Dates & Prices
2012 Worldwide Events
January 14 to January 15, 2012 
Come for a weekend of yoga practice and yoga understanding through discussion. The weekend will consist of half practice and half philosophy. The weekend is open to everybody who enjoys yoga or is interested in yoga philosophy and practice. Mark’s teachings will allow you to feel completely confident in your own home yoga practice that will nurture and support you always. The weekend will deeply enrich your understanding of the ancient yoga wisdom and how it is timeless in its message to humanity of how to be fulfilled and content in this life.
For those booking and making full payment by 20th December be in the draw to have 50% of your payment refunded!!
For all bookings and enquiries contact Anna de Zeeuw, (+64) 3 942 7111 or (+64) 27 545 9283
January 21, 2012 
YOGA SANCTUARY
PARNELL, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
February 3 to February 5, 2012
MANGROVE MOUNTAIN, AUSTRALIA
February 12, 2012 
WORKSHOP at JIVAMUKTI YOGA SYDNEY
SYDENY, AUSTRALIA
“Advancing Your Yoga Practice”
10am – 4pm, $150 (including light lunch)
Your yoga is direct intimacy with nurturing source. Learn simple principles of personal practice to make yoga entirely your own, efficient, powerful and safe.
Breath, asana and bandha integrate as a seamless design. Apply breath and bandha efficiently to produce a powerful practice that is right for you. Introducing breath and bandha as the central feature of your asana, adding these principles to the Yoga you already know and love.
Asana is hatha yoga and Hatha yoga is tantra, the non-dual practice. What does this statement mean? ‘Ha tha’ equals ‘strength receiving’ which has profound implication to our life, health and sex. How do we make sure our asana is actually hatha yoga?
Workshop will include the Yoga of Patanjali, an in depth study of the first four sutras of Patanjali’s Yoga sutra and the first sutra of book two: on the three qualities or actions of personal yoga practice.
Mark Whitwell has enjoyed a life long relationship with the teachings of Professor T. Krishnamacharya ‘the teacher of the teachers’. Soon to be released his new book is The Promise, The Secrets of Sex, Love and Intimacy. Mark lives in Los Angeles and Fiji. He travels throughout the world teaching the timeless principles of ancient yoga wisdom.
Where: Jivamukti Yoga, 67a Wilford st, Newtown (Sydney) NSW, Australia.
Tel: (02) 9517 3280
February 17 to February 19, 2012 
A weekend of relaxation, regeneration and indulging your senses. The inaugural Festival will be held in the charming village of Mullumbimby, west of Byron Bay, from 17th-19th February 2012.
Picture yourself absorbed in a weekend of yoga, kirtan, conscious dance, tantra, healing and music, set amongst the lush green backdrop of the stunning Mullumbimby countryside.
February 21 to February 22, 2012
MULLUMBIMBY, AUSTRALIA
9am to 5pm in the Discovery room.
This intimate workshop has a maximum of 30 places available. We expect it to fill quickly so please book now to secure your place.
According to the great “teacher of our teachers” T. Krishnamacharya, yoga must be adapted to the individual, not the individual adapted to the style of yoga. For your yoga practice to be most fruitful, it must be in harmony with your body type, age, health, and even cultural background.
This workshop is a unique opportunity to work with one of the most experienced yoga teachers in the world to design your own personal yoga practice. No matter what style of yoga you are currently practicing, you will be able incorporate the insights gleaned from this personal practice development to make your yoga more efficient, powerful, and safe.
You’ll also learn to integrate breath, asana, and bandha as a seamless process and as you deepen into this understanding, personalised for you, you discover more completely that yoga is your direct connection with reality – an entirely abundant, regenerating, and nurturing power. Everyone, from beginners to experienced practitioners, is invited to attend.
“I tried many different yoga traditions over many years but could never keep up a regular practice. When I met Mark and studied under him, yoga became a joy and a pleasure. After a few months of a simple daily practice, my life felt different in many ways. With Mark’s approach, there is nowhere to go, no higher place to reach, no need to stretch the body beyond where it is comfortable, there’s just a flow and a connection with nurturing source. He teaches from a place of ancient pure wisdom, and is a total joy to be with”.
Naren King
Managing Dreamer, and Crystal Castle owner.
The two day workshop is $295.00 Book Now
Click here for more information about this event.
