Dec 14, 2024
Dec 12, 2024
My upcoming yoga retreat
Mysore Hangout
March 17-30, 2025
Daily Mysore with Elise Espat & Jose Troche in Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Who we are: Two friends here to support you and our community
Elise Espat began her yoga journey in 2001 and has been teaching since 2004. In 2006 she practiced with Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Jois in NYC and began making regular pilgrimages to India in 2007. She earned Level 2 Authorization in 2010. With a deep commitment to tradition, she continues to teach and practice, fostering a supportive and transformative environment for her students.
Jose Troche has been practicing Yoga since 2008 and teaching since 2011. With a teaching journey spanning across Latin America, Jose’s approach goes beyond the physical, embracing yoga as a tool for healing, connection, and transformation. His unique perspective has led him to organize workshops, intensives, and retreats, offering safe and enriching spaces to explore holistic well-being.
Why Retreat?
I believe deeply in the transformative power of ashtanga yoga as well as travel. A retreat is a beautiful opportunity to unite the two.
Real time to focus on yoga without distraction is a gift that not everyone has the chance to experience in daily life. Joining a retreat allows us to be surrounded by the energy of other people who also have a practice and similar interests. We are able to expand our community and be uplifted by one another. We are able to enjoy food that feeds our practice and explore an area together with new friends.
Exposure to new ideas, people, cultures, and environments teaches awareness and with this, I believe, can come real change for the positive in how we choose to live our lives. We are able to see ourselves more deeply and become more connected with the world around us.
More info:
https://www.eliseashtangayoga.com/ashtangayogaretreat
A bunch of other yoga retreats around the world in 2025:
http://aylibrary.blogspot.com/2024/11/2025-ashtanga-yoga-retreats.html?m=1
Reading List: Yoga / India Books
Yoga essentials reading list:
Yoga Sutras
Bhagavad Gita Mahabharata
Ramayana
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Yoga/India beach reads:
Holy Cow
First there is a mountain Enlightenment for idiots
Shantaram
Yoga School Dropout
Spiritual literature:
The Alchemist
Siddhartha
Ashtanga (Jois Family):
Yoga Mala Pattabhi Jois
Astanga Yoga Pattabhi Jois, Lino Miele, John Scott, Sharath Rangaswamy
Ashtanga Yoga Anusthana Sharath Jois
Ageless Sharath Jois
Surya Namaskara Pattabhi Jois
Ashtanga Yoga Manju Jois, Greg Tebb
Yoga Philosophy:
Yoga History:
Memoirs:
Ashtanga Yoga:
Yoga:
Notes in progress.. .
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