Adam Keen workshop June 7 – 9 2024
Adam Keen (Keen on Yoga) workshop June 7th -9th 2024
ABOUT ADAM
Adam Keen has been a yoga practitioner since 1999 and has taught Ashtanga yoga internationally for over twenty years. His style is open, non-dogmatic and eclectic while remaining rooted in an appreciation of the tradition he learned from Sharath Jois in Mysore.
He received level 2 authorisation in 2012 and completed the Advanced A sequence of Ashtanga yoga in 2013 with Sharathji. His teaching style is technique based and he has a unique way of making everyone welcome and meeting students where they are with humour and kindness.
Adam is a 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. Having interviewed and learned from the world’s most renowned Ashtanga teachers, philosophy academics and others has led to his unique view of the modern yoga world and teaching approach.
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
When not practising yoga, Adam likes to cook. In his earlier years, he supported himself as a chef in Buddhist and yoga centres to further his study of yoga. This took him to Purple Valley Goa, where he was employed as the chef by his future wife, Theresa who was Director of the centre at the time.
The Keen on Yoga team: Theresa and Adam
Schedule:
FRIDAY
18.30 to 20.30 Led Class
This is a unique led class as it features both the vinyasa count as well as fundamental pointers for each posture. Everyone will be made to feel welcome and safe in participating in this class as options are given so everyone can do the whole series in a way that suits their bodies. Adam doesn’t believe in stopping people, the ‘perfect’ posture, or, dictating exactly how something should look.
SATURDAY
8.00 to 10.00: Mysore
Adam gives yoga assistance in a safe and non-intrusive way. He does not believe in forcing people into postures, rather, he uses verbal and light physical touch to open up new directions for the individual to follow as they wish. This practice is based on individual exploration, kindness, and fun. It is not an exam or military exercise. All are welcome to the Mysore class. Adam is happy if you need practice sheets, or he or Theresa will show you the postures.
11.00 – 12.30: Fundamental Openings
There are a relatively small number of fundamental movements that yoga asana requires we grasp to progress. However, these openings are subtle; and not necessarily straightforward to understand at body level.
From the basic standing postures where they’re first presented in their most simple form, they get increasingly complicated. Therefore, we shall look at these postures, consider them in detail, and find they translate into a deeper understanding of what’s going on in various problem postures further on down the line.
13.00 – 14.00: Yoga Chat & Q+A
We will discuss together the roots of modern asana and then how this relates and intertwines with the roots of Ashtanga yoga. Then, how the tradition of Ashtanga yoga has evolved to get to where it is today.
SUNDAY
8.00 am – 10 am: Mysore
As above
11.00 – 12.30: Backbends, Shoulder Openers And Front Stretches
A look at how to backbend more effectively. A backbend is a front stretch; intrinsically to do with stretching the legs. An individual’s capacity is affected by how much mobility they currently have in their shoulders.
In this workshop, we will look at what a sustainable, safe, and effective backbend involves, as well as some helpful stretches of the legs and shoulders we might consider outside practice that can greatly affect how comfortable we are in back bending.
Prices
- Full Workshop (1 Full Led Primary Friday + 2 Mysore classes + 2 afternoon workshops Saturday and Sunday) DKK 1.300.
- Saturday & Sunday mysore + workshops DKK 1000
- Saturday mysore + workshops DKK 700
- Sunday mysore + workshop DKK 600
If you have any trouble signing up please contact us – we are happy to help.