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  • Oslo Yoga Festival

    Oslo Yoga Festival

    In 2021 Birgitte will teach three classes at the Oslo Yoga festival.

    Workshop: Sensory Flow Yoga 

    The Sensory Flow is a deeply nourishing, meditative and gentle vinyasa class, supporting you act on what you can feel. In a continuous, circular flow of relatively easy yoga postures, Birgitte will guide you to explore the subtle nature of physical sensations arising and dissolving as you move, breathe and relax. By inviting you to practice with no need for self-improvement, we open the door to yoga posture practice as an ever deepening, somatic self-enquiry. The perfect class if you love flow-based yoga and want to deepen the subtle aspects of your practice while recharging your batteries for the rest of the weekend. 

    Workshop: Open Flow Yoga: 

    Tune into your own felt sense of the body and allow your movements to arise from within. In this class we will explore a non-linear and open flow where yoga postures arise and dissolve as a spontaneous process. We will enquire into yoga as a practice that is given to you from the wisdom of your very own body as an alternative to taking yourself into shapes or states. Birgitte will guide you through a fluctuating movement meditation inviting you to explore a deep listening to your body´s capacity and need. The Open Flow will stay close to the earth and land softy in a guided relaxation. The perfect beginning to a full weekend of amazing yoga.   

    Talk: The sensory turn 

    In the past decade, yoga communities around the world are turning towards an exploration of yoga an inner, sensory practice. In short, we are getting a lot more interested in how yoga feels and perhaps a little less interested in how it looks. While the sensory enquiry of yoga finds its roots deep in the yoga tradition, its current resurrection seems to also gain momentum from recent changes in western societies and new anatomical knowledge. Birgitte will outline the changes that point towards a sensory (re)turn as the next big wave in modern yoga and give you the helicopter view on the history and highlights of this trend.  

  • Workshop I Århus: Open Flow Yoga

    Workshop I Århus: Open Flow Yoga

    Open Flow Yoga

    Land din uge blødt med en langsomt flydende yogapraksis der inviterer dig til at sanse kroppen og lade dine bevægelser komme indefra. Du får en introduktion til basale principper i Open Flow Yoga, en yogaform hvor vi arbejder sansebaseret og med fokus på ikke-lineær bevægelse. Det bliver en blid aftenpraksis hvor finder jorden under os og inviterer kroppen til at slippe unødvendige spændinger gennem flydende og undersøgende bevægelser. I den sidste del af klassen lander vi i et par restorative stillinger før vi slutter af med en guidet afspænding. 

    Klik forbi Yoga Collective i Århus for info om booking, pris og praktiske detaljer

  • UDSOLGT Open Flow Deluxe: 108 minutes classes

    UDSOLGT Open Flow Deluxe: 108 minutes classes

    Open flow yoga is a practice of somatic self-enquiry. It invites you to access the inherent wisdom of your body by teaching you to move from deeply felt sensation. Instructions are given as gentle invitation to listen, feel and respond to the body you have today. Rather than fitting body into shapes dictated by the teacher, you will be guided into allowing your own inherent movement to freely fulfill itself.

    The classes are taught as a mixture of structured and spontaneous movement enquiries as well as rest in meditative stillness. It’s a dynamic, but gentle and meditative practice expanding your practice a little beyond the movements of classic yoga posture practice. Thus, adding to classical yoga posture practice, a class can include wave-like movements (undulation), gentle rocking movements (osscilation) open flows (fluctuation) and subtle pre-movements and meditative stillness. Throughout the practice, you will be invited to feel the arising and dissolving of internal sensation and allow our mind to rest into this flow of sensation.

    This course introduces Open Flow yoga in four longer yoga classes, taught by Birgitte in her home studio at Sluseholmen. Maximum 10 participants. The course is booked as a whole to make sure the group progresses together, it will not be possible to drop in.

    Time: Fridays 10.00-11.45 (NB: Each class is 1 hour and 45 minutes)

    Dates: January 17th, 24th, 31st and February 7th.

    Price: 575 DKR

    Booking: Send an email to Birgitte info@birgittegorm.com and Mobile pay to 15296 (Please write your name + the name and start date of the course when paying)  Payment by electronic invoice and bank transfer can also be arranged. Booking by payment only, just like when you buy a ticket to a concert. No refunds, no transfers to other courses, no reservation without payment and no exceptions.

     

     

     

     

     

    Open flow yoga is a practice of embodied self enquiry, getting to know yourself through sensitive movement. You may experience over time that your body moves with more delight, grace and ease, some would call this functional strength and mobility. If you have been under stress you may also feel that the practice builds more resilience as your nervous system finds its way back into a more balanced stress response. You may even gain insights into your own nature that makes you feel like you have made some kind of progress in yoga. However, these are not goals set by the teacher but more like side effects of your own process. To the teacher you arrive to class perfect, complete and whole as you are. The teachers job is not to provide answers but to ask good questions that spark your own curiosity and exploration.

    The only real outcome of the practice is thus a deepening of your enquiry into what is happening here and now, in and as your body. Yoga in this approach is an engagement with the world rather than a retreat from it. By honoring the body we have today and by practicing together to support each other we let go, at least a little, of the pressure to perform or improve. Is it possible to really appreciate this life and this body in all its variation, just as it is?

    Where does it come from?
    Like any other approach to yoga posture practice Open Flow Yoga draws inspiration from several sources. Some of them are: Yoga Somatics, developmental movement, Fascial Flow, Dynamic Yoga and the fluid teachings of Angela Farmer.

    event photo credits © clausboesen.dk

  • Open Flow Yoga Deluxe: 4-week course

    Open Flow Yoga Deluxe: 4-week course

    Open Flow Yoga:

    Open flow yoga is a practice of somatic self-enquiry. It invites you to access the inherent wisdom of your body by teaching you to move from deeply felt sensation. Instructions are given as gentle invitation to listen, feel and respond to the body you have today. Rather than fitting body into shapes dictated by the teacher, you will be guided into allowing your own inherent movement to freely fulfill itself.

    These four deluxe classes are taught as a mixture of structured and spontaneous movement enquiries as well as rest in meditative stillness. You will be thoroughly guided and supported in a dynamic, but gentle and meditative practice expanding a little beyond the movements of classic yoga postures. Thus, adding to classical yoga posture practice, a class can include wave-like movements (undulation), gentle rocking movements (osscilation) open flows (fluctuation) and subtle pre-movements and meditative stillness. Throughout the practice, you will be invited to feel the arising and dissolving of internal sensation and allow our awareness to rest in the flow of sensation.

    All classes are taught by Birgitte in her home studio at Sluseholmen. Maximum 10 participants. The course is booked as a whole to make sure the group progresses together, it will not be possible to drop in. Classes are taught in Danish or English as required.

    Time: Fridays 10.00-11.45

    Dates: March 13th, 20th, April 3rd, 17th

    Price:575 DKR

    Booking: Send an email to Birgitte info@birgittegorm.com and Mobile pay 575 kr. to 15296 (Please write your name + the name and start date of the course when paying)  Payment by electronic invoice and bank transfer can also be arranged.

    Terms: Booking only by non-refundable payment (just like a ticket to a concert). No refunds or transfers to other courses, no reservation of space without payment. No exceptions.


     

     

     

     

    Open Flow Yoga:

    Open flow yoga is a practice of embodied self enquiry, getting to know yourself through sensitive movement. You may experience over time that your body moves with more delight, grace and ease, some would call this functional strength and mobility. If you have been under stress you may also feel that the practice builds more resilience as your nervous system finds its way back into a more balanced stress response ans social engagement. However, these are not goals set by the teacher but more like side effects of your own process. To the teacher you arrive to class perfect, complete and whole as you are. The teachers job is not to provide answers but to ask good questions that spark your own curiosity and exploration.

    The only real outcome of the practice is thus a deepening of your enquiry into what is happening here and now, in and as your body. Yoga in this approach is an engagement with the world rather than a retreat from it. By honoring the body we have today and by practicing together to support each other we let go, at least a little, of the pressure to perform or improve. Is it possible to really appreciate this life and this body in all its variation, just as it is?

    Where does it come from?
    Like any other approach to yoga posture practice Open Flow Yoga draws inspiration from several sources. Some of them are: Zen, Yoga Somatics, developmental movement, Fascial Flow, Dynamic Yoga and the fluid teachings of Angela Farmer.

     

  • Open Flow Yoga: 4-week course (Copenhagen)

    Open Flow Yoga: 4-week course (Copenhagen)

    This course introduces the basic principles of Open Flow yoga in four longer yoga classes, taught by Birgitte in her home studio at Sluseholmen. Maximum 10 participants on this course. The course is booked as a whole to make sure the group progresses together, it will not be possible to drop in.

    Time: Fridays 10.00-11.45 (NB: Each class is 1 hour and 45 minutes)

    Dates: November 8th, 15th and 22nd,  December 6th (no teaching on November 29th)

    Price: 575 DKR

    Booking: Send an email to Birgitte info@birgittegorm.com and Mobile pay 575 kr. to 15296. Payment by electronic invoice and bank transfer can also be arranged.

    Open Flow Yoga:

    Open flow yoga is a practice of somatic self-enquiry. It invites you to access the inherent wisdom of your body by teaching you to move from deeply felt sensation. Instructions are given as gentle invitation to listen, feel and respond to the body you have today. Rather than fitting body into shapes dictated by the teacher, you will be guided into allowing your own inherent movement to freely fulfill itself.

