Petri Räisänen

Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal, June 16 - 21, 2026 All about Vinyasa
2026-06-16 - 2026-06-21 | Yoga Roots Odeceixe, R. Estr. Nacional 1, Odeceixe, Algerve, 8670-320, Portugal
Ashtanga Yoga Intensive Week
All about Vinyasa
June 16 – 21, 2026
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal

Join Petri Räisänen and Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen workshops at Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal. The shala is located in the middle of the picturesque and peaceful village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps).

Please read more about the Odeceixe and around, accommodations, markets, food, how to get there and activities in Algarve
www.petriandwambui.com/yogarootsodeceixe/

Praia de Odeceixe Yoga Roots Odeceixe

Registration, Payment, Class options, Schedule and Questions:
All registrations, questions and further info through praisanen@yahoo.com and/or info@wambuinjuguna.com
To secure your registration, please pay the workshop to the Yoga Roots Odeceixe bank account. The bank codes and information about the payments and payment options you will find from the end of this site.
1. Full program
2. ”Only” Morning practice
3. Morning practice with some of your chosen drop-in afternoon classes
4. Weekend program
5. Separate drop-in classes
We will have 1-2 batches of Mysore classes on the weekdays mornings starting at 6am (June 16-18) and 1 batch of the afternoon workshops. The led primary series class with Petri on Friday 19th will take place at the yoga shala at 6am and led accessible yoga with Wambui will start at 8am. On the weekend (June 20-21) we will have 1-2 Mysore batches starting at 6:30am (if one class) or 6:00am and 7:45am (if two classes).
Besides the yoga program, we will have dinners, beach hang-out time, surfing, nature walks and trips together (or as you wish), with bigger or smaller groups of students. There is a great opportunity to try surfing as there are surfing schools in every bigger beach in the area.
Mysore Style = Self Led practice with Petri’s experienced, sensitive and healing adjustments.Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday mornings
Led Class = On Fridays guided full primary series class. If you are not doing the full Primary series, you can decide when you would like to stop your practice.
Accessible Guided Class = On Fridays, you can join in a softer, slower, gentler quarter primary series with Wambui. This option is suitable for beginners, those with mobility concerns and /or recovering from injury; or those who wish to gain the benefit of the Ashtanga Yoga practice but through a trauma-informed framework.
Pranayama = Light, simple and beneficial breathing exercises for a deeper understanding about the breath and energy work.
NOTE: Some of the afternoon classes, especially Pranayamas can be held outdoors, if the weather is suitable!

Yoga Shala Odeeixe (before the renovation) “Chai park” next to the Yoga Shala

THE SCHEDULE June 16-21 2026
All about Vinyasa
Tuesday 16th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
11:15-12:15 Workshop opening with Petri and Juha; Getting to know one another + safety in the practice (you’re invited to bring a pen and paper to this session)
Tea break
12:30-14:00 Afternoon workshop with Petri: What is Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga? What is Vinyasa?
Wednesday 17th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:30-14:30 Afternoon workshop with Petri: Vinyasa types in Primary and Intermediate series
Thursday 18th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
Free afternoon
Friday 19th
06:00 Led Class Primary Series with Petri
8:00 Accessible Trauma Informed Yoga Led Class with Wambui
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations. Tea break
12:30-14:30 Afternoon workshop with Petri: Mind focus in Vinyasa. Practical tips how to keep the Vinyasa flowing.
Saturday 20th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:30 (or 06:00 & 07:45 if there will be more than one group)
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Wambui
Tea Break
12:30-14:30 Afternoon workshop with Wambui: Vinyasa and meditative movement. Other asana tools.
Sunday 21st
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:30 (or 06:00 & 07:45 if there will be more than one group)
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Wambui: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:30-14:00 Afternoon workshop with Wambui: Modern yogis life. Questions and Answers (you’re invited to bring a pen and paper to this session)
14:15-14:45 Workshop closing circle

Yoga Shala Odeceixe:
The shala is located in the middle of the Odeceixe village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps)
We have all gender dressing rooms and toilet, but we recommend you come to the shala with your practice clothes on. There is no shower at the shala. As the village is very small, it is easy to walk to the shala wearing your practice clothes and take shower after the practice at your guest house or other type of accommodation.
Yoga Shala Odeceixe has wooden floor. Yoga mats and blocks are available. Anyhow we recommend bringing your own mats to keep good hygiene and make sure that you have a mat which you like.
Next to the yoga shala there is a mini market, bakery and our Chai park where you can sit under the local “holy” tree and sip your well deserved Chai tea (or herbal tea). The village’s coffee shops and restaurants are just around the corner for the breakfast, hang outs and meals.
Treatments
Petri and Wambui are offering treatments during the workshop. Wambui is giving Chavutti Thirumal (massage by foot press) treatments and Petri is giving Energy healing / bone setting treatments. Please let us know if you are interested and we can book a time.
Small Yoga Shop downstairs by the office we are selling local natural products.
Our Teaching method:
We follow and respect the Ashtanga Vinyasa system as taught by T. Krishnamacharya and K. Pattabhi Jois, but are aware the harm their teaching method have caused.
We center each individual practitioner and their unique needs and capabilities. We do not follow a dogmatic, ‘one size fits all’ approach to the Ashtanga method. Our aim is for healing, both the physical and spiritual; acceptance and freedom. We’re open to discussing your individual Ashtanga practice and find ways how the method can be customized for your needs. Please feel open to sharing anything with us which might affect your practice at the moment (i.e. injuries, childbirth, etc).
Physical Adjustments + Informed Consent:
While the assumption in the Mysore room is that people come for physical adjustments, we practice asking for permission before physically adjusting you. Consent is crucial and non-negotiable. If you’re happier not to be physically adjusted during your asana practice, we respect this choice as well. We will check in on a regular basis regarding consent to being physically adjusted. Some days you may want to be adjusted and other days not, and we welcome this. Feel free to be yourself and find your own way to practice Ashtanga. We are here to help you in your yoga process.
Our Big Why:
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We also understand yoga to contain wisdom for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we are survivor-centric and survivor-oriented, and abuse, sexual assault, and discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. This is a caste protected space and we do not subscribe to casteist beliefs or practices. We recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces braver and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc. Our workshop follows braver space guidelines.
Mental Health Disclaimer:
Yoga can be an effective and beneficial tool for reaching a more peaceful state of mind, managing stress better and getting physically well. Our workshops and retreats are designed for people with normal physical and mental conditions. If you are on medication, are currently taking (or have taken) therapy and/or counseling, or have any known mental condition(s) that would in any way hinder your participation in a workshop or retreat, please inform us, as well as your doctor/therapist before registering. We do not provide any specialist therapy or counseling at our workshops/retreats who would be able to help, should the need arise. If a student’s behaviour causes disruption for other workshop participants and the teachers, he or she will be requested to stop participating in the workshop and to seek appropriate help. In such a situation, we do not offer refunds, but are available to provide any documents necessary for insurance claims.
Workshop Fees: (including 23% vat)
Full workshop June 16-21 with 5 Mysore mornings, Friday’s Led class and all afternoon sessions 360 €/week
Weekend June 19-21 with 2 Mysore mornings and one Led class (Friday) & afternoon sessions 220€
Single classes (Mysore or Led), possible if there will be space in the shala 35 €
Single classes (Afternoon Techniques), possible if there will be space in the shala 50€
Single class (Lectures), possible if there will be space in the shala 25€
Single class (Pranayama or Meditation), possible if there will be space in the shala 20€
Workshop opening and closing on Tuesday and Sunday Free of change
Cancellation policy:
In case of cancellation the payment is not refundable after June 6th 2026. Before June 6th 2026, a full refund (minus 20€ for management costs) is given. Please email your bank account number for the refund if needed.
Shala / Workshop discounts*
Local Students with a 10 x practice card to Yoga Roots ODX – 50% from the original workshop price
Local Odeceixe Portuguese citizens – 40%
Portuguese citizens – 30%
Disabled Practitioners – 30%
BIPOC, Caste-oppressed Practitioners – 15%
LGBTQIA2S+ – 15%
Single parents – 15%
Portuguese Residents – 15%
Students (15 – 30), Parents on leave (up to 18 months) & Retired (65+) – 15%
For the students with a low income we are offering a Volunteer exchange option (below).
*When registering, please send us proof of your discount (ie. student or disability card). Otherwise, we use the honor system and invite you to be transparent with us regarding your reason for a discounted tier.
Voluntary help at the fruit tree garden, herbal garden or park. Voluntary workshop exchange option for 2-3 students per workshop. Please ask more if you are interested.
Why discounts?
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We have witnessed the wisdom contained within the tradition of yoga for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces safer, welcome and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc.
One way we aspire to live by our yogic ideals is around economic accessibility. Yoga should not be a luxury only for those who can afford it. Yoga must be made accessible, both economically and culturally, for those who most need it. Based on our individual social locations and whether these identities are proximal to, or distant from, power and privilege, we recognise that institutionalized oppression, visible and invisible, recognizable or hidden, affects how some people are seen, heard and valued in society. How some are afforded rest and ease and others are not.
How some can breath with peace.
And how, for others, their breath gets stolen from them, both literally and figuratively.
We wish to balance the scales.
Starting with our circle of influence in our yoga space.
If you identify as more than one on the list above, please choose the tier that is most essential for you to tend to. We recognize that some of you may embody multiple, intersecting identities of marginalization, and would be eligible for multiple discounts. We also acknowledge that there are several more intersections not mentioned that require care and equity. While we aim to extend as much community care out, we must also protect our energy output and ensure our livelihood and needs as a family are also honored.
For those who embody social locations close(r) to societal privilege and power, this is an invitation to be in active solidarity with others who move through society differently than you. We are sensitive to the fact that life is hard for us all. Being human is hard. However, there are many experiences that are facilitated for one based on any number of factors, and having privilege often means that we don’t need to notice the ways structures are set up in our favor. We invite you to pay the full price with a generous spirit. Equity, meaning everyone getting what they need, for those who have enjoyed privilege might sometimes feel like oppression.
In this moment, breathe, slow down and tend to yourself with care and honest accountability.
Fannie Lou Hamer is known to have said, “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” We are all needed to get where we need to be, as an inter-species. Let’s start embodying this interdependence and interconnection with one another.
Side by side.
Both on and off the yoga mat.
May all beings get what they need to be well, cared for and tended to.
May our actions bring us one step closer to making it so.
Payment Options:
1. Bank transfer (most recommended)
Account details:
To:
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, LDA
Bank: Credito Agricola
NIB: 0045 7021 40370695571 12
IBAN: [REDACTED]
BIC/SWIFT: CCCMPTPL
Message:
Odeceixe June 21-26 2026, Your Name and what you are paying..Full program/Only Mornings/Weekend etc.
2. Cash payment to Petri or Wambui before the first Yoga class
3. Low cost international transfer
https://wise.com
Low fees transfers about 3€ each transfer (please add that to the final amount)
Some students has been using this transfer and the commission is much lower than in PayPa or Bank transfer from outside the Europe..especially if you are paying from the US or Asia.
Message:
Odeceixe June 21-26 2026, Your Name and what you are paying (ie Full program/Only Mornings/Weekend etc).
All questions and information regarding Seven Homecomings practice: Wambui (yogarootsodeceixe@gmail.com)
All questions and information regarding yoga practice: email Petri (praisanen@yahoo.com)

Looking forward to spend a beautiful time in Portugal
With love from Yoga Roots Odeceixe, your pink healing nest in the seaside village of Odeceixe

Yoga Roots Odeceixe, LDA
Rua da Estrada Nacional, n°1,
Odeceixe, 8670-320, Portugal
Tax code (NIF) 517368803 (Portugal)

Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal, June 23-28 2026 Yoga and Philosophy - Body-Mind-Spirit Connection
2026-06-23 - 2026-06-28
Ashtanga Yoga Intensive Week
Yoga and Philosophy – Body-Mind-Spirit Connection
With Petri Räisänen, Wambui Njuguna and Ariana Simões
June 23-28 2026
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal

Welcome to your workshop intensive at Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal. The shala is located in the middle of the picturesque and peaceful village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps).

