In this Functional Yoga Workshop we will bring Yoga and the Functional application of resistance and assistance together. We will breath and move with the help of use of the MSA Strap. Applying resistance and assistance with the elastic loop band will allow us to integrate key body structures such as the core, shoulders and hips. While strengthening and lengthening the body, familiar asanas and exercise to support the practice will be available in a whole new way.

After a 90 minute practice we will take the last hour to apply pressure with the double balls for self fascia release. Calming the nervous system in an effective and self efficient way.

Stefanie Castson is a Bsc Physiotherapist, Yoga Instructor (E-RYT 500hr & RPYT), founder of MSA Health – a Movement Science Academy, and Functional Movement fanatic!
Coming from the western side of science, the practice of Yoga has provided a very holistic way of healing. Benefiting, studying and educating about both is what has allowed Stefanie to design the MSA Products and practices, bringing both aspects together.
As a Mum and a RPYT, she also offers pre and post-natal trainings.
She lives with her family near Zurich, Switzerland.
„Whatever wellness and awareness you seek, for mind or body, I will guide you there.“
You can find more details on her website https://msa.health

Stefanie Castson will offer this workshop at AIRYOGA, Fabrikstrasse 10 in 8005 Zurich on Saturday, June 3, 2023 from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm.

The workshop is recommended for all who want to know more about their body and the stability required to gain ability in a Yoga Asana Practice.

The MSA Loop Strap and Fascia Double Balls will be provided and are also available with a discount for purchase after the workshop.

Stefanie teaches in German with English translation.

The rate is CHF 85.-.

The number of participants is limited.

Please note the reservation and cancelation policy for workshops at AIRYOGA.

For further questions please contact us at zuerich@airyoga.com

This workshop is for practitioners who would like to have an opportunity to practice a wide range of asana including inversions, arm balances, hip openers and backbends.

The class will be deep, focused and versatile – with dynamic sequencing and detailed alignment instructions.
It contents of 2.5 hours of intermediate asana and will finish off with 30 minutes of pranayama.

Participants need to be able to do a handstand against the wall and push up into a wheel.

Mirjam is a Yoga Teacher, a public speaker, mentor and coach and a mother of three, born and raised in Zurich with Jewish roots. After studying law and moving to Hong Kong, she dedicated herself to the Yoga path, teaching the Wild Lotus Technique of her teachers Rinat Perlman and Patrick Creelman as well as offering pre- and postnatal coachings.
Mirjam is devoted to study the emotional, mental and physical interconnections, always aiming at having a life of integrity and values but still full of beauty and joy.

Mirjam Haymann will lead this workshop on Sunday, June 4, 2023 from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm at AIRYOGA, Fabrikstrasse 10 in 8005 Zurich.

Mirjam teaches in English.

The rate for the workshop is CHF 90.-

The number of participants is limited.

Please note the reservation and cancelation policy for workshops at AIRYOGA.

For further questions please contact us at zuerich@airyoga.com

The ‘Shakti Shuttlez’ invite you and your friends to their next uplifting Kirtan and Mantra singing at AIRYOGA. Everybody who enjoys singing, dancing or quietly listening is warmly welcome to join this special Kirtan evening.

Kirtan is “call and response chanting” from the Indian devotional traditions. You listen to a line and you repeat it. Relax your rational mind and open your heart through singing.
The tone of your own voice, the singing of the whole group and the sound of the instruments connect you to something very ancient: Singing together is one of the oldest human practices.

Shakti signifies the divine, feminine, creative power of the universe. Once you connect to it, singing an making music becomes the most natural expression of it.
Together we will shuttle to the inner place where we experience this power, the Shakti, in our hearts. And then we bring this gift back into our daily lives for the benefit of others and ourselves.

The ‘Shakti Shuttlez’ are an offspring-project from Dave Stringer’s Kirtan flight school. Daniela, Maureen, Tony und Adrian and sometimes some guest musicians are looking forward to singing with you.