February 25 to February 26, 2012 
WELLINGTON BUDDHIST CENTRE WORKSHOP
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
Sat 1.30pm-5.30pm , Sun 8.30am-12.30pm
Learn the principles of personal practice to make Yoga entirely your own, efficient, powerful and safe. Breath, asana and bandha integrate as a seamless design. Introduce breath and bandha as the central feature of your asana, adding these principles to the Yoga you already know and love, and efficiently produce a powerful practice that is right for you.
Contact and registration: Scott Helbron
P: 0279188970
E: scotthelbron@gmail.com
March 3 to March 4, 2012 
PAIA, HAWAI’I
Saturday 2-5pm: Empowering Your Yoga, Your Life: The Five Principles of Krishnamacharya
Sunday 2-5pm: Advancing Your Yoga Practice…Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, Life, A Seamless Process
If registered by 29 February $40 (or $45 at door). To register, please go to www.paiayoga.com
March 17 to March 18, 2012 
VENICE, CALIFORNIA
Join us from 12:30 to 6pm each day for music and meditation with the Temple Bhajan Band. The satsung with Mark will begin at 2pm. During this three-hour session, Mark will both lecture and lead us through a beautiful yoga asana that will show you how your yoga is your direct intimacy with nurturing source.
$110 per day or $190 for both days
March 24 to March 25, 2012 
LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA
ADVANCED YOGA FOR EVERYONE
Two Classes: 1. Empowering your Yoga, your Life: The Five Principles of Krishnamacharya. 2. Advancing Your Yoga Practice. (Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, Life, a seamless process)
Your Yoga is direct intimacy with nurturing source. The principles of personal practice to make Yoga entirely your own, efficient, powerful and safe. Breath, asana and bandha integrate as a seamless design. Apply breath and bandha efficiently to produce a powerful practice that is right for you. Introducing breath and bandha as the central feature of your asana, adding these principles to the Yoga you already know and love. Asana is hatha yoga and Hatha yoga is tantra, the non-dual practice. What does this statement mean? “Ha tha” equals “Strength receiving” which has profound implication to our Life, health and sex. How do we make sure our asana is actually hatha yoga? Classes will include the Yoga of Patanjali, an in depth study of the first four sutras of Patanjali’s Yogasutra and the first sutra of book two: on the three qualities or actions of personal yoga practice.
Price:$65 per day | $110 for full weekend
ONLY FULL WEEKEND AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE PURCHASE; BUY SINGLES AT STUDIO.
March 28 to April 1, 2012
A vibrant and uplifting festival of yoga, dance, and music which awakens and nourishes each individual’s potential for positive change within, leading to positive change in our homes, in our communities, and around the world.
Set in the spectacular grounds of the Purnati Center for the Arts in Batuan, just 10 minutes south of Ubud, the daytime workshops and Dharma Fair enjoy a venue unmatched for its tropical beauty and gentle energy. The global music concerts take place in Ubud, at the Agung Rai Museum of Art’s (ARMA) outdoor stage, to allow easy access for visitors and locals. This unique series of concerts features and knits together the distinctive traditional rhythms of Africa, Indonesia and Australia with the contemporary music of the rest of the world.
Now in its 5th year, the Festival brings together 100s of celebrated musicians, yogis and dancers from every continent and also become a magnet for fans, students and followers of every calling. Weeks before the Festival, Ubud begins to fill with a colorful international tribe of young people gathering in anticipation of one of the world’s most inspiring events.
JOIN US IN UBUD! Be a part of something that will change our world!
CLICK THRU to read more about the Festival and BUY YOUR PASSES NOW!
April 5 to April 11, 2012
WORKSHOP at MIMPI MENJANGAN RESORT
BALI, INDONESIA
Mark Whitwell, Ellen Watson, and Daphne Tse
Mark, Ellen & Daphne invite you to join them for at Mimpi-Menjangan Resort for the time of your life. Mimpi means “dreams” in Indonesian. Your dreams are coming true; radically alive wellness programming, delicious & nutritious cuisine, Mimpi Springs Eco Spa, World Class Scuba & Snorkeling. Mimpi’s natural hot springs, suitable for drinking and soaking for healing, offer the perfect buoyancy for aquatic bodywork, for star gazing at night under the full moon, and meditation on the rising and falling tides of Mimpi’s lagoon.