Please read more about Odeceixe and around,
accommodation, markets, food, how to get there
and activities in Algarve

Praia de Odeceixe Yoga Roots Odeceixe

Registration, Payment, Class options, Schedule and Questions:
All registrations, questions and further info through yogarootsodeceixe@gmail.com or praisanen@yahoo.com
To secure your registration, please pay the workshop to the Yoga Roots Odeceixe bank account. The bank codes and information about the payments and payment options you will find from the end of this site.
1. Full program
2. ”Only” Morning practice
3. Morning practice with some of your chosen drop-in afternoon classes
4. Weekend program
5. Separate drop-in classes
We will have 1-2 batches of Mysore classes on the weekdays mornings starting at 6am (June 23-28) and 1 batch of the afternoon workshops. The led primary series class with Petri on Friday 26th will take place at the yoga shala at 6am and led accessible yoga with Wambui will start at 8am. On the weekend (June 26-28) we will have 1-2 Mysore batches starting at 6:30am (if one class) or 6:00am and 7:45am (if two classes).
Besides the yoga program, we will have dinners, beach hang-out time, surfing, nature walks and trips together (or as you wish), with bigger or smaller groups of students. There is a great opportunity to try surfing as there are surfing schools in every bigger beach in the area.
Mysore Style = Self Led practice with Petri’s experienced, sensitive and healing adjustments.Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday mornings
Led Class = On Fridays guided full primary series class. If you are not doing the full Primary series, you can decide when you would like to stop your practice.
Accessible Guided Class = On Fridays, you can join in a softer, slower, gentler quarter primary series with Wambui. This option is suitable for beginners, those with mobility concerns and /or recovering from injury; or those who wish to gain the benefit of the Ashtanga Yoga practice but through a trauma-informed framework.
Pranayama = Light, simple and beneficial breathing exercises for a deeper understanding about the breath and energy work.
NOTE: Some of the afternoon classes, especially Pranayamas can be held outdoors, if the weather is suitable!

Yoga Shala Odeeixe (before the renovation) “Chai park” next to the Yoga Shala

THE SCHEDULE June 23-28 2026
Yoga and Philosophy – Body-Mind-Sprit Connection
Tuesday 23rd
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2
11:15-12:15 Welcome Circle workshop opening with Petri: Getting to know one another + creating safety in the practice
Tea break
12:30-14:00 Afternoon workshop with Petri: Samadhi layers from the material object to the mental and spiritual mind focus. Moving mindfully with the prana consciousness.
Wednesday 24th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:30-14:30 Afternoon workshop with Petri: Yoga Philosophy in practice, sensing beyond ordinary.
Thursday 25th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2
Free afternoon
Friday 26th
06:00 Led Class Primary Series with Petri
8:00 Accessible Trauma Informed Yoga Led Class with Wambui
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri
12:30-14:30 Afternoon workshop with Ariana: TBA
Saturday 27th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:30 (or 06:00 & 07:45 if there will be more than one group)
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:30-12:30 Pranayama + Meditation with Wambui: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:45-14:15 Afternoon workshop Connecting with Anam Cara: The Spirit of the Soul Friend within
Sunday 28th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:30 (or 06:00 & 07:45 if there will be more than one group)
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Wambui: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:30-14:00 Afternoon workshop with Wambui: Embodied Meditation/ Deep Rest for Mind-Body Connection
14:15-14:45 Workshop closing circle with Wambui

Yoga Shala Odeceixe:
The shala is located in the middle of the Odeceixe village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps)
We have all gender dressing rooms and toilet, but we recommend you come to the shala with your practice clothes on. There is no shower at the shala. As the village is very small, it is easy to walk to the shala wearing your practice clothes and take shower after the practice at your guest house or other type of accommodation.
Yoga Shala Odeceixe has wooden floor. Yoga mats and blocks are available. Anyhow we recommend bringing your own mats to keep good hygiene and make sure that you have a mat which you like.
Next to the yoga shala there is a mini market, bakery and our Chai park where you can sit under the local “holy” tree and sip your well deserved Chai tea (or herbal tea). The village’s coffee shops and restaurants are just around the corner for the breakfast, hang outs and meals.
Treatments
Petri and Wambui are offering treatments during the workshop. Wambui is giving Chavutti Thirumal (massage by foot press) treatments and Petri is giving Energy healing / bone setting treatments. Please let us know if you are interested and we can book a time.
Small Yoga Shop downstairs by the office we are selling local natural products.
Our Teaching method:
We follow and respect the Ashtanga Vinyasa system as taught by T. Krishnamacharya and K. Pattabhi Jois, but are aware the harm their teaching method have caused.
We center each individual practitioner and their unique needs and capabilities. We do not follow a dogmatic, ‘one size fits all’ approach to the Ashtanga method. Our aim is for healing, both the physical and spiritual; acceptance and freedom. We’re open to discussing your individual Ashtanga practice and find ways how the method can be customized for your needs. Please feel open to sharing anything with us which might affect your practice at the moment (i.e. injuries, childbirth, etc).
Physical Adjustments + Informed Consent:
While the assumption in the Mysore room is that people come for physical adjustments, we practice asking for permission before physically adjusting you. Consent is crucial and non-negotiable. If you’re happier not to be physically adjusted during your asana practice, we respect this choice as well. We will check in on a regular basis regarding consent to being physically adjusted. Some days you may want to be adjusted and other days not, and we welcome this. Feel free to be yourself and find your own way to practice Ashtanga. We are here to help you in your yoga process.
Our Big Why:
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We also understand yoga to contain wisdom for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we are survivor-centric and survivor-oriented, and abuse, sexual assault, and discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. This is a caste protected space and we do not subscribe to casteist beliefs or practices. We recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces braver and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc. Our workshop follows braver space guidelines.
Mental Health Disclaimer:
Yoga can be an effective and beneficial tool for reaching a more peaceful state of mind, managing stress better and getting physically well. Our workshops and retreats are designed for people with normal physical and mental conditions. If you are on medication, are currently taking (or have taken) therapy and/or counseling, or have any known mental condition(s) that would in any way hinder your participation in a workshop or retreat, please inform us, as well as your doctor/therapist before registering. We do not provide any specialist therapy or counseling at our workshops/retreats who would be able to help, should the need arise. If a student’s behaviour causes disruption for other workshop participants and the teachers, he or she will be requested to stop participating in the workshop and to seek appropriate help. In such a situation, we do not offer refunds, but are available to provide any documents necessary for insurance claims.
Workshop Fees: (including 23% vat)
Full workshop June 23-28 with 5 Mysore mornings, Friday’s Led class and all afternoon sessions 360 €/week
Weekend August 26-28 with 2 Mysore mornings in both weeks, one Led class (Friday) & afternoon sessions 220€
Single classes (Mysore or Led), possible if there will be space in the shala 35 €
Single classes (Afternoon Techniques), possible if there will be space in the shala 50€
Single class (Lectures), possible if there will be space in the shala 25€
Single class (Pranayama or Meditation), possible if there will be space in the shala 20€
Workshop opening and closing on Tuesday and Sunday Free of change
Cancellation policy:
In case of cancellation the payment is not refundable after June 13th 2026. Before June 13th 2026, a full refund (minus 20€ for management costs) is given. Please email your bank account number for the refund if needed.
In the case of Covid-19 cancellation (hopefully no more of that) the full payment will be refund without management cost!
Shala / Workshop discounts*
Local Students with a 10 x practice card to Yoga Roots ODX – 50% from the original workshop price
Local Odeceixe Portuguese citizens – 40%
Portuguese citizens – 30%
Disabled Practitioners – 30%
BIPOC, Caste-oppressed Practitioners – 15%
LGBTQIA2S+ – 15%
Portuguese Residents – 15%
Students (15 – 30), Parents on leave (up to 18 months) & Retired (65+) – 15%
*When registering, please send us proof of your discount (ie. student or disability card). Otherwise, we use the honor system and invite you to be transparent with us regarding your reason for a discounted tier.
Voluntary help at the fruit tree garden, herbal garden or park. Voluntary workshop exchange option for 2-3 students per workshop. Please ask more if you are interested.
Why discounts?
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We have witnessed the wisdom contained within the tradition of yoga for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces safer, welcome and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc.
One way we aspire to live by our yogic ideals is around economic accessibility. Yoga should not be a luxury only for those who can afford it. Yoga must be made accessible, both economically and culturally, for those who most need it. Based on our individual social locations and whether these identities are proximal to, or distant from, power and privilege, we recognise that institutionalized oppression, visible and invisible, recognizable or hidden, affects how some people are seen, heard and valued in society. How some are afforded rest and ease and others are not.
How some can breath with peace.
And how, for others, their breath gets stolen from them, both literally and figuratively.
We wish to balance the scales.
Starting with our circle of influence in our yoga space.
If you identify as more than one on the list above, please choose the tier that is most essential for you to tend to. We recognize that some of you may embody multiple, intersecting identities of marginalization, and would be eligible for multiple discounts. We also acknowledge that there are several more intersections not mentioned that require care and equity. While we aim to extend as much community care out, we must also protect our energy output and ensure our livelihood and needs as a family are also honored.
For those who embody social locations close(r) to societal privilege and power, this is an invitation to be in active solidarity with others who move through society differently than you. We are sensitive to the fact that life is hard for us all. Being human is hard. However, there are many experiences that are facilitated for one based on any number of factors, and having privilege often means that we don’t need to notice the ways structures are set up in our favor. We invite you to pay the full price with a generous spirit. Equity, meaning everyone getting what they need, for those who have enjoyed privilege might sometimes feel like oppression.
In this moment, breathe, slow down and tend to yourself with care and honest accountability.
Fannie Lou Hamer is known to have said, “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” We are all needed to get where we need to be, as an inter-species. Let’s start embodying this interdependence and interconnection with one another.
Side by side.
Both on and off the yoga mat.
May all beings get what they need to be well, cared for and tended to.
May our actions bring us one step closer to making it so.

