Special classes
More information about the special classes in our studios
Yoga has many more qualities than just the physical practice on the mat (asana).
There are so many ways to feel connected, energised and union.
To inspire you to explore other practices besides the Asana practice we offer Special Classes.
Satsang with Satya
With Katiza Satya
19 June 2019
2019: Dive into Satsang, get to know your Self Are you ready to free yourself from your limitations, fears and confusions we are all individually and socially trapped in? As of 2019 we will continue with more Satsang at Delight Yoga, as an invitation for the ones who feel the call in their hearts to awake to the nature of being human, our right to live from true Peace, true Joy and true Love.
Amsterdam
Heart Evolution Vinyasa & Yoga Nidra
With Tara Chirimar
28 June 2019
Reveal what it is that makes you feel alive again. Allow your heart to speak and to clearly show the way. Aiming for a heart evolution because your heart is already there! It silently knows it all. When only we become silent enough to listen, we can become immensely inspired.
Amsterdam
Full Yogic Breath & Deep Relaxation - Rebirth yourself!
With Arno Nistal Ten Veen
29 June 2019
Each yogi(ni) will learn to use the breath for deep relaxation. In this special class, we will practice the Full Yogic Breath and the New Pranayama (= circular breathing = Rebirthing). Both breathing techniques will immediately lead to more energy (Life Force, Prana) and also to a deep relaxation in your Body-Mind-Spirit.
Amsterdam
New Moon Kirtan
With Lydia Aytogmus
Multiple dates
Every New Moonday we are gathering to sing together and to connect fully with who we truly are. As Mantra literally means 'to cross over the mind': experience in this monthly class how chanting is fun & vibrates in every cell of the body and takes your meditation to a deep level.
Amsterdam
Kirtan Night
With Jules Febre
05 July 2019
We’re so happy to welcome Jivamukti teacher Jules Febre form New York back at Delight Yoga. Are you ready to get out of the mind, and into the body? An evening of wild Kirtan with Jivamukti teacher Jules Febre with the invitation to enjoy each other’s virtuous company, sing out loud and dance – not to be missed!
Amsterdam
Mantra & Meditation
With Lydia Aytogmus
Multiple dates
As Mantra literally means 'to cross over the mind': experience in this monthly class how chanting is fun & vibrates in every cell of the body and takes your meditation to a deep level.
Amsterdam
Ayurveda Sangha
With Victoria (Tory) Hyndman
12 July 2019
We are starting to wake up. As the deep ancient wisdomof Ayurveda is making its way into our daily life of the modern world today, we are creating the space at Delight to build a community by connecting with each other through Ayurvedic guidance. Victoria will continue to share her knowledge and experience through Ayurveda to inspire students of Ayurveda, students of yoga, students of life.
Amsterdam
Women Circle: living real sisterhood
With Katiza Satya
Multiple dates
With Katiza Satya, Dolores Mae Höppener, Alixe van Ogtrop, Ingeborg Timmermans & Ira Hardjosusono We are happy to open the doors in a more consistent way to offering a sacred space and sharing time to the fact that we are finding a way to live consciously and making a difference in our realities and the world we are in.
Amsterdam
Full Moon Jivamukti
With Lydia Aytogmus
Multiple dates
Jivamukti Yoga is a yoga method created by David Life and Sharon Gannon who studied many years under the guidance of Sri K. Patthabi K. Jois. Inspired amongst others by the Astanga yoga system they developed in 1984 in New York a yoga method which re-integrates the physical, philosophical, spiritual and devotional aspects of yoga.
Amsterdam
Yoga Nidra
With Inge Peters
Multiple dates
This meditation is a practice of conscious relaxation designed to release held tension in our body and mind. The practice of yoga nidra guides students into a state of deep relaxation, by progressively relaxing and releasing tension from each part of the body. This helps us to feel more open inside and is a great way to reverse the impact of stress.
Amsterdam
Rest & Unwind
With Marije Paternotte
20 July 2019
End your week with a restful practice to unwind your body and mind. Join Marije Paternotte for an evening of Pranayama, Yin Yoga, and Essential Oils, to calm your nervous system, reduce stress, and enhance your sleep.
Amsterdam
Dance meditation
With Stefanie van der Zwaal
Multiple dates
Dance meditation is a form of active meditation which offers the possibility to find new ways to witness yourself, the thoughts, emotions, sensations, of everything in you. Dance meditation is also a practice in (re)connecting to your body and to get more body awareness.