     

    How is it practiced?
    The classes are taught as a mixture of structured and spontaneous movement enquiries as well as rest in meditative stillness. It’s a dynamic, but gentle and meditative practice expanding your practice a little beyond the movements of classic yoga posture practice. Thus, adding to classical yoga posture practice, a class can include wave-like movements (undulation), gentle rocking movements (osscilation) open flows (fluctuation) and subtle pre-movements and meditative stillness. Throughout the practice, you will be invited to feel the arising and dissolving of internal sensation and allow our mind to rest into this flow of sensation.

    What is it for?
    Open flow yoga is a practice of embodied self enquiry, getting to know yourself through sensitive movement. You may experience over time that your body moves with more delight, grace and ease, some would call this functional strength and mobility. If you have been under stress you may also feel that the practice builds more resilience as your nervous system finds its way back into a more balanced stress response. You may even gain insights into your own nature that makes you feel like you have made some kind of progress in yoga. However, these are not goals set by the teacher but more like side effects of your own process. To the teacher you arrive to class perfect, complete and whole as you are. The teachers job is not to provide answers but to ask good questions that spark your own curiosity and exploration.

    The only real outcome of the practice is thus a deepening of your enquiry into what is happening here and now, in and as your body. Yoga in this approach is an engagement with the world rather than a retreat from it. By honoring the body we have today and by practicing together to support each other we let go, at least a little, of the pressure to perform or improve. Is it possible to really appreciate this life and this body in all its variation, just as it is?

    Where does it come from?
    Like any other approach to yoga posture practice Open Flow Yoga draws inspiration from several sources. Some of them are: Yoga Somatics, developmental movement, Fascial Flow, Dynamic Yoga and the fluid teachings of Angela Farmer.

    event photo credits © clausboesen.dk

  • Open Flow Yoga – 50 timers efteruddannelse for yogalærere (København).

    Open Flow Yoga – 50 timers efteruddannelse for yogalærere (København).

    Denne uddannelse er udsolgt, klik her for næste hold som kører i maj/juni 2020.

    Open Flow Yoga er en meditativ, dynamisk og sansebaseret yogaform der inviterer dig til at tænke ud af boksen, når du underviser i de fysiske stillinger. Ved at introducere ikke-lineære flows og sansebaseret instruktion i din undervisning hjælper du eleven med at bygge bro mellem bevægelse og meditation. Open Flow Yoga er en træning i at mærke efter og lade den fysiske praksis komme indefra den enkelte elevs unikke krop. En uddannelse for dig der allerede er yogalærer og gerne vil give dine klasser et funktionelt, undersøgende og meditativt element. Du får ny inspiration fra tre tendenser der lige nu bryder frem i det internationale yogamiljø.

    • Ny viden – nye bevægelser: Fascia, tensegritet og den nye yogakrop. Ny anatomisk viden om fascia og funktionel bevægelse har i de sidste 5 år udfordret det geometrisk definerede alignment-paradigme som har præget yogaens fysiske praksis fra 1930érne og frem. Dette ændrer lige nu på vores billede af yogakroppen og hvordan den bevæger sig. På uddannelsen tager vi fat i ny viden om bindevæv og bevægelse og hvilken betydning den får i moderne fysisk yogapraksis. Du lærer tre nye typer af bevægelse som kan supplere din eksisterende undervisning og give den et mere legende, intuitivt og fascia-orienteret element. Vi arbejder med at finpudse din verbale instruktion så forbliver klar og tydelig selv når du underviser mere komplekse og ikke-lineære bevægelser.
    • Sansebaseret yoga: At undervise asana indefra. Open Flow Yoga er den første yogalæreruddannelse på Dansk som tilbyder en systematisk metode til sansebaseret instruktion. En stor del af den målgruppe som finder yoga i dag, kommer ikke bare til yoga for at bevæge sig. Det tidligere fokus på styrke, smidighed og avancerede yogastillinger mødes nu også med et ønske om ”noget mere”. Ro, nærvær, kropsbevidsthed, selvomsorg, stressreduktion, krisefærdigheder eller at komme ”ud af hovedet og ned i kroppen” står nu mindst ligeså højt på ønskelisten hos den nye yogaelev som ønsket om at være i bedre fysisk form eller at mestre den perfekte armbalance. Det segment yogalærere i dag arbejder med efterlyser således mere kropsligt nærvær i deres bevægelser. På uddannelsen undersøger vi hvordan du kan tale mere præcist til elevens sansning af kroppen når du underviser. Vi gennemgår historien og anatomien bag sansebaseret yoga og arbejder praktisk med, hvordan du underviser asana ”indefra”. Dette hjælper dig til at fordybe en fri eller legende bevægelse til at give eleven en mere meditativ oplevelse af flow. Du lærer tre lag af verbal instruktion der skærper det sansebaserede og intuitive element på dine klasser og hjælper dine elever til ikke bare at observere hvad der sker i kroppen, men også at handle selvstændigt på det, de mærker.
    • Post-lineage yoga og nye former for læring: Yogaverden er begyndt at organisere sig anderledes. Det livslange forhold til en guru eller en hierarkisk opbygget yogaskole (lineage) som indtil sidste generation udgjorde det primære læringsrum for yoga bliver i disse år suppleret ”post lineage yoga” (Wildcroft 2018). Vi ser i dag en stigende tendens til at læring foregår på tværs at fællesskaber hvor yogalærere og elever organiserer sig mere flydende og hierarkierne bliver fladere. Netværket og cirklens model blander sig i dag med den klassiske pyramideopbygning hvor guruen sidder på toppen af hierarkiet. Dette stiller spørgsmålstegn ved den pædagogik vi som yogalærere underviser ud fra, som ofte afspejler den model vi arvede fra tidligere generationer. På uddannelsen får du et hurtigt overblik over den moderne yogahistorie, hvor vi kommer fra og hvor vi er på vej hen. Vi kigger på faldgruberne i både de gamle og de nye måder at lære på og arbejder praktisk med, hvordan du bruger dem bevidst i din undervisning. Du får teori og træning i en pædagogisk tilgang som sætter fokus på elevens læring (frem for præstation) og styrker elevens egne ressourcer og selvstændighed. Vi kigger også lidt på, hvordan vi i vores undervisning kan arbejde bevidst med den sociale dynamik i rummet og med kontakten til eleverne.

    Undervisningen dækker følgende temaer:

    • Open Flow: Du lærer at praktisere, instruere og sekvensere tre nye bevægelsestyper som kan bruges som et krydderi i din eksisterende undervisning. De nye bevægelser du lærer på uddannelsen, inviterer et meditativt, sanseligt og undersøgende element i din undervisning, og kan bruges som supplement uanset om du underviser udenfor eller indenfor alignmentbaseret yoga.
    • Sansebaseret instruktion: Du lærer at sekvensere din verbale instruktion så dine elever kan følge med dig trin for trin. Dette gør din instruktion lettere at følge og stiller skarpt elevens sansning af kroppen og evne til at handle på det, de selv mærker.
    • Motorisk læring: Du bliver introduceret for pædagogiske grundprincipper der fremmer læring på din klasser så dine elever får maksimalt udbytte af undervisningen.
    • Fascia: Du får basal viden om den betydning ny viden om bindevævet er ved at få i yogaens fysiske praksis. Hvad – om noget- ved vi egentlig om bindevævet lige nu? Hvad ændrer sig ved den fysiske yogapraksis når vi forstår kroppen som andet og mere end skelet og muskler?
    • Tensegritet: Du får en basal viden om tensegritet (tensional integrity) og den betydning dette begreb er ved at få i yogaens fysiske praksis. Hvad ændrer sig ved vores måde at undervise i yoga på når vi ser kroppen mere som en organisk helhed end som en mekanisk struktur?
    • Nye pædagogikker: Som et bud på en nytænkning af de sociale dynamikker som moderne yoga har arvet fra sidste århundrede, undersøger vi nye undervisningsformer hvor yogalærerens ekspertrolle er nedtonet til fordel for elevernes selvstændige og sociale læring.

    Uddannelsen inkluderer:

    • 50 kontakttimer med Birgitte, hvor der veksles mellem praksis og teori gennem guidede yogaklasser, oplæg, dialog og gruppearbejde. I tillæg til de 50 timer er der hjemmeopgaver mellem de to moduler, der hjælper til at sikre høj effekt i din læringsproces.
    • Lydoptagelser af de længere yogaklasser som Birgitte underviser live på uddannelsen.
    • En printet, velskrevet manual, der gennemgår teorien og pædagogikken bag Open Flow Yoga giver dig referencer til videre læsning.
    • Detaljeret inspirationskatalog over de 40 bevægelser/teknikker du bliver introduceret for på uddannelsen: Kataloget ligger sidst i den printede manual, hver teknik er vist med fotos og videolinks der demonstrerer bevægelsen samt konkrete forslag til alle tre lag i den verbale instruktion.