Payment Options:
1. Bank transfer (most recommended)
Account details:
To:
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, LDA
Bank: Credito Agricola
NIB: 0045 7021 40370695571 12
IBAN: [REDACTED]
BIC/SWIFT: CCCMPTPL
Message: Odeceixe June 23-28 2026, Your Name and what you are paying..Full program/Only Mornings/Weekend etc.
2. Paying by Cash to Petri or Wambui before the first Yoga class. Please let his know if you choose this option.
3. Low cost international transfer
https://wise.com
Message: Odeceixe June 23-28 2026, Your Name and what you are paying..Full program/Only Mornings/Weekend etc.
All questions and information, email praisanen@yahoo.com and/or yogarootsodeceixe@gmail.com
Looking forward to spend a beautiful time in Portugal
With love from Yoga Roots Odeceixe, your pink healing nest in the seaside village of Odeceixe

Yoga Roots Odeceixe, LDA
Rua da Estrada Nacional, n°1,
Odeceixe, 8670-320, Portugal
Tax code (NIF) 517368803 (Portugal)

Houtskari Island Summer Retreat, Finland, June 29 - July 19, 2026
2026-06-29 - 2026-07-19
Summer Ashtanga Yoga Retreat in the Finnish Archipelago
Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama, Special Workshops, Lectures, Sauna and Outdoor Activities
Please check more Information from https://astangajooga.fi/summer-retreat/
and Welcome to practice and enjoy the peaceful archipelago environment!

We started the Houtskari Summer Retreats with Juha Javanainen in 2000. The archipelago between Finland and Sweden is the most beautiful in the summertime. Sauna in the morning and evening with a sea dips and swimming gives a special Finnish vibe for the retreat as well as a delicious vegetarian meals.

Mysore practice at the Yoga Shala
How to get there and the village life
It is easy to get there with the bus or car even if the trip takes about 5 hours from Helsinki. There is a bus stop right in the front of the resort. The Näsby town with harbor, shops, old church, museums and restaurants are 10 min walking distance away. The local language is Swedish (or Finnish-Swedish) but many locals also speak Finnish and English fluently.

Sauna by the sea
Weekly program overwiev
Our summer yoga retreat offers something for everyone! We have led classes for beginners and mysore practice for more experienced Astanga practitioners. We also have classes for kids and teens, as well as general yoga classes including philosophy, pranayama, and meditation. The retreat is international, and teaching and meetings are primarily conducted in English.
The retreat is family friendly with children yoga classes and activities.

Children and adults playing volleyball

Kids Yoga daily classes for different ages.
RETREAT PROGRAM
Choose your preferred weekly program from Tuesday to Sunday, with each course including various classes such as pranayama, meditation, yoga lab classes, and more. Your week starts with an arrival on Monday afternoon between 15:00-19:30, followed by dinner from 18:00-19:30. The opening meeting of the week will take place on Monday evening from 19:15-20:15.
Week 1: Astanga Mysore, Astanga Led beginners, Astanga Beginners introductory course,
Yinful Yoga*, Yoga Philosophy with Måns Broo, Yoga Teens, and Yoga Kids.
Week 2: Astanga Mysore, Astanga Led beginners, Astanga Beginners introductory course,
Meditation to explore elements of personal evolution, Pilates* & Yoga,
Finnish style of Energy Healing with Petri Räisänen and Tamara Ashley
Yinyoga with Tibetan singing bowls*, Yoga Teens, and Yoga Kids.
Week 3: Astanga Mysore, Astanga Led beginners, Yinful Yoga*,
Yoga sutra & Mantra chanting, Mindfulness, Yoga Teens, and Yoga Kids.
(* Additional workshops with extra charge
Note: Petri and Juha will be teaching Ashtanga Yoga together on the first and second week. On the third week there will be Juha Javanainen and Marke Murtomäki from Ashtanga Yoga Helsinki.

Please check more Information from https://astangajooga.fi/summer-retreat/
and Welcome to practice and enjoy the peaceful archipelago environment!

The Healing Nature of Ashtanga Yoga - Summer Retreat! Yoga in Salento, Italy, July 25 - August 8 2026
2026-07-25 - 2026-08-08 | Yoga in Salento, Zollino, Puglia, Italy
The Healing Space
Ashtanga Yoga Summer Retreat in Salento, Italy in July 25 – August 8 2026
with Petri Räisänen and Eva Ugolini
Yoga in Salento is a lovely yoga resort in Puglia, Italy. The resort is located in the quiet organic farm next to Zollino town. The coast and beautiful beaches are on the both sides about 30 minutes drive away. There are many old picturesque Italian villages around and the best Italian food, coffee and ice cream everywhere. There will be time to explore the surroundings in the mornings and afternoons.
The resort has their own kitchen and they make the highest quality vegetarian and vegan brunches and dinners for the retreat students.
The retreat is based on Traditional Ashtanga Yoga practice in a quiet, gentle and safe environment. Petri and Eva are focusing for a therapy and healing work as well as the vinyasa system and asana alignments. The retreat will be relaxing and informative Ashtanga experience.
Booking the Yoga and Accommodation through YIS (info@yogainsalento)
Accommodation will have a deposit payment when you are booking your room.
Registration for Yoga through Petri (praisanen@yahoo.com)
Yoga payments 350€ / week will be paid to Petri in cash upon arrival at the YIS office.
Early Bird before February 1 One week 290€ and Two weeks 560€
Please check more ore Info:
https://yogainsalento.com/2017/10/petri-raisanen/
https://petriraisanen.com/event/yoga-in-salento-italy-july-27-august-10-2024/

Ashtanga tradition with care and compassion.
Welcome all level of yogis and yoginis!
We are looking forward to seeing you in YIS, practice and talk more soon.
With peace and care,
Petri, Eva and YIS team

Eva Ugolini in Pasasana
(first position of the Intermediate series)

Eva Ugolini Bio
Her deep love and dedication for Yoga starts 20 years ago while immersing herself into Ayurvedic studies and since then both disciplines are a central part of her daily life.
Until 2022 she lived in Amsterdam where she held for over 10 years an Ashtanga Mysore Program with Claudia Pradella at the prestigious school Delight Yoga where she had the privilege to assist, study and learn from some of the most world renowned Ashtanga Yoga teachers.
Her main guide nowadays is Petri Räisänen who has a great role in bringing to her practice and teaching the elements of contemplation, inner quiet and a broader perspective towards yoga and its evolution over the past decades, and Eddie Stern who has opened a big window into how to experience the practice as a source of steadiness and self observation and as a tool of expansion of awareness in all aspects of life and being.
Today she very happily teaches Ashtanga Yoga and Ayurveda between Amsterdam and Rome as a way to share her love and dedication for these so unique disciplines that can enrich our lives with extraordinary vitality and creativity on all levels.

Illuminating Our True Nature, August 7-9, 2026 With Michelle Johnson and Wambui Njuguna
2026-08-07 - 2026-08-09
Illuminating Our True Nature
August 7-9, 2026
With Michelle Johnson and Wambui Njuguna

Join Michelle C. Johnson and Wambui Njuguna for a weekend immersion at Yoga Roots in Odeceixe, Portugal.

Hours of Practice:
Friday and Saturday
6:30-8:00 am Self-led Ashtanga Practice (Optional)
Morning Session 9:00-11:00 am
Break 11:00-12:30 pm
Afternoon session 12:30-2:30 pm
Sunday
Morning session and Closing 9:00 am-12:00 pm

The immersion focuses on Michelle’s fifth book, Illuminating Our True Nature, which weaves together content, practices, and rituals centered on the root causes of our suffering and how we return to our true nature.
Yoga is an ancient practice designed to support us in meeting whatever might arise, moment to moment. In this weekend immersion, we will explore how we can engage in spiritual practice to meet the personal and collective suffering we experience. We will explore the five root causes of suffering, as presented in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras:
avidya – a lack of clear sight
asmita – an overidentification with the ego
raga – an attachment to pleasure
dvesha – aversion or avoidance
abhinivesha – a fear of death or letting go
We will move through various practices, including asana, pranayama, meditation, mudra, and mantra, to meet ourselves and our suffering and, ultimately, to mitigate suffering and create conditions for liberation for ourselves and all beings.
Throughout this weekend immersion, we will explore the following themes:

The Root Causes of Suffering-The Kleshas

Collective Grief and Healing

The Yoga Sutras

How to Meet the Moment with Our Practice

How to Heal by Engaging Our Spiritual Practice

Creating Conditions for Collective Liberation

And more!

Come prepared to learn, build community, practice, connect with your heart, and work toward a just and liberated world for all!
More info: https://www.michellecjohnson.com/shop/p/illuminating-our-true-nature-yoga-roots

Yoga Roots Odeceixe, August 11-16 2026 Honoring a Living Tradition - Collaboration with Scot Johnson
2026-08-11 - 2026-08-16
Ashtanga Yoga Intensive Week
Ashtanga United Presents

Honoring a Living Tradition
Collaboration with Scot Johnson and Petri Räisänen
August 11-16, 2026
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal

Welcome to your workshop intensive at Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal. The shala is located in the middle of the picturesque and peaceful village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps).

Please read more about Odeceixe and around,
accommodation, markets, food, how to get there
and activities in Algarve

Praia de Odeceixe Yoga Roots Odeceixe

Registration, Payment, Class options, Schedule and Questions:
All registrations, questions and further info regarding Ashtanga Yoga through Petri or Scott (praisanen@yahoo.com or scottjohnsonlife73@gmail.com)
To secure your registration, please pay the workshop to Scott’s company bank account. The bank codes and information about the payments and payment options you will find from the end of this site.
1. Full program
2. ”Only” Morning practice
3. Morning practice with some of your chosen drop-in afternoon classes
4. Weekend program
5. Separate drop-in classes
We will have 1-2 batches of Mysore classes on the weekdays mornings starting at 6am (August 11-13) and 1 batch of the afternoon workshops. The led primary series class with Petri on Friday 14th will take place at the yoga shala at 6am and led accessible yoga with Wambui will start at 8am. On the weekend (October 15-16) we will have 1-2 Mysore batches starting at 6:30am (if one class) or 6:00am and 7:45am (if two classes).
Besides the yoga program, we will have dinners, beach hang-out time, surfing, nature walks and trips together (or as you wish), with bigger or smaller groups of students. There is a great opportunity to try surfing as there are surfing schools in every bigger beach in the area.
Mysore Style = Self Led practice with Petri’s experienced, sensitive and healing adjustments.Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday mornings
Led Class = On Fridays guided full primary series class. If you are not doing the full Primary series, you can decide when you would like to stop your practice.
Accessible Guided Class = On Fridays, you can join in a softer, slower, gentler quarter primary series with Wambui. This option is suitable for beginners, those with mobility concerns and /or recovering from injury; or those who wish to gain the benefit of the Ashtanga Yoga practice but through a trauma-informed framework.
Pranayama = Light, simple and beneficial breathing exercises for a deeper understanding about the breath and energy work.
NOTE: Some of the afternoon classes, especially Pranayamas can be held outdoors, if the weather is suitable!

