YOGA
Egon’s Yoga journey began with the study and practice of Hatha Yoga in the mid ’90s. It became a passion early on, which kept him evolving till nowadays. Through the studies in Naturopathy, and the experience as a Zen Shiatsu therapist, he was drawn to dive deeper into the modern anatomy, and trained for various years in Yin Yoga.
His main intention is to transmit a Yoga understanding and practice that aims to reach and sustain optimal health on all levels: body, mind and spirit. His teaching style is deep and gentle, interweaving the knowledge of the ancient Indian philosophies with the Chinese teachings based on the meridian energy system.
Egon’s classes range from both a Yang, alignment based vinyasa flow
to Yin sequences with long held poses.
Pranayama, the cultivation of breath, and the principles of Meditation are two fundamental aspects in Egon’s classes and retreats.
Hatha Yoga,
the Yoga of Sun and Moon, is the most popular Yoga style in the Western world today.
Hatha yoga, intelligently practiced, has extraordinary, beneficial effects on many levels, physically, mentally, and spiritually. As it has been handed down and expanded through the centuries, it has evolved, continually, into the most complete and sophisticated system of physical culture, health, and well-being ever known to humanity. The basic practice of Hatha yoga is “asana” which means body posture, with its main beneficial effects on the skeletal, muscular, circulatory, digestive, endocrine and nervous systems. Further “pranayama”, the understanding and cultivation of the breath/respiratory system is part of Hatha yoga. (described in the next window).
Finally, when the body is healthy, vigorous and balanced, and the mind is at peace, it all leads to “meditation”.
What is Yin Yoga?
Yin Yoga is a complementary style of practice to more active styles of postural yoga. The intentions of Yin Yoga are to stimulate, strengthen, and revive tissues of the body that are not emphasized to the same degree as in active styles of yoga, hence its complementary nature.
In essence, this approach to practice targets the connective tissue of the body, and the deeper meridians (energy channels). Yin Yoga is with its slow relaxed pace and meditative quality, has a revitalising and refreshing effect, due to the deep work on the