    Læringsmål:

    Når du har deltaget aktivt på hele uddannelsen og lavet alle hjemmeopgaver, skal du kunne:

    • Supplere din eksisterende undervisning med tre nye typer af bevægelse (oscillation, undulation og fluktuation)
    • Identificere tre lag af verbale instruktioner du kan bruge til at instruere ikke-lineær bevægelse trin for trin
    • Sekvensere dine instruktioner så de inviterer en selvstændig læringsproces hos eleven
    • Reflektere over den sociale dynamik, du skaber med den måde, du rammesætter din undervisning på.
    • Kende til basal viden om fascia og tensegritet
    • Kende til sansebaseret yoga og de traditioner der er gået forud
    • Kende til den moderne yogas historie og reflektere over den betydning den får i dit arbejde som yogalærer

    Optagelseskrav, pris og booking

    Optagelseskrav og kursusbevis:
    Kurset henvender sig til dig, der allerede har minimum 100 timers yogalæreruddannelse i bagagen. Det er en fordel hvis du allerede er i gang med at undervise, men ikke et krav. Hvis du har påbegyndt din første yogalæreruddannelse eller har anden uddannelsesbaggrund, du mener kvalificerer til optagelse, så ring eller skriv til Birgitte: mobil: 26169309, email: info@birgittegorm.com

    Der udstedes kursusbevis for deltagelse efter at uddannelsen er afsluttet. Kursusbevis gives kun til deltagere, der har deltaget i minimum 90% af undervisningen og har lavet de  hjemmeopgaver, der ligger mellem modulerne.

    Pris:
    Uddannelsen koster 8.500 kr.
    Der er mulighed for at betale i to rater inden uddannelsen starter.

    Hvordan: Booking, betaling og betingelser:
    Du er velkommen til at kontakte Birgitte personlige på telefon eller email, inden du tilmelder dig, hvis du vil vide mere om uddannelsen (mobil: 26169309).

    Du tilmelder dig uddannelsen ved at skrive til info@birgittegorm.com hvorefter du får tilsendt en elektronisk faktura. Ved tilmelding skal du i din mail skrive dit fulde navn og adresse, eventuelt cvr nummer og firmanavn samt vedhæfte bevis for din yogalæreruddannelse.

    Du reserverer din plads ved at indbetale et ikke-refunderbart depositum på 3700 kr. Det resterende beløb på 4800 kr. betales senest 1. januar 2020. Indbetalinger refunderes som udgangspunkt ikke, med mindre Birgitte må aflyse uddannelsen på grund af sygdom. Der tages forbehold for minimum 7 deltagere for gennemførelse af uddannelse.

    Hvornår:
    Modul 1:
    28. februar til 1. marts
    Fredag: 11.00 – 19.00
    Lørdag: 9.00 – 18.00
    Søndag: 9.00 – 17.00

    Modul 2:
    27-29 marts 2020
    Fredag: 11.00 – 19.00
    Lørdag: 9.00 – 18.00
    Søndag: 9.00 – 17.00

    Hvor:
    Birgittes yogalokale på Oscar Pettifords Vej 25, 6. sal. Der er spisekøkken, mulighed for at hente mad i det omkringliggende område samt mulighed for at købe billet for gæsteparkering. Alt yogaudstyr er til rådighed i lokalet.

    Underviser Birgitte Gorm Hansen

    Birgitte er kendt for sin høje kvalitet som underviser og sin dybe dedikation til undersøgende, sansende og meditativ yoga. Hun har undervist yogalærere hen over de sidste 10 år og står for en udogmatisk, eksperimentel praksis, hvor elevens egen indre oplevelse af kroppen altid er i centrum. Hendes klasser er legende, sensitive og nydelsesfulde invitationer til at elske den krop, du har i dag.

    Birgitte har undervist ugentlige yogaklasser siden 2001 og gennemført 5 uddannelser indenfor yoga og meditation, siden hun begyndte at praktisere for snart 25 år siden. Hendes fundament som yogalærer kommer fra Dynamic Yoga suppleret med nyere bevægelsesformer som Fascial Flow og Yoga Somatics. Buddhistisk meditation har været den bærende pille i hendes praksis fra teenageårene og lige nu studerer Birgitte på 6. år hos sin zen lærer, Genpo Roshi.

    Ud over yogaen er Birgitte uddannet psykolog (cand. psych.) fra Københavns Universitet, Ph.d. fra CBS og proceskonsulent fra Attractor. Birgitte har forelæst og forsket på flere danske universiteter gennem årene og var et af de første ansigter på Danmarks største online yogaudbyder Yogavivo. Hun har gæstet flere danske yogalæreruddannelser som assistent, gæsteunderviser og censor igennem de sidste 10 år. I dag tilbyder hun efteruddannelser, mentorforløb og psykologisk procesarbejde for undervisere indenfor yoga og meditationsverdenen. Hendes specialer er sansebaseret alignment, nytænkning af yogaens fysiske praksis samt de psykologiske og sociale dynamikker, der opstår omkring rollen som yogalærer. Frem til 2015 fungerede Birgitte som seniorlærer ved Windfire School of Yoga og arbejdede en stor del af tiden i udlandet. I dag bor hun i København med sin familie og arbejder uafhængigt af yogaskole og stilart.

  • Urban Retreat: Sensitivity (Copenhagen)

    Urban Retreat: Sensitivity (Copenhagen)

    In yoga we are often encouraged to listen to our body, but not always supported in inquiring further about what that means for us. What sensations should we just surrender to and what sensations call for action and change? How do we learn to recognize and feel what happens in the body more clearly and deeply? What are the benefits of placing sensitivity to physical sensation at the heart of your practice?

    Join the inquiry in this urban retreat with three slow-flowing yoga classes. Book as a 9 hour mini-course or just pop by for individual classes. Max 10 people in each class to ensure time for detailed instruction sensitive to the needs of your body.

    The classes are especially suited to those with an interest in the subtle, fluid and meditative aspects of yoga posture practice. When booked together, the three classes form an introduction to the basic principles of Open Flow Yoga.

    The retreat takes place in Brigitte’s private yoga studio in Sluseholmen with a beautiful view to the sky and the water. If you want to combine the classes with a walk in nature, an ocean dive or lunch at a café with a friend, there are plenty of good opportunities in the area. Birgitte will provide tea and a little snack after each class.

    Program:

    Friday the 6th 17.30-20.30: Open Flow Restore

    A quiet restorative practice where we stay close to the floor. We will use slow and gentle movements to release and soften the tissues and supported yoga postures to relax and release unnecessary tension. We will work with the principles of yielding to earth and engaging subtle pre-movements.

    Saturday the 7th 9.30-12.30: Open Flow Sensitize

    A soft and continuous movement meditation, tuning you into your ability to feel physical sensation and inviting it to guide your movements. We will work with the principles of sensitization, moving from what we can feel rather than from what we can train ourselves to do. The class explores fluctuating, unwinding movements that hydrate and soften tissues while inviting you to reconnect with your inner teacher.

    Sunday the 8th 9.30-12.30:  Open Flow Energize

    A dynamic and meditative practice where we allow the playful aspect of open Flow Yoga to emerge from our connection with gravity. We will integrate the practices of yielding and sensitizing in open flows with more energizing movements such as osscilations and waves. The class may incorporate more classical yoga posture flows, giving it a sensitive and creative twist.

    Price: Full weekend 749 DKR. Single class 298 DKR

    Booking: Send an email to Birgitte about available tickets (see email at the very bottom of this page). Payment by mobile 15296. Please write your name and the class you are paying for in the comment section when using mobile pay. If you are a yoga teacher and need an invoice issued to a company, please provide name, address and CVR number in your email. Payment by electronic bank transfer can be arranged for those not using Mobile Pay.

    Terms and conditions: Booking by non-refundable payment only. You are free to sell your ticket to a friend if you make other plans (just like you would with a ticket to a concert or the theatre).

  • Urban Retreat (Copenhagen)

    Urban Retreat (Copenhagen)

    Dive deeper into the subtle heart of yoga over a weekend that honors the inherent wisdom of your body. In yoga we are often encouraged to respect our bodies and feel what’s ok for us, but often we are not taught how exactly to do this. What sensations should we surrender to and what sensations should we act on? How to feel the body more clearly and deeply? What are the benefits of placing sensitivity at the heart of your practice?

    The classes can be booked as course or individually and are especially suited to those with an interest in the subtle, fluid and meditative aspects of yoga posture practice. When booked together, the three classes form an introduction to the basic principles of Open Flow Yoga.

    The retreat takes place in Brigitte’s private yoga studio in Sluseholmen with a beautiful view to the sky and the water. Max 10 people in each class. If you want to combine the classes with a walk in nature, an ocean dive or lunch at a café with a friend, there are plenty of good opportunities in the area. Birgitte will provide tea and a little snack after each class.

    Program:

    Friday the 6th 17.30-20.30: Open Flow Restore

    A quiet restorative practice where we stay close to the floor. We will use slow and gentle movements to release and soften the tissues and supported yoga postures to relax and

    release unnecessary tension. We will work with the principles of yielding to earth and engaging subtle pre-movements.

    Saturday the 7th 9.30-12.30: Open Flow Sensitize

    A soft and continuous movement meditation, tuning you into your ability to feel physical sensation and inviting it to guide your movements. We will work with the principles of sensitization, moving from what we can feel rather than from what we can train ourselves to do. The class explores fluctuating, unwinding movements that hydrate and soften tissues while inviting you to reconnect with your inner teacher.

    Sunday the 8th 9.30-12.30:  Open Flow Energize

    A dynamic and meditative practice where we allow the playful aspect of open Flow Yoga to emerge from our connection with gravity. We will integrate the practices of yielding and sensitizing in open flows with more energizing movements such as osscilations and waves. The class may incorporate more classical yoga posture flows, giving it a sensitive and creative twist.

