Martyna

Christmas is just around the corner which means there will be a few schedule changes in December due to public holidays. Please check the class timetable before joining the classes.

Schedule updates in December:

• December 8th (Saturday) is a public holiday. The morning Led class will take place only if at least 3 people sign up. Please let me know till Friday noon if you would like to join!
• There will be no evening Led class on December 18th (Tuesday). The morning class will take place as usual. 
• Christmas break: I will be away between December 21st evening (Friday) and December 26th (Wednesday). From Thursday on the classes will take place according to the regular schedule.
• There will be also no classes on January 1st (Tuesday) – Happy New Year! 

See you on the mat!

Martyna

Dear Ashtangis,

today is exactly one month since I taught my first class at the new studio in Weggisgasse. My heart is full of gratitude and I wanted to thank all of you for supporting me in the preparations, showing up at the opening and for coming so regularly to the classes at the new space. I hope you like it as much as I do and that we will keep creating this place together. Below you can find a few updates about upcoming events: 

• The long-awaited Yoga meets Weggis festival started today! I will have the pleasure to teach two led classes there this weekend, on Saturday and Sunday morning. If you have no plans for this weekend, you can still join spontaneously! More details on the website.

• Because of the festival, there will be changes in the class schedule this weekend. Tomorrow, the morning Led class will be moved to the afternoon, starting at 16:00. The Full Primary Led class will take place on the second Sunday of the month, November 11th. 

• In three weeks (November 24th) you can join another workshop that will support your Ashtanga Yoga practice. The title of the workshop is Strength & Grace and we will focus on smooth transitions from one pose to another. We will have a look at the exact technique of different transitions, like jump through and back, and work on strength required to do them. Connecting breath with movement will turn you practice into a meditative flow. More details here. 

• The next Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga workshop is scheduled for January 12th. It is a great way to start the practice or – for those of you who already joined some classes – to learn the theory and techniques that we use in Ashtanga.

• Christmas is slowly approaching and again this year you have a chance to give someone you love a gift of yoga. Put a voucher for a yoga pass, workshop or a private class under the christmas tree and make someone healthier and happier in the coming year 🙂 

Love,

Martyna 

As some of you know, it was my big dream for Ashtanga Yoga Luzern to have its own home. It took time and effort, but finally I can announce the good news: we are moving to a new beautiful studio in the old town of Lucerne 💛

From October 1st all the classes will be taking place in Weggisgasse 31. I hope you will like your new yoga home and you will bring your energy into this new space. 

I will share this new studio with a person that has been very close to my heart since I moved to Luzern – Caroline Cinnanti, Prana Yoga. This place is our dream coming true and we are now working very hard to make it look and feel like we always imagined our dream yoga studio. 

The opening apéro will take place on Saturday, September 29th, from 14:00 to 17:00. I hope to see you there so that we can celebrate this special day together. Also, everyone coming to the opening event can grab a voucher for a free yoga class. We will start teaching the classes on October 1st. 

I wanted to thank all of you for coming to my classes and creating this beautiful Ashtanga Yoga community in Lucerne. This step forward is possible only because of your commitment and your support in making this practice more popular in Lucerne. ♥

Love,

Martyna

Dear Ashtangis,

energised after a wonderful workshop with Eddie Stern in Amsterdam, I’m happy to welcome the summer months, looking forward to more yoga events I’m planning to attend soon. Luckily, they won’t collide with my class schedule in Lucerne, so with just a few exceptions, I will be able to teach all the classes in July and August. I hope that for those of you who are around in the following weeks, it will be a good opportunity to deepen your practice. Below you can find all the information about the summer schedule: 

• Summer school holidays are slowly approaching, but we don’t do any holidays from the practice! In the summer you can benefit from a Summer Ashtanga Yoga Pass, which allows you to visit all the morning and evening classes between July 9th and August 19th as well as the Full Primary Series led class in August for a special price 135 CHF. Make a commitment and take care of yourself this summer – your body will be very grateful! 

• During this time the Tuesday evening LiLi classs will be taking place outside at Ufschötti and only in case of rain we will practice inside the LiLi centre. Check the page Open-Air Ashtanga Yoga for details!

• This summer I will stay and teach in Lucerne, I will only be away for short yoga holidays on following dates: July 31st, August 28th & 30th. I will be working on my practice under the watchful eye of certified teacher Eddie Stern – looking forward to sharing with you what I have learnt from this amazing teacher! 

• The Full Primary Led classes will take place as usual during the summer, the next dates are July 1st and August 5th. After this class you can stay for a short talk about yoga philosophy and you will also have an opportunity to ask your questions. 