The next Kirtan Evening with the ‘Shakti Shuttlez’ will take place on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at AIRYOGA, Fabrikstrasse 10 (4th floor) in 8005 Zurich. 

Door opens at 5:30 p.m.

Everybody who enjoys singing, dancing or quietly listening is warmly welcome.

Entrance is free. A minimum of CHF 15.- donation per person is recommended.

For further questions please e-mail to adrian@oshadi-yoga.ch

The mid summer is full of light and bursting energy. The days are long and life is happening and fully thriving! Time to gather and spend an afternoon in celebration of the lively aspect of human existence.
We will connect to the joy in our hearts with chanting 108 times the Gayatri Mantra in a melodious, rhythmic and energetic way. Music and your voice is the vehicle to open your heart, let the energy flow freely and allow gratitude to arise.

When we sing a Mantra together much is happening with us on many levels. Bodily we are sitting still in meditation. For our feelings and emotions the Mantra is a vessel where they are allowed to be, where they have an outlet, an expression and direction to flow to. Instead of narrow and closed, our heart becomes soft and open again. Our emotional body can rid itself from much weight and can heal. On the mental level the continuous concentration on the Mantra can calm the endless chattering of our mind or temporarily stop it entirely. On the spiritual level it gives a form to the conscious or unconscious pull towards finding home again, towards the Source where we come from, a form to the longing to merge with the Divine.

We are looking forward to diving together into the spiritual dimension of life and to celebrate the holiness of being. The Mantra will transport us from the narrow everyday consciousness into the wide open awareness close to the Source.

Adrian Wirth and Paola Deprez will offer this workshop on Sunday, June 11, 2023 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at AIRYOGA, Fabrikstrasse 10 in 8005 Zurich.

AIRYOGA regularly offers workshops for absolute beginners of yoga.

In these workshops you will be guided by our highly qualified teachers in learning the basic principles and practices of yoga postures, breathing techniques and mental focus. You will be taught and assisted in how to modify postures so that regardless of your physical condition and experience you will be able to have a healthy and successful practice.

These workshops are a highly experimental and fun way of learning about the benefits of yoga practice like flexibility, strength and balance leading to a calm and quiet mind. These workshops are also an ideal preparation for our regular yoga classes and a great gift idea for any of your friends who are new to yoga.

The next Absolute Beginners Workshop will take place on Saturday, July 1, 2023 from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at AIRYOGA at Fabrikstasse 10 in 8005 Zurich.  

It will be taught by Adrian Wirth in German and English.

The cost is CHF 85.-

Workshop participants will get a special price on their first series of 10 classes: CHF 280.- instead of CHF 350.-

Participation is limited.

Please note the reservation and cancelation policy for workshops at AIRYOGA.

For further questions please contact us at zuerich@airyoga.com

The charismatic spiritual teacher and bestselling author Gahl Sasson from Los Angeles has been teaching and providing astrological consultations for members of AIRYOGA for the last 15 years.

First time since the pandemic, he is coming back to Zurich for private readings in Astrology as well as Past Lifetime Regressions,

His books on Astrology and Kabbalah have been endorsed by HH the 14th Dalai Lama. Gahl was featured by W Magazine as the best astrologer in LA and he was selected by Asia Spa Magazine as one of their 10 top therapist.
His website is https://cosmicnavigator.com

The Astrological readings and Past Life Regressions with Gahl Sasson will be offered from Wednesday, July 5, through Sunday, July 9, 2023 at a location not far from AIRYOGA, Fabrikstrasse in Zurich.

Astrological Readings:
For first timers as well as returning clients. A review of your natal chart as well as current transits and life events with a look at the trends for next year. In addition we examine your progressions as well as locations around the world the suits you best.

Past Lifetime Regression:
A deep guided meditation designed to connect you to a previous life in order to identify and heal patterns, blocks, and health challenges that are karmic in nature. The session includes a short look at the chart to anchor the experience in astrology.

