Adam Keen Workshops in Singapore
Adam Keen Workshops Ashtanga Yoga Nilayam Singapore
July 4th to August 4th
Join Adam for one month of daily Mysore Practice and two weekend workshops. You can also do just the Mysore or the workshops on their own too.
Book the Sunday to Friday Mysore classes with Ashtanga Yoga Nilayam Singapore directly and book the weekend workshops below.
July 4th to August 4th: Sunday to Friday, 6:30am & 8:00am
Adam teaches traditionally as he learned and experienced it in Mysore, defined by subtle, inner techniques. Following the sequences as they are in Mysore, adaptations will be given to keep you moving forward.
Practitioners will be approached individually and offered a gentle and holistic approach to physical assistance (if you want that). All are welcome to the Mysore class. Adam is happy if you need practice sheets. Book the Sunday to Friday Mysore classes with Ashtanga Yoga Nilayam Singapore directly
Workshop 1: Saturday 8th July
8:00 am to 9:30 am Led Primary with Instruction
The vinyasa count is for you. It’s not a marching drill or army manoeuvre. It’s there to provide a rough structure in order that the individual has something to work with. This class will demonstrate how to suit the generalised practice of asana to your needs and demands while preserving its integrity as a ritual to get you out of your everyday self and into a different space.
10:00 to 11:30: The Five Fundamentals of An Effective Practice
There are basic techniques to establish safe and sustainable progress. Through the following principles, using demonstration and partner work, you will be able to incorporate these into your practice:
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Stretch safely through breath-based action
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Strength building by use of opposing forces in your body.
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Stability, the importance of the medial stretch for scapula strength and mobility.
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Bandha as a tool to engineer diaphragmatic breathing
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Alignment, a more effective approach.
Saturday, July 15th, Workshop 2
8:00 to 9:30: Led Primary with instruction (revised)
The vinyasa count is for you. It’s not a marching drill or army manoeuvre. It’s there to provide a rough structure in order that the individual has something to work with. This class will demonstrate how to suit the generalised practice of asana to your needs and demands while preserving its integrity as a ritual to get you out of your everyday self and into a different space.
10 to 11.30: Transitions and Vinyasas
Starting with an overview of the principle of vinyasa Adam will explain why it is essential to use them to build focus and awareness in practice. They stand for a great deal more than the jump-back vinyasa.
Vinyasa means ‘special placement’, but some placements are more special than others! We will go through the more difficult, fancy transitions, that are both fun as well as often helpful in building strength and mobility. Adam will cover how to amend and modify them so you can find a version to work on as well as keep the flow of your practice.
** Weekend workshops are for students at all levels.
PRICES:
Both workshops: 250 SGD: BOOK HERE
Workshop 1 only: Saturday, July 7th: 130 SGD: BOOK HERE
Workshop 2 only: Saturday, July 15th: 130 SGD BOOK HERE
1 Month Unlimited Mysore Practice: 350 SGD (Book through Ashtanga Yoga Nilayam Singapore) BOOK HERE
* Mysore classes are for students at all levels, including total beginners.
ABOUT ADAM KEEN
Adam Keen completed the Advanced A sequence of Ashtanga yoga in 2013 with Sharathji in Mysore (authorised level 2 in 2012). He has been a yoga practitioner since 1999, starting with hatha yoga while studying philosophy at university.
Adam has taught internationally and spent over ten years running a Mysore program in his native London, UK. His style is open, non-dogmatic and eclectic while remaining rooted in an appreciation of the tradition as taught in Mysore. He has a unique way of making everyone welcome and meeting students where they are with humour and kindness.
Adam is also the co-founder of Keen on Yoga, an online yoga platform hosting workshops and events, and the host of the Keen on Yoga Podcast and YouTube channels. He has interviewed most of the top Ashtanga teachers and philosophy academics in this capacity, leading to a unique overview of the modern yoga world and teaching approaches.
When not practising yoga, Adam likes to cook – in his earlier years, he was a chef, supporting himself in this profession in London whilst studying yoga. This took him to Purple Valley Yoga, where he was employed as the chef and met his wife, Theresa.
Still a philosophy student at heart, Adam shares his thoughts and experience daily on social media, where you can find him discussing many of the questions that come to our minds, but we’re often afraid or unsure how to ask.
Find him on Instagram @adam_keen_ashtanga
