several years. Tómas received influence from teachers such as Lawino María Johnson, Ryan C. Leier, Aaron Pitchinson at the time. After completing his initial yoga teacher training (Level 1, 200 hr.) with Ingibjörg Stefánsdóttir in 2012 he soon began teaching for her at Yoga Shala and all over Reykjavík. Teaching yoga, movement and meditation has been Tómas’s main occupation since then. The Icelandic Academy of the Arts, The Icelandic Dance Company, Kramhúsið, The Reykjavík Dance Atelier are among the places / organisations Tómas has been involved with. Tómas Oddur got into electronic dance music at the time which led him to found Yoga Moves. A dynamic vinyasa flow class with a DJ that later turnes into a free dance party followed by meditation. Tómas has held several bigger events both in Iceland and abroad under the same concept, with great success. In december 2014 Tómas went to Mysore, India to practice Ashtanga Yoga with Ajay Kumar and to complete his second training (Level 2, 300 hr) in Vinyasa Flow with Julie Martin and Emil Wendel at Brahmani Yoga, Goa. Being an explorer and adventurer at heart, Tómas did an undergraduate program in Human Geography (BSc) at the University of Iceland and completed in 2015.

Visit Reykjavik

Check out the new class schedule here at Visit Reykjavik:

New schedule

New Yoga class schedule!

The new class schedule for fall/winter 2016:

Truthfulness & Twists

Good day lovely people, today's class will be lead by Tómas Oddur Eiríksson, which is one of my favorite yoga teachers in this world. His way of leading a class takes you inside into a connection with your body and spirit. It is an journey of exploration. Today Tómas will be focusing on Truthfulness through a deep spinal twist Vinyasa flow. 

The class is at 5.30 pm at the Dance Atelier, Skúlagata 30, drop-ins welcome :-D

I wish you a beautiful class!

New schedule and more classes!

I'm delighted to tell you that I'm adding Saturday mornings to the Reykjavik Yoga schedule. For those who have never practiced on Saturday morning: It's wonderful! Also, the 5.30 pm classes will be transferred to Tuesdays and Thursdays, instead of Mondays and Wednesdays.

This new schedule starts on the 30th of August: 

Tuesdays & Thursdays at 5:30 pm

Saturdays at 11.00 am

PRICES:

SINGLE CLASS: 2000 ISK

10 CLASS CARD (lasts 3 months): 15000 ISK

3 MONTHS CARD (unlimited): 28000 ISK

All classes are 90 minutes long and are taught in English. No need to book, just show up at the Dance Atelier, Skúlagata 30 (next door to Kex Hostel).

Looking forward to practice with you. Namaste to all.

Inspirational Julie Martin

I just spent 5 days in Stockholm in Julie Martin's workshop on Fascia, anatomy, meditation, freedom in movement and much, much more. Julie is a teacher who is constantly asking questions about how our yoga practice is serving us and how we can use it in our daily lives. She was the one that opened my eyes to how I could practice with more awareness and be in my own body. I'm really looking forward to share with you all what I've learned. 

Namaste to all 

Forever student...

My and my mat just arrived here in Stockholm where we will be attending Julie Martin's 5 day intensive yoga workshop. I'm really looking forward to study some fascia and anatomy with her and to explore the freedom in movement that she teaches so brilliantly. I'm thinking we might not be using our mats that much :-D ... Looking forward to share it with you guys when I'm back in two weeks.

Meanwhile, Ása Sóley will be taking good care of Reykjavík Yoga's Vinyasa flow classes and I hope everyone will have a blast! 

Hej då!

My mat and I

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August Guest Teacher: Ása Sóley

I'm very happy to tell you that Ása Sóley is RY's guest teacher this month. Ása is a skilled and beautiful teacher. I love her realness and relaxed vibe. She will be teaching all the four classes for the next two weeks (starting Monday the 8th till Wednesday the 17th). 

Ása has been practicing yoga for 9 years and teaching for 3. She has studies with amazing teachers here in Reykjavik, in Costa Rica and in Bali, among others Emily Kuser. Yoga is what keeps her going and she loves to be able to share it with others. 

RY's Guest Teacher of the month

I'm very excited to tell you that we are going to be having some awesome guest teachers visiting Reykjavik Yoga every month, starting this August! Teachers that I know and trust and believe are able to bring something new and wonderful to the yoga class. Each of them will be leading one or more class a month and in the beginning of every month I will reveal who is the teacher :-D

Stay tuned!