Ideal for committed students or as a post teacher training. These sessions are for you when you are willing to immerse yourself in the yoga traditions. The ability to stay focussed and committed need to be in place as these are more intense sessions.

These sessions are for you to deepen your understanding of yoga, especially Hathayoga – asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha. You will explore various techniques which are less commonly practiced in regular classes. In addition to this, the anatomy of the yoga body, philosophy, and teaching styles are covered in greater depth and detail.

1. Asana
   - Practicing and teaching basis poses
   - Arm, hand, leg balancings
   - Hip-openers, backbends
   
   
2.  Pranayama
   - Mudras
   - Bandhas
   
   
3.   Meditation
   - Beginnings & struggles
   - Various techniques
   
   
4. Philosophy & Teaching
   - Various ideas on yoga
   - Different bodies, different adjustments
   - Inspire, authenticity and tradition

- deepen knowledge and practice of meditation and pranayama
- deepening the teaching and knowledge and practice of yoga
- handstand and scorpionpose
- expanding knowledge both philosophically and in asana practice
- balance poses
- basic poses in a correct way, self and teaching
- learn how bodies perform asanas differently and how to adjust different bodies
- arm balancing poses
- more space in the hips in poses
- being an inspiring teacher and not an ‘inhale exhale’ robot or copycat

For Yoga teachers and serious yogis. You need some years of experience and a level 3 practice level. This does noet mean that you have to be most flexible person but that you are serious about improving asana, mudra, bandha and pranayama. As a teacher you learn how to become a better more authentic teacher. As a yogi you learn how to deepen and improve the effects of your yoga practice.

We work with very small groups, so there is lots of personal attention to guide every participant on his or her personal journey. Maximum 6 participants.

Dr. Olav Aarts has over 20 years of Traditional Hatha Yoga experience. Giving masterclasses, intensives, teacher trainings worldwide. Olav teaches Hatha Yoga, on the origins of yoga traditions and Asian religions. In 2013, Yoga Magazine named him “yogi of the year” for best yoga teacher in the Netherlands and Belgium.