Yoga Shala Odeeixe (before the renovation) “Chai park” next to the Yoga Shala

THE SCHEDULE August 11-16, 2026
Honoring a Living Tradition
Collaboration with Scot Johnson and Petri Räisänen
Tuesday 11th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
11:15-12:15 Welcome Circle workshop opening with Scott and Petri; Getting to know one another + creating safety in the practice
Tea break
12:30-14:00 Afternoon workshop with Scott and Petri: Honoring a Living Tradition
Wednesday 12th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:30-14:30 Afternoon workshop with Scott: TBA
Thursday 13th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
Free afternoon
Friday 14th
06:00 Led Class Primary Series with Scott and Petri
8:00 Accessible Trauma Informed Yoga Led Class with Wambui
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Scott: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
12:30-14:30 Afternoon workshop with Petri: TBA
Saturday 15th

Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:30 (or 06:00 & 07:45 if there will be more than one group)
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)

11:30-12:30 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:45-14:45 Afternoon workshop with Scott and Petri: Written word and spoken word – Yoga of Poetry writing

Sunday 16th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:30 (or 06:00 & 07:45 if there will be more than one group)
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Scott: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:30-14:00 Afternoon workshop with Scott and Petri: Moving on in Living Tradition of Ashtanga Yoga
14:15-14:45 Workshop closing circle with Scott and Petri

Yoga Shala Odeceixe:
The shala is located in the middle of the Odeceixe village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps)
We have all gender dressing rooms and toilet, but we recommend you come to the shala with your practice clothes on. There is no shower at the shala. As the village is very small, it is easy to walk to the shala wearing your practice clothes and take shower after the practice at your guest house or other type of accommodation.
Yoga Shala Odeceixe has wooden floor. Yoga mats and blocks are available. Anyhow we recommend bringing your own mats to keep good hygiene and make sure that you have a mat which you like.
Next to the yoga shala there is a mini market, bakery and our Chai park where you can sit under the local “holy” tree and sip your well deserved Chai tea (or herbal tea). The village’s coffee shops and restaurants are just around the corner for the breakfast, hang outs and meals.
Treatments
Petri and Wambui are offering treatments during the workshop. Wambui is giving Chavutti Thirumal (massage by foot press) treatments and Petri is giving Energy healing / bone setting treatments. Please let us know if you are interested and we can book a time.
Small Yoga Shop downstairs by the office we are selling local natural products.
Our Teaching method:
We follow and respect the Ashtanga Vinyasa system as taught by T. Krishnamacharya and K. Pattabhi Jois, but are aware the harm their teaching method have caused.
We center each individual practitioner and their unique needs and capabilities. We do not follow a dogmatic, ‘one size fits all’ approach to the Ashtanga method. Our aim is for healing, both the physical and spiritual; acceptance and freedom. We’re open to discussing your individual Ashtanga practice and find ways how the method can be customized for your needs. Please feel open to sharing anything with us which might affect your practice at the moment (i.e. injuries, childbirth, etc).
Physical Adjustments + Informed Consent:
While the assumption in the Mysore room is that people come for physical adjustments, we practice asking for permission before physically adjusting you. Consent is crucial and non-negotiable. If you’re happier not to be physically adjusted during your asana practice, we respect this choice as well. We will check in on a regular basis regarding consent to being physically adjusted. Some days you may want to be adjusted and other days not, and we welcome this. Feel free to be yourself and find your own way to practice Ashtanga. We are here to help you in your yoga process.
Our Big Why:
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We also understand yoga to contain wisdom for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we are survivor-centric and survivor-oriented, and abuse, sexual assault, and discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. This is a caste protected space and we do not subscribe to casteist beliefs or practices. We recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces braver and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc. Our workshop follows braver space guidelines.
Mental Health Disclaimer:
Yoga can be an effective and beneficial tool for reaching a more peaceful state of mind, managing stress better and getting physically well. Our workshops and retreats are designed for people with normal physical and mental conditions. If you are on medication, are currently taking (or have taken) therapy and/or counseling, or have any known mental condition(s) that would in any way hinder your participation in a workshop or retreat, please inform us, as well as your doctor/therapist before registering. We do not provide any specialist therapy or counseling at our workshops/retreats who would be able to help, should the need arise. If a student’s behaviour causes disruption for other workshop participants and the teachers, he or she will be requested to stop participating in the workshop and to seek appropriate help. In such a situation, we do not offer refunds, but are available to provide any documents necessary for insurance claims.
Workshop Fees:
Full workshop August 11-16 with 5 Mysore mornings, Friday’s Led class and all afternoon sessions 400 € (£350)/week
Only Mornings: Mysore mornings x 5 and Friday’s Led class 260€ (£227)
Weekend August 14-16 with 2 Mysore morning and one Led class (Friday) & afternoon sessions 260€ (£227)
Single classes (Mysore or Led), possible if there will be space in the shala 45 € (£40)
Single classes (Afternoon Techniques), possible if there will be space in the shala 55€ (£48)
Single class (Pranayama or Meditation), possible if there will be space in the shala 25€ (£22)
Workshop opening and closing on Tuesday and Sunday Free of change
Cancellation policy:
In case of cancellation the payment is not refundable after August 2nd 2026. Before August 2nd 2026, a full refund (minus 20€ for management costs) is given. Please email your bank account number for the refund if needed.
Shala / Workshop discounts*
Local Students with a 10 x practice card to Yoga Roots ODX – 50% from the original workshop price
Local Odeceixe Portuguese citizens – 40%
Portuguese citizens – 30%
Disabled Practitioners – 30%
BIPOC, Caste-oppressed Practitioners – 15%
LGBTQIA2S+ – 15%
Single parents – 15%
Portuguese Residents – 15%
Students (15 – 30), Parents on leave (up to 18 months) & Retired (65+) – 15%
For the students with a low income we are offering a Volunteer exchange option (below).
*When registering, please send us proof of your discount (ie. student or disability card). Otherwise, we use the honor system and invite you to be transparent with us regarding your reason for a discounted tier.
Voluntary help at the fruit tree garden, herbal garden or park. Voluntary workshop exchange option for 2-3 students per workshop. Please ask more if you are interested.
Why discounts?
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We have witnessed the wisdom contained within the tradition of yoga for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces safer, welcome and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc.
One way we aspire to live by our yogic ideals is around economic accessibility. Yoga should not be a luxury only for those who can afford it. Yoga must be made accessible, both economically and culturally, for those who most need it. Based on our individual social locations and whether these identities are proximal to, or distant from, power and privilege, we recognise that institutionalized oppression, visible and invisible, recognizable or hidden, affects how some people are seen, heard and valued in society. How some are afforded rest and ease and others are not.
How some can breath with peace.
And how, for others, their breath gets stolen from them, both literally and figuratively.
We wish to balance the scales.
Starting with our circle of influence in our yoga space.
If you identify as more than one on the list above, please choose the tier that is most essential for you to tend to. We recognize that some of you may embody multiple, intersecting identities of marginalization, and would be eligible for multiple discounts. We also acknowledge that there are several more intersections not mentioned that require care and equity. While we aim to extend as much community care out, we must also protect our energy output and ensure our livelihood and needs as a family are also honored.
For those who embody social locations close(r) to societal privilege and power, this is an invitation to be in active solidarity with others who move through society differently than you. We are sensitive to the fact that life is hard for us all. Being human is hard. However, there are many experiences that are facilitated for one based on any number of factors, and having privilege often means that we don’t need to notice the ways structures are set up in our favor. We invite you to pay the full price with a generous spirit. Equity, meaning everyone getting what they need, for those who have enjoyed privilege might sometimes feel like oppression.
In this moment, breathe, slow down and tend to yourself with care and honest accountability.
Fannie Lou Hamer is known to have said, “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” We are all needed to get where we need to be, as an inter-species. Let’s start embodying this interdependence and interconnection with one another.
Side by side. Both on and off the yoga mat.
May all beings get what they need to be well, cared for and tended to.
May our actions bring us one step closer to making it so.

Payment Options (to Scott’s Company)
All payments can be paid in GDB (£) or Euro (€). Bank transfers in GDB or Euro.

Option 1 – Stripe
There are three Stripe product pages for the full workshop or mysore only or weekend only. Add your name, email and Mysore time on the registration form.

Option 2 – Wise
There are three stripe product pages in Wise for the full workshop or mysore only or weekend only. If you will pay through Wise, please send an email to Scott (scottjohnsonlife73@gmail.com) to send your name, workshop dates and time.

Option 3 – Bank Transfer
Scott’s bank details are below. Add a reference and please send an email to Scott (scottjohnsonlife73@gmail.com) to send your name, workshop dates and time.

Bank Transfer: Please transfer to the below details with the reference:
AU26/Name/Full Week FW or Mysore Only MO or Weekend Only WO and your Mysore Time
e.g (AI26/SCOTTJ/FW/8.45).
Business Name: Satkara Workshops Ltd
Address: Addington Business Centre, 24 Vulcan Way, New Addington,
Surrey, United Kingdom, CR0 9UG
Bank: HSBC
Account no. 22348772
Sort code. 40-44-37
IBAN: [REDACTED]
BIC: HBUKGB4111W

Option 4 – Cash payment
You can pay by Cash on the first day of the workshop at the shala. Please mention this option for Petri or Scott when you are registering for the workshop to Petri or Scott (praisanen@yahoo.com or scottjohnsonlife73@gmail.com)

Photo by Adele

Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal, August 18-23 2026 The Healing Space
2026-08-18 - 2026-08-23
Ashtanga Yoga Intensive Week
The Healing Space
August 18 – 23, 2026
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal

Welcome to your workshop intensive at Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal. The shala is located in the middle of the picturesque and peaceful village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps).