Amsterdam
Collective Reading
With Saskia Nefkens
Multiple dates
In this special class Saskia will tap into the collective energy in the room and convey the messages of Source energy. This usually contains messages from both angels as well as spirit guides.
Amsterdam
Moonday Restorative with live music
With Maximiliaan Cohen
Multiple dates
In the Astanga tradition, we take rest on Moondays. This special Restorative class on New Moondays, combines the introspective quality of the New Moon with the deep relaxation that arrives in the body and the mind from the Restorative practice with beautiful live music from Max his Native American flutes.
Amsterdam
Woman Yoga
With Victoria (Tory) Hyndman
Multiple dates
Come to spend this Friday evening among women to tap into your female energy. Through gentle vinyasa practice and lovely nourishing music, we will dive into the body to awaken deep-seated shakti energy in our female seat.
Amsterdam
Dynamic Meditation
With Ilanit de Wilde
Multiple dates
In order to live a more fulfilled life, you will want to get to know your full potential, your true Self. Meditation is the route to that knowing. It is the methodology of the science of awareness.
Amsterdam
Sanskrit Poetry
With Daniel Kocherga & Lydia Aytogmus
31 August 2019
Sanskrit, meaning ‘perfected’ or ‘refined’, is one of the oldest of all human languages, dating back to the 2nd millennium BC. Known as ‘the mother of all languages', Sanskrit is the language of the great Hindu epics, like the Rāmāyana and Mahābhārata, read by people all over the world, but also of other classic poetry and literature
Amsterdam
Feeding your demons
With Ingeborg Timmerman
Multiple dates
Feeding your Demons is an ancient Buddhist Practice influenced with western Psychotherapy. Developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione, the first female ordained Nun of the west, Emination of Machig Labdron, Yogini 11th century. Derived from Chod: To cut, to let go of the clinging of the Ego. This Meditation practice will allow us to transform what we are struggling with in the moment.
Amsterdam
Lu Jong Tibetan Healing Yoga
With Mariette de Kroon
Multiple dates
Lu Jong Tibetan Yoga is a practice for health and happiness: effective, playful, gentle and powerful at the same time. Lu Jong is rooted in the diamond teachings of Tibet & in Tibetan Medicine and contains amazing wisdom of how body, mind and natural cycles work together.
Amsterdam
Men Circles
With Maximiliaan Cohen
Multiple dates
Every night of the full moon we will gather together in a circle of gentlemen. In a space where we can drop our guard and connect to each other in safety and trust.
Amsterdam
Chat & Chai Astanga Sangha
With Claudia Pradella & Eva Ugolini
20 September 2019
Join us for an Astanga Community event to mix & mingle with each other and ask all the questions you have wanted to ask about your Yoga practice. Exactly 10 years from the passing of Sr K Pattabhi Jois, this month we take a look at the importance of the Astanga Sangha.
Amsterdam
Living from Heart-Mind
With Annette Knopp
Multiple dates
“Living from Heart-Mind” invites us to recognize the ever-present openness of life and to relax into what is already profoundly complete. That what we usually are looking for – connection, freedom or peace – is already available, closer than our own breath, yet, our constant habit of looking outside of ourselves or superimposing what we long for onto all kinds of objects prevents us from seeing,
Amsterdam
Breath Opening Exercises - Divine Healing
With Arno Nistal Ten Veen
05 October 2019
The goal of this class is to experience the divine healing powers of your breath, and through that, your Divine Self will come shining through. We will practice Osho Divine Healing exercises, which are a blend of Yoga, T'ai Chi and Qigong.
Amsterdam
Lu Jong Tibetan Healing Yoga
With Mariette de Kroon
25 October 2019
Lu Jong Tibetan Yoga is a practice for health and happiness: effective, playful, gentle and powerful at the same time. Lu Jong is rooted in the diamond teachings of Tibet & in Tibetan Medicine and contains amazing wisdom of how body, mind and natural cycles work together.
Den Haag
Yoga Nidra
With Fleur Van Zonneveld
17 November 2019
In this class we will explore the meditative practice of Yoga Nidra. Yoga Nidra is a deep relaxation and meditation technique that is nourishing and restorative as well as healing and transformative. To get into the state of Yoga Nidra is to step into the realm of pure awareness, while the body is at rest in Savasana (corpse pose). The practice is very grounding and expanding at the same time.
Amsterdam