    Price: Full weekend 749 DKR. Single class 298 DKR

    Booking: Send an email to Birgitte about available tickets (see email at the very bottom of this page). Payment by mobile 15296. Please write your name and the class you are paying for in the comment section when using mobile pay. If you are a yoga teacher and need an invoice issued to a company, please provide name, address and CVR number in your email. Payment by electronic bank transfer can be arranged for those not using Mobile Pay.

    Terms and conditions: Booking by non-refundable payment only. You are free to sell your ticket to a friend if you make other plans (just like you would with a ticket to a concert or the theatre).

  • Master Class (Randers)

    Master Class (Randers)

    Fredag den 30. august klokken 14-17 underviser Birgitte en master class i Randers. Du kan booke billet og læse om arrangementet her:

    https://nyy.yogaranders.dk/event/yoga-festival-2-2/

     

  • Open Flow Yoga – 4 week course (waiting list)

    Open Flow Yoga – 4 week course (waiting list)

    This course introduces the basic principles of Open Flow yoga in four longer yoga classes, taught by Birgitte in her home studio at Sluseholmen. Maximum 10 participants on this course. The course is booked as a whole to make sure the group progresses together, it will not be possible to drop in.

    Time: Fridays 10.00-11.45 (NB: Each class is 1 hour and 45 minutes)

    Dates: September 20th &27th + October 4th & 11th

    Price: 575 DKR

    Booking: Send an email to Birgitte info@birgittegorm.com and Mobile pay 575 kr. to 15296. Payment by electronic invoice and bank transfer can also be arranged.

    Open Flow Yoga:

    Open flow yoga is a practice of somatic self-enquiry. It invites you to access the inherent wisdom of your body by teaching you to move from deeply felt sensation. Instructions are given as gentle invitation to listen, feel and respond to the body you have today. Rather than fitting body into shapes dictated by the teacher, you will be guided into allowing your own inherent movement to freely fulfill itself.

     

    How is it practiced?
    The classes are taught as a mixture of structured and spontaneous movement enquiries as well as rest in meditative stillness. It’s a dynamic, but gentle and meditative practice expanding your practice a little beyond the movements of classic yoga posture practice. Thus, adding to classical yoga posture practice, a class can include wave-like movements (undulation), gentle rocking movements (osscilation) open flows (fluctuation) and subtle pre-movements and meditative stillness. Throughout the practice, you will be invited to feel the arising and dissolving of internal sensation and allow our mind to rest into this flow of sensation.

    What is it for?
    Open flow yoga is a practice of embodied self enquiry, getting to know yourself through sensitive movement. You may experience over time that your body moves with more delight, grace and ease, some would call this functional strength and mobility. If you have been under stress you may also feel that the practice builds more resilience as your nervous system finds its way back into a more balanced stress response. You may even gain insights into your own nature that makes you feel like you have made some kind of progress in yoga. However, these are not goals set by the teacher but more like side effects of your own process. To the teacher you arrive to class perfect, complete and whole as you are. The teachers job is not to provide answers but to ask good questions that spark your own curiosity and exploration.

    The only real outcome of the practice is thus a deepening of your enquiry into what is happening here and now, in and as your body. Yoga in this approach is an engagement with the world rather than a retreat from it. By honoring the body we have today and by practicing together to support each other we let go, at least a little, of the pressure to perform or improve. Is it possible to really appreciate this life and this body in all its variation, just as it is?

    Where does it come from?
    Like any other approach to yoga posture practice Open Flow Yoga draws inspiration from several sources. Some of them are: Yoga Somatics, developmental movement, Fascial Flow, Dynamic Yoga and the fluid teachings of Angela Farmer.

    event photo credits © clausboesen.dk

  • 2 Workshops i Aalborg

    2 Workshops i Aalborg

    Dynamic Yoga: Dit indre yogakompas

    Dynamic yoga er en flowbaseret yogaform der bruger cirkulære bølgebevægelser (ullola) til at fordybe din indre sansning af kroppen. Gennem gentagende bevægelser og små aktiveringer vækker du den muskulatur der støtter dig i yogastillinger og gør din praksis mere flydende ubesværet nydelsesfuld. Birgitte guider et blidt men dynamisk flow der bevæger hele kroppen igennem og øger din sensitivitet overfor de signaler din krop sender dig når du dyrker yoga. Workshoppen skærper din evne til selv at mærke efter når du er til yoga snarere end at være afhængig af ydre autoriteter. Tre timer i dyb samtale med din indre kropslige visdom som altid er til rådighed.

    Workshoppen er åben for alle uanset erfaring, der er god til hvile, meditation, spørgsmål og dialog i slutningen af klassen.

    Tid: Lørdag den 6. oktober kl 10-13

    Sted: Yogahuset Aalborg, Strandvejen 19

    Pris: 275

    Booking: skriv til birgitte på emailen nedenfor og hun stiller dig videre til værterne for aalborg-workshops

    Open Flow Yoga: Din levende rygsøjle

    Birgitte introducerer her en af de nyere tendenser i moderne yoga: Ikke-lineære bevægelser og fokus på fascia/bindevæv. Du bliver guidet grundigt ind i en undersøgelse rygsøjlens naturlige bevægelser og lærer at lytte til din egen krop og lade din yogapraksis komme indefra. Vi arbejder især med de fine membraner der forbinder hjerne og rygsøjle og har stor betydning for dit nervesystem, din balance og dit stressniveau. Birgitte guider en blidere dynamisk yogaform med fokus på renegerende bevægelse og forløsninger af dybe spændinger.

    Tid: Lørdag den 6. oktober kl 14.40-17.30

    Sted: Yogahuset Aalborg, Strandvejen 19

    Pris:  275

    Booking: Skriv til birgitte på emailen nedenfor og hun stiller dig videre til værterne for aalborg-workshops

  • Open Flow Yoga kursus (niveau 2)

    Open Flow Yoga kursus (niveau 2)

    Open Flow Yoga er en sensitiv og langsomt flydende yogapraksis der bruger meditativ bevægelse til at afbalancere nervesystemet gennem bindevævet (fascier). Klasserne kan varier fra det helt blide og restorative til det mere legende flow men prioriterer altid det blide, dybe og undersøgende spektrum af moderne yoga.  Undervisningen er inspireret af bevægelsesformer som Yoga Somatics, Continuum Movement, Dynamic Yoga og Fascial Flow.

    Undervisningen foregår på dansk

    Booking: Betal for det kursus du vil med på via Mobile Pay 15296 og send en mail til Bigitte så hun kan reservere din plads. Hvis du ønsker at betale ved kontooverførsel så skriv i mailen hvem fakturaen skasl udstedes til.

    Tid: undervisningen ligger fredage 8.00-9.30 på følgende datoer:

    18. maj, 25. maj, 1. juni. 8. juni, 15. juni

    Pris: 625 kr

  • Open Flow Restorative (classes in Copenhagen)

    Open Flow Restorative (classes in Copenhagen)

    Treat yourself to a relaxing yoga practice winding you down for the evening. Open Flow Restorative uses soft wave-like movements and supported yoga poses to release unnecessary tension and restore your energy. The classes require no prior experience with yoga and will be taught in Danish or English as required.
     
    Price and booking: 250 DKR per class. Get your ticket by paying for one or more classes on Mobile pay: 15296 . Please send a message or email to Birgitte (www.dynamicyoga.dk) when you have paid to let her know you are coming and give her your email to receive practical information and ticket confirmation. You can also pay by bank transfer
     
    Time: All classes take place on Mondays 18.30-20.00 on the following dates:
    February 5th
    March 19th
    April 16th
    May 28th
     
    Place: Classes are taught in Birgittes beautiful yoga room in Sluseholmen, Copenhagen.
  • Tre nye kurser: Open Flow Yoga:

    Tre nye kurser: Open Flow Yoga:

    Fredage 8.00-9.30

    Open Flow Yoga er en sensitiv og langsomt flydende yogapraksis der bruger meditativ bevægelse til at afbalancere nervesystemet gennem bindevævet (fascier). Klasserne kan varier fra det helt blide og restorative til det mere legende flow men prioriterer altid det blide, dybe og undersøgende spektrum af moderne yoga.  Undervisningen er inspireret af bevægelsesformer som Yoga Somatics, Continuum Movement, Dynamic Yoga og Fascial Flow.

    Undervisningen foregår på dansk

    Booking: Betal for det kursus du vil med på via Mobile Pay 28892450 og send en mail til Bigitte så hun kan reservere din plads. Du kan også betale ved kontooverførsel

    Pris for alle tre kurser booket inden 26. januar: 1500

    Introkursus (åben for alle uanset erfaring)
    26. januar
    2. februar
    9. februar

    Pris: 375 kr.

    Niveau 1 (åben for alle der har været til yoga et par gange og gerne vil prøve noget nyt)
    9. marts
    16. marts
    23. marts
    6. april
    13. april
    20. april

    Pris 750 kr.

    Niveau 2 (åben for alle der kender til Birgittes undervisning, til Yoga Somatics eller til Fascial flow)
    18. maj
    25. maj
    1. juni
    8. juni
    15. juni

    Pris: 625

     

     

     

     

     

  • Yoga Retreat i Grækenland d. 5-12 juli

    Yoga Retreat i Grækenland d. 5-12 juli

    Midt mellem det blå middelhav og de vulkanske bjerge ligger Milelja Retreat Center som har bygget et af Europas smukkeste yogarum og har 30 års erfaring med yogaretreats. Din lærer, Birgitte Gorm Hansen, er kendt i den danske yogaverden for at levere nytænkende undervisning hvor kvaliteten er helt i top. Hver dag dykker vi dybere ned i Open Flow Yoga, en sensitiv yogaform der spænder fra det blide og restorative til det dynamiske og legende. Du sanser, styrker, bevæger, og mediterer dig ind en nærende yogapraksis du let kan tage med hjem på stuegulvet. En afslappende uge som går direkte til hjertet af yoga. Åben for alle uanset erfaring. Undervisnngen foregår på dansk eller engelsk alt efter behov.

