“From the outer to the innermost: the yogic path from asana to meditation and beyond”

A little bit about Erika and Kevin:

ERIKA

Before she was introduced to yoga, Erika explored the world of tourism, diplomacy, marketing, dancing, and is still an accomplished jazz singer.
Erika is an intermediate senior Level 2 teacher, who is completely dedicated to both her yoga practice and teaching others. She trained mostly in London, took her exams in Dublin, and regularly travels to Pune where she studied with BKS Iyengar, Gita, and still with Prashant and Abhijata. While she also has a teacher in her husband Kevin.

Erika, with a lot of life and energy, organizes ongoing workshops, both hers and Kevin’s, in Budapest, and regularly invites guest teachers. Apart from being a vibrant teacher, she is also a mentor, participates in organizing, teaching, translating, assisting in national teacher trainings, and is an assessor in teacher training exams in various European countries.

“I believe that yoga never becomes monotonous, because it is about exploring one’s own potential, improving intelligence, and cultivating inner peace. The only question is whether you want to grow and bring out the best in yourself in every sense.”

KEVIN

KEVIN is a certified, established teacher, born in New York who began yoga in 1970, and teaching Iyengar yoga in 1982. He was certified directly by Guruji BKS Iyengar, from whom he was fortunate to learn on several occasions in Pune, India over long periods of time.
He was the co-founder of the Iyengar Yoga Institute in New York, had his own studio in Manhattan, traveled a lot and held workshops in North and South America, Ireland and since he married Erika, they run a studio together in Budapest.

Kevin is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and has been a professional actor, director, and teacher for 15 years, including seven years touring with Shakespearean productions in the traditional repertory style. Along the way, he has also practiced Tai Chi and Shaolin Kung Fu for ten years.

His teaching is highly detailed and textured, seamlessly incorporating many components of yoga philosophy and the Yoga Sutras, while continuously challenging students to gain greater sensitivity and awareness in each asana. He has an extraordinary practical understanding of the living anatomy of the human body and a light and quirky sense of humor.

PLEASE NOTICE THE CHANGE IN SCHEDULE.

Date: 26.-28.09.2025.
Friday: 19:00-21:00 asana practice
Saturday: 8:00-9:30 pranayama
12:30-15:00 asana practice
15:30-16:30 philosophy, discussion, Q&A
Sunday:   8:30-10:00 pranayama
10:00-12:00 asana practice

Price: 140 euros
Payment options:
early bird until 20.08. – 140 euros
after 21.08. – 160 euros
possibility of arrival for one whole day – 75 euros
possibility of arrival for 3 hours – 50 euros

Minimum one year of experience with the Iyengar method is required, or at least two if it is another style of yoga.

The workshop will be held in English, with the possibility of translation into Croatian (if necessary).

Applications at info@iyengaryoga.hr

The workshop will be in English and this time will only last Friday afternoon and Saturday.
The fee for the workshop is 87 Euros and for payments before 12.04. we have an Early Bird of 75 Euros.

All applications will only be effective only after payment is made.

Cancellation Terms:
In case you cancel the workshop by 29th of March, you will be returned the full amount of what you have paid.
In case of cancellation until 22.04, you will be refunded 50% of the amount you have paid and after 22.04., no refund is due.

For all information, please contact us in inbox or on mobile 00385-911633231
We will do our best to provide props for the workshop, but if we are in large numbers we will need you to bring yours. You will be notify you about this on time.

Venue: ‘Mornar’, Valsaline 31
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This time Arunji will take us on the path of refinement of our perception to be able to recognize and develop our feeling/experience (BHAVANA) in Salamba Sarvangasana and to keep that feeling in other asanas as well. 

Salamba Sarvangasana (shoulder stand) is considered mother of all asanas asn Geeta Iyengar gives as example of mother that is endeavoring all her life so that her children could be happy, in that sense ‘mother of all asanas’ strive towards peace and health of the whole body. Geeta adds that it’s not exaggeration when this pose is called ‘Trailokya Cintamani’ – rare jewel in all three worlds. S. Sarvangasana calms nervous system and for that reason it’s good to practice it when person in tense, disturbed, irritated, exhausted or if the person had breakdown or is suffering from insomnia. 

Instability begins when we get emotionally attached to those aspects which we are not and attached to those which are not ours. Patanjali says, it is the emotional instability. It takes a long time for emotions to get matured with the practice yoga. For this kind of emotions the word bhavana is used and he uses that word four times in Yoga Sutras.
In first chapter in regard to the topic of Ishvara and Japa, where he explains that recitation, chanting of mantra OM has to be repeated constantly with feeling, realizing its full significance. It is not merely the verbal repetition of the syllable ‘aum’ – it has to reach the heart, penetrate into the heart.
In second chapter with reference to kriya yoga he explains that practice of yoga reduces affliction and makes one to conceive the idea of samadhi, and that samadhi can only be reached when mature emotional intelligence is acquired and conceived.
Later, while discussing yamas and niyamas, Patanjali explains that for person to be able to develop knowledge about discrimination what is proper action and what not, one needs intelligence of the brain and wisdom of the heart,
And in the four chapter, he indicates what is false emotional attachment and how to remove this kind of attachment and develop pure emotional attachment.
In these four times the words used are arthabhavanam, pratipaksabhavanam, samadhibhavanam, atmabhavabhavanam, and their importance is that they are expressing process to go for emotional stability, using dynamic efforts and intellectual maturity.  

In last 35 years, H.S.Arun practices and teaches art and science of yoga. While he was teaching in center in Bengalore, in 1978., he met guru BKS Iyengar and become his disciple. Also with Geeta and Prashant he sharpened his practice and with the time developed his own style of sharing this knowledge, that he gained through his teacher and through his  extensive practice. 

Workshop will be in english. 

Schedule:
Friday – 18:00-21:00
Saturday- 10:00-13:00 / 15:00-18:00
Sunday – 09:00-12:00 / 14:00-17:00

Whole workshop  150 € (1125kn)
‘Early bird’ till 15.09.2017 – 120 € (900kn)
1 whole day 70 € (500kn)
All registrations are valid only after payment has been made.

Cancellation policy:
In the case you have to cancel your attendance and you do that till 28.09., whole amount will be returned to you.
In case of cancelation till 10.10., 50% from the amount payed will be returned and after 10.10., no refunds are made.

For registration and all information please write to us.