Ashtanga Weekend in Utrectht with Adam Keen

Name: Ashtanga Weekend in Utrectht with Adam Keen
Start: 2025-09-26T17:30:00+02:00
End: 2025-09-28T14:00:00+02:00
Location: YogaPoint Oudegracht

Schedule

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025 at 05:30 pm to Sun, 28 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

YogaPoint Oudegracht | Utrecht, UT

www.keenonyoga.com
Ashtanga Workshop in Utrecht, 2025
September 26-28
YOGA POINT, UTRECHT
Vertical and Horizontal Progression in Yoga
What does inner progress mean, and how does it relate to physical progress? A weekend with Adam is always enlightening and at the same time grounding. He shares his unique perspective freely and enthusiastically, based on his years of experience and idea exchange with top asana practitioners from all schools as well as scholars.
All are welcome who have a steady Mysore practice.
FRIDAY
5.30 – 7.00pm: Breathing Basics
The difference between abdominal and thoracic breathing and the role of the diaphragm is the key to understanding an asana practice. We will explore these techniques and the asanas that you can most easily access them.
SATURDAY
8.00 – 10.00: Ashtanga Self-Practice
A self-practice class following the traditional Ashtanga sequences with verbal instruction and light physical assistance. Adam does not believe in forcing people into postures and focuses on safe and non-intrusive assistance, he offers directions for you to experience asanas in a comfortable and stable way. All physical abilities are welcome, however please have the sun salutations and first few standing asanas memorised.
10.30 – 12.00: Jump-Back and Jump-Through for Everybody
We can all do a version of this with some help that we can then develop further. Breaking these movements down into their fundamental principles we come to understand them – which is the first challenge. Then only can we work with our own body and get the most out of it we can.
12.30 – 2.00: Common Injuries, How to Prevent and Manage Them
At some point in the practice, we are bound to encounter setbacks and there are ways to safeguard against this as much as possible. We will discuss common injuries, such as knees, lower back, and shoulders along with other less common complaints like wrists, ankles, and neck and look at measures to protect against them, whilst also offering options of how to keep practicing.
SUNDAY
8.00 - 10.00: Ashtanga Self-Practice
A self-practice class following the traditional Ashtanga sequences with verbal instruction and light physical assistance. Adam does not believe in forcing people into postures and focuses on safe and non-intrusive assistance, he offers directions for you to experience asanas in a comfortable and stable way. All physical abilities are welcome, however please have the sun salutations and first few standing asanas memorised.
10.30 -12.00: Backbends to Front Stretches
There is a way to approach backbends which immediately makes them less scary. Namely, to consider that you are not bending your back, rather lengthening through the whole of the front of your body. A lot may change when considering them from a different angle and with a few extra tips.
12.30 – 2.00: Tantra as The Basis for Hatha Yoga
What we are now found doing (hatha or ‘forceful’ yoga) indisputably comes from tantric roots. We shall consider what this means and how it informs what we’re doing as an embodied practice, as opposed to, as is often suggested, simply a preparation for sitting in meditation.