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Ashtanga United
Honouring A Living Tradition
Ashtanga yoga has been passed from teacher to student for decades, evolving and deepening through each generation.
Ashtanga United brings together deeply experienced Ashtanga yoga teachers, each shaped by different eras of the practice. This event offers you a unique opportunity to experience the wisdom, refinement, and depth of Ashtanga across time.
Ashtanga United is about more than just practice. It’s about connection. A shared space where Ashtanga’s living tradition meets the present moment, and where lineage, experience, and community come together to explore the future of this practice we love so dearly.
'Thanks for hosting the most incredible workshop I've attended to date...'
Claire Beattie - AU2025
...and for Scott's, Petri's, Kathy's and Sathu's efforts to support us all on the journey
I never knew my body could let go like it has this 4 days. I've no words for what I've learnt and discovered about my practice this past weekend.
I feel all full of possibilities; it's a beautiful feeling.
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A Spacious Practice:
Finding Balance in Ashtanga Yoga
with
Scott Johnson
What you will gain from the retreat
The Spacious Practice retreat is a two-week immersion that invites you to meet Ashtanga yoga through a new lens. It’s for all curious practitioners whether experienced or newer to the method, those navigating challenges or simply seeking a more compassionate way in.
Through breath-led mornings, subtle awareness and deepened listening, embodied movement principles and yoga philosophical insights, you’ll rediscover how to move with intelligence and care, so that practice becomes a place of presence.
Scott Johnson draws on his 20 years of experience teaching Mysore-style Ashtanga Yoga and Mindfulness to shine a light on your yoga practice and help you discover fresh insights.
This is my fifth retreat with Scott. Every time I practice with him, I achieve greater depth in my practice. His adjustments and guidance are tailored to each individual and he knows what you need, when and how. After years of practice, this last retreat in Goa with Scott has given me back the joy of yoga! Thank you so much! 
Mela
A Yoga Retreat That Meets You Where You Are
A true yoga practice meets us exactly as we are, in all our strength, vulnerability, uncertainty and curiosity. This retreat will offer you that comfort.
Through the teachings of Ashtanga yoga and mindful awareness, held gently in the space of personal inquiry, Scott Johnson will invite you to explore your practice not as something to perfect but as something to feel.
Here, you’re not asked to push, perform, or fit into a shape but only to show up, listen and soften into what’s already unfolding within you.
The Invitation
The practice of Ashtanga yoga offers a beautiful rhythm, structure, and transformation to your life. But sometimes, that structure can become rigid. You show up, but feel a little disconnected. Postures can feel uncertain. You move, but aren’t always listening and understanding the language of the body.
Maybe you’re working with an injury, or something where your practice feels like it has lost its pulse.
There’s a quiet longing in you for a softer way to meet the practice. To maybe keep the same focus, but discover more space, presence and balance.
The Daily Rhythm
Morning Sessions
Each day begins in stillness, with morning meditation and pranayama to create the space from which movement can arise. From that space, we enter our Mysore-style Ashtanga yoga self-practice, meeting it with fresh awareness, curiosity and compassion.
Afternoon Sessions
Explorations in in subtle movement, embodied yoga technique & philosophy, breathing and discussion. These afternoons will be led by the group and the unfolding of our time together and will help you begin to feel the practice from the inside out.
Location
Address:
Purple Valley, House No. 142, Bairo Alto, Assagao, Goa 403507, India
Directions:
Flights to Manohar
airport in Goa.
Sample Daily Schedule
Sunday to Friday
The Transformation
You’ll leave this retreat with more than a deeper practice but with a sense of balance.
You’ll leave with a greater awareness of what your body needs and how to care for it.
You’ll return not just practicing yoga, but learning how it can play out in your life with presence, rhythm, and grace.
Join us in Goa!
£1700 - £2000
Price for two weeks based on single or shared options.
Cancellation Policy & FAQs
That's ok. You can come even if you're a beginner.
Bring all you need to have a beautiful and relaxing yoga retreat in Goa. So mat, comfy clothes etc...
Moments in Ashtanga Yoga
with
Scott Johnson
What you will gain from the retreat
As we navigate the end of one year and the beginning of another, Scott will guide you through the many elements of yoga and how they help us to become more present in our lives. Through the practices of Ashtanga Yoga, meditation, technique and philosophy we will look at how their integration helps us find our own way, our own unique movement and our own connection to ourselves and the world.
We will celebrate letting go and beginning again with beautiful intentions .
Scott Johnson will draw on his 20 years of experience teaching Mysore-style Ashtanga Yoga and Mindfulness to shine a light on your yoga practice and help you discover fresh insights.
‘I have been playing with yoga on and off for close to 20 years. Over that time I have lost range of motion and mobility. As I have struggled with poses and positions, yoga teachers have always told me “Yoga is a journey”. I thought it must be a very painful trip. I attended Scott’s retreat in Salento and in a week Scott set me on a path to recover 20 years of range of motion and mobility. I now believe that yoga is a journey and Scott is showing me the path. Finally someone who is guiding my journey. With timely adjustments, insightful appraisals of physical limitations and encouragement, Scott has brought joy and most importantly hope and belief to my practice.’