• Last but not least, I’m very happy to announce that Ashtanga Yoga Luzern will be a part of the Yoga meets Weggis festival in November this year. It will be a great chance for more people to learn about Ashtanga and for the regular students to practice in beautiful surrounings. You can already visit their website, more details about the Ashtanga classes will be posted soon. 

Enjoy the sun!

Lots of love,

Martyna 

Dear Ashtangis,

The long awaited Spring is finally here! This season is always a good time to take care of your body, to nourish it with healthy food and to develop good habits. I hope that yoga will be a part of your daily routine! Below you can find a quick update about changes to the schedule and upcoming events.

• On May 5th (Saturday) I will teach a workshop about healing and detox through Ashtanga Yoga. If you are interested in the therapeutic aspect of the yoga practice or you want to know how to facilitate removing toxins from your body, then this workshop is for you! 

• If you struggle with headstand or you want to play with handstands and other inverted postures, save the date May 26th for the next workshop. I will soon post more details on the website. 

• I know that durig the Winter it is much harder to remain a regular morning practice and I could see less interest in the morning classes. Therefore I had to cancel the Friday Led class for now – I will teach this class only till the end of April. The other two Mysore classes will be taking place regularly and the prices of the 1- and 2-moths passes will be adjusted accodingly. Hope to see you in Mysore – I’m sure that the beautiful Spring outside makes it much easier to get up in the morning! 

• The next Full Primary Led class will take place on May 6th. After the class, for those who are interested, I will give a short talk about the meaning of Ashtanga Yoga mantras.
• May 10th is a public holiday, but I will be happy to teach the classes if at least 3 people sign up. Please contact me if you would like to join!

Lots of love,

Martyna 

As most of you already know, in January I will go to Thailand to practice with Petri Raisanen. I will also have an honour to one more time assist Petri in his classes – I’m looking forward to teaching on the side of this experienced teacher. I will be away between January 5th and 20th and in those two weeks there will be no classes. I hope you will keep practicing at home and by the end of January we can meet again so that I can share with you everything I’ve learnt from Petri. 

Before that you can still join the following classes:

• Morning Mysore classes on January 2nd and 4th, 6.30 – 8.30.
• Ashtanga Led on Thursday, January 4th at 18.15.

To read the full Newsletter open this link. 

I wish you a beautiful year ahead – a year that will bring awareness and insight allowing you to grow and transform in the direction that is meant for you.

Dear students,

during the week between Christmas and New Year I will teach the classes as usual with only a few exceptions:

• Morning classes: there will be no Mysore class on Tuesday, December 26th. The classes on Thursday and Friday (Dec 28th & 29th) as well as following Tuesday (Jan 2nd) will take place.
• I will teach the evening Ashtanga Led class both on December 28th and January 4th. 
• LiLi Centre will be closed between December 23rd and January 6th.

Hope to still see you before Christmas, and if not then I wish you a nice and relaxed holiday, Merry Christmas!

Martyna

Dear Yogis, I’m happy to see the quick progress of the beginners in the classes! In fact, all of you who used to come to the Ashtanga Beginner class on Thursday, shifted to more advanced classes and this one quickly became empty. Because there aren’t enough new students at the moment, I will have to cancel this class by the end of December and perhaps restart the beginner courses sometime in the Spring.
 
So if you were hesitating whether to start Ashtanga practice or not, now is the time! Join the last couple of Beginner classes on Thursday at 19:45 and the Introduction workshop this Saturday (02.12) – by the end of this year you will be fully ready to continue in other classes.
 
Simply come and try the Ashtanga Beginner class and sign up if you want to come to the workshop. Thank you 🙏🏻

Walking to the studio today before 5 a.m. I couldn’t deny any more that the Winter is just around the corner. Usually at this time of the year I would be already in India, enjoying the tropical climate as well as the heat created in the body during the practice. I miss practicing with Sharath and my Mysore friends, but this year I decided to stay in Switzerland to teach and do only a short yoga trip to Thailand in Junuary. I hope that together we can create the atmosphere and energy in the class like the one I know from the main Yoga Shala in India.

I’m sure you are already counting down the days to Christmas holidays, but before that there are still a few dates to save:

• December 2nd (Saturday): Workshop: Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga
• December 3rd (Sunday): Full Primary Series Led class
• December 9th: Workshop (Saturday): Hip-opening yoga poses. 
• December 14th (Thursdays) – Lecture: 1% theory: Introduction to Patanjali’s Eight Limbs of Yoga

To learn more details follow the links or check the last newsletter. 

Pattabhi Jois used to say that “Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory”.  In November and December I will give two lectures on yoga philosophy and Yoga Sutras to provide you the necessary 1% of theoretical knowledge.  Please check the details here: workshops.