Workshops
Taught by expert teachers in their specialized field
Besides lovely national teachers and musicians we’re happy to welcome
international teachers and musicians on a regular basis.
We hope to support and inspire your inner journey.
Open Day - International Yoga Day
With Various Teachers
21 June 2019
Celebrate International Yoga Day 2019 with us Do you want to try yoga at Delight Yoga? During International Yoga Day 2019 on the 21st of June, we celebrate yoga with an Open Day at Delight Yoga Prinseneiland in Amsterdam. From 14:15 to 19:00 we offer several free classes in different styles to try out.
Amsterdam
Free
Restorative Sound Journey : Summer Solstice
With Sido Wijga & Maximilliaan Cohen
21 June 2019
In this workshop, we will create an environment where you can relax and surrender. Using the universal language of sound and music soothing the mind. With restorative postures that fully support the body, the body can also dive into deep conscious rest.
Amsterdam
€ 25
Introduction to Inversions Workshop
With Adela Serrano
22 June 2019
A step by step workshop to start exploring handstand, headstand and forearm stand. Adela will lead you through a playful sequence full of the necessary actions that you need to understand to bring your body upside down!
Amsterdam
€ 35
Academy Open Day | Ayurveda
With Various Teachers
23 June 2019
We are organising another Academy Open Day for all students who like to deepen their Ayurveda practice and are thinking about joining the 4-years Ayurveda Practitioner Training (APT). Get a chance to meet teachers of the APT and ask any questions you might have about the study program.
Amsterdam
Free
Healing Yoga Workshop
With Ira Hardjosusono & Ingeborg Timmerman
23 June 2019
In this workshop, we will use various ways to connect to the different layers of our physical and energetical body. By learning to work with blocked energy and how to free it up, the body will remember and recognise again how to be open. Lifeforce will flow freely and life becomes free and happy again. Life opens up to you in an effortless effort.
Amsterdam
€ 35
Drishti & Bandha's in Astanga Yoga
With Jurre Twijnstra
Starting on 23 June 2019
Ujjayi (breathing with sound), bandha (bonding the energy) and drishti (gazing point) are the three pillars of Astanga Yoga. Applying subtle changes to these concepts can make a big difference in your practice. Join Jurre for this workshop and explore the role of Bandha and Drishti in your Astanga practice.
Den Haag
€ 35
From the inside out : the power of dance
With Samadhi Dance Company
23 June 2019
Dance as a means to connect, transform and heal Dance is the expression of the unspoken, the mystical aspects of humanity that cannot be communicated through words. Inner movement is streamed into space, giving expression to deep seated desires, emotions, experiences and questions.
Amsterdam
€ 35
Yoga & Mindfulness (50 hours)
With Kristin Vikjord Paternotte
Starting on 24 June 2019
The integration of yoga and mindfulness takes us beyond the realm of asana and physical practice. We invite ourselves to an attitude of awareness, where kindness, compassion and curiosity is practiced for us to open the gateway to be in the moment, to freedom.
Amsterdam
€ 695
Alignment Yoga for Pregnancy and Birth
With Kamini Stam
Starting on 25 June 2019
This comprehensive course offers you the chance to get in-form-ed on how to align body and mind in preparation for a positive birth experience, wherever you'd like to birth. Kamini believes that an empowering birthing experience is a very important kick-off to a woman’s journey as a mother.
Amsterdam
€ 85
Vastness of Life : a Kashmiri Tantra approach
With Eric Baret
Starting on 28 June 2019
We are honored to have Eric Baret in Amsterdam offering an evening talk and a two-day workshop on Karshmiri Tantra Yoga. The approach offered in this workshop allows us to discover the psycho-physiological restrictions which prevent our body-mind from working harmoniously.
Amsterdam
€ 20 / € 195
Motherheart Circle
With Lisanne Lambert-Stoop
28 June 2019
Our mothers When we become mothers, our memories of how we were mothered as a child are often awakened. As we bond with our children, it brings to the surface feelings about our own very first relationship, our relationship with our mother. As we transition into motherhood, who we are as a daughter also changes.