Mike
A retreat for every type of practitioner
This retreat is for everyone whether you’re brand new, experienced, have an injury, feeling unsure or feeling good. Scott will meet you where you are.
How we notice this all play out can allow us to land the awareness of ourselves, and our physical practice, in the present moment.
This is the promise of yoga…
The Ashtanga Yoga Tenerife retreat includes:
Morning Sessions: Mysore, Pranayama and mindfulness
Each morning will begin with gentle inquiry. Scott will lead you through gentle guided meditations on the foundational aspects of mindfulness. This will be followed by pranayama and breathing practices, setting the tone as you step mindfully into your Ashtanga Yoga self practice. It Is here where Scott will work with your individual process and help you discover more space and movement in your practice. This collaborative approach will help you find safe ways to meet and develop your practice.
Afternoon Sessions: Where Philosophy meets the Body
With an emphasis on how philosophy and movement relate the afternoons will be a mix of yoga philosophy, movement technique and anatomy. Each session will have a presentation and discussion on philosophy for the first hour, the second will look at practice techniques throughput the system.
Scott will help you to see how the practice of Ashtanga yoga can meet you wherever you are…
Special New Years Eve Disco
To bring the new year in Scott will DJ everyones favourite music for a fun and connected evening celebrating the turn of the year. Just bring your favourite tracks you like to dance to...
Ashtanga Yoga Tenerife Daily Schedule
Sunday to Friday (both weeks)
Location
Address:
Purple Valley Tenerife – C. El Horno, 10, 38678 Adeje, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
How to get there:
Flights to Tenerife South Airport, which is less than an hour away from the retreat.
Join us in Tenerife!
€900 - €1550pw
(There are a range of options from dormitory/single/shared rooms. Check for more details.)
Cancellation Policy & FAQs
That's ok. You can come even if you're a beginner.
Bring all you need to have a beautiful and relaxing yoga retreat in Italy. Mat, comfy clothes, beach stuff etc...
A Mindful Approach to Ashtanga Yoga
A Weekend Workshop in Manchester
Discover new ways to meet your practice. Move with lightness,
feel more spacious
Scott Johnson
What you will gain from the workshop
You will leave with a deeper, more personal connection to your yoga practice, understanding how it nurtures your breath, movement, and inner awareness. You will also discover how yoga philosophy weaves into your daily life, helping you see, act, and respond to the world with greater clarity, presence, and purpose.
Scott draws on his 20 years of experience teaching Mysore-style Ashtanga Yoga and Mindfulness to help you discover fresh insights.
The Mindful Approach Workshop includes:
Weekend Schedule
Friday
7pm - 8.30pm
A Mindful Approach to Ashtanga Yoga Guided Class
Join Scott for a mindful approach to practice in this wonderful guided class. The perfect way to start the weekend.
Saturday/Sunday
9am - 12pm
Ashtanga Yoga Self Practice, Mindfulness & Pranayama
- Guided mindfulness practice to ground awareness in the present moment
- Breath work and pranayama techniques to develop steadiness and focus
- Mysore-style practice with individual guidance from Scott, refining alignment, breath, and movement
Saturday Workshop
Yoga Philosophy
Patanjali on Mindfulness
1.30pm - 2.30pm
This session will look at the yoga sutra and mindful awareness. We will see that a new way of looking is how we can achieve more in our yoga asana practice
Yoga Technique
Helpful Hip Movements
2.45pm - 4.30pm
In this workshop, we will trace the journey of the hips through the Primary Series, from the asymmetrical poses of the first half to the symmetrical postures of the second half. Beginning with a short mindfulness and breathing practice this workshop will bring fresh insights and practical tools to create space and mobility in your practice, all while ensuring safety and vitality in the body.
Sunday Workshop
Yoga Philosophy
Patanjali on Prana
1.30pm - 2.30pm
This session will look at the yoga sutra and how it focuses on the breath and prana. It will help you begin to make you more aware of the nature of how you practice.
Yoga Technique
Finding a Strong & Spacious Spine
2.45pm - 4.30pm
Building on the work from the first workshop, this session will focus on cultivating a deeper awareness of the spine's role in the second part of the primary series. Beginning with a short mindfulness and breathing practice we will explore how spinal movement develops in relation to the breath, connecting postures from the first and second half of the Primary Series. We will reveal the continuity and intelligence of the practice.
Location
Address: Yoga Sangha, Suite L2, The Cheadle Institute, Cheadle Green, Cheadle, SK8 2BD
Join us in Manchester!
£170
Cancellation Policy & FAQs
That's ok. You can come even if you're a beginner. This weekend is about meeting the practice with curiosity, steadiness, and breath.
Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat and something to write on.
Ashtanga Yoga, Philosophy & Mindfulness Retreat
with
Scott Johnson
What you will gain from the retreat
No matter who you are or what you bring, Scott’s immersion will illuminate your practice. It will reveal what’s surfacing for you, the challenges you’re facing, and offer new ways to navigate them. Whether you are dealing with an injury, feel stuck, or are flourishing in your practice, this retreat will meet you where you are. It’s designed for all practitioners of Ashtanga, from beginners to advanced, encouraging everyone to discover their own path in this profound system.
