Yoga (Ashtanga)

Alexander Medin
Teacher

R. Alexander Medin is a native of Oslo, Norway where he grew up pursuing many different talents. He became Norwegian Champion in boxing at 18, but then gave it up for a career as a ballet dancer.

He was first introduced to Ashtanga Yoga in 1995 and it’’s been part of his daily practice since. After many visits to Mysore, he was granted a Certification to teach Ashtanga Yoga by Pattabhi Jois in 2002. In 2004, he completed his post-graduate degree in Sanskrit and Indian Religions and has since taught Yoga in many places around the world.

Classes description

These five classes will use the practice of Ashtanga Yoga to investigate the way we breathe. While staying in the yoga postures, as well as moving in and out of them. According to the principles of yoga tension get stored up in the body when we don’t breath properly. The breath is our direct contact with the life force and thus learning to receive the breath a little better will release stagnant energy patterns from within and help us move into a greater state of Grace.

“We are all students of life and Yoga puts us in contact with who we truly are – beyond our wildest imagination, expectations and fears – and hopefully instils an integration of something that is uncluttered by our conditioning, something that is real at all times.” – Alexander Medin