Yoga Beginners' Course. Studio & Online

Course intention

The Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga beginners course is designed to provide our new students with the fundamental foundations of yoga. Our intention is to introduce you to the health-giving and joy-bringing powers of yoga. We truly believe that yoga helps us discover our incredible self-healing faculty, bringing more balance to our daily life.

Course modules

• We will explore your breathing patterns and help you create harmonious ways for guiding your breath during yoga practice and daily life.
• We will learn the sequence of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga, starting with the two sun salutes, the standing postures and a short introduction to the finishing series. We will support you in finding your own style, keeping it simple, balanced, safe, inspiring and uplifting.
• We will help you develop or improve your concentration skills through experiencing drishti (the yogic gaze technique). We will practise it during our postural sequences and help you take it further into your daily life to support your intention and give more focus to your life choices.
• We will prepare your mind and body for the safe practice of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga, through the exploration of the body energy locks (bandhas), observing how these subtle but powerful tools bring about balance and focus.

Course students

We keep this course intimate with a maximum of 6 students at the studio and 6 on Zoom. Welcome novices to yoga and those who are new to the Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga method.

Course teacher

The course will be led by Irina Pashkevich Bourdier, the founder of Iriness and a Senior Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance Professionals. Visit the About page for more information about Irina.

Course timeline

The course duration is ~5-6 weeks and includes about 20 hours of theory and practice:

• 4 x ~1h30-1h45 Wednesday sessions at 6:30pm (June 16, 23, 30 & July 7) and
• 6 x 1h30-1h45 classes during 4-6 weeks of the course Any class on our schedule (Classes page) can be attended.

We recommend attending at least 1-2 classes a week in addition to Wednesday's theoretical & practical course session.