Amsterdam
€ 25
Energy Clearing Workshop
With Juno Burger
05 July 2019
Whenever we think of liberation, peace or healing it is about the absence of that from which we apparently suffer; no more thoughts, conflict or pain. But what if true healing and peace will not come from the absence of what you think you suffer from but from the absence of that in you which is suffering?
Amsterdam
€ 144
Boat to Bridge: The second half of the Ashtanga primary series
With Megan Riley
Starting on 06 July 2019
In this class, we explore the Ashtanga poses from the elusive second half of the primary sequence, working on the transitions, vinyasa count, and pacing for the poses. Also, we will study the important connections from posture to posture that build the necessary lift and control needed to unlock the subtlety of these poses.
Den Haag
€ 35
Introduction to Yoga Program
With Adela Serrano
06 July 2019
New to Yoga? This Introduction to Yoga Program is the perfect way to begin (or reawaken) your yoga practice! We offer you a 2-hours’ introduction session and 5 beginners’ classes (within 30 days of your intro) for only 60 euro.
Amsterdam or Den Haag
€ 60
Lu Jong Tibetan Healing Yoga
With Mariette de Kroon
07 July 2019
Feel the whole Lu Jong series in a flow & experience the benefits. Lu Jong Tibetan Yoga is a practice for health and happiness: effective, playful, gentle and powerful at the same time.
Amsterdam
€ 35
Astanga Yoga 5-days Mysore Practice
With Maria Paola Stefani & Sergio Rossetti
Starting on 10 July 2019
Lino Miele’s most senior teachers, Maria Paola and Sergio will be back with us in Amsterdam again this summer. They run the Astanga Yoga Research Institute in Rome and have nearly 20 years experience teaching astanga in the traditional method.
Amsterdam
€ 35 / € 160
Astanga Yoga 5-days Mysore Practice (weekend only)
With Maria Paola Stefani & Sergio Rossetti
Starting on 13 July 2019
Lino Miele’s most senior teachers, Maria Paola and Sergio will be back with us in Amsterdam again this summer. They run the Astanga Yoga Research Institute in Rome and have nearly 20 years experience teaching astanga in the traditional method.
Amsterdam
€ 100
Ayurveda in Daily Life
With Victoria (Tory) Hyndman
13 July 2019
The Sanskrit word Ayurveda literally means ‘knowledge/wisdom of life’. Its main point is to understand and live your very own life in accordance with what is right for you as an individual, so that you may experience a happy, healthy life and reach your highest state of mental and physical wellbeing.
Amsterdam
€ 35
Birth Circle for an Active Birth
With Pascale Bonnet
14 July 2019
This circle will be an opportunity for pregnant women to experience the intimacy and empowerment of sharing their process with other women, in a safe and gentle environment.
Amsterdam
€ 40
Yoga & Healing (50 hrs)
With Kevin Sahaj
Starting on 10 August 2019
Sahaja Healing Yoga is a series of practices synthesized from Tibetan Yoga, Chinese Qi Gong, Hatha Yoga, Tibetan medicine and Ayurveda. Sahaja is a Sanskrit word meaning "spontaneous and natural" meaning the source of healing is within us as a natural spontaneous expression of connection and balance.
Amsterdam
€ 695
Satsang Retreat Weekend
With Katiza Satya
Starting on 23 August 2019
"Merge with the truth of who you really are, until the Light and all its richness reveals itself. Manifesting in all your thoughts, all your words and all your actions. until there is no other place, no other time than this Here and Now. Until when you ask who are you, you know the absolute answer: “I am That I am.” - Satya
Amsterdam
€ 20 / € 90
Finding Stillness : Yin Yoga & Mindfulness Training
With Marije Paternotte
Starting on 28 August 2019
A 35-hour Yin Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training. This training is for yoga teachers who wish to offer the yin yoga practice as a doorway into Mindfulness Meditation and Buddhist practices. The training will be offered in the form of a retreat.
Amsterdam
€ 545
Academy Open Evening | Pranayama Teacher Training
With Sri Sudhir Tiwari
30 August 2019
Delight Yoga is honored to present a 3-week Pranayama Teacher Training with Sri Sudhir Tiwari starting in 2020. Sri Sudhir Tiwari is dedicated to sharing his knowledge and expertise on Traditional Pranayama in the Kaivalyadhama lineage
Amsterdam
€ 15
Foundational Course Pranayama (Pre-Teacher Training)
With Sri Sudhir Tiwari
Starting on 31 August 2019
We are very happy and honoured to announce that Sri Sudhir Tiwari is coming back to Amsterdam for a whole weekend of teachings. We are grateful for his precious time that he is willing to spend with us.