Please read more about
Odeceixe and around,
accommodation, markets, food, how to get there
and activities in Algarve

Praia de Odeceixe Yoga Roots Odeceixe

Registration, Payment, Class options, Schedule and Questions:
All registrations, questions and further info through praisanen@yahoo.com and/or yogarootsodeceixe@gmail.com
To secure your registration, please pay the workshop to the Yoga Roots Odeceixe bank account. The bank codes and information about the payments and payment options you will find from the end of this site.
1. Full program
2. ”Only” Morning practice
3. Morning practice with some of your chosen drop-in afternoon classes
4. Weekend program
5. Separate drop-in classes
We will have 1-2 batches of Mysore classes on the weekdays mornings starting at 6am (April 21-26) and 1 batch of the afternoon workshops. The led primary series class with Petri on Friday 24th will take place at the yoga shala at 6am and led accessible yoga with Wambui will start at 8am. On the weekend (April 25-27) we will have 1-2 Mysore batches starting at 6:30am (if one class) or 6:00am and 7:45am (if two classes).
Besides the yoga program, we will have dinners, beach hang-out time, surfing, nature walks and trips together (or as you wish), with bigger or smaller groups of students. There is a great opportunity to try surfing as there are surfing schools in every bigger beach in the area.
Mysore Style = Self Led practice with Petri’s experienced, sensitive and healing adjustments.Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday mornings
Led Class = On Fridays guided full primary series class. If you are not doing the full Primary series, you can decide when you would like to stop your practice.
Accessible Guided Class = On Fridays, you can join in a softer, slower, gentler quarter primary series with Wambui. This option is suitable for beginners, those with mobility concerns and /or recovering from injury; or those who wish to gain the benefit of the Ashtanga Yoga practice but through a trauma-informed framework.
Pranayama = Light, simple and beneficial breathing exercises for a deeper understanding about the breath and energy work.
NOTE: Some of the afternoon classes, especially Pranayamas can be held outdoors, if the weather is suitable!

Yoga Shala Odeeixe (before the renovation) “Chai park” next to the Yoga Shala

THE SCHEDULE August 18-23 2026
The Healing Space
Tuesday 18th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
11:15-12:15 Welcome Circle workshop opening with Petri; Getting to know one another + creating safety in the practice
Tea break
12:30-14:00 What is The Healing Space? The responsibility of the teacher / student in the healing work (you’re invited to bring a pen and paper to this session) with Petri
Wednesday 19th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:30-14:30 Afternoon workshop with Petri: The art of touching and listening the students. The body and mind signs. Hands on adjustments.Afternoon workshop with
Thursday 20th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
Free afternoon
Friday 21st
06:00 Led Class Primary Series with Petri
8:00 Accessible Trauma Informed Yoga Led Class with Wambui
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations. Tea break
12:30-14:30 Afternoon workshop with Petri: Healing starts from the feet. Introduction for the bone setting (Finnish style) foot therapy.
Saturday 22nd
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:30 (or 06:00 & 07:45 if there will be more than one group)
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)

11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Wambui: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea Break
12:30-14:00 Afternoon workshop with Wambui: Yoga for Emotional Healing (Part 2)

Sunday 23rd
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:30 (or 06:00 & 07:45 if there will be more than one group)
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)

11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Wambui

Tea break
12:30-14:30 Afternoon workshop with Wambui: Yoga for Emotional Healing (Part 2) / Healing Space- the teacher’s view. How to hold the space and make sure that the students are benefitting fully for the practice.
14:15-14:45 Workshop closing circle with Wambui

Yoga Shala Odeceixe:
The shala is located in the middle of the Odeceixe village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps)
We have all gender dressing rooms and toilet, but we recommend you come to the shala with your practice clothes on. There is no shower at the shala. As the village is very small, it is easy to walk to the shala wearing your practice clothes and take shower after the practice at your guest house or other type of accommodation.
Yoga Shala Odeceixe has wooden floor. Yoga mats and blocks are available. Anyhow we recommend bringing your own mats to keep good hygiene and make sure that you have a mat which you like.
Next to the yoga shala there is a mini market, bakery and our Chai park where you can sit under the local “holy” tree and sip your well deserved Chai tea (or herbal tea). The village’s coffee shops and restaurants are just around the corner for the breakfast, hang outs and meals.
Treatments
Petri and Wambui are offering treatments during the workshop. Wambui is giving Chavutti Thirumal (massage by foot press) treatments and Petri is giving Energy healing / bone setting treatments. Please let us know if you are interested and we can book a time.
Small Yoga Shop downstairs by the office we are selling local natural products.
Our Teaching method:
We follow and respect the Ashtanga Vinyasa system as taught by T. Krishnamacharya and K. Pattabhi Jois, but are aware the harm their teaching method have caused.
We center each individual practitioner and their unique needs and capabilities. We do not follow a dogmatic, ‘one size fits all’ approach to the Ashtanga method. Our aim is for healing, both the physical and spiritual; acceptance and freedom. We’re open to discussing your individual Ashtanga practice and find ways how the method can be customized for your needs. Please feel open to sharing anything with us which might affect your practice at the moment (i.e. injuries, childbirth, etc).
Physical Adjustments + Informed Consent:
While the assumption in the Mysore room is that people come for physical adjustments, we practice asking for permission before physically adjusting you. Consent is crucial and non-negotiable. If you’re happier not to be physically adjusted during your asana practice, we respect this choice as well. We will check in on a regular basis regarding consent to being physically adjusted. Some days you may want to be adjusted and other days not, and we welcome this. Feel free to be yourself and find your own way to practice Ashtanga. We are here to help you in your yoga process.
Our Big Why:
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We also understand yoga to contain wisdom for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we are survivor-centric and survivor-oriented, and abuse, sexual assault, and discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. This is a caste protected space and we do not subscribe to casteist beliefs or practices. We recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces braver and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc. Our workshop follows braver space guidelines.
Mental Health Disclaimer:
Yoga can be an effective and beneficial tool for reaching a more peaceful state of mind, managing stress better and getting physically well. Our workshops and retreats are designed for people with normal physical and mental conditions. If you are on medication, are currently taking (or have taken) therapy and/or counseling, or have any known mental condition(s) that would in any way hinder your participation in a workshop or retreat, please inform us, as well as your doctor/therapist before registering. We do not provide any specialist therapy or counseling at our workshops/retreats who would be able to help, should the need arise. If a student’s behaviour causes disruption for other workshop participants and the teachers, he or she will be requested to stop participating in the workshop and to seek appropriate help. In such a situation, we do not offer refunds, but are available to provide any documents necessary for insurance claims.
Workshop Fees: (including 23% vat)
Full workshop August 18-23 with 5 Mysore mornings, Friday’s Led class and all afternoon sessions 360 €/week
Weekend August 21-23 with 2 Mysore morning and one Led class (Friday) & afternoon sessions 220€
Single classes (Mysore or Led), possible if there will be space in the shala 35 €
Single classes (Afternoon Techniques), possible if there will be space in the shala 50€
Single class (Lectures), possible if there will be space in the shala 25€
Single class (Pranayama or Meditation), possible if there will be space in the shala 20€
Workshop opening and closing on Tuesday and Sunday Free of change
Cancellation policy:
In case of cancellation the payment is not refundable after August 11th 2026. Before August 11th 2026, a full refund (minus 20€ for management costs) is given. Please email your bank account number for the refund if needed.
Shala / Workshop discounts*
Local Students with a 10 x practice card to Yoga Roots ODX – 50% from the original workshop price
Local Odeceixe Portuguese citizens – 40%
Portuguese citizens – 30%
Disabled Practitioners – 30%
BIPOC, Caste-oppressed Practitioners – 15%
LGBTQIA2S+ – 15%
Single parents – 15%
Portuguese Residents – 15%
Students (15 – 30), Parents on leave (up to 18 months) & Retired (65+) – 15%
For the students with a low income we are offering a Volunteer exchange option (below).
*When registering, please send us proof of your discount (ie. student or disability card). Otherwise, we use the honor system and invite you to be transparent with us regarding your reason for a discounted tier.
Voluntary help at the fruit tree garden, herbal garden or park. Voluntary workshop exchange option for 2-3 students per workshop. Please ask more if you are interested.
Why discounts?
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We have witnessed the wisdom contained within the tradition of yoga for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces safer, welcome and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc.
One way we aspire to live by our yogic ideals is around economic accessibility. Yoga should not be a luxury only for those who can afford it. Yoga must be made accessible, both economically and culturally, for those who most need it. Based on our individual social locations and whether these identities are proximal to, or distant from, power and privilege, we recognise that institutionalized oppression, visible and invisible, recognizable or hidden, affects how some people are seen, heard and valued in society. How some are afforded rest and ease and others are not.
How some can breath with peace.
And how, for others, their breath gets stolen from them, both literally and figuratively.
We wish to balance the scales.
Starting with our circle of influence in our yoga space.
If you identify as more than one on the list above, please choose the tier that is most essential for you to tend to. We recognize that some of you may embody multiple, intersecting identities of marginalization, and would be eligible for multiple discounts. We also acknowledge that there are several more intersections not mentioned that require care and equity. While we aim to extend as much community care out, we must also protect our energy output and ensure our livelihood and needs as a family are also honored.
For those who embody social locations close(r) to societal privilege and power, this is an invitation to be in active solidarity with others who move through society differently than you. We are sensitive to the fact that life is hard for us all. Being human is hard. However, there are many experiences that are facilitated for one based on any number of factors, and having privilege often means that we don’t need to notice the ways structures are set up in our favor. We invite you to pay the full price with a generous spirit. Equity, meaning everyone getting what they need, for those who have enjoyed privilege might sometimes feel like oppression.
In this moment, breathe, slow down and tend to yourself with care and honest accountability.
Fannie Lou Hamer is known to have said, “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” We are all needed to get where we need to be, as an inter-species. Let’s start embodying this interdependence and interconnection with one another.
Side by side.
Both on and off the yoga mat.
May all beings get what they need to be well, cared for and tended to.
May our actions bring us one step closer to making it so.
Payment Options:
1. Bank transfer (most recommended)
Account details:
To:
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, LDA
Bank: Credito Agricola
NIB: 0045 7021 40370695571 12
IBAN: [REDACTED]
BIC/SWIFT: CCCMPTPL
Message:
Odeceixe August 18-23 2026, Your Name and what you are paying..Full program/Only Mornings/Weekend etc.
2. Cash payment to Petri or Wambui before the first Yoga class
3. Low cost international transfer
https://wise.com
Low fees transfers about 3€ each transfer (please add that to the final amount)
Some students has been using this transfer and the commission is much lower than in PayPa or Bank transfer from outside the Europe..especially if you are paying from the US or Asia.
Message:
Odeceixe August 18-23 2026, Your Name and what you are paying (ie Full program/Only Mornings/Weekend etc).
All questions and information regarding Seven Homecomings practice: Wambui (yogarootsodeceixe@gmail.com)
All questions and information regarding yoga practice: email Petri (praisanen@yahoo.com)

Looking forward to spend a beautiful time in Portugal
With love from Yoga Roots Odeceixe, your pink healing nest in the seaside village of Odeceixe

Yoga Roots Odeceixe, LDA
Rua da Estrada Nacional, n°1,
Odeceixe, 8670-320, Portugal
Tax code (NIF) 517368803 (Portugal)

Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal, September 8-13 2026 Hands on Adjustments Primary and Intermediate Series
2026-09-08 - 2026-09-13
Ashtanga Yoga Intensive Week
Hands on Adjustments Primary and Intermediate Series
With Petri Räisänen and Tamara Ashley
September 8 – 13, 2026
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal

Welcome to your workshop intensive at Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal. The shala is located in the middle of the picturesque and peaceful village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps).

