Petros Haffenrichter

Petros has been a renown Member of the Global Bhakti Movement for almost 20 Years now. He has contributed with his Music at most of the major yoga festivals worldwide and has offered Kirtan and devotional chaniting in almost every corner of this globe. He plays a variety of Instruments and is known for his total presence and devotion on Stage. He hosts Kirtan and Bhakti events for almost 20 Years now.

Petro’s honest, funny and challenging teaching inspires to be fully aware in the present moment. So experience comes through intuition and not from a place of personal preference or dislikes. Returning to that place, where, independently from outer circumstance there always is peace: the pure light of the heart. There are many obstacles, yoga gives us the possibility to free ourselves from. So our true nature remains no longer hidden. We really are free, wild, full of love and joy – without conditioning, without fear. He has great gatitude for all teachers, known and unknown, he had the honour to study with and is thankful to all circumstance that give us the chance to experience this feeling of unity, of non-separateness. To learn to accept the greatest of all teachers: our life.

Patanjali discribes the ashtanga yoga, the eight-limbed yoga path in his Yoga-Sutras. A possible aprroach to an open perspective, deep understanding and the experience of our unlimeted potential and creativity. The different practices allow us to slowly sharpen our focus on the unchangable true nature of our existence, which we eventually meet within us. Due to our way of living, our diet, social conditioning – due to our definition of what’s real or not (mostly given through the collective consciousness of our enviroment) and our perception, based upon those principles, a honest view on our own truth, covered by this veil becomes rather difficult. In this workshop we will approach parts of those practices and establish a possible connection to our great potential. With kriyas and practices of nada-yoga (the yoga of sound) we will clense our koshas (body-layers) deeply – so a feeling of clarity and balance can arise. When the body, mind and breath are cleared and opened through those practices, we set the base for a dynamic, challenging asana-practice (for all levels, some experience is recommended, though). What we started with kriyas, we will continue with asana on a more subtle level. Becoming aware of the energy within us, we will then begin a journey towards our very core – through pranayama, conscious, focused breathing we eventually arrive at a point of clarity, peace and freedom. Finally, here we find total silence. A silence that doesn’t occur through the outside, but arises from within, with a smile….

Jivamukti Yoga Classes:

Friday September 1, 17.30-19.30 – Jivamukti Yoga Open Class

Sunday September 3, 10.30-12.30 – Jivamukti Yoga Open Class

Whether you’re a beginner, deciphering the difference between vrksasana (tree) and sirshasana(headstand) or an advanced yogi who can put both feet behind their head, the Jivamukti Open class welcomes you, as it is open to practitioners of all levels.

You work at your own pace, following the teacher’s verbal as well as hands-on guidance. Asana options will be provided for beginners, intermediate and advanced students.

A typical Open class incorporates the five tenets of Jivamukti Yoga:

• shastra (scripture)
• bhakti (devotion)
• ahimsa (kindness)
• nada (music)
• dhyana (meditation)

An Open class presents classical yoga teachings as relevant to one’s life on and off the mat, drawn from the Focus of the Month essay, supported by chanting, breath awareness, flowing vinyasa sequences, alignment exploration, hands-on assistance, relaxation and meditation. All Open classes include 14 points—asanas, meditation and spiritual teachings—in a sequence creatively designed by the teacher. Exuberant, eclectic music plays an integral role: you might practice to a shifting soundtrack of ragas, global trance, hip-hop, spoken word, George Harrison, Sting, Krishna Das, Donna de Lory, Michael Franti, Bill Laswell, Alice Coltrane and Mozart.

The class is called “Open” because it is open and suitable to all levels of practitioner. Even so, beginning level students should know that there will not be much detailed “how to do” descriptions; for that a student is advised to attend a Basic or Beginner Vinyasa Class. The length of an Open class may differ at different centers, so please check the schedule for the center you are attending.

Kirtan:

Friday September 1, 20.00-21.00 – Kirtan (at Jivamukti Yoga STHLM, floor 5)

Saturday September 2, 20.00-21.00 – Kiran (at Jivamukti Yoga STHLM, floor 5)

Kirtan (devotional singing) – Music is something moving, proof of the Greek quote “panta rei – always flowing. When further ingredients are devotion and prensence, magic can happen, something that has been described by the yogis as “ananda – bliss”. This state is nothing far-off, fixated or framed. It is the state, when intuition, strength and spirit harmonize in the now. Harmony is the foundation of music, so we come together to spontaniously experience, what the word itself actually describes: Harmony (greek: armonia: to bring together; the union of opposites to one whole). So the greek root of the word, that describes the union of opposites is nothing other than something very familiar to us: Yoga!