The costs are:
CHF 200.- for private Astrology reading (45 min.)
CHF 250.- for past lifetime regression (60 min.)

To book a reading with Gahl please email him at Gahl@CosmicNavigator.com 

Join Michael for this special class that will at times be a call to find your edge in asana practice, at other times your inner child, playfully trying new approaches and creative sequencing, and at other times moving more in the direction of a more informative workshop space where we slow down and take things apart for observation. This masterclass is the first in a series of masterclasses.

Michael Hamilton will teach this first masterclass on Sunday, July 9, 2023 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm at AIRYOGA, Fabrikstrasse 10 in 8005 Zürich.

Growing up in apartheid South Africa led Michael to an early interest in the topic of individual and collective hardship and awakened within him the yearning to address and confront the challenges it brings. In his youth it spurned him on to political activism and rebellion, sublimated through studies in art and literature, which additionally offered helpful glimpses into the human condition. The discovery of Buddhism in his twenties brought about dramatic life changes resulting in his departure from the west to the east and long years of studies in yoga and Buddhism in Asia. After discovering satipatthana meditation with its direct application of mindfulness to progressive stages of development, he started studies in short- and long-term retreat formats with Sayday U Vivekananda.
Currently Michael is undergoing a 3-year course in essential psychology, which combines skillful methods developed in psychology with the Buddhism teachings on wisdom, in order to better facilitate development and healing in individuals and small groups. He is deeply grateful to all those that have helped and guided him on his path, particularly Daido Roshi for his acts of kindness, Vivekanada and Baddhamanika for their endless patience, Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor for their insights into approaching practice, Doug Keller for therapeutic body awareness and Wolfgang Erhard and Lama Lhündrup for awakening the Bodhisattva spirit within. Michael lives with his wife Sabine Glück in Ticino, Switzerland.
Further information at www.michaelhamiltonyoga.com

Sunday, July 9, 2023
from 1:00 – 3:00 pm: Finding your edge
Creative sequencing, balancing on legs and hands, and finding grace through flow.

The masterclass is multi-level but not suitable for beginners.

Michael teaches in English.

The costs are CHF 80.-

Save the date: Michaels next masterclass on Sunday, October 8, 2023.

The number of participants is limited.

Please note the reservation and cancelation policy for workshops at AIRYOGA.

For further questions please contact us at zuerich@airyoga.com

Yoga Nidra – „the sleep of the yogi“ – originates in the yoga traditions of the Himalaya. Swami Satyananda Saraswati from the Bihar School of Yoga in India and Swami Rama, who founded the Himalayan Institute, have both systematized such a practice.

The origin of Yoga Nidra is a Tantric practice called Nyasa, which means “to place“. The awareness is placed in the body in different ways. Yoga Nidra is a highly efficient method of deep relaxation that helps us to completely relax and regenerate on a physical, mental and emotional level. At the same time it is vitalizing and gently invigorating, the mind becomes fresh and clear.

This technique is suitable for everyone and it is very simple. It’s ideal for all the “high performance people” among us who are constantly under pressure; they will draw great benefit.
However, the original and true purpose is a spiritual one: This practice allows you deep insights in the nature of your consciousness. Ultimately, Yoga Nidra is consciously experienced deep sleep, where the awareness is “sinking” into formless stillness and spaciousness. Thereby the intensity of the influence of karmic tendencies (vasanas or samskaras, old imprints) on our mind will get milder and milder. At some point these mental tendencies will dissolve: Ultimate freedom!

Teaching great yoga is a craft. The step from a 200-hour teacher training to become a skillful teacher takes time, experience, reflection and in an optimal scenario: guidance.

In this 30-hour mentorship program with Mirjam Haymann you will receive Mirjam’s insight on how to navigate the yoga market: where and how she failed and what helped her to succeed. You will benefit from tools to deal with your own inner critic and your demons, so you can show up the way you truly want to and build a steady and confident path of yoga teaching.