Please read more about Odeceixe and around,
accommodation, markets, food, how to get there
and activities in Algarve

Praia de Odeceixe Yoga Roots Odeceixe

Registration, Payment, Class options, Schedule and Questions:
All registrations, questions and further info through praisanen@yahoo.com
To secure your registration, please pay the workshop to the Yoga Roots Odeceixe bank account. The bank codes and information about the payments and payment options you will find from the end of this site.
1. Full program
2. ”Only” Morning practice
3. Morning practice with some of your chosen drop-in afternoon classes
4. Weekend program
5. Separate drop-in classes
We will have 1-2 batches of Mysore classes on the weekdays mornings starting at 6am (September 8-13) and 1 batch of the afternoon workshops. The led primary series class with Petri on Friday 11th will take place at the yoga shala at 6am and led accessible yoga with Wambui will start at 8am. On the weekend (September 11-13) we will have 1-2 Mysore batches starting at 6:30am (if one class) or 6:00am and 7:45am (if two classes).
Besides the yoga program, we will have dinners, beach hang-out time, surfing, nature walks and trips together (or as you wish), with bigger or smaller groups of students. There is a great opportunity to try surfing as there are surfing schools in every bigger beach in the area.
Mysore Style = Self Led practice with Petri’s experienced, sensitive and healing adjustments.Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday mornings
Led Class = On Fridays guided full primary series class. If you are not doing the full Primary series, you can decide when you would like to stop your practice.
Accessible Guided Class = On Fridays, you can join in a softer, slower, gentler quarter primary series with Wambui. This option is suitable for beginners, those with mobility concerns and /or recovering from injury; or those who wish to gain the benefit of the Ashtanga Yoga practice but through a trauma-informed framework.
Pranayama = Light, simple and beneficial breathing exercises for a deeper understanding about the breath and energy work.
NOTE: Some of the afternoon classes, especially Pranayamas can be held outdoors, if the weather is suitable!

Yoga Shala Odeeixe (before the renovation) “Chai park” next to the Yoga Shala

THE SCHEDULE September 8-13 2026
Petri Räisänen and Tamara Ashley
Hands on Adjustments Primary and Intermediate Series
Tuesday 8th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
11:15-12:15 Welcome Circle workshop opening with Petri and Tamara; Getting to know one another + creating safety in the practice
Tea break
12:30-14:45 Adjustments workshop 1 with Petri: Touch, healing, the art of relating between teachers and students
Wednesday 9th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:30-14:45 Adjustments workshop 2 with Petri: Touch, healing, the art of relating between teachers and students; Standing sequence
Thursday 10th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
Free afternoon
Friday 11th
06:00 Led Class Primary Series with Petri
8:00 Accessible Trauma Informed Yoga Led Class with Wambui
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama and Meditation with Tamara
12:30-14:30 Adjustments workshop 3 with Petri: Primary series
Saturday 12th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri
Tea Break
12:30-14:30 Adjustments workshop 4 with Petri: Intermediate series
Sunday 13th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 07:00 Group 1 // 08:45 Group 2
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:30-14:30 Adjustments workshop 5 with Petri: Finishing sequence
14:45-15:15 Workshop closing circle

Yoga Shala Odeceixe:
The shala is located in the middle of the Odeceixe village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps)
We have all gender dressing rooms and toilet, but we recommend you come to the shala with your practice clothes on. There is no shower at the shala. As the village is very small, it is easy to walk to the shala wearing your practice clothes and take shower after the practice at your guest house or other type of accommodation.
Yoga Shala Odeceixe has wooden floor. Yoga mats and blocks are available. Anyhow we recommend bringing your own mats to keep good hygiene and make sure that you have a mat which you like.
Next to the yoga shala there is a mini market, bakery and our Chai park where you can sit under the local “holy” tree and sip your well deserved Chai tea (or herbal tea). The village’s coffee shops and restaurants are just around the corner for the breakfast, hang outs and meals.
Treatments
Petri and Wambui are offering treatments during the workshop. Wambui is giving Chavutti Thirumal (massage by foot press) treatments and Petri is giving Energy healing / bone setting treatments. Please let us know if you are interested and we can book a time.
Small Yoga Shop downstairs by the office we are selling local natural products.
Our Teaching method:
We follow and respect the Ashtanga Vinyasa system as taught by T. Krishnamacharya and K. Pattabhi Jois, but are aware the harm their teaching method have caused.
We center each individual practitioner and their unique needs and capabilities. We do not follow a dogmatic, ‘one size fits all’ approach to the Ashtanga method. Our aim is for healing, both the physical and spiritual; acceptance and freedom. We’re open to discussing your individual Ashtanga practice and find ways how the method can be customized for your needs. Please feel open to sharing anything with us which might affect your practice at the moment (i.e. injuries, childbirth, etc).
Physical Adjustments + Informed Consent:
While the assumption in the Mysore room is that people come for physical adjustments, we practice asking for permission before physically adjusting you. Consent is crucial and non-negotiable. If you’re happier not to be physically adjusted during your asana practice, we respect this choice as well. We will check in on a regular basis regarding consent to being physically adjusted. Some days you may want to be adjusted and other days not, and we welcome this. Feel free to be yourself and find your own way to practice Ashtanga. We are here to help you in your yoga process.
Our Big Why:
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We also understand yoga to contain wisdom for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we are survivor-centric and survivor-oriented, and abuse, sexual assault, and discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. This is a caste protected space and we do not subscribe to casteist beliefs or practices. We recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces braver and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc. Our workshop follows braver space guidelines.
Mental Health Disclaimer:
Yoga can be an effective and beneficial tool for reaching a more peaceful state of mind, managing stress better and getting physically well. Our workshops and retreats are designed for people with normal physical and mental conditions. If you are on medication, are currently taking (or have taken) therapy and/or counseling, or have any known mental condition(s) that would in any way hinder your participation in a workshop or retreat, please inform us, as well as your doctor/therapist before registering. We do not provide any specialist therapy or counseling at our workshops/retreats who would be able to help, should the need arise. If a student’s behaviour causes disruption for other workshop participants and the teachers, he or she will be requested to stop participating in the workshop and to seek appropriate help. In such a situation, we do not offer refunds, but are available to provide any documents necessary for insurance claims.
Workshop Fees: (including 23% vat)
Full workshop September 8-13 with 5 Mysore mornings, Friday’s Led class and all afternoon sessions 360 €/week
Weekend September 11-13 with 2 Mysore morning and one Led class (Friday) & afternoon sessions 220€
Single classes (Mysore or Led), possible if there will be space in the shala 35 €
Single classes (Afternoon Techniques), possible if there will be space in the shala 50€
Single class (Lectures), possible if there will be space in the shala 25€
Single class (Pranayama or Meditation), possible if there will be space in the shala 20€
Workshop opening and closing on Tuesday and Sunday Free of change
Cancellation policy:
In case of cancellation the payment is not refundable after September August 28th 2026. Before August 28th 2026, a full refund (minus 20€ for management costs) is given. Please email your bank account number for the refund if needed.
Shala / Workshop discounts*
Local Students with a 10 x practice card to Yoga Roots ODX – 50% from the original workshop price
Local Odeceixe Portuguese citizens – 40%
Portuguese citizens – 30%
Disabled Practitioners – 30%
BIPOC, Caste-oppressed Practitioners – 15%
LGBTQIA2S+ – 15%
Single parents – 15%
Portuguese Residents – 15%
Students (15 – 30), Parents on leave (up to 18 months) & Retired (65+) – 15%
For the students with a low income we are offering a Volunteer exchange option (below).
*When registering, please send us proof of your discount (ie. student or disability card). Otherwise, we use the honor system and invite you to be transparent with us regarding your reason for a discounted tier.
Voluntary help at the fruit tree garden, herbal garden or park. Voluntary workshop exchange option for 2-3 students per workshop. Please ask more if you are interested.
Why discounts?
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We have witnessed the wisdom contained within the tradition of yoga for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces safer, welcome and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc.
One way we aspire to live by our yogic ideals is around economic accessibility. Yoga should not be a luxury only for those who can afford it. Yoga must be made accessible, both economically and culturally, for those who most need it. Based on our individual social locations and whether these identities are proximal to, or distant from, power and privilege, we recognise that institutionalized oppression, visible and invisible, recognizable or hidden, affects how some people are seen, heard and valued in society. How some are afforded rest and ease and others are not.
How some can breath with peace.
And how, for others, their breath gets stolen from them, both literally and figuratively.
We wish to balance the scales.
Starting with our circle of influence in our yoga space.
If you identify as more than one on the list above, please choose the tier that is most essential for you to tend to. We recognize that some of you may embody multiple, intersecting identities of marginalization, and would be eligible for multiple discounts. We also acknowledge that there are several more intersections not mentioned that require care and equity. While we aim to extend as much community care out, we must also protect our energy output and ensure our livelihood and needs as a family are also honored.
For those who embody social locations close(r) to societal privilege and power, this is an invitation to be in active solidarity with others who move through society differently than you. We are sensitive to the fact that life is hard for us all. Being human is hard. However, there are many experiences that are facilitated for one based on any number of factors, and having privilege often means that we don’t need to notice the ways structures are set up in our favor. We invite you to pay the full price with a generous spirit. Equity, meaning everyone getting what they need, for those who have enjoyed privilege might sometimes feel like oppression.
In this moment, breathe, slow down and tend to yourself with care and honest accountability.
Fannie Lou Hamer is known to have said, “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” We are all needed to get where we need to be, as an inter-species. Let’s start embodying this interdependence and interconnection with one another.
Side by side.
Both on and off the yoga mat.
May all beings get what they need to be well, cared for and tended to.
May our actions bring us one step closer to making it so.
Payment Options:
1. Bank transfer (most recommended)
Account details:
To:
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, LDA
Bank: Credito Agricola
NIB: 0045 7021 40370695571 12
IBAN: [REDACTED]
BIC/SWIFT: CCCMPTPL
Message:
Odeceixe September 8-13 2026, Your Name and what you are paying..Full program/Only Mornings/Weekend etc.
2. Cash payment to Petri or Wambui before the first Yoga class
3. Low cost international transfer
https://wise.com
Low fees transfers about 3€ each transfer (please add that to the final amount)
Some students has been using this transfer and the commission is much lower than in PayPa or Bank transfer from outside the Europe..especially if you are paying from the US or Asia.
Message:
Odeceixe September 8-13 2026, Your Name and what you are paying (ie Full program/Only Mornings/Weekend etc).
All questions and information regarding Seven Homecomings practice: Wambui (yogarootsodeceixe@gmail.com)
All questions and information regarding yoga practice: email Petri (praisanen@yahoo.com)

Looking forward to spend a beautiful time in Portugal
With love from Yoga Roots Odeceixe, your pink healing nest in the seaside village of Odeceixe

Yoga Roots Odeceixe, LDA
Rua da Estrada Nacional, n°1,
Odeceixe, 8670-320, Portugal
Tax code (NIF) 517368803 (Portugal)

Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal, September 15-20 2026 Ashtanga Yoga and Finnish Energy Healing 1 & 2
2026-09-15 - 2026-09-20 | Yoga Roots Odeceixe, R. Estr. Nacional 1, Odeceixe, Algerve, 8670-320, Portugal
Ashtanga Yoga Intensive Week
Ashtanga Yoga and Finnish Energy Healing 1 & 2
With Petri Räisänen and Tamara Ashley
September 15-20, 2026
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal

Petri studied energy healing and worked as an energy healer and bone setter in the 1990’s, using the method which he learned from the Finnish folk healer masters. The energy-healing techniques are based on sensing and locating the blocks in the flow of energy throughout the body and then releasing and balancing the energy flow. The methods Petri is using during the treatments include massage, acupressure and energy work.
Tamara has been studying with Petri the Finnish Energy Healing. Tamara is also practicing the Tibetan Buddhist healing work and she teaches Ashtanga Yoga in Cambridge, UK.