Workshop includes: 
•Daily yoga instruction with Mark Whitwell
•Transformational movement, ecstatic dance & chanting with Ellen & Daphne
•Accommodations in a stunning & tranquil Balinese setting
•Welcoming dinner & Jegog Gamelan Dance
•A relaxing & regenerative massage treatment at Mimpi SpringEco Spa
•Mid morning energizing wellness smoothies & snacks
•Sumptuous brunch with organic raw and cooked food that truly nourishes
•Full moon Temple Ceremony
•Shared transportation to and from Mimpi-Mengangan Resort
•Closing Ritual in Mimpi Springs Spa
Optional extras: Scuba & Snorkeling at Menjangan Island, a destination for divers from around the world
Sunset Dinner at Taman Selini…best Greek food in Bali…some say better than in Greece!
May 5 to May 6, 2012 
FRANKFURT, GERMANY
“The Yogasutras of Patanjali”
The principles of personal practice to make Yoga entirely your own, efficient, powerful and safe.
Breath, asana and bandha integrate as a seamless design. Apply breath and bandha efficiently to produce a powerful practice that is right for you. Introducing breath and bandha as the central feature of your asana, adding these principles to the Yoga you already know and love.
Asana is hatha yoga the non dual tantra. What does this statement mean? “Ha tha” equals “Strength receiving” which has profound implication to our Life, health and sex. How do we make sure our asana is actually hatha yoga?”
Classes will include the Yoga of Patanjali, an in depth study of the first four sutras of Patanjali’s Yogasutra and the first sutra of book two: on the three qualities or actions of personal yoga practice.
Balance – Yoga Institut GmbH & Co. KG
Eschersheimer Landstraße 5-7 (Hinterhaus)
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Telefon: +49 (0)69 – 95 90 88 00
Telefax: +49 (0)69 – 95 90 88 01
E-Mail: info@balanceyoga.de
May 12 to May 13, 2012 
GRAZ, AUSTRIA
“Empowering your Yoga, your Life: The 5 Principles of Krishnamacharya”
Your Yoga is direct intimacy with nurturing source.
The principles of personal practice to make Yoga entirely your own, efficient, powerful and safe.
Breath, asana and bandha integrate as a seamless design. Apply breath and bandha efficiently to produce a powerful practice that is right for you. Introducing breath and bandha as the central feature of your asana, adding these principles to the Yoga you already know and love.
Asana is hatha yoga and Hatha yoga is tantra, the non-dual practice. What does this statement mean? “Ha tha” equals “Strength receiving” which has profound implication to our Life, health and sex. How do we make sure our asana is actually hatha yoga?
Class will include the Yoga of Patanjali, an in depth study of the first four sutras of Patanjali’s Yoga sutra and the first sutra of book two: on the three qualities or actions of personal yoga practice.
Click HERE for Mark’s forthcoming book, “The Promise of Love, Sex and Intimacy.”
yuna yoga
Körösistraße 9
A-8010 Graz
+43 (0)316 890 855
June 9 to June 10, 2012
WASHINGTON D.C.
June 9, 2:00-5:00 PM
“Empowering your Yoga, your Life: The 5 Principles of Krishnamacharya”
Your Yoga is direct intimacy with nurturing source.
The principles of personal practice to make Yoga entirely your own, efficient, powerful and safe.
Breath, asana and bandha integrate as a seamless design. Apply breath and bandha efficiently to produce a powerful practice that is right for you. Introducing breath and bandha as the central feature of your asana, adding these principles to the Yoga you already know and love.
Asana is hatha yoga and Hatha yoga is tantra, the non-dual practice. What does this statement mean? “Ha tha” equals “Strength receiving” which has profound implication to our Life, health and sex. How do we make sure our asana is actually hatha yoga?
Class will include the Yoga of Patanjali, an in depth study of the first four sutras of Patanjali’s Yoga sutra and the first sutra of book two: on the three qualities or actions of personal yoga practice.
Click HERE for Mark’s forthcoming book, “The Promise of Love, Sex and Intimacy.”
Cost: $60 one session
$100 both sessions
June 10 - 2:00-5:00 PM
“The Promise: Advanced Yoga for EveryOne”
For all levels; no prior yoga experience needed.
