5- Day Mysore-style Ashtanga Yoga
w/ David Keil
Saturday, May 31 - Wednesday, June 4
2 Sessions: 6 - 7:30 am or 7:30 - 9 am
$200 (full week, no drop-ins allowed, limited to 12 students per session)
Students deserve individualized attention in their yoga practice. In the Ashtanga Yoga Mysore Workshop, David Keil shares techniques and tools that are tailored to each student's unique needs and experiences. He views this personalized approach as the foundation of true teaching and learning. When guidance aligns with a student’s specific needs, growth and transformation naturally follow.
David emphasizes the importance of relationship in yoga—the relationship students cultivate with their practice and the connection they build with their teacher. He believes that meaningful relationships require time and space to develop, which is why he limits the number of participants in the workshop to a maximum of 12 students at a time. Additionally, he asks each participant to commit to five consecutive days of practice, creating the conditions for an in-depth and transformative experience.
The “Mysore” method practiced in this workshop allows students to move through the Ashtanga Yoga series at their own pace, guided by the rhythm of their breath. Unlike a led class, where all students perform the same poses simultaneously, the Mysore method provides a group setting for individualized practice. David offers personalized support and assistance as needed, fostering a deeper connection between the teacher, the student, and the practice itself. Over the course of the five days, students are encouraged to explore their practice more deeply, with growth arising from both the attention David provides and the students' dedication to daily practice.
The transformative effects of this workshop are inspiring and encouraging. David welcomes students with an open mind and a willingness to learn, regardless of prior experience with Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.
NOTE: You have to choose between session one and session two.
No mix and match allowed.
About David
David Keil was introduced to yoga in 1989 by his Tai Chi Chuan teacher. Both the Tai Chi and Yoga practice at the ripe age of 17 began his research into his own mind-body connections. His search continued through massage therapy where he discovered many insights and affirmations of what he had been exploring and finding on his own through his practices. One of the most important elements was the specific understanding of the musculoskeletal system and how fascinating, beautiful, and amazing the body is on the scientific level and how that directly played into and off of his own understanding of the human body. He was given names and explanations for some of the things he had been experiencing and feeling.
As an instructor of Kinesiology (the study of movement and musculoskeletal anatomy) at Miami's Educating Hands School of Massage from 1999-2003, David developed a fun, informal and informative style of teaching. By repeatedly teaching incoming students who had no prior understanding of anatomy, David was confronted with the problem of making such a complex and beautiful system accessible and understandable to the average person.
David brings his unique style and ability to make things simple to the yoga world. Because of his passion and desire to share the human body with everyone, he delivers this complex and sometimes frustrating topic in a way that is very accessible and understandable to yoga practitioners.
Over the years David has used his skills as a Neuromuscular Therapist to help people reduce their chronic pain patterns. He often brings this information into his workshops where students are regularly uncovering painful patterns or injuries in their bodies.
David was introduced to Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in 1999. But it was in 2001 that he met John Scott in Penzance, UK, presenting his anatomy workshops for the first time overseas. Two weeks practicing with John was transformational and he realized that he had found his teacher. This began a relationship of both teacher/student as well as a collaborative colleague relationship that continues today.
It was also John who told David to go to Mysore, India the following year, which he did. David arrived in Mysore in 2002 where he studied with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in the “old” shala. In fact, it was the last year that the old shala was used for practice. David was authorized in 2004 and returned yearly for extended visits to Mysore with his wife Gretchen Suarez. They are both Authorized Level 2 and grateful for their time in Mysore, meeting Patabhi Jois and studying with R. Sharath, his grandson, over the years.