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.
Astanga Sadhana: A Practitioners' Program
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
Restorative Sound Journey into the Heart: Find Peace Within
With Sido Wijga & Maximilliaan Cohen
21 September 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
Aromatherapy & 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
Soul Song - Sounding Our Healing Voice
With Arianne de Vos Burchart
27 September 2019
What is a Soul Song? In essence, it is our purest form allowed out through the sound of our voice. Giving ourselves permission for our deepest voice to be fully expressed in the moment. Our personal frequency manifested into the world.
Den Haag
€ 20
Falling Wide - Yoga Nidra Concert
With Arianne de Vos Burchart
27 September 2019
Arianne and Carlos Ema will take you on a journey through your inner landscapes. Embark on deeply meditative travels and open your heart. Yoga Nidra may be defined as a heartfelt state of conscious deep sleep. The practitioner appears to be sleeping, but the unconscious mind continues to function at a deep level: it is sleeping with a trace of awareness.
Den Haag
€ 20
The Philosophy of Yoga: A Traditional Workshop on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras
With Jayashree & Narasimhan
Starting on 27 September 2019
We are honoured to host renowned Indian teachers and Sanskrit scholars Dr. MA Jayashree and Prof. MA Narasimhan here in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam
€ 35 / € 150
Introduction to Yoga Program
With Daphne Luttger
28 September 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
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
Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TSY) Classes - October
With Esther van der Sande
Starting on 09 October 2019
Evidence-Based Practice, in group settings, meeting every Wednesday afternoon. Trauma Sensitive Yoga provides a safe place where people can begin to connect with their bodies, and their breath, in relation to the trauma.
Amsterdam
€ 60
Yin Yoga Masterclass
With Daphne Luttger
Starting on 12 October 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
Academy Open Day & Masterclass | Yoga Teacher Training
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 together with the students of the Advanced Teacher Training 2020 under the guidance of Katiza Satya and her teaching assistants.
Amsterdam
€ 80
Open your Heart : Backbend Workshop
With Ellen Paalman
13 October 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
Motherheart Workshop: Birth of a Mother
With Erica Jago & Kristin Vikjord Paternotte
19 October 2019
Becoming a mother is a rite of passage; a potent transformation of your identity and lifestyle as a woman. It can be one of the most challenging phases transitioning from lover to caregiver while being a friend, daughter, partner to it all.
Amsterdam
€ 55
The Core of Asana
With Peter Roussel
20 October 2019
Why do we come into poses in Yoga? There are many postures and we often see the same postures in different styles of Yoga. What are these poses for? And how does practicing them impact our lives?
Den Haag
€ 35
Preparation for Birth Partner Workshop
With Kamini Stam
26 October 2019
This two-hour workshop for pregnant women and their birth-partners** will prepare both of you on labour and birth. Kamini will share her knowledge of alignment, labour and birth to inform and help you prepare for the magical event of the birth of your baby.
Amsterdam
€ 70
Voice of Light Workshop
With Ira Hardjosusono
27 October 2019
The first thing we did when we entered this world is opening our mouth, taking a deep breath and letting the air out with a sound, a cry. Your voice, that sound vibration, announced you were here in this world.
Den Haag
€ 35
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
Motherheart Circle: Trust and peace during pregnancy
With Asha Hossain & Hanneke Peeters
01 November 2019
Pregnancy is when the most rapid changes occur in a woman’s life. Within 9 months, your body goes through immense changes and the world as you knew it, changes along with it. Physically, emotionally, mentally and energetically, everything changes in a whirlwind. Regardless of whether you are a first-time mother or if you’ve gone through these changes before, it is quite hard to have trust and peace with the process as you desperately search for the feeling of ‘home’ amongst it all. Only to realize that all these changes that you are going through, are actually preparing you for the most beautiful season to come. This Motherheart Circle is a dedication and celebration of honouring pregnancy. A time where we will let go of our fears, expectations, and distractions and tap into our strength, support and gain clarity. This is your time to relax and welcome this brand new miracle into your life. Because coming ‘home’ in times of change, has never felt this good. What can you expect? - We will come home into a safe & sacred circle - You will be guided to feeling at peace & maintaining trust throughout your pregnancy - We will use the magic of sound, crystals and essential oils - There will be plenty of space to share and connect - You will go home with several self-care tips that you can integrate throughout pregnancy and motherhood These circles are healing and empowering. Meeting and sharing with like-minded women on their journey through life and motherhood. Just come and be yourself while we guide you through practices, share stories, and simply being. Hanneke is self-care expert, mother of 2 and founder of Rock Your World & Asha is a (prenatal) yoga teacher, currently expecting her 2ndchild and founder of Motherheart. Together, these two women will guide you through a safe and loving journey of coming home.
Amsterdam
€ 25
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
Be Yourself Workshop
With Hedi de Vree & Janneke Krijgsman
02 November 2019
Use mindfulness, yoga and awareness to be yourself FULLY. This 2,5 hour workshop will show you how. Through yoga, music, mantras and meditation you can expect to go home feeling at peace and naturally beautiful.
Den Haag
€ 35
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
Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TSY) Classes - November/December
With Esther van der Sande
Starting on 06 November 2019
Evidence-Based Practice, in group settings, meeting every Wednesday afternoon. Trauma Sensitive Yoga provides a safe place where people can begin to connect with their bodies, and their breath, in relation to the trauma.