Scott draws on his 20 years of experience teaching Mysore-style Ashtanga Yoga and Mindfulness to shine a light on your yoga practice and help you discover fresh insights.
Thanks to Scott there is much more quality in my ashtanga yoga practice. I particularly appreciate his individual approach to students. Not only is he a great yoga teacher, he is also a very compassionate human-being. With his asana adjustments, guided meditation and pranayama practices, Scott has brought a lot of joy, clarity and confidence to my practice. Katya
The Ashtanga Yoga Italy retreat includes:
Over the two week intensive you will gain insight into your own patterns of practice and how to move in your own unique way. If working with pain or injuries there will be fresh light on how to alleviate and work with these issues.
We will use the wider context of technique, adjustment theory, anatomy, mindfulness and philosophy to see how we can notice things in a fresh way. This will also help you to see the practice of yoga in a wider context to your life.
Italy Daily Schedule
Sunday to Friday (both weeks)
Location
Address:
Yoga in Salento’ – Via Stazione 116, 73010 Zollino (LE) Lecce – ITALY
How to get there:
Flights to Brindisi Airport, which is less than an hour away or Bari Airport, which is a three hour train ride. The Yoga In Saletno retreat centre is located in Zollino, in the heart of the Salento. Twenty minutes from both coasts and from cultural centres such as Lecce, Otranto and Gallipoli.
About Yoga In Salento
The retreats take place at Agricola Samadhi, a unique organic farmhouse that offers something more than just recreation. In this charming oasis, the lifestyle revolves around well being: you can combine your yoga retreat with a trip to the Spa Healing Centre, Ayurvedic consultations and treatments and a wide range of massages. Yoga In Salento has been a European leader in yoga retreats for years and a favourite destination of the best internationally renowned teachers in the world.
Join us in Italy!
€800
(This is a base price based on sharing. Single supplement is more. Check for more details.)
Cancellation Policy & FAQs
That's ok. You can come even if you're a beginner.
Bring all you need to have a beautiful and relaxing yoga retreat in Italy. Mat, comfy clothes, beach stuff etc...
A unique 6 day intensive bringing together diverse approaches to Ashtanga Yoga
Petri Räisänen
Scott Johnson
What you will gain
Join internationally renowned Ashtanga Yoga teachers Petri Räisänen and Scott Johnson as they create an open environment where mindful and therapeutic teachings of Ashtanga yoga merge together to support your practice.
Ashtanga United Odeceixe includes:
A chance to deepen your relationship with practice, tradition, and community under the guidance of Petri Räisänen & Scott Johnson.
Ashtanga Yoga Mysore Self Practice classes
Join Petri and Scott as they combine their experience, skill and expertise collaborating with you in a mysore style class. There will be three start times: 5.00am, 6.45am & 8.30am.
Ashtanga Yoga Workshops with Petri & Scott
In these afternoon workshops Petri and Scott will co-teach a transformative 4-day intensive that will weave together different perspectives on the Ashtanga yoga practice, grounded in pranayama and meditation. Petri and Scott will share and host workshops on parts of the practice that are important to them, inviting each other to contribute and share opinions and techniques that elevate the experience and conversation. Each workshop welcomes feedback and contributions from all practitioners.
Location
Address:
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal
Directions:
Fly to Lisbon or Faro Airport.
About the teachers
Petri Räisänen
Petri Räisänen is an internationally respected Ashtanga yoga teacher, practicing since 1989 and teaching since 1991. Co-founder of Ashtanga Yoga Helsinki, he has taught worldwide for over two decades, blending deep tradition with a therapeutic approach.
A longtime student of K. Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Jois, Petri received formal authorisation in 2001. His studies extend beyond asana, including pranayama and yoga philosophy with A.G. Mohan and Indra Mohan. With a background in Finnish folk healing, his adjustments are known for being both intuitive and profoundly therapeutic.
"Yoga is a space for healing, transformation, and inner stillness. Through safe, disciplined practice and compassionate teaching, we create the conditions for deep change—on the mat and in life."
Scott Johnson
Scott Johnson has been the director and lead teacher at Stillpoint Yoga London since 2009, holding space for daily Mysore-style practice and guiding countless students toward the depth of long-term practice.
Practicing since 1998 and teaching since 2003, Scott is one of the few teachers authorized in the Primary and Intermediate Series by Manju Jois and recognized as a Senior Teacher by John Scott. Deeply influenced by the mindfulness teachings of Michael Stone, he integrates traditional Ashtanga with breath awareness and contemplative inquiry.
"Yoga is a profound act of listening—an ever unfolding conversation with breath, movement, and stillness. Through steady, compassionate practice, we discover not only our physical potential but the deep intimacy of presence."
Join us for Ashtanga United Odeceixe!
400€
Cancellation Policy & FAQs
Please get in touch with the hosts Agoria Lisboa
It's important you have some knowledge of the Ashtanga yoga practice so you can be supported in the Mysore style classes.