ASHTANGA YOGA LEIDEN

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The most extensive Ashtanga (incl. Mysore) and Pranayama program of Leiden and region

Location: Haagweg 4, G5 in the old ‘Ambachtsschool’ on the 2nd floor, last door on the right

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Workshops Petri Räisänen, 31 October – 2 November 2025

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Petri will be back in Leiden from Friday October 31st to Sunday November 2nd, 2025.

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Petri is an internationally known Ashtanga Yoga teacher and author of the books about the Ashtanga system. His therapeutic and healing approach makes the practice safe and respectful. During his workshops, the room becomes a relaxed space where you breathe out peace and calm. Petri teaches his students in a peaceful, individualized way while keeping to the powerful, disciplined and traditional practice of physical and mental development. The Ashtanga yoga workshops are suitable for both beginners and advanced students.

Teacher Training

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Ashtanga Teacher Training (March 2026 – November 2027) – 200 hours

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Would you like to delve more deeply into the Ashtanga yoga practice? Do the following words appeal to you: Ashtanga, gentle technique, autonomous growth, transformation, energy, meditation, practice, coaching, pranayama, mantra chanting, anatomy, yoga philosophy and higher consciousness?

In the training you will be assisted for two years to gain a deeper understanding of Ashtanga Yoga and learn to teach it. In addition to Ashtanga, yoga philosophy and anatomy are extensively covered.

The program offers you structure and guidance. Two years to explore for yourself what yoga can do with you.

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Pranayama Pre Teacher Training (October / November 2026) – 30 hours

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With Laura Bliek & Reinier Dorrepaal

For years, this practice has been unfairly suppressed from the main narrative of yoga teacher training, and when it was addressed, it was “incidentally,” experimental, as a yogic breathing technique.
Now that yoga has become accessible to all and created forms far from what it really is, Pranayama is becoming an important reference for those seeking authenticity and holistic education about the yogic plan.

Laura and Reinier are two of twenty-nine teachers from around the world who has completed the three-year Kaivalyadhama training in Pranayama and Ayurveda with 1,500 hours of teaching.

Jai Yoga follows the yogic tradition of Kaivalyadhama, the oldest scientific yoga research  institute in the world. Kaivalyadhama Institute, Lonavala, India, teaches the immutable principles of traditional Astanga Yoga according to Patanjali, rooted in authoritative yogic texts.

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