Yoga is not a linear process; it is direct intimacy with life, and it is available to everyone. This weekend, Mark Whitwell offers yoga’s advanced practices in a way that you will be able to integrate and make your own, whether you are just beginning to practice or have years of experience.
This seminar involves an interwoven promise. You promise to practice yoga, and in return you receive the promise of yoga’s gifts, including health, intimacy, well-being, and joy. In order to experience these benefits, your yoga practice must be adapted to you, not you to yoga. With Mark’s skillful and heartfelt guidance, you will:
• Explore the five principles of advanced personal practice
• Dive into asana, pranayama, and meditation as a seamless process
• Discover how yoga transforms life into an intimate celebration with Everything
• Experience the nurturing principle as a constant in your life from now on
• Return home with understanding and the embodied felt sense of your own joyful practice
This program is a regenerative and joyful event that will continue to reverberate through your daily life in very practical ways.
Click HERE for Mark’s forthcoming book, “The Promise of Love, Sex and Intimacy.” RECOMMENDED READING
Cost: $60 one session
$100 both sessions
June 15 to June 17, 2012
BERKLEY, MICHIGAN
Friday June 15, 2012 • 7:30 – 9 pm • $25
Session 1 “The Promise: Love, Sex and Intimacy” Satsang with Mark Whitwell
Mark has enjoyed a life long relationship with the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya, “the teacher of the teachers,” notably BKS Iyengar, K Pattabhi Jois and TKV Desikachar. In this intimate satsang, Mark will share his philosophy of yoga and his soon to be released book: The Promise of Love Sex and Intimacy: How a Simple Breathing Practice Will Change Your Life Forever.
Saturday June 16, 2012 • 1 – 4 pm • $60
Session 2 “Empowering Your Yoga, Your Life”
Embody the Five Principles of Krishnamacharya in your yoga practice. Yoga is every person’s direct intimacy with reality, which is entirely abundant, regenerating and nurturing power. This is yoga from the heart, and for the heart. Mark teaches the psychology and physiology which reveals the ancient wisdom of yoga: life is already given to us. We are not and cannot be separate from nature, which sustains us in a vast interdependence with all.
Sunday June 17, 2012 • 1 – 4 pm • $60
Session 3 “Advancing Your Yoga Practice”
Breath, asana and bandha integrate as a seamless design. Learn to apply breath and bandha efficiently to produce a powerful practice that is right for you. Class will include study of the first four Sutras of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra and the first Sutra of Book 2, on the three qualities or actions of a personal yoga practice.
Early Registration for the Weekend: $130 (by 6/1)
Space at the studio is limited, early registration is highly recommended. (No Refunds/registration reserves your space.)
June 18 to June 19, 2012
NEW BUFFALO, MICHIGAN
June 18, 3-7pm ET - The Promise of Love, Sex, and Intimacy (the release of Mark Whitwell’s new book by Atria)
Explore how a simple breathing practice will enrich your life forever. The promise of this workshop is to bring an understanding of how every experience of our daily life is divine and holds the power to enlighten. Mark Whitwell, one of today’s most highly respected yoga teachers bases his work on the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya and his son TKV Desikachar, with whom he enjoyed a relationship for more than twenty years. He’ll share with students how to carve space in their lives that allows for greater intimacy with others and to deepen their practice. This naturally leads to more profound connections with the outer world, and in general, a more profound understanding of oneself. This workshop will explain how a physical yoga practice—participating in your breath with body movement—derived from ancient spiritual insight can change your life. Anybody can do it! No yoga experience is necessary. $75 pre-pay; $80 at the door.
June 19, 6-9pm ET - Advanced Yoga for Everyone
Yoga is not a linear process. It is direct intimacy with life in the moment, and it is available to everyone. Mark Whitwell offers yoga’s advanced practices in a way that you are able to integrate and make your own, whether you are just beginning to practice or have years of experience. This workshop involves an interwoven promise: You promise to practice yoga, and in return you receive the promise of yoga’s gifts. This includes improved health, intimacy, well-being, and joy. To experience these benefits, your yoga practice must be adapted to you, not you to yoga.With Whitwell’s skillful and heartfelt guidance, you will discover how yoga transforms life into an intimate celebration, experience a nurturing principle as a constant in your life, and return home with understanding and the embodied sense of your own joyful practice. No yoga experience is necessary. $55 pre-pay; $60 at the door.
