{"id":216,"date":"2011-03-28T23:15:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T17:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/?p=216"},"modified":"2013-07-21T21:33:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-21T16:03:22","slug":"mysore-style-ashtanga-yoga-at-yogabones-goa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2011\/03\/28\/mysore-style-ashtanga-yoga-at-yogabones-goa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysore-style ashtanga yoga at Yogabones, Goa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Saturday at sunset time at\u00a0Candolim beach,\u00a0we met with Rolf and Marci, the founders of\u00a0Yogabones<\/a> in Goa. Their yoga shala is very hidden. You may get the directions, only\u00a0after email contact.<\/p>\n

Every\u00a0day, deeply relaxed – their normal way of being -, they enjoy sunset with their students, along with their 8 dogs, who never miss this daily event. Both are dog lovers.<\/p>\n

On this Monday morning we had an easy early morning scooter ride from Anjuna to Candolim. At this time you hardly see a\u00a0car nor people on the road. Goa doesn’t wake up early!
\nThis is different in Rolf\u00a0and Marci’s hidden yoga shala.\u00a0It’s the end of the season, yet the class is full. 30 students practice\u00a0Mysore-style\u00a0Ashtanga yoga at a very high level.<\/p>\n

For 16 years, Rolf, from Germany, spent a couple of months\u00a0every year training with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. He\u00a0lives in the old guru-disciple tradition, just passing the pure\u00a0teachings of his guru forward, instead of inventing a “Rolf Yoga”.
\nLike\u00a0his guru he gets up at 2 am and starts the day with self practice.\u00a0From 5 to 9am, he and his wife Marci teach in a quiet and\u00a0intense atmosphere. “Hands together”, “keep looking up”, “you can do\u00a0finishing poses in the center of the shala” – such short sentences guide students in their self practice from Monday to Thursday. Friday is the teacher-led\u00a0class – it’s all the same practice schedule as with\u00a0K.\u00a0Pattabhi\u00a0Jois. After the class, Rolf himself cleans the shala,\u00a0alone.<\/p>\n

In the afternoon, we met them both again for a swim.\u00a0Students love Rolf, as he is quiet and has no ego. “He sets an example\u00a0to us in just being himself” one student said, while the others agreed. He is just happy as he is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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