Sat, 18 Apr
|VILLA PRANA - Portimão
Intensive Ásana and Pranayama, with Pedro Kupfer
Āsana and Prāṇāyāma Intensive with Pedro Kupfer Intensive value: 70€ Limited places, registration until April 15th
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Time & Location
18 Apr 2020, 09:00 – 17:00
VILLA PRANA - Portimão, Av. Miguel Bombarda 5, 8500-299 Portimão, Portugal
About the event
Āsana and Prāṇāyāma Intensive, with Pedro Kupfer Intensive value: 70€ Limited places, registration until April 15
We invite you to participate in this intensive about āsana and prāṇāyāma with Pedro Kupfer in Portimão. The meeting consists of a combination of practical experiences and lectures on āsania, the art of mindful living in the body, and prāṇāyāma, the science of yogic breathing. Still, we will have experiences and reflections on self-knowledge throughout the program.
The participant will be invited to get to know themselves better through conscious observation of the bodymind and the powerful effect these practices have on it, immersing themselves in peace and fullness. Participants will receive a syllabus in PDF format with the course content and other support materials, which will be sent by email.
Program * āsana: building personal practice * vital force and prāṇāyāma * ways of breathing * prāṇāyāma and the mind * bandhas and mudrās, power gestures * meditation and self-knowledge
Time: 09:00 – Course presentation and initial practice. 12:00 pm – Lunch break. 14:00 – Study. 3:30 pm – Short break. 4:00 pm – Study. 17:00 – Closing.
How do I register? You can do it in person, traveling to our facilities on Avenida Miguel Bombarda, 5 in Portimão, at the available time, or by bank transfer. To enroll in this intensive, contact info@villaprana.pt. When you decide to participate, please send us a message requesting the values and bank details. Payment is made by transfer, sending proof of deposit by email later. We will send you confirmation of receipt of your application by email. Payment confirms participation. We do not take reservations. Places are limited. Please schedule in advance. The values above do not include accommodation or food.
Who teaches this course? Pedro Kupfer was born in Uruguay but lives between Brazil and Portugal. He is an enthusiastic practitioner who started his trek about 40 years ago and continues his learning process, one breath at a time, studying, practicing and visiting India regularly. Since 1999, it has maintained the website yoga.pro.br, a reference for the study and practice of Yoga with more than 1000 articles freely available to the community of lusophone yogins.
Bring your mat, good mood and eager to practice and learn! It is not necessary to be in any special physical condition to participate in this intensive. Practitioners of all Yoga traditions are welcome. Hariḥ Oṁ!
Yoga must be known through Yoga; Yoga manifests itself through Yoga. One who is untiringly engaged in Yoga finds in Yoga a permanent joy. Vyasa.