Amsterdam
€ 170
Ayurveda and Patanjali
With Victoria (Tory) Hyndman
31 August 2019
The beautiful book we know as the Yoga sutras of Patañjali is a body of wisdom that systematised and organised knowledge to one of the paths to Self realisation. It gives us practical tips and deep insights to support us on this human journey of awakening.
Amsterdam
€ 35
Meditation Course : I Am
With Rolandjan Van Mulligen
Starting on 03 September 2019
This course is for those who are devoted to finding true peace within. A peace that is always there but mostly overlooked. We tend to give so much attention to thought-activity that we miss the peaceful I Am a pure state of Being. That serene felt sense which is prior to thought and emotion.
Amsterdam
€ 95
New to Yoga Course (4-weeks)
With Alejandra Kemna
Starting on 03 September 2019
Are you new to Yoga? This introduction to Yoga course offers a solid foundation into the practice of yoga to all new students! During this consecutive 4-week program with the same group and teacher, you will gradually be guided through the foundations of yoga postures, basic personal alignment, breathing practices and principles of relaxation and meditation.
Amsterdam
€ 50
Breathing & Yoga Weekend Workshop
With Max Strom
Starting on 06 September 2019
Vital Life - Better Sleep: Stress management This evening workshop deals directly with the modern plague of sleeplessness and stress. In America, the Center for Disease Control has declared sleep disorder an epidemic, and this is happening in many industrial cities across the world.
Amsterdam
€ 50 / € 220
Sound Bath Meditation : The Power of Sound Healing
With Stacey Griffin
06 September 2019
A sound bath is a group healing experience that uses sound to induce a meditative state. It’s an almost effortless way to achieve a deeper meditation as the sounds help to facilitate shifts in our brainwaves.
Amsterdam
€ 25
Ayurveda & Yoga: Balance Your Health For Fall
With Kirsten Drooger
07 September 2019
Did you know that the change of season has an immediate impact on your well-being and health? Ayurveda provides us with clear guidelines on how to live according to the seasons and cycles of nature to stay fit and healthy.
Amsterdam
€ 35
Breathing in Ecstacy
With Arno Nistal Ten Veen
07 September 2019
Through a simple and deep breathing technique – Rebirthing – you will experience total relaxation, surrender and ecstasy! You will reconnect with your body and any tensions will be disappearing from your body with tingling sensations.
Amsterdam
€ 35
Prison Yoga Training
With James Fox
Starting on 13 September 2019
Offering Yoga and Mindfulness in Prisons and Jails. The Prison Yoga Project, in collaboration with Delight Yoga, is offering a special workshop for yoga teachers and committed yoga practitioners interested in working with people who have been impacted by trauma.
Amsterdam
€ 350
Tibetan Yoga : Tsa Lung Workshop
With Mariette de Kroon
14 September 2019
Tsa Lung helps to keep your inner Fire active. This dynamic practice from Tibet is training the life force and brings you home to your inner Power.
Den Haag
€ 35
Yin Yoga Masterclass
With Daphne Luttger
Starting on 14 September 2019
These 3 hour Yin Yoga masterclasses will give you the opportunity to explore your inner world. You'll be able to dive deep, as we stay longer in a pose, usually about 3-5 minutes.
Amsterdam
€ 35 / € 85
Ayurvedic Nutrition Course I
With Liese van Dam
Starting on 20 September 2019
This Ayurvedic nutrition course is for those who want to know what Ayurvedic nutrition can mean for them in a modern Western life. Going deeply into the basics of classical Ayurvedic nutrition, this course translates ancient knowledge into whatever is needed here and now in the West.
Amsterdam
€ 990
Astanga Sadhana
With Claudia Pradella & Eva Ugolini
Starting on 21 September 2019
A practitioners’ program Exploring the depths of your yoga practice, according to the eight limbs of Astanga Yoga. This year long program is for the dedicated Astanga Yoga practitioners, already familiar with the traditional mysore-style of self practice and ready to expand the context of their yoga sadhana – spiritual practice.