    Denne retreat er omfattet af rejsegarantifonden og bookes via Bering rejser. Du kan se flere detaljer og booke din plads her: https://www.beringrejser.dk/yogarejser/yogaferie-paa-lesbos-birgitte-gorm-hansen/

    En typisk dag

    Fra siddende meditation ruller vi direkte over på yogamåtten til en langsomt flydende dynamisk yogapraksis. Birgitte guider 6 sensitive morgenklasser som vækker din evne til at handle på det du mærker i kroppen mens du nænsomt øger din styrke og mobilitet trin for trin.
    Efter morgenklassen serverer vores værter en stor vegetarisk brunch buffet og du kan hoppe en tur I poolen (ingen klor). Du også gå ned til den lokale strand 15 minutter fra hvor vi bor. Hvis vejret tillader det, flytter vi morgenmeditationen ned på stranden en gang eller to i løbet af ugen.
    Eftermiddagene byder på blide, meditative yogaklasser der afspænder kroppen og afbalancerer nervesystemet. Vi holder fri mandag eftermiddag hvor du får tid til at gå på opdagelse i lokalområdet, vandre eller slappe af ved poolen.

    Om aftenen kan du nyde den lokale landsby Molyvos og spise på en af de hyggelige tavernaer. Landsbyen ligger kun 20 minutter væk til fods og har masser af små smalle gader, gamle stenhuse og et vælg af hyggelige cafeer.

    Vi har stille-tid hver dag fra kl ca. 22.00 og indtil vi mødes til yoga igen næste morgen kl 7.30. Stilhed er en mulighed for at mærke hvad der sker i dig som ugen skrider frem og du går dybee i din praksis. Du er naturligvis fri til at stille praktiske spørgsmål eller meddelelser om aftenen hvis du skulle få brug for det. Stilletid er et tilbud og absolut ikke et krav.

    Hos Milelja har du mulighed for selv at supplere din retreat ved at booke din egen massage eller behandling i centerets klinik.

    Hvem kan deltage

    Retreaten er åben for alle uanset hvilken gren på yoga-stamtræet du normalt hænger ud på. Forløbet er omhyggeligt struktureret så du gradvist kan fordybe din kropsbevidsthed og blive mere selvstændig når du bag efter ruller yogamåtten ud derhjemme. Retreaten kræver ingen overmenneskelig styrke eller smidighed, men almindelig praktisk mobilitet er nødvendig for at kunne deltage (såsom at kunne sætte dig ned på et gulv og komme op at stå igen uden hjælpemidler eller at kunne stå på alle fire i kortere tid).

    Milelja Retreat Center

    Dette legendariske yoga retreat center ligger på den græske ø Lesbos. Fra husene er der kun 10 minutters gang til havet og den lille landsby Molyvos. Milelja byder på en rolig og intim atmosfære, som er perfekt til vores yoga retreats. Fra Milelja kan I nyde den storslåede udsigt til Molyvos eller bare beundre grundens gamle træer, de smukke blomster, de rustikke bygninger og det skønne landskab, som omgiver det hele.
    Milelja består af tre forskellige huse, som er inddelt i værelser og lejligheder. Når du booker din plads, kan du vælge hvilken overnatningstype, du foretrækker.

    Program:

    Datoer 5-12. juli 2018

    Dag 1: Ankomst til Milelja. Vi koordinerer lufthanvstaxa for alle deltager der sender os deres flynummer og ankomsttidspunkt senest en uge inden afgang. Du kan tjekke ind på Milelja fra klokken 14.00. Retreatcenteret har en snack klar til dig når du kommer så du kan finde dig til rette på dit værelse og få en god nats søvn.

    Dag 2-7

    7.40 – 8.00 Morgenmeditation eller pranayama
    8.00 – 10.00 Open Flow yoga
    10.00 Vegetarisk Brunch på retreatcenteret
    11.00 – 17.00 Fritid, afslapning på stranden eller ved poolen eller tid til at gå op opdagelse i naturen
    17.00 – 18.30 Blid eller restorativ yogaklasse (mandag fri)
    18.30 Middag på egen hånd i Molyvos
    22.00 Stilletid til næste morgen

    Vi holder fri en eftermiddag midt på ugen så du kan planlægge en tur på øen eller slappe af.

    Dag 8 Hjemrejse

    8.00 Morgenmad på retreatcenteret og et sidste dyp i poolen inden tjek ud frem til klokken 10. Flyver du meget tidligt får du en lille madpakke med fra køkkenet inden du flyver hjem igen med en blød, solvarm og glad yogakrop.

    Pris: Fra 6.890 kr

    Prisen inkluderer

    Ikke inkluderet

    • Flyrejse fra Danmark til Lesbos (se under praktisk info)
    • Massage eller andre behandlinger
    • Aftensmåltider
    • Afbestillingsforsikring og rejseforsikring

     

     

     

     

  • Workshop: Open Flow Yoga (Århus)

    Workshop: Open Flow Yoga (Århus)

    Mærk kroppen og lad yogastillingerne folde sig ud derfra. På denne workshop introducerer Birgitte Open Flow Yoga, en langsomt flydende fysisk praksis der inviterer dig til at praktisere yoga som meditation I bevægelse. Flowet undervises i blide, sansende bølger der regulerer nervesystemet og revitaliserer hele kroppen. Du lærer tre bevægelsestyper: Bølger (undulation), svingninger (oscillation) og åbne flows (Fluktuation). Birgitte veksler mellem stop-og-kig undervisning med tid til spørgsmål og længere guidede yogaklasser der inviterer dig til at dykke ned i din egen sanseoplevelse. Undervejs får du også lidt viden om bindevævet (fascier) og dets betydning i yogaens fysiske praksis.

    Fredag: 17.30-19.30 Open Flow Restorativ klasse

    Lørdag:  10.00-16.30 Bølger, svingninger og det åbne flow: Nye bevægelser i yoga

    Søndag: 10.00-13.00: Open Flow Dynamisk klasse

    Pris: 1350

    Book din plads nu: Workshoppen afholdes af Yoga Collective i Århus du kan booke online her. Hvis du har spørgsmål kan du skrive til yoga collective på info@yogacollective.dk

  • Open Flow Restorativ (Kursus i København)

    Open Flow Restorativ (Kursus i København)

    Som vintermørket sænker sig bliver det lettere at vende opmærksomheden indad og finde meditationen i bevægelsen. Tre stressreducerende yogaklasser afbalancerer nervesystemet gennem arbejde med fascierne i bide flows. Kurset er åbent for dig der har prøvet yoga eller meditation og gerne vil lege med meditativ bevægelse. Velegnet til dig der har brug for næring og ro.

    Datoer: 27. Oktober, 3. November., 17. November.

    Pris: 385

    Booking:

    Skriv en email til Birgitte på info@birgittegorm.com for at høre om der er plads før du booker. Booking sker mod betaling på Mobile pay til 28892450 eller Kontooverførsel til 4310 4400555915

    Betingelser:

    Booking sker kun mod betaling og kan ikke refunderes eller overføres til andre events ved afbud. Ved booking af alle tre kurser inden 25. august kan du i tilfælde af sygdom erstatte op til to mistede undervisningsgange på Birgittes andet yogahold samme sted Mandag eftermiddag 15.15 til 16.45

  • Open Flow Yoga (Kursus i København)

    Open Flow Yoga (Kursus i København)

    Mærk kroppen og lad yogastillingerne folde sig ud derfra. På dette kursus udforsker vi kroppens evne til selv at handle på det du kan mærke. Flowet foregår i langsomme, meditative bølger der regulerer nervesystemet og fascierne (en del af dit bindevæv). Du lærer at kombinere tre nye bevægelsestyper: Bølger (undulation), svingninger (oscillation) og åbne flows (Fluktuation).

    På dette fire-ugers kursus hvor vi kombinerer strukturerede sekvenser med meditative ”dyk” ned i det åbne flow. Kurset er åbent for dig der har prøvet yoga eller meditation og gerne vil lege med meditativ bevægelse.

    Datoer: 22.sept, 29.sept., 6.okt., 13.okt

    Pris: 485

    Booking:

    Skriv en email til Birgitte på info@birgittegorm.com for at høre om der er plads før du booker. Booking sker mod betaling på Mobile pay til 28892450 eller Kontooverførsel til 4310 4400555915

    Betingelser: Booking sker kun mod betaling og kan ikke refunderes eller overføres til andre events ved afbud. Ved booking af alle tre kurser inden 25. august kan du i tilfælde af sygdom erstatte op til to mistede undervisningsgange på Birgittes andet yogahold samme sted (Mandag eftermiddag 15.15 til 16.45)

    Deltagelse i det fulde kursus giver 10% rabat på Birgittes workshops på sluseholmen.