Because to take the seat of the teacher can take a toll on us:

• How do we sequence intelligent classes and keep doing so, without just using intuition or what we recently learned in another class?
• How do we deal with rejections, empty classes, or angry-looking students? Or with students that are even walking out of your class?
• How can we teach responsibly when there are various levels in the room?
• Are we allowed to teach Asanas that we cannot practice ourselves? Or how do we teach advanced asana?
• How do we navigate the anarchy of the yoga jungle, social media, competition, and “politics”?
• How shall we touch people when we assist and what assists could possibly be dangerous?
• How can we use our voice to master the room and take ownership of the class?

Experience the renowned author, speaker and global teacher Max Strom in his three unique and inspiring workshops at AIRYOGA.

Born with severe clubbed feet, Max spent much of the first six years of his life with his feet confined in plaster casts and braces. Today, he is known for inspiring and impacting the lives of people from all walks of life, teaching breathing patterns and personal transformation worldwide. His method, Inner Axis, is a system of field-tested techniques that are known to produce immediate results, impacting the emotional aspects of our life, as well as physical healing.
Max has taught tens of thousands of students and trained several hundred teachers. His TEDx talk, Breathe to Heal, is approaching 3.5 million views on Youtube. Many know him for his two inspiring books: There is No APP for Happiness, addressing the challenge of finding meaning in the digital age, and A Life Worth Breathing, published in five languages and used as required reading in many yoga trainings. A dynamic speaker, Max has presented three TEDx events, keynote addresses at global government conferences, corporate conferences, wellness conferences, and countless yoga festivals.
For more information on Max and his work please visit www.maxstrom.com.

Max Strom will lead these three workshops from Friday, September 1, to Sunday, September 3, 2023 at AIRYOGA, Fabrikstrasse 10 in 8005 Zurich.

Both afternoons include a powerful breathing session. In the first afternoon after a careful preparation, you lie in savasana with an accelerated breathing rhythm, listening to evocative music and you will then enter a non-ordinary state of consciousness. This state activates the natural inner healing process of the psyche and of the body. During the night, in between the sessions, the experience can sink deeper into your system.

In the second session we will do a modern breath-meditation in a seated posture. Afterwards we will practice some gentle asana flow and chanting. There will be enough time to answer questions and deepen the process.

This weekend is ideal as a deepening experience of yoga on the inner, mental level. We open a space where you will have the opportunity to experience yourself with a soft, open heart, experience a sense of coming home and unity. You will also learn a lot about the functioning of your mind and ego. These deep experiences may trigger the start of a transformation-process towards wholeness.

Adrian Wirth and Guido Lenz will offer this workshop on November 4, and 5, 2023 at AIRYOGA, Fabrikstrasse 10 in 8005 Zurich.

Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm (Part 1)
and
Sunday, November 5, 2023 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm (Part 2)

“The only way to soften the hardness of the ground
is to soften your movement –
the only way to soften the harshness of life
is to soften yourself.”
Ido Portal

Throughout our lives, our species moves on and above the ground.
Unlike air or water creatures, the ground on which we stand, walk, lie and also practice asanas is our constant companion – due to the principles of gravity.

This workshop is an opportunity to curiously examine our connection to gravity and to pay increased attention to the physical contact between our bodies and the earth.
We will let the ground carry us and explore our relationship to the solid matter beneath us, both in specific yoga postures and in the transition from one asana to the next.

We will find moments of balance by consciously shifting weight and holding tension, then regaining ground with inner and outer freedom.
On and off the mat we will flow through strengthening asana sequences, always trying to maintain lightness in body and mind.
In the last part of the workshop we will enjoy gravity in restorative postures and let the practice sink in.

The Singer-songwriter Pascal Gamboni from Grisons will support us live with his guitar and his warm, energetic voice.

Natalia Knuchel and Pascal Gamboni will lead this workshop on Saturday, November 25, 2023 from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm at AIRYOGA, Fabrikstrasse 10 in 8005 Zurich.