Amsterdam
€ 1.995
Ayurvedic Marma Point Massage : workshop for couples
With Victoria (Tory) Hyndman
21 September 2019
Intimacy through loving touch This workshop is intended for couples to be in a sacred space and to dive deeper into intimacy with each other through the loving touch of Marma therapy. The Sanskrit word Marma means “Secret point”.
Amsterdam
€ 35
The Art of Meditation
With Tijn Touber
21 September 2019
Longing for a calm mind and a warm heart? For more inspiration and flow? At work and in relationships? Under all circumstances?
Amsterdam
€ 25
Aromatherapy and Gentle Yoga Workshop
With Francesca Gobeille
22 September 2019
Nourish your body with aromatherapy and gentle Yoga. Aromatherapy is the art of using fragrant, liquid plant essences to promote healing and balance in body and mind.
Amsterdam
€ 35
Foundation on Ayurveda (50 hours)
With Victoria (Tory) Hyndman
Starting on 25 September 2019
Yoga and Ayurveda are like inseparable siblings – the union of Universal Wisdom. The combination of these two sciences brings forth a system of healing for physical, mental and spiritual health and happiness.
Amsterdam
€ 695
The Pranayama Journey
With Arno Nistal Ten Veen
28 September 2019
Do you want to be able to breathe freely and fully? Would you like to have more energy on a daily basis? Have your yoga classes showed you the importance of conscious breathing? Discover and free yourself from inhibited breathing patterns and learn to breathe fuller and deeper.
Den Haag
€ 35
Open your Heart : Backbend Workshop
With Ellen Paalman
29 September 2019
The key to feeling healthy is sound functioning of the nervous system, since it is the nervous system that is responsible for all functions of the body including healing. It is therefore important to maintain a balance of strength and flexibility at the back of the body in the spine, where the spinal cord is housed.
Den Haag
€ 35
Astanga Yoga 5 day Intensive
With Richard Freeman & Mary Taylor
Starting on 09 October 2019
We're very honoured to welcome Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor for the first time to Delight Yoga in Amsterdam to teach a 5 day intensive in the Vondelkerk.
Amsterdam
€ 595
Academy Yoga | Open Day & Masterclass
With Katiza Satya
12 October 2019
The best way to learn is to experience. Delight Yoga Teacher Trainings provide a solid foundation for those who are seeking to explore the true gifts of yoga and share it with others. Meet our primary teacher Katiza Satya and practice under her guidance.
Amsterdam
€ 25
Sva Dharma Practice & Sangha Day
With Katiza Satya
13 October 2019
During the Sva Dharma Practice & Sangha Day, you are warmly invited to practice along with the students of the Advanced Teacher Training 2019 under the guidance of Katiza Satya and her teaching assistants.
Amsterdam
€ 80
Benefit concert for Nepal with Manose
With Manose & Friends
18 October 2019
Manose, the world renowned Bansuri flutist from Nepal working together with Deva Premal & Miten, will be performing in this charity concert for Nepalese children.
Amsterdam
€ 25
Ayurvedic Massage Workshop
With Kirsten Drooger & Amanda Dries
Starting on 25 October 2019
This 3-day Ayurvedic Massage Workshop is the perfect way to start (or reawaken) your Ayurvedic massage skills. The basic principles of an Ayurvedic massage focussing on front, back and face will be explored. You wil also gain insights in the foundation of the three doshas: Vata, Pitta and Kapha and how to incorporate them into a simple ayurvedic massage.
Amsterdam
€ 295
Chakras & Meridian Yoga Course
With Skadi van Paasschen
Starting on 29 October 2019
Chakras are the main energy centres in the body and the Meridians are the channels through which the energy flows. In our bodies, there are seven Chakras, or energy centres, that are responsible for the proper functioning of the body, mind, and soul.
Amsterdam
€ 85
Astanga Yoga Intermediate Series : Refining the practice
With Eva Ugolini
Starting on 02 November 2019
Established in your Primary Series Astanga practice? Intermediate Series, also called Nadi Shodhana, meaning 'the cleansing of the nervous system', opens us to the energetic dimension of Astanga Yoga.