Dancing Feet Yoga
19135 West U.S. 12 | New Buffalo, MI 49117 | 269-469-1966
June 22 to June 24, 2012 
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Early registration price: (price expires May 24 2012): $202.50
Standard price: $225.00
Register online
or
Call to register: 512-358-1200
Join Mark for a workshop about his book “The Promise” & an experience in The Heart of Yoga.
June 29 to July 1, 2012 
MADISON, WISCONSIN
A festival which celebrates the devotional path that has its roots in yoga, kirtan, and meditation. It embraces ancient and modern sacred wisdom and traditional and non-traditional spiritual practices. The festival is a vehicle for evolution of human consciousness through a heart-centered revolution. Bhakti Fest builds a community of people drawn to follow the path of the heart – a devotional, prayerful, loving, healthful, respectful family. All the artists, presenters, and vendors embody, practice, and share the spirit of Bhakti through a variety of ways, including:
- Continuous Kirtan
- Yoga Classes
- Meditations and Prayer
- Teachings and workshops
- Fire Ceremonies (Pujas)
- Hanuman Chalisas
- Eco-Friendly, holistic market place
- Vegetarian, Vegan, and Raw Vegan Cuisine
- Wellness Sanctuary: massage, bodywork, energy work, intuitive readings, and other unique wellness enhancing modalities.
Bhakti Fest encourages the spirit of service and offers a work exchange program. The festival donates monies to a variety of non-profit organizations which provide housing, food, education, medical, and environmental beautification programs around the world.
BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE and USE the Promo Code - 2012mark – to receive $25 off!
July 5 to July 9, 2012 
BARCELONA, SPAIN
An event where people from all ages, with or without yoga experience, can find inspiration. Join Mark along with a team of well known teachers from five continents as they gather to share their personal views of yoga.
July 12 to 15, 2012 
TELLURIDE, COLORADO
The Full Festival Pass is the very BEST VALUE and is designed for the attendee wanting to experience as many workshops as possible throughout the weekend at the best price per workshop including 6 hours of workshops daily. This pass does not include Thursday’s All-Day Intensive. The All Day Intensive can be added for an additional $150.00 during the registration process.
Benefits:
- (3) 2 hour yoga workshops Friday- Sunday
- Morning Mysore
- Morning Meditation
- Access to all special events: Friday Night Kirtan, Sunday Keynote, Elk’s Park Extravaganza Friday & Sunday 3-5pm
- Priority entrance into lunchtime & evening free workshops
- Free TYF Tote Bag!
21 July to 22 July 2012
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
ADVANCED YOGA FOR EVERYONE
Two Classes: 1. Empowering your Yoga, your Life: The Five Principles of Krishnamacharya. 2. Advancing Your Yoga Practice. (Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, Life, a seamless process)
Your Yoga is direct intimacy with nurturing source. The principles of personal practice to make Yoga entirely your own, efficient, powerful and safe. Breath, asana and bandha integrate as a seamless design. Apply breath and bandha efficiently to produce a powerful practice that is right for you. Introducing breath and bandha as the central feature of your asana, adding these principles to the Yoga you already know and love. Asana is hatha yoga and Hatha yoga is tantra, the non-dual practice. What does this statement mean? “Ha tha” equals “Strength receiving” which has profound implication to our Life, health and sex. How do we make sure our asana is actually hatha yoga? Classes will include the Yoga of Patanjali, an in depth study of the first four sutras of Patanjali’s Yogasutra and the first sutra of book two: on the three qualities or actions of personal yoga practice.
Price:$65 per day | $110 for full weekend
ONLY FULL WEEKEND AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE PURCHASE; BUY SINGLES AT STUDIO.
July 27 to 29, 2012
BIG SUR, CALIFORNIA
The Promise: Advanced Yoga for EveryOne
Yoga is not a linear process. It is direct intimacy with life, and it is available to everyone. This weekend, Mark Whitwell offers yoga’s advanced practices in a way that you can integrate and make your own, whether you are just beginning to practice or have years of experience. The weekend involves an interwoven promise: You promise to practice yoga, and in return you receive the promise of yoga’s gifts, including health, intimacy, wellbeing, and joy. In order to experience these benefits, your yoga practice must be adapted to you, not you to yoga.