Welcome to your workshop intensive at Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal. The shala is located in the middle of the picturesque and peaceful village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps).

Please read more about Odeceixe and around,
accommodation, markets, food, how to get there
and activities in Algarve

Praia de Odeceixe Yoga Roots Odeceixe

Registration, Payment, Class options, Schedule and Questions:
All registrations, questions and further info through praisanen@yahoo.com
To secure your registration, please pay the workshop to the Yoga Roots Odeceixe bank account. The bank codes and information about the payments and payment options you will find from the end of this site.
1. Full program
2. ”Only” Morning practice
3. Morning practice with some of your chosen drop-in afternoon classes
4. Weekend program
5. Separate drop-in classes
We will have 1-2 batches of Mysore classes on the weekdays mornings starting at 6am (September 15-17) and 1 batch of the afternoon workshops. The led class on Friday 18th will take place at the yoga shala at 6am and 8am. On the weekend (September 19-20) we will have 1-2 Mysore batches starting at 7:00am.
Besides the yoga program, we will have dinners, beach hang-out time, surfing, nature walks and trips together (or as you wish), with bigger or smaller groups of students. There is a great opportunity to try surfing as there are surfing schools in every bigger beach in the area.
Mysore Style = Self Led practice with Petri’s experienced, sensitive and healing adjustments.Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday mornings
Led Class = On Fridays guided full primary series class. If you are not doing the full Primary series, you can decide when you would like to stop your practice. Modifications and tools are accepted.
Pranayama = Light, simple and beneficial breathing exercises for a deeper understanding about the breath and energy work.
NOTE: Some of the afternoon classes, especially Pranayamas can be held outdoors, if the weather is suitable!

Yoga Shala Odeeixe (before the renovation) “Chai park” next to the Yoga Shala

THE SCHEDULE September 15-20 2026
With Petri Räisänen and Tamara Ashley
Finnish Energy Healing 1-2
Tuesday 15th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
11:15-12:15 Workshop opening with Petri and Tamara: Folk healing, healing traditions and healers work.
Tea break
12:30-14:00 Meditation and Buddhist philosophy for healing with Tamara
Wednesday 16th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:30-14:30 Energy Healing 1 – Three layers of the body and how to sense the energy. Simple techniques for sensing the energy from the other people by Petri
14:45-16:45 Energy Healing 2 – Energy healing in practice. Preparing for the treatment. Nabhi chakra (navel) as a source of the energy.
Thursday 17th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
Free afternoon
Friday 18th
06:00 Led Class Primary Series with Petri
8:00 Accessible Trauma Informed Yoga Led Class with Wambui
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
12:30-14:30 Energy Healing 1 – Healing techniques in practice. Starting the energy healing work
14:45-16:45 Energy Healing 2 – Using the endings of the limbs to ”open” the energy.
Saturday 19th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:30 (or 06:00 & 07:45 if there will be more than one group)
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:30 -12:30 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea Break
12:45-14:45 Energy Healing 1 – Healing techniques in practice. Moving deeper into energy healing work
Tea Break
15:00-16:00 Energy Healing 2 – Energy healing in practice
Sunday 20st
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:30 (or 06:00 & 07:45 if there will be more than one group)
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:30-14:00 How to finish the Energy Healing and clean your own body/mind/energy body by Petri
Tea break
14:15-15:00 Workshop closing circle with Petri and Tamara

Yoga Shala Odeceixe:
The shala is located in the middle of the Odeceixe village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps)
We have all gender dressing rooms and toilet, but we recommend you come to the shala with your practice clothes on. There is no shower at the shala. As the village is very small, it is easy to walk to the shala wearing your practice clothes and take shower after the practice at your guest house or other type of accommodation.
Yoga Shala Odeceixe has wooden floor. Yoga mats and blocks are available. Anyhow we recommend bringing your own mats to keep good hygiene and make sure that you have a mat which you like.
Next to the yoga shala there is a mini market, bakery and our Chai park where you can sit under the local “holy” tree and sip your well deserved Chai tea (or herbal tea). The village’s coffee shops and restaurants are just around the corner for the breakfast, hang outs and meals.
Treatments
Petri and Wambui are offering treatments during the workshop. Wambui is giving Chavutti Thirumal (massage by foot press) treatments and Petri is giving Energy healing / bone setting treatments. Please let us know if you are interested and we can book a time.
Small Yoga Shop downstairs by the office we are selling local natural products.
Our Teaching method:
We follow and respect the Ashtanga Vinyasa system as taught by T. Krishnamacharya and K. Pattabhi Jois, but are aware the harm their teaching method have caused.
We center each individual practitioner and their unique needs and capabilities. We do not follow a dogmatic, ‘one size fits all’ approach to the Ashtanga method. Our aim is for healing, both the physical and spiritual; acceptance and freedom. We’re open to discussing your individual Ashtanga practice and find ways how the method can be customized for your needs. Please feel open to sharing anything with us which might affect your practice at the moment (i.e. injuries, childbirth, etc).
Physical Adjustments + Informed Consent:
While the assumption in the Mysore room is that people come for physical adjustments, we practice asking for permission before physically adjusting you. Consent is crucial and non-negotiable. If you’re happier not to be physically adjusted during your asana practice, we respect this choice as well. We will check in on a regular basis regarding consent to being physically adjusted. Some days you may want to be adjusted and other days not, and we welcome this. Feel free to be yourself and find your own way to practice Ashtanga. We are here to help you in your yoga process.
Our Big Why:
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We also understand yoga to contain wisdom for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we are survivor-centric and survivor-oriented, and abuse, sexual assault, and discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. This is a caste protected space and we do not subscribe to casteist beliefs or practices. We recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces braver and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc. Our workshop follows braver space guidelines.
Mental Health Disclaimer:
Yoga can be an effective and beneficial tool for reaching a more peaceful state of mind, managing stress better and getting physically well. Our workshops and retreats are designed for people with normal physical and mental conditions. If you are on medication, are currently taking (or have taken) therapy and/or counseling, or have any known mental condition(s) that would in any way hinder your participation in a workshop or retreat, please inform us, as well as your doctor/therapist before registering. We do not provide any specialist therapy or counseling at our workshops/retreats who would be able to help, should the need arise. If a student’s behaviour causes disruption for other workshop participants and the teachers, he or she will be requested to stop participating in the workshop and to seek appropriate help. In such a situation, we do not offer refunds, but are available to provide any documents necessary for insurance claims.
Workshop Fees: (including 23% vat)
Full workshop September 15-20 with 5 Mysore mornings, Friday’s Led class and all afternoon sessions 360 €/week
Weekend September 18-20 with 2 Mysore morning and one Led class (Friday) & afternoon sessions 220€
Single classes (Mysore or Led), possible if there will be space in the shala 35 €
Single classes (Afternoon Techniques), possible if there will be space in the shala 50€
Single class (Lectures), possible if there will be space in the shala 25€
Single class (Pranayama or Meditation), possible if there will be space in the shala 20€
Workshop opening and closing on Tuesday and Sunday Free of change
Cancellation policy:
In case of cancellation the payment is not refundable after September 8th 2026. Before September 8th 2026, a full refund (minus 20€ for management costs) is given. Please email your bank account number for the refund if needed.
Shala / Workshop discounts*
Local Students with a 10 x practice card to Yoga Roots ODX – 50% from the original workshop price
Local Odeceixe Portuguese citizens – 40%
Portuguese citizens – 30%
Disabled Practitioners – 30%
BIPOC, Caste-oppressed Practitioners – 15%
LGBTQIA2S+ – 15%
Single parents – 15%
Portuguese Residents – 15%
Students (15 – 30), Parents on leave (up to 18 months) & Retired (65+) – 15%
For the students with a low income we are offering a Volunteer exchange option (below).
*When registering, please send us proof of your discount (ie. student or disability card). Otherwise, we use the honor system and invite you to be transparent with us regarding your reason for a discounted tier.
Voluntary help at the fruit tree garden, herbal garden or park. Voluntary workshop exchange option for 2-3 students per workshop. Please ask more if you are interested.
Why discounts?
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We have witnessed the wisdom contained within the tradition of yoga for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces safer, welcome and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc.
One way we aspire to live by our yogic ideals is around economic accessibility. Yoga should not be a luxury only for those who can afford it. Yoga must be made accessible, both economically and culturally, for those who most need it. Based on our individual social locations and whether these identities are proximal to, or distant from, power and privilege, we recognise that institutionalized oppression, visible and invisible, recognizable or hidden, affects how some people are seen, heard and valued in society. How some are afforded rest and ease and others are not.
How some can breath with peace.
And how, for others, their breath gets stolen from them, both literally and figuratively.
We wish to balance the scales.
Starting with our circle of influence in our yoga space.
If you identify as more than one on the list above, please choose the tier that is most essential for you to tend to. We recognize that some of you may embody multiple, intersecting identities of marginalization, and would be eligible for multiple discounts. We also acknowledge that there are several more intersections not mentioned that require care and equity. While we aim to extend as much community care out, we must also protect our energy output and ensure our livelihood and needs as a family are also honored.
For those who embody social locations close(r) to societal privilege and power, this is an invitation to be in active solidarity with others who move through society differently than you. We are sensitive to the fact that life is hard for us all. Being human is hard. However, there are many experiences that are facilitated for one based on any number of factors, and having privilege often means that we don’t need to notice the ways structures are set up in our favor. We invite you to pay the full price with a generous spirit. Equity, meaning everyone getting what they need, for those who have enjoyed privilege might sometimes feel like oppression.
In this moment, breathe, slow down and tend to yourself with care and honest accountability.
Fannie Lou Hamer is known to have said, “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” We are all needed to get where we need to be, as an inter-species. Let’s start embodying this interdependence and interconnection with one another.
Side by side.
Both on and off the yoga mat.
May all beings get what they need to be well, cared for and tended to.
May our actions bring us one step closer to making it so.
Payment Options:
1. Bank transfer (most recommended)
Account details:
To:
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, LDA
Bank: Credito Agricola
NIB: 0045 7021 40370695571 12
IBAN: [REDACTED]
BIC/SWIFT: CCCMPTPL
Message:
Odeceixe September 15-20 2026, Your Name and what you are paying..Full program/Only Mornings/Weekend etc.
2. Cash payment to Petri or Wambui before the first Yoga class
3. Low cost international transfer
https://wise.com
Low fees transfers about 3€ each transfer (please add that to the final amount)
Some students has been using this transfer and the commission is much lower than in PayPa or Bank transfer from outside the Europe..especially if you are paying from the US or Asia.
Message:
Odeceixe September 15-20 2026, Your Name and what you are paying (ie Full program/Only Mornings/Weekend etc).
All questions and information regarding Seven Homecomings practice: Wambui (yogarootsodeceixe@gmail.com)
All questions and information regarding yoga practice: email Petri (praisanen@yahoo.com)

Looking forward to spend a beautiful time in Portugal
With love from Yoga Roots Odeceixe, your pink healing nest in the seaside village of Odeceixe

Yoga Roots Odeceixe, LDA
Rua da Estrada Nacional, n°1,
Odeceixe, 8670-320, Portugal
Tax code (NIF) 517368803 (Portugal)

Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal, October 6-11 2026 Yoga and Meditation
2026-10-06 - 2026-10-11
Ashtanga Yoga Intensive Week

Yoga and Meditation
October 6-11, 2026
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal

Welcome to your workshop intensive at Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal. The shala is located in the middle of the picturesque and peaceful village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps).