Amsterdam
€ 295
Astanga Yoga : Practice Foundation Course
With Claudia Pradella & Ingrid Notten
Starting on 03 November 2019
Would you like to broaden your understanding of astanga yoga or would you like to establish a regular practice? Get confident with the main aspects of the Astanga Yoga system: breath, bandhas, drishti and vinyasa, and get a solid base from which you can continue your self-practice.
Amsterdam
€ 350
Upside down : Inversions Workshop
With Jenny Schoenmann
03 November 2019
Want to stand on your hands, head or arms with ease? This workshop will get you there! This workshop is open to everyone and focuses on headstand and introducing handstand.
Den Haag
€ 35
Astanga Yoga Workshop
With Petri Räisänen
Starting on 07 November 2019
We are very happy to welcome Petri back in Amsterdam and The Hague, to experience directly the therapeutic effects of Astanga Yoga - from the hands of a great healer - and to learn more about pranayama, chanting, meditation, healing and hands-on adjustments!
Amsterdam
€ 35 / € 190
Astanga Yoga Workshop
With Petri Räisänen
Starting on 09 November 2019
We are very happy to welcome Petri back in Amsterdam and The Hague, to experience directly the therapeutic effects of Astanga Yoga - from the hands of a great healer - and to learn more about pranayama, chanting, meditation, healing and hands-on adjustments!
Den Haag
€ 35 / € 190
The Essentials of Yoga : Pre Teacher Training (50 hrs)
With Katiza Satya & Kevin Sahaj
Starting on 16 November 2019
This program is designed to prepare you for the experience of the Basic Teacher Training Intensive Retreat, but can also be followed individually if you want to establish your own self-practice. Guided by Satya and Sahaj over a period of 7 days (50 hours), you will get a solid foundation from which to continue your yogic path.
Amsterdam
€ 515
The Sacred Window of Pregnancy, Birthing and Postnatal through Ayurveda
With Victoria (Tory) Hyndman
16 November 2019
"Forty-two days for forty-two years" is a saying in Ayurveda meaning the food and lifestyle choices a new mother makes from the moment of giving birth to forty-two days (six weeks) after, will affect her next forty-two years physically, mentally and emotionally.
Amsterdam
€ 35
Yin Yoga Special - Deep Tissue Release
With Jasmijn Koelink
23 November 2019
De-stress, Recover and Relax In this workshop, you’ll experience the effect of Yin related yoga on your body in a long session – using a tennis ball. This will give you some insights and techniques to help you to become more flexible and you’ll learn to release tension and pain.
Amsterdam
€ 35
Restorative Yoga Training (30hrs)
With Adelene Cheong
Starting on 27 November 2019
A 30-hours Relax and Restore Intensive. To 'rest', to 'relax' and to 'restore' is a natural vital process in our lives. Rest supports optimal physiological functioning, and promotes healing and growth.
Amsterdam
€ 545
Exploring Ayurveda 3 day workshop
With Victoria (Tory) Hyndman
Starting on 29 November 2019
Join Victoria Hyndman on this three-day exploration of Ayurveda. This appetizer into this rich system of healing and understanding our vessel housing our spirit (the body) is a little introduction to seeing yourself in a new light, from a new perspective.
Den Haag
€ 295
Pranayama & Mantra Workshop
With Moena de Jong
14 December 2019
In this workshop, you will learn more about the background and theory of the magical power of Prana. Moena will teach you the practice of several breathing techniques that will both ground and uplift you.
Amsterdam
€ 35
Trauma Sensitive Yoga : 20 hrs Foundational Training
With Esther van der Sande
Starting on 07 February 2020
Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) : a 20-hrs Foundational Workshop for Yoga Teachers & Mental Health Professionals
Amsterdam
€ 395
Astanga Yoga Weekend Workshop
With Kino MacGregor
Starting on 22 May 2020
We are very honoured to welcome back Kino for a long weekend of teachings in Amsterdam this spring. In her unique, inspirational and playful approach Kino helps all her students expand and deepen their understanding of yoga and life. Don’t miss the opportunity to practice with this unique Astanga yoga teacher!
Amsterdam
€ 250