February 17, 2009 - Two week or One Month Mysore India Yoga Retreat

Study Yoga in the magical city of Mysore in South India. Or simply relax, take massages & treatments, stay by the pool & do whatever you please. Just wait till you taste real South Indian Thais served on a banana leaf! We will take daily trips to the palace, ancient ruins, temples, Chamundi hill, the Mysore zoo & much more. Stay in an "enchanting" old hotel in the center of town with a great restaurant downstairs. There will be lots of shopping to do, tailors to make you anything imaginable, a beautiful market place, & much more.

Includes Hotel, morning & evening Meals, a Massage or Yoga class with Sheshadri, entry fees to Temples, Zoo & much more. 750 Euro/2 weeks, 1100/ 1 month. Based on single occupancy! Doubles discount 15%! Scooters can be arranged.

March 21 - 29, 2009 Yoga & Meditation Retreat in Varanasi, India

Travel to one of North India's holiest cities along the Ganga River. Will stay in the ancient section right on the river with amazing Indian, Nepalese, Chinese, Japanese, & Korean restaurants, Pujas on the ancient river Ghats. We will mostly relax, but will take day & evening Boat Trips, get Massages, study Yoga or Meditation & explore. Includes Hotel, morning & evening Meals, Boat Trips & much more. 550 Euro. Doubles discount 15%!

April 1 - 14, 2009 Travel Expedition, Yoga and Meditation Retreat in Nepal

For more info on any tour, please go to our website: www.yogasanasbudapest.com Click on the workshop/retreat page.

July 5 - 18, 2009 - Two Week Intensive Teacher Training with Tom Hoppel at Ashtanga Yoga Shala - Yogasanas Budapest

Starting with a Sunday practice and discussion, we will spend two weeks practicing (over 60 hours), holding training classes each afternoon (Monday - Thursday), and teaching participants to teach yoga in the tradition of Sri Krishnamacharya. Tom Hoppel has had several amazing teachers, including Manju Jois, BNS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, Sharath Rangaswamy, Saraswati Rangaswamy, Acharya Sheshadri, Seane Corn, and others. He has been teaching most days for the last 5 years. We will practice every day at different paces, M - Thursday each week, and students will practice teach in a real setting at Yogasanas each evening on a rotating basis, and observing others teach. You will be required to purchase and read parts of John Scott's Ashtanga Yoga & Desikachar's The Heart of Yoga. There is a required paper. Certificate upon successful completion.

When Tom completed his last teacher training with BNS Iyengar, Iyengar told Tom that he was passing on some of what Krishnamacharya had taught him, so that he could then share this with others, just as Krishnamacharya had done to BNS Iyengar. Tom feels humbled and honored to do that now for the participants of this course and to carry on this great lineage. Cost: 600 Euro (550 before May 1st, ‘09)