Please read more about Odeceixe and around,
accommodation, markets, food, how to get there
and activities in Algarve

Praia de Odeceixe Yoga Roots Odeceixe

Registration, Payment, Class options, Schedule and Questions:
All registrations, questions and further info for Seven Homecomings Practice: Wambui (yogarootsodeceixe@gmail.com)
All registrations, questions and further info regarding Ashtanga Yoga through Petri (praisanen@yahoo.com)
To secure your registration, please pay the workshop to the Yoga Roots Odeceixe bank account. The bank codes and information about the payments and payment options you will find from the end of this site.
1. Full program
2. ”Only” Morning practice
3. Morning practice with some of your chosen drop-in afternoon classes
4. Weekend program
5. Separate drop-in classes
We will have 1-2 batches of Mysore classes on the weekdays mornings starting at 6am (October 6-11) and 1 batch of the afternoon workshops. The led primary series class with Petri on Friday 9th will take place at the yoga shala at 6am and led accessible yoga with Wambui will start at 8am. On the weekend (October 9-11) we will have 1-2 Mysore batches starting at 6:30am (if one class) or 6:00am and 7:45am (if two classes).
Besides the yoga program, we will have dinners, beach hang-out time, surfing, nature walks and trips together (or as you wish), with bigger or smaller groups of students. There is a great opportunity to try surfing as there are surfing schools in every bigger beach in the area.
Mysore Style = Self Led practice with Petri’s experienced, sensitive and healing adjustments.Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday mornings
Led Class = On Fridays guided full primary series class. If you are not doing the full Primary series, you can decide when you would like to stop your practice.
Accessible Guided Class = On Fridays, you can join in a softer, slower, gentler quarter primary series with Wambui. This option is suitable for beginners, those with mobility concerns and /or recovering from injury; or those who wish to gain the benefit of the Ashtanga Yoga practice but through a trauma-informed framework.
Pranayama = Light, simple and beneficial breathing exercises for a deeper understanding about the breath and energy work.
NOTE: Some of the afternoon classes, especially Pranayamas can be held outdoors, if the weather is suitable!

Yoga Shala Odeeixe (before the renovation) “Chai park” next to the Yoga Shala

THE SCHEDULE
October 6-11 2026
Yoga and Meditation
Tuesday 6th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
11:15-12:15 Welcome Circle workshop opening with Petri; Getting to know one another + creating safety in the practice
Tea break
12:30-14:00 Afternoon workshop with Petri: Concentration-Meditation-Samadhi; changing the mind state
Wednesday 7th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:30-14:30 Afternoon workshop with Petri: Chakra meditation and breath work
Thursday 8th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
Free afternoon
Friday 9th
06:00 Led Class Primary Series with Petri
8:00 Accessible Trauma Informed Yoga Led Class with Wambui
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
12:30-14:30 Afternoon workshop with Petri: Sounds meditation and mantras
Saturday 10th

Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:30 (or 06:00 & 07:45 if there will be more than one group)
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)

11:30-12:30 Pranayama + Meditation with Wambui: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:45-14:15 Afternoon workshop with Wambui: TBA

Sunday 11th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:30 (or 06:00 & 07:45 if there will be more than one group)
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Wambui: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:30-14:00 Afternoon workshop with Wambui: TBA
14:15-14:45 Workshop closing circle with Wambui

Yoga Shala Odeceixe:
The shala is located in the middle of the Odeceixe village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps)
We have all gender dressing rooms and toilet, but we recommend you come to the shala with your practice clothes on. There is no shower at the shala. As the village is very small, it is easy to walk to the shala wearing your practice clothes and take shower after the practice at your guest house or other type of accommodation.
Yoga Shala Odeceixe has wooden floor. Yoga mats and blocks are available. Anyhow we recommend bringing your own mats to keep good hygiene and make sure that you have a mat which you like.
Next to the yoga shala there is a mini market, bakery and our Chai park where you can sit under the local “holy” tree and sip your well deserved Chai tea (or herbal tea). The village’s coffee shops and restaurants are just around the corner for the breakfast, hang outs and meals.
Treatments
Petri and Wambui are offering treatments during the workshop. Wambui is giving Chavutti Thirumal (massage by foot press) treatments and Petri is giving Energy healing / bone setting treatments. Please let us know if you are interested and we can book a time.
Small Yoga Shop downstairs by the office we are selling local natural products.
Our Teaching method:
We follow and respect the Ashtanga Vinyasa system as taught by T. Krishnamacharya and K. Pattabhi Jois, but are aware the harm their teaching method have caused.
We center each individual practitioner and their unique needs and capabilities. We do not follow a dogmatic, ‘one size fits all’ approach to the Ashtanga method. Our aim is for healing, both the physical and spiritual; acceptance and freedom. We’re open to discussing your individual Ashtanga practice and find ways how the method can be customized for your needs. Please feel open to sharing anything with us which might affect your practice at the moment (i.e. injuries, childbirth, etc).
Physical Adjustments + Informed Consent:
While the assumption in the Mysore room is that people come for physical adjustments, we practice asking for permission before physically adjusting you. Consent is crucial and non-negotiable. If you’re happier not to be physically adjusted during your asana practice, we respect this choice as well. We will check in on a regular basis regarding consent to being physically adjusted. Some days you may want to be adjusted and other days not, and we welcome this. Feel free to be yourself and find your own way to practice Ashtanga. We are here to help you in your yoga process.
Our Big Why:
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We also understand yoga to contain wisdom for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we are survivor-centric and survivor-oriented, and abuse, sexual assault, and discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. This is a caste protected space and we do not subscribe to casteist beliefs or practices. We recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces braver and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc. Our workshop follows braver space guidelines.
Mental Health Disclaimer:
Yoga can be an effective and beneficial tool for reaching a more peaceful state of mind, managing stress better and getting physically well. Our workshops and retreats are designed for people with normal physical and mental conditions. If you are on medication, are currently taking (or have taken) therapy and/or counseling, or have any known mental condition(s) that would in any way hinder your participation in a workshop or retreat, please inform us, as well as your doctor/therapist before registering. We do not provide any specialist therapy or counseling at our workshops/retreats who would be able to help, should the need arise. If a student’s behaviour causes disruption for other workshop participants and the teachers, he or she will be requested to stop participating in the workshop and to seek appropriate help. In such a situation, we do not offer refunds, but are available to provide any documents necessary for insurance claims.
Workshop Fees: (including 23% vat)
Full workshop October 6-11 with 5 Mysore mornings, Friday’s Led class and all afternoon sessions 360 €/week
Weekend October 9-11 with 2 Mysore morning and one Led class (Friday) & afternoon sessions 220€
Single classes (Mysore or Led), possible if there will be space in the shala 35 €
Single classes (Afternoon Techniques), possible if there will be space in the shala 50€
Single class (Lectures), possible if there will be space in the shala 25€
Single class (Pranayama or Meditation), possible if there will be space in the shala 20€
Workshop opening and closing on Tuesday and Sunday Free of change
Cancellation policy:
In case of cancellation the payment is not refundable after September 28th 2026. Before September 28th 2026, a full refund (minus 20€ for management costs) is given. Please email your bank account number for the refund if needed.
Shala / Workshop discounts*
Local Students with a 10 x practice card to Yoga Roots ODX – 50% from the original workshop price
Local Odeceixe Portuguese citizens – 40%
Portuguese citizens – 30%
Disabled Practitioners – 30%
BIPOC, Caste-oppressed Practitioners – 15%
LGBTQIA2S+ – 15%
Single parents – 15%
Portuguese Residents – 15%
Students (15 – 30), Parents on leave (up to 18 months) & Retired (65+) – 15%
For the students with a low income we are offering a Volunteer exchange option (below).
*When registering, please send us proof of your discount (ie. student or disability card). Otherwise, we use the honor system and invite you to be transparent with us regarding your reason for a discounted tier.
Voluntary help at the fruit tree garden, herbal garden or park. Voluntary workshop exchange option for 2-3 students per workshop. Please ask more if you are interested.
Why discounts?
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We have witnessed the wisdom contained within the tradition of yoga for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces safer, welcome and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc.
One way we aspire to live by our yogic ideals is around economic accessibility. Yoga should not be a luxury only for those who can afford it. Yoga must be made accessible, both economically and culturally, for those who most need it. Based on our individual social locations and whether these identities are proximal to, or distant from, power and privilege, we recognise that institutionalized oppression, visible and invisible, recognizable or hidden, affects how some people are seen, heard and valued in society. How some are afforded rest and ease and others are not.
How some can breath with peace.
And how, for others, their breath gets stolen from them, both literally and figuratively.
We wish to balance the scales.
Starting with our circle of influence in our yoga space.
If you identify as more than one on the list above, please choose the tier that is most essential for you to tend to. We recognize that some of you may embody multiple, intersecting identities of marginalization, and would be eligible for multiple discounts. We also acknowledge that there are several more intersections not mentioned that require care and equity. While we aim to extend as much community care out, we must also protect our energy output and ensure our livelihood and needs as a family are also honored.
For those who embody social locations close(r) to societal privilege and power, this is an invitation to be in active solidarity with others who move through society differently than you. We are sensitive to the fact that life is hard for us all. Being human is hard. However, there are many experiences that are facilitated for one based on any number of factors, and having privilege often means that we don’t need to notice the ways structures are set up in our favor. We invite you to pay the full price with a generous spirit. Equity, meaning everyone getting what they need, for those who have enjoyed privilege might sometimes feel like oppression.
In this moment, breathe, slow down and tend to yourself with care and honest accountability.
Fannie Lou Hamer is known to have said