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.
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
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.
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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!
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.
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
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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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.
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!
"You are always just one, deep breath away from this moment" - Waylon Lewis.
It can be incredibly healing to be able to connect to your breath. Today at Reykjavik Yoga, we will practice to become aware of the breath and to start to breathe more deeply. Join this sweet heart-opener Vinyasa-flow and feel a deep connection with your own body.
See you on the mat at 5.30!
Dear all! If you're planning to stay in Reykjavík this weekend, Reykjavík Yoga's class on Monday is ON! We'll continue focusing on the breath as we move through our chest/shoulder opening Vinyasa-flow. Looking forward to see you there.
Have a beautiful weekend wherever your are.
The breath lies at the centre of the yoga practice. For me, the awareness of the breath is what makes my practice. If it's not there I'm just doing a physical exercise. I will go as far as saying the awareness of the breath and linking it with movement and asanas is what makes yoga, yoga. In class I will explain why it makes all the difference.
These two upcoming weeks are going to be even more breath-focused than usual, as we move through a deep, chest-opening Vinyasa flow, practicing the technique of the Ujjayi breath and synchronizing breath with movements.
So, just breathe...
See you on the mat at 5.30 tomorrow Monday, and Wednesday.
Namaste.
Dear fellow yogis near and far. Reykjavík Yoga is now on Trip Advisor. If you've been to class and feel like spreading the word, please leave a review. Thank you! And thank you for all the beautiful reviews and feed-backs you've given so far. Below is the link to leave a review:
Namaste.
I'm blessed to be able to work with two things I love: Yoga and graphic design/illustrations. Sometimes I even manage to combine those two. Neither feels like work, to the point I sometimes even forget to charge :-D
I just launched a new website after a looong time of having a non-updated website online, you know the saying: "You can tell a cobbler by his shoes"... Kind of like that. So I'm very happy that I finally managed to put it together! feel free to check it out: baddydesign.com
If we follow our passions we can't do no wrong.
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Dear friends, looking forward to see you today as we begin our second week focusing on spiral energy in the body. Your spine should feel amazing after this class of twists and turns :-D See you today at 5.30!
Namaste.
I'm very much looking forward for the second round of Spiral Energy class today. We will be wrapping, twisting a turning, and remembering there is no final destination, no final pose. It is all about the journey, the transitions, the in-betweens. It is all about this moment. Stay present.
See you on the mat today at 5.30!
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Happy new week/new beginning everyone! I'm very excited about these two upcoming yoga weeks since we're going to be working with spiral energy. The human body is fundamentally built in spirals and our bodies move very comfortably with spiral motion.
Continuous flow of energy is what we're aiming at!
Join the spiral flow with Reykjavík Yoga at 5.30 at the Dance Atelier, Skúlagata 30, 2nd floor. See you on the mat!
Namaste.
Spirals are found everywhere in the nature, and in the human body.
I'm so grateful for the reception my Reykjavík Yoga project has had and it has been wonderful to see as I go around the city to let people know about it, how positive and exited people are about yoga. Loving this ...
And now, at Visit Reykjavík :
http://visitreykjavik.is/events
Namaste