Reservations Information (Accommodations & Pricing)
July 29 to August 3, 2012 
BIG SUR, CALIFORNIA
The Promise: Advanced Yoga for EveryOne – Intensive
Yoga is not a linear process. It is direct intimacy with life, and it is available to everyone. This week, Mark Whitwell offers yoga’s advanced practices in a way that you can integrate and make your own, whether you are just beginning to practice or have years of experience. The weekend involves an interwoven promise: You promise to practice yoga, and in return you receive the promise of yoga’s gifts, including health, intimacy, wellbeing, and joy. In order to experience these benefits, your yoga practice must be adapted to you, not you to yoga. With Mark’s skillful and heartfelt guidance, you will:
• Explore the five principles of advanced personal practice
• Dive into asana, pranayama, and meditation as a seamless process
• Discover how yoga transforms life into an intimate celebration with everything
• Experience the nurturing principle as a constant in your life from now on
• Return home with understanding and the embodied felt sense of your own joyful practice
This program is a regenerative and joyful event that will continue to reverberate through your daily life in very practical ways. For all levels; no prior yoga experience is needed. Please bring a yoga mat.
Recommended reading: Whitwell, Yoga of Heart and The Promise; Desikachar, The Heart of Yoga.Reservations Information (Accommodations & Pricing)
August 11, 2012 
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
The Promise: Yoga’s Gifts of Wellbeing, Intimacy and Joy
Yoga is not a linear process; it is direct intimacy with life, and it is available to everyone. Today, Mark Whitwell will offer yoga’s advanced practices in a way that you will be able to integrate and make your own, whether you are just beginning to practice or have years of experience. This workshop involves an interwoven promise. You promise to practice yoga, and in return you receive the promise of yoga’s gifts, including health, intimacy, well-being, and joy. In order to experience these benefits, your yoga practice must be adapted to you, not you to yoga. With Mark’s skillful and heartfelt guidance, you will: explore the five principles of advanced personal practice; dive into asana, pranayama, and meditation as a seamless process; discover how yoga transforms life into an intimate celebration with Everything; experience the nurturing principle as a constant in your life from now on and return home with understanding and the embodied felt sense of your own joyful practice. This program is a juicy and inspiring event that will continue to reverberate through your daily life in very practical ways.
Recommended reading: Yoga of Heart, The hEaling Power of Intimate Connection and The Promise of Love, Sex and Intimacy.
A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP: Saturday, August 11, 10am–5:30pm
12SBY15S Members: $120 / Nonmembers: $130
August 14, 2012
SOHO HOUSE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Join Mark as he presents material from his upcoming work ‘The Promise’ and his life with known and unknown masters. Only 25 spaces available!
RSVP… douglas@sohohouseny.com
August 17 to August 19, 2012
BEING YOGA CONFERENCE at the OMEGA INSTITUTE
RHINEBECK, NEW YORK
Come gather with a diverse community of yoga practitioners for a weekend event that’s part conference, part retreat, and all yoga! Deepen your practice through self-reflection, study, and celebration, while enjoying the beauty and quiet of nature at Omega’s Rhinebeck, New York campus. A unique and intimate experience, Omega’s Being Yoga Conference Retreat offers sessions for both beginner and experienced practitioners in a wide range of topics to help you realize the potential of yoga to transform every part of your life.
Gather wisdom and knowledge from senior teachers and experience something new with up-and-coming teachers. Spend time in quiet contemplation in nature and join in community during meals and full community gatherings. Enjoy delicious vegetarian meals, relax with a session at the Omega Wellness Center, and explore the outdoors. As you connect with others and yourself at the Being Yoga Conference Retreat, you experience what it means to truly live your yoga.
August 31 to September 3, 2012 
KRIPALU CENTRE FOR YOGA AND HEALTH
STOCKBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTES
For all levels; no prior yoga experience needed.
Yoga is not a linear process; it is direct intimacy with life, and it is available to everyone. This weekend, Mark Whitwell offers yoga’s advanced practices in a way that you can integrate and make your own, whether you are just beginning to practice or have years of experience.
This weekend involves an interwoven promise. You promise to practice yoga and, in return, you receive the promise of yoga’s gifts, including health, intimacy, well-being, and joy. In order to experience these benefits, your yoga practice must be adapted to you, not you to yoga. With Mark’s skillful and heartful guidance, you
- Explore the five principles of advanced personal practice
- Dive into asana, pranayama, and meditation as a seamless process
- Discover how yoga transforms life into an intimate celebration with everything
- Experience the nurturing principle as a constant in your life from now on
- Return home with understanding and the embodied felt sense of your own joyful practice.