  • Spiral Vinyasa level 2 (Copenhagen Course)

    Spiral Vinyasa level 2 (Copenhagen Course)

    The Spiral Vinyasa is a mindfully flowing yoga posture practice supporting you in moving with ease on the yoga ma as well as in daily life. The course teaches you a series of spiraling flows inviting a natural strength and tensional integrity (tensegrity). This organic type of yoga flow is inspired by developmental movements that your body know from the first 13 months of life. Week by week we develop a new embodied orientation your practice, taking you beyond the rectangular square of a yoga mat and into a moving, breathing, feeling world of movement. The spiral vinyasa is a gentle invitation to recover your body´s original strength, mobility and inherent delight. A course with lots of new inspiration if you love yoga in flow.

    This 5-week course explores the meditative flow within spiral movements. Open to everyone who have participated in courses, workshops, retreats or yoga teacher training or the spiral vinyasa online course on Yogavivo with Birgitte.

    Classes are taught in Danish or English as required.

    Time: Mondays 15.15-16.45

    Dates: 23. oct., 30.okt, 6.nov, 13.nov, 20.nov

    Price: 595

    terms and conditions:

    Book your space by sending an email to Birgitte: info@birgittegorm.com to make sure there is spaces available. Booking by payment either by Mobile pay number 28892450 or bank transfer to 4310 4400555915

    Bookings is valid and binding from the day you make the transfer. Payments cannot be refunded or transferred to later courses or events. If you have booked the full course before august 28th you are entitled to substitute up to two missed classes on Brigitte’s other course running Friday mornings 8.00-9.30 AM

  • Spiral Vinyasa level 1 (Copenhagen course)

    Spiral Vinyasa level 1 (Copenhagen course)

    The Spiral Vinyasa is a mindfully flowing yoga posture practice supporting you in moving with ease on the yoga ma as well as in daily life. The course teaches you a series of spiraling flows inviting a natural strength and tensional integrity (tensegrity). This organic type of yoga flow is inspired by developmental movements that your body know from the first 13 months of life. Week by week we develop a new embodied orientation your practice, taking you beyond the rectangular square of a yoga mat and into a moving, breathing, feeling world of movement. The spiral vinyasa is a gentle invitation to recover your body´s original strength, mobility and inherent delight. A course with lots of new inspiration if you love yoga in flow.

    The course is taught in Danish or English as required. It consists of three parts that can be booked individually or together as you see fit.

    Time: Mondays 15.15-16.45

    Spiral Vinyasa level 1:

    4-week course playing with the spirals i a continouus vinyasa flow. Open to all who like flow based yoga or other flowing movement and want to learn more.

    Dates: 18.sept, 25.sept., 2.okt., 9.oct

    Price: 485

    Terms and conditions:

    Book your space by sending an email to Birgitte: info@birgittegorm.com to make sure there is spaces available. Booking by payment either by Mobile pay number 28892450 or bank transfer to 4310 4400555915

    Bookings is valid and binding from the day you make the transfer. Payments cannot be refunded or transferred to later courses or events. If you have booked the full course before august 28th you are entitled to substitute up to two missed classes on Brigitte’s other course running Friday mornings 8.00-9.30 AM

  • Spiral Vinyasa niveau 2 (Kursus i København)

    Spiral Vinyasa niveau 2 (Kursus i København)

    Spiral vinyasa er en dynamisk, mindful yogaform der understøtter let og ubesværet bevægelse både i din yogapraksis og din hverdag. På kurset lærer du at bruge spiralbevægelser i et kontinuerligt flow der inviterer en naturlig styrke, spændstighed og integritet (tensegrity). Den organiske spiral-vinyasa inviterer en blød og katte-agtig styrke og giver dig en legende orientering på yogamåtten som din barnekrop helt sikkert genkender og elsker. Et kursus med masser af ny inspiration til dig der elsker yoga i flow.

    På dette kursus går vi dybere og finder det meditative flow i spiralerne. Denne del af kursus er åbent for dig der tidligere er blevet undervist af Birgitte på workshops, kurser, retreats eller online. Kurset undervises på dansk eller engelsk alt efter deltagernes behov.

    Datoer: 23. okt., 30.okt, 6.nov, 13.nov, 20.nov

    Pris: 595

    Booking og betingelser:

    Skriv en email til Birgitte på info@birgittegorm.com for at høre om der er plads før du booker. Booking sker mod betaling på Mobile pay til 28892450 eller kontooverførsel til 4310 4400555915

    Booking sker kun mod betaling og kan ikke refunderes eller overføres til andre events ved afbud. Ved booking af alle tre kurser inden 28. august kan du i tilfælde af sygdom erstatte op til to mistede undervisningsgange på Birgittes andet yogahold fredag morgen 8.00-9.30.

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  • Yoga moves on…

    Yoga moves on…

    Yoga runs through human history like a river meandering through changing landscapes. Shaping and shaped by the curves of human bodies and  societies, yoga is always in continuous variation.

    The yoga I teach today is very different from the practice i was given by my teachers who in turn radically tweaked and transformed what they received from the previous generation. It can come as no surprise then, that the yoga available to us today probably looks nothing like that of the ancient sages we read about in classical texts.

    How could it?

    Yoga does not transmit itself from body to body by way of sameness and stability. It survives and thrives by difference and repetition. Subtle variation and spontaneous emergence is how the yoga river runs through it all. Still, something seems to remain: An embodied mode of self-enquiry that strangely resonates with experiences described by men and women sitting in caves centuries before our time.

    Yoga is never the same, yet yoga is always yoga. (Welcome to paradox!)

    The past few years, the river of modern postural yoga seems to be taking a new turn. European pioneers like Angela Farmer, Godfrey Devereux and Vanda Scaravelli spark this movement with explorations of a softer, more internalized and radically free-flowing approach to asana.

    Standing on their shoulders, we are now witnessing the beginning of what could be the biggest transformation in modern postural yoga since the 1930ies. All over the world teachers are beginning to challenge the old paradigm of straight lines, intense stretching and static posturing.

    At the fringe of this new wave in yoga posture practice are approaches working with sensation-based movement, balanced muscular support, tensional integrity and open-ended or chaos-like flows.

    Several societal changes and influences from outside the yoga community have also playe their role in the changes we are seeing now. Where the yogis of the 1900´s got new inspiration from the hierarchical order of monastic spirituality, western gymnastics and military organizations, yoga teachers today are inspired to form new social organizations based on a taste for fee enquiry, collective exploration and a global need for responsible leadership.

    Another major influence in the new asana-paradigm is recent discoveries in human anatomy. Especially the science on fascia – part of the connective tissue – has changed our perception on how human bodies move and thrive. Another strong influence is childhood developmental movements like yielding, crawling, rolling and spiraling, which seem to gain more traction in modern yoga classes due to their healing and integrating potential for human bodies. Lastly, the popularization of mindfulness has fronted the internalized and meditative aspect of yoga posture practice even more.

    As any new wave, these new approaches to modern postural yoga will have to stand the test of time. I for one am excited to see where this is going. It is a pleasure to share so much dedication with my colleagues at home and abroad. It seems so many of us are exploring new frontiers. The driver seems to be a collective desire to create a safe and nourishing yoga posture practice that fit the needs of modern life.

    To celebrate the creative transmission of yoga, I’ve created two new courses starting this autumn. Both address themes arising are at frontier of modern yoga right now.

    The first is a course called the spiral vinyasa, using developmental movement, tensegrity principles and bringing circular movements and spiral flows. Here we explore new orientations beyond the normal yoga division of the body into front/back and sagittal plane. This course is taught in English if required.

    The second course is “open flow yoga” and will be taught in Danish. Here we explore meditative and continuous movement, experimenting with letting movement patterns arise spontaneously from wisdom of the body. The course draws inspiration from from continuum movement and fascial flow. Wheras the spiral vinyasa feels more energizing and muscular, open flow yoga is a more meditative and calming practice.

  • 3 kurser: Open Flow Yoga – meditation i bevægelse. (København)

    3 kurser: Open Flow Yoga – meditation i bevægelse. (København)

    Mærk kroppen og lad yogastillingerne folde sig ud derfra. På dette kursus udforsker vi kroppens evne til selv at handle på det du kan mærke. Flowet foregår i langsomme, meditative bølger der regulerer nervesystemet og fascierne (en del af dit bindevæv).  Du lærer at kombinere tre nye bevægelsestyper: Bølger (undulation), svingninger (oscillation) og åbne flows (Fluktuation).

    Kurset undervises på dansk. Det består af tre dele der kan bookes individuelt eller samlet.

    Tid: Fredage 8.00-9.30

    Pris for samlet kursus booket inden 25. august: 1099kr.

    Intro: Tre bevægelsestyper

    Kurset introducerer dig for de tre bevægelsestyper du møder i Open Flow Yoga. Åbent for alle uanset erfaring.

    Datoer: 25. august, 1. september og 8. september

    Pris: 385 kr.

    Open Flow Yoga:

    Et fire-ugers kursus hvor vi kombinerer strukturerede sekvenser med meditative ”dyk” ned i det åbne flow. Kurset er åbent for dig der har prøvet yoga eller meditation og gerne vil lege med meditativ bevægelse.

    Datoer: 22.sept, 29.sept., 6.okt., 13.okt

    Pris: 485

    Open Flow Restorativ:

    Som vintermørket sænker sig bliver det lettere at vende opmærksomheden indad og finde meditationen i bevægelsen. Tre stressreducerende yogaklasser afbalancerer nervesystemet gennem arbejde med fascierne i bide flows. Kurset er åbent for dig der har prøvet yoga eller meditation og gerne vil lege med meditativ bevægelse. Velegnet til dig der har brug for næring og ro.