Amsterdam
€ 60
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
Cacao Ceremony with Live Music
With Jennifer Ann
08 November 2019
In this Cacao Ceremony, we will reconnect our spirit to abundance, joy, freedom, and playfulness. The ancient Mayan and Aztec cultures knew the spirit of cacao very well and it was used in most rites and rituals. As they understood the literal meaning of cacao “Food of the God”.
Amsterdam
€ 25
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
Tibetan Yoga : Tsa Lung Workshop
With Mariette de Kroon
09 November 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.
Amsterdam
€ 35
Yogi Facilitator Training: Find ease in Unease by knowing yourself
With Kristin Vikjord Paternotte
Starting on 15 November 2019
In significant transition times or difficult periods of life, it is challenging to find ease and achieve emotional wellbeing (Sukha). Eastern thinkers and practices knew that recovery from suffering required knowing yourself.
Den Haag
€ 195
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 (200 hrs), 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
Introduction to Inversions Workshop
With Adela Serrano
16 November 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
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
Boat to Bridge: The second half of the Astanga primary series
With Megan Riley
24 November 2019
In this class, we explore the Astanga 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
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
Birth Circle for an Active Birth
With Pascale Bonnet
15 December 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
Healing Yoga Workshop
With Ira Hardjosusono & Ingeborg Timmerman
22 December 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.
Den Haag
€ 35
Astanga Yoga Practice & Philosophy Weekend Workshop
With Govinda Kai
Starting on 04 January 2020
We're very happy to welcome Certified Astanga Yoga teacher Govinda Kai back to Delight Yoga, for a weekend workshop to celebrate the start of the new year together. This workshop will include a full led primary series class followed by a lecture and some chanting each day.
Amsterdam
€ 65 / € 120
Yogi Facilitator Training: Applied Psychology for Yogis
With Kristin Vikjord Paternotte
Starting on 17 January 2020
The field of contemporary yoga and mindfulness-based practices invites students into the psychology of their being. Arguably, contemporary yogis need the competence of applied psychology.
Amsterdam
€ 195
Yoga & Ayurveda (50 hrs)
With Victoria (Tory) Hyndman
Starting on 22 January 2020
Yoga & Ayurveda are really impossible to bring apart, they are inseparable brother and sister, they are the union of the Universal Wisdom. The union of these two sciences brings forth a system of healing for physical, mental and spiritual health and happiness. The best way of learning and integrating anything into our life is through direct experience.
Amsterdam
€ 695
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
Relax & Restore Immersion
With Adelene Cheong
Starting on 07 February 2020
Join Adelene Cheong during these three days of Relax & Restore Immersion. Friday evening starts with a Relax & Restore Stillness Practice-based Class, followed by a one-day Yoga for Scoliosis workshop on Saturday and on Sunday Adelene shares the science and art behind relaxation.
Amsterdam
€ 40 / € 180
Foundational Course Pranayama (Pre-Teacher Training)
With Sri Sudhir Tiwari
Starting on 15 February 2020
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
Vinyasa Yoga & the Chakras Workshop
With Moena de Jong
Starting on 22 February 2020
The Chakras are spinning wheels of energy, a storage place of Prana (lifeforce). When the harmony of Yang and Yin is disturbed, we can experience a blockage that appears either physically or mentally.
Amsterdam
€ 35 / € 90
Yogi Facilitator Training: Guiding a transformational process
With Kristin Vikjord Paternotte
Starting on 06 March 2020
Guiding someone in a transformational process is an intimate reciprocity. It requires trust, respect, a skill set of how to facilitate, and knowledge about what impacts such a process. This workshop is for you who are interested in or facilitates others in transformational processes.
Amsterdam
€ 195
Academy Yoga | Open Day & Masterclass | Yoga Teacher Training
With Katiza Satya
14 March 2020
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
The Essentials of Yoga : Pre Teacher Training (50 hrs)
With Katiza Satya & Kevin Sahaj
Starting on 18 April 2020
This program is designed to prepare you for the experience of the Basic Teacher Training (200 hrs), 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
Exploring Yoga & Healing: a 3-day introduction to Sahaja Healing Yoga
With Kevin Sahaj
Starting on 01 May 2020
The Sahaja Healing Yoga 3-day introduction is for those who would like to learn a simple and easy sequence of practices that will help you reconnect to your vital energy, awaken your spiritual life and heal your Body, Energy and Mind.
Amsterdam
€ 295
Academy Yoga | Open Day & Masterclass | Yoga Teacher Training
With Katiza Satya
02 May 2020
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.
Den Haag
€ 25
Exploring Ayurveda 3 Day Workshop
With Victoria (Tory) Hyndman
Starting on 22 May 2020
Join Victoria Hyndman on this three-day exploration of Ayurveda. This workshop is an appetizer into this rich system of healing and understanding the vessel which houses our spirit: our body. It is an invitation and introduction to seeing yourself in a new light, from a new perspective.
Amsterdam
€ 295
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
Yoga & Mindfulness (50 hours)
With Kristin Vikjord Paternotte
Starting on 03 June 2020
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
Yoga & Healing (50 hrs)
With Kevin Sahaj
Starting on 31 August 2020
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
Foundation on Ayurveda (50 hours)
With Victoria (Tory) Hyndman
Starting on 23 September 2020
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 Essentials of Yoga : Pre Teacher Training (50 hrs)
With Katiza Satya & Kevin Sahaj
Starting on 14 November 2020
This program is designed to prepare you for the experience of the Basic Teacher Training (200 hrs), 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