This program is a juicy and joyful event that will continue to reverberate through your daily life in very practical ways.
October 19 to October 21, 2012 
HEART OF YOGA TEACHERS CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
October 21 to 26, 2012
OMEGA INSTITUTE RETREAT & TEACHER TRAINING
RHINEBECK, NEW YORK
Yoga is not a linear process. It is direct intimacy with life in the moment, and it is available to everyone.
This yoga workshop with Mark Whitwell offers yoga’s advanced practices in a way that you are able to integrate and make your own, whether you are just beginning to practice or have years of experience.
This workshop involves an interwoven promise: You promise to practice yoga, and in return you receive the promise of yoga’s gifts, including improved health, intimacy, well-being, and joy. To experience these benefits, your yoga practice must be adapted to you, not you to yoga.
- Explore the five principles of advanced personal practice
- Dive into asana, pranayama, and meditation as a seamless process
- Discover how yoga transforms life into an intimate celebration
- Experience a nurturing principle as a constant in your life
- Return home with understanding and the embodied sense of your own joyful practice
No yoga experience is necessary.
October 27 to October 28 2012
ADVANCED YOGA FOR EVERYONE
Two Classes: 1. Empowering your Yoga, your Life: The Five Principles of Krishnamacharya. 2. Advancing Your Yoga Practice. (Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, Life, a seamless process)
Your Yoga is direct intimacy with nurturing source. The principles of personal practice to make Yoga entirely your own, efficient, powerful and safe. Breath, asana and bandha integrate as a seamless design. Apply breath and bandha efficiently to produce a powerful practice that is right for you. Introducing breath and bandha as the central feature of your asana, adding these principles to the Yoga you already know and love. Asana is hatha yoga and Hatha yoga is tantra, the non-dual practice. What does this statement mean? “Ha tha” equals “Strength receiving” which has profound implication to our Life, health and sex. How do we make sure our asana is actually hatha yoga? Classes will include the Yoga of Patanjali, an in depth study of the first four sutras of Patanjali’s Yogasutra and the first sutra of book two: on the three qualities or actions of personal yoga practice.
Price:$65 per day | $110 for full weekend
ONLY FULL WEEKEND AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE PURCHASE; BUY SINGLES AT STUDIO.
November 11 to November 16, 2012 
BIG SUR, CALIFORNIA
The Promise: Advanced Yoga for EveryOne – Intensive
Yoga is not a linear process. It is direct intimacy with life, and it is available to everyone. This week, Mark Whitwell offers yoga’s advanced practices in a way that you can integrate and make your own, whether you are just beginning to practice or have years of experience. The weekend involves an interwoven promise: You promise to practice yoga, and in return you receive the promise of yoga’s gifts, including health, intimacy, wellbeing, and joy. In order to experience these benefits, your yoga practice must be adapted to you, not you to yoga. With Mark’s skillful and heartfelt guidance, you will:
• Explore the five principles of advanced personal practice
• Dive into asana, pranayama, and meditation as a seamless process
• Discover how yoga transforms life into an intimate celebration with everything
• Experience the nurturing principle as a constant in your life from now on
• Return home with understanding and the embodied felt sense of your own joyful practice
This program is a regenerative and joyful event that will continue to reverberate through your daily life in very practical ways. For all levels; no prior yoga experience is needed. Please bring a yoga mat.
Recommended reading: Whitwell, Yoga of Heart and The Promise; Desikachar, The Heart of Yoga.
Reservations Information (Accommodations & Pricing)
November 16 to November 18, 2012
BIG SUR, CALIFORNIA
The Promise: Advanced Yoga for EveryOne
Yoga is not a linear process. It is direct intimacy with life, and it is available to everyone. This weekend, Mark Whitwell offers yoga’s advanced practices in a way that you can integrate and make your own, whether you are just beginning to practice or have years of experience. The weekend involves an interwoven promise: You promise to practice yoga, and in return you receive the promise of yoga’s gifts, including health, intimacy, wellbeing, and joy. In order to experience these benefits, your yoga practice must be adapted to you, not you to yoga.