    Datoer: 27. Oktober, 3. November., 17. November.

    Pris: 385

    Booking:

    Skriv en email til Birgitte på info@birgittegorm.com for at høre om der er plads før du booker. Booking sker mod betaling på Mobile pay til 28892450 eller Kontooverførsel til 4310 4400555915

    Betingelser:

    Booking sker kun mod betaling og kan ikke refunderes eller overføres til andre events ved afbud. Ved booking af alle tre kurser inden 25. august kan du i tilfælde af sygdom erstatte op til to mistede undervisningsgange på Birgittes andet yogahold samme sted Mandag eftermiddag 15.15 til 16.45

    Deltagelse i det fulde kursus giver 10% rabat på Birgittes workshops på sluseholmen.

  • 2 workshops at Nia Yoga Dans festival (Göteborg)

    2 workshops at Nia Yoga Dans festival (Göteborg)

    Birgitte is joining the Nia Yoga Dance Festival in Gothenburg on saturday with two workshops.

    See the full program here

  • Open Flow Yoga Workshop (København)

    Open Flow Yoga Workshop (København)

    A softly flowing yoga class honoring the wisdom of your body. Through gentle and sensitve movement we explore the fluid body, releasing and softening unneccessary tension and replenishing your energy. The workshop will draw inspiration from yoga somatics and continuum movement exploring the healing power of moving from feeling rather than from a pre-defined script.

    The workshop i situated at Sluseholmen right on the water front. Birgitte will teach in English or Danish as required. Open to all regardless of prior experience.

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    Time: Sunday 13.00-15.30

    Price: 299 DKR.

    Booking: Write to info@birgittegorm.com and book by bank transfer. If you have a Danish bank account you can Mobile Pay to 28892450. Your booking is valid and binding from the day you make the transfer. We give no refund if you cancel but you are free to sell your space to a friend (like you would with a concert ticket). Full refund is of course given in the unlikely event of a cancellation from Birgitte.

  • Workshop: Nye bølger i yoga (København)

    Workshop: Nye bølger i yoga (København)

    Yoga er altid under forandring og lige nu oplever vi et af de største nybrud siden 1930érne. Ny viden om menneskelig bevægelse har fået yogalærere verden over til at eksperimentere med yogaens fysiske praksis og udfordre retlinede og statiske “stræk”. En spændende ny tendens er sansebaserede og åbne flows. På denne workshop undersøger vi hvordan dine bevægelser kan opstå fra din egen krops visdom. Vi eksperimenterer med blide bølger (undulation), rytmiske svingninger (oscillation), og slow-motion kaos (fluktuation) og undersøger deres effekt i kroppen. Vi lægger ud med en kæde af guidede eksperimenter hvor du lærer at mærke og følge kroppens indre bevægelser gennem teknikken “myofascial unwinding”. I anden halvdel af workshoppen dykker vi ned i en længere, fælles bevægelsesmeditation hvor du bliver guidet igennem dit eget åbne flow.

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    Max antal deltagere: For at sikre høj kvalitet og tid til den enkelte i undervisningen er der max 11 personer i lokalet.

    Hvem kan deltage: Workshoppen er åben for alle. Klassen undervises på engelsk eller dansk efter behov.

    Tid:

    10.30-13.00: Workshop om 3 typer af bevægelse: Klassen veksler mellem demonstration af teknikker, guidede flows og dialog/spørgsmål.

    14.00-16.30: Guidet flow der sammensætter bølger, svingninger og kaos til en dybtgående bevægelsesmeditation.

    Praksisk: Det anbefales at tage begge klasser da formiddagen understøtter eftermiddagen, men har du ikke tid kan du også vælge en af klasserne og booke den separat. Der bliver en times frokostpause mellem 13 og 14. Du kan købe mad på en af de lokale cafeer eller medbringe din egen. Vi har alt udstyr i lokalet.

    Pris: Hele dagen: 495 kr. Enkelt klasse: 295kr.

    Booking: Skriv en email til info@dynamicyoga.dk og betal over Mobile pay 28892450 (du kan også betale over netbank, email for detaljer). Tilmelding er bindende og gældende fra betaling er modtaget. Du er velkommen til selv at sælge din plads videre hvis du skulle blive forhindret under forudsætning af at du orienterer om dette inden workshoppen.

  • Open Flow: New waves in yoga (Copenhagen workshop)

    Open Flow: New waves in yoga (Copenhagen workshop)

    A day of exploring new, delicious movements in your practice. The practice of yoga is in continuous variation, like water running through the cracks and curves of a landscape. At the fringe of  present reinventions in modern postural yoga we find approaches working with sensation-based movement and open-ended, unstructured flows. This workshop is an embodied enquiry into feeling and following internal movements arising from the wisdom of your own body and exploring yoga postures as natural extensions of the impulse to move towards delight. Birgitte will introduce movements such as wave-like undulations, rhythmic oscillations and slow-motion chaotic fluctuations and help you explore their different impacts in your body and your practice. The workshop begins with a series of movement-experiments, using the open flow technique of “myofascial unwinding” to find, feel and follow natural flows in your body. The second half of the workshop takes place as a collective dive into a continuous movement meditation. The workshop is inspired by old yoga pioneers and informed by new perspectives on human anatomy. It thus stands on the solid shoulders of modern postural yoga while curiously questioning it´s mainstream paradigm of straight lines, static postures and intense stretching.
    To ensure quality of the teaching the workshop is limited to 10 people. The workshop is open to all.

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    Time:

    10.30-13.00: Workshop about 3 types of movement: The class will alternate between guided flows, demonstration and practical clarification.

    14.00-16.30: Guidet class using 3 types of movement in a continouus open flow movement meditation.

    Praksisk: Full program is recommended if you want a deeper understanding of the techniques and their effects in your own practice. If you dont have time for a full day treat, its perfectly fine to do just one class, either morning or afternoon. We have a one-hour lunch break between 13.00 and 14.00. You can buy food in the local cafes or bring your own and eat in the tea kitchen or on the balcony. The yoga room has all equipment and is open 15 minutes before each class. If you want to go for a swim in the newly opened sea swimming facility next door, bring bathing suit and towel.

    Pris: All day 495 DKR, single class 295 DKR.

    Booking: Write to info@dynamicyoga.dk and book by bank transfer. If you have a Danish bank account you can Mobile Pay to 28892450. Your booking is valid and binding from the day you make the transfer. We give no refund if you cancel but you are free to sell your space to a friend (like you would with a concert ticket).

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  • Urban retreat (Copenhagen)

    Urban retreat (Copenhagen)

    Tune into embodied presence with a day and a half of sensitive, flowing yoga in one of Copenhagens most beautiful yoga venues. The workshop i situated at the Copenhagen water front only a 10 minute drive from the central station and 15 mnutes from Copenhagen airport. The area is famous for its beautiful canals, architecture and offers a green nature walks while being in close proximity to the city centre. You can have lunch in one of the cafes in the area or bring your own food. The theme of the workshop is spiralling flows, which we will approach differently in each of the three yoga classes.

    One of the fundamental  building blocks of human movements, the spiral momentum forms a cornerstone in most organic life forms and can even be traced in inorganic matter such as galaxies, whirlpools and hurricanes. The spiral vinyasa is a yoga posture practice honouring the natural movement patterns of the human body. It supports integrity in yoga your practice as well as in everyday movement. In the workshop we play with spiral transitions between yoga postures and explore new approaces to rotations and twists in yoga. The workshop invites a balanced, natural strength and mobility and explores new embodied orientations in your practice. During the workshop we will also discuss the importance of balanced, tensional integrity (tensegrity) through muscular activity in yoga posture practice.

    The workshop will be taught in English or Danish as required. Open to all.

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    Time:

    Saturday 10-13.00: Basic moves: Workshop class with exploration and dialogue

    Saturday 14.30-17.00: Myofascial unwinding: Slow, soft yoga class

    Sunday 10-13.00: The Spiral Vinyasa: Putting it all together in a balanced, energizing flow

    Price: 895 DKR.

    Booking: Write to info@dynamicyoga.dk and book by bank transfer. If you have a Danish bank account you can Mobile Pay to 28892450. Your booking is valid and binding from the day you make the transfer. We give no refund if you cancel but you are free to sell your space to a friend (like you would with a concert ticket)

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  • Workshops i Århus: Yoga uden snor.

    Workshops i Århus: Yoga uden snor.

    På denne workshop lærer du at mærke kroppen og lade yogastillingerne folde sig ud derfra. Flowet foregår i langsomme bølger, der forløser og regulerer bindevævet (fascia) og inviterer til balance i nervesystemet. Vi starter i kendt yoga-farvand med at kombinere enkle yogastillinger, hvor du flyder på åndedrættet mellem to eller flere yogastillinger (ullola). Den skærpede sensitivitet tager vi med os på de næste klasser hvor vi slipper tøjlerne og udforske kroppens evne til at følge sin egen organiske bevægelse i åbne flows. En yogapraksis ”uden snor” kan støtte dig i din selvpraksis, sådan at den bliver mere kreativ, sensitiv og baseret på din krops egne behov snarere end på at komme igennem en obligatorisk rutine eller passe ind i et kulturelt ideal. Weekenden inviterer dig ind i en meditativ og sanselig yoga praksis, der inviterer dig til at undersøge det din krop kalder på lige nu.

    Hver klasse indeholder en flow-baseret yogapraksis en lang afspænding samt en meditation og/eller dialog omkring klassens fokus.

    Workshoppen er åben for alle uanset kendskab til yoga. Workshoppen bookes samlet, da vi bygger videre på undervisningen weekenden igennem.
    Big Mind arrangementet Søndag eftermiddag kan bookes uden deltagelse i resten af workshoppen.

    Lørdag 10-13.00: Lyt til kroppen

    Lørdag 14.30-17.00: Bindevævet i flow

    Søndag 10.00-13.00: Yoga uden snor

    Søndag 14.30-17.00 Big Mind: Yogafilosofi i praksis

    Priser:
    Early Bird weekend workshop: 1150 kr ( 5 pladser – først til mølle)

    Weekend workshop alm: 1300 kr. (13 pladser)

    Big Mind Søndag ( for dem der ikke deltager i resten af workshoppen): 150 kr

    Big Mind: Yogafilosofi i praksis
    Yogafilosofi er fuld af dybe erkendelser fra gamle mestre. Men hvis vi skal tro dem ret bærer du allerede disse erkendelser i dig selv. Yogafilosofi er derfor ikke blot et studie af andres tanker og ideer men også en praksis og en undersøgelse af din egen dybeste natur. På denne introduktionsaften bruger vi Big Mind processen til at lære dig selv bedre at lege med yogafilosofi i praksis. Birgitte faciliterer gruppen i dialog med forskellige aspekter af os selv som ofte rummer dyb visdom og kærlighed men i deres fornægtede eller undertrykte tilstand også kan spænde ben for os i vores hverdagsliv samt i spirituelle praksisser som yoga og meditation. Ved at give dine skyggesider og skjulte ressourcer taletid og kærlig opmærksomhed åbner du for en erkendelse af den visdom du allerede bærer i dig. Spontane meditationspauser kan forekomme undervejs.

    Om Big Mind: Processen er oprindelig skabt af den amerikanske zenmester Genpo Roshi som et middel til at gøre zen mere tilgængelig for vesten. Den bruges i dag i mange forskellige sammenhænge, fra organisationsudvikling og coaching til terapi og spirituel praksis. Det foregår som en gruppebaseret dialog mellem facilitatoren og deltagerne. En aften med Big Mind tilbyder dig nye perspektiver på dig selv og dit liv og sandsynligvis også en aha-oplevelse eller to. Birgitte er en ud af kun tre i Danmark der har gennemført de grundlæggende moduler i Big Mind facilitering og er registreret på Genpo Roshis hjemmeside. Hun har studeret intensivt med Genpp Roshi som lærer og mentor i de sidste tre år og går videre med overbygningsuddannelsen i 2016.

    Program

    Den 12.11.16-13.11.16

    Lørdag 10-13.00: Lyt til kroppen

    Lørdag 14.30-17.00: Bindevævet i flow

    Søndag 10.00-13.00: Yoga uden snor

    Søndag 14.30-17.00 Big Mind: Yogafilosofi i praksis

    Adresse
    Workshoppen afholdes i Aarhus C, men den præcise adresse er endnu ikke på plads. Det bliver tæt på Yoga Collective.

    Priser
    Early Bird weekend workshop: 1150 kr ( 5 pladser – først til mølle)

    Weekend workshop alm: 1300 kr. (13 pladser)

    Big Mind Søndag ( for dem der ikke deltager i resten af workshoppen): 150 kr

    Booking

    Book plads på Workshop

    Al booking foregår gennem Greenticket og alle priser er + et gebyr. Gebyret dækker de omkostninger Greenticket har, og er ikke noget Yoga Collective eller underviserne tjener noget på. Når betalingen er gennemførst er pladsen din, og den refunderes hverken helt eller delvist, medmindre workshoppen mod forventning aflyses. Gebyrer refunderes ikke. Du er velkommen til at sælge din plads til anden side, hvis du selv er forhindret i at deltage.

  • Meet Ateeka

    Meet Ateeka

    If you are considering Ateekas workshop in november or her Yoga Somatics teacher training in 2017-18 here is your chance to meet with her in person and get a feeling for her way of teaching. On saturday 27th at 13.15 we have organized an informal meeting in connection with the Copenhagen Yoga Festival. The meeting is open to all and does not require a ticket to the festival.

    Where and when? We meet on saturday August 27th in front of the Yogavivo tent where birgitte ends a class on 13.15. If you can´t find us, call or text Birgitte on +45 26169309. Depending on the weather we will find a good place to sit down and talk.

    If you have tickets to the festival workshops, Ateeka will be teaching two classes on saturday that we encourage you to check out. See Ateekas festival program here

    See you at the Copenhagen Yoga Festival

     

  • 3 Workshops at the Copenhagen Yoga Festival

    3 Workshops at the Copenhagen Yoga Festival

    Big Mind Meditation
    Place: Contemplation Corner
    Time: Friday 16:15 – 17:15
    Tickets here

    Fascial Flow Yoga (free class, no ticket needed)
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    Place: Yogavivo tent
    Time: Saturday 11:30 – 13:00

    Free the Flow
    Place: Pulsation Point
    Time: Sunday 15:30 – 17:00
    Tickets here

    Read full class descriptions here

    About the festival: http://www.copenhagenyogafestival.dk/en/

  • Mød Atteka

    Mød Atteka

    For dig der overvejer Ateekas workshop i november eller hendes yogalæreruddannelse 2017-18 i København har vi arrangeret et uformelt møde i forbindelse med Copenhagen Yoga Festival. Her kan du stille spørgsmål og få en snak med Ateeka om Yoga Somatics og om uddannelsen. Mødet vil være åbent for alle og deltagelse kræver ikke billet til festivalen.

    Vi mødes lørdag den 27. August foran det telt der hedder “yogavivo” klokken 13.15. Alt efter vejret finder vi et passende sted at sidde i nærheden af festivalpladsen. Hvis du ikke kan finde os kan du ringe til Birgitte på 26169309.

    Ateeka underviser to klasser den lørdag så hvis du har købt billet til festivallen opfordrer vi dig til at prøve hendes undervisning. Se attekas program her

    PS: Har du ikke billet til festivallen kan du stadig deltage gratis i Birgitte Fascial Flow Yoga event i Yogavivo-teltet som ligger umiddelbart før mødet. Klassen starter 11.30 og er et åbent arrangement på drop ind basis så kom i god tid for at sikre dig en plads. Denne klasse undervises kun på dansk.

    Vi glæder os til at se dig!

    Meet Ateeka

    If you are considering Ateekas workshop in november or her Yoga Somatics teacher training in 2017-18 here is your chance to meet with her in person and get a feeling for her way of teaching. On saturday 27th at 13.15 we have organized an informal meeting in connection with the Copenhagen Yoga Festival. The meeting is open to all and does not require a ticket to the festival.

    Where and when? We meet on saturday August 27th in front of the Yogavivo tent at 13.15. If you can´t find us, call or text Birgitte on +45 26169309. Depending on the weather we will find a good place to sit down and talk.

    If you have tickets to the festival workshops, Ateeka will be teaching two classes on saturday that we encourage you to check out. See Ateekas festival program here

    See you at the Copenhagen Yoga Festival

     

  • Ateeka in Copenhagen: YogaSOMATICS – freedom and containment

    Ateeka in Copenhagen: YogaSOMATICS – freedom and containment

    We are happy to welcome a Ateeka back in Copenhagen for a workshop introducing YogaSOMATICS – a contemporary perspective on yoga that is immediate, fluid, experiential and infused with a tantric attitude. We suspect this stuff is going to rock modern yoga as we know it! Book your space now via Mobile Pay 28892450 The workshop is open to all.

    Saturday: 9.30-18.00 (lunch break 12.30-14.30)
    Sunday: 9.30-13.30
    Price: 1400 DKR
    Booking: Mobile Pay 28892450
    Place: Copenhagen, address TBA

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    YogaSOMATICS: Freedom & Containment

    The instinct for freedom beats deeply in the heart of every yogi and yogini.

    The longing for containment and connection pulses within every living being.

    This workshop is a practical and poetic introduction to how energy naturally moves and flows in your own living body, and offers introspective practices for embodiment, grounding and centering for wellbeing.

    Through movement, yoga asana, breathing and relaxation techniques, we will explore:

    -How the energetic system of the body forms chakras, meridians and other energetic channels that contribute to how our bodies take shape and form, and also trans-form.
    -Inner exercises for circulating “prana” (vital life force energy) towards your root, hara, heart and crown.
    -Asana and somatic movements for bringing awareness to the entire spine and enhancing awareness of its own natural energetic currents and fluid tides.
    -The life movements of involution and expansion and the yoga asanas that facilitate resiliency in the flux and flow of life.
    -Deep relaxation and healing breathing practices that attune your awareness towards the movements of your energetic body.
    -A practice of myofascial unwinding that softly and gently helps to restore your myofascial/connective tissue to a state of healthy natural resiliency.   You will learn how myofascial unwinding can be an useful preparation for more advanced yoga asanas.

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    Terms and conditions:
    Booking is based on a first-come-first-serve-principle.  It is not possible to reserve space without payment. Booking is valid and binding from the day payment is recieved, no refund is given in case of cancellation from workshop participants. In the unlikly event of Ateeka cancelling, full refund will be given to everyone who payd for the workshop. Participants are free to sell their ticket onwards to another party if they can´t make it to the workshop. If there is a waiting list for the workshop the organizers can offer to sell the space to anybody on waiting list but with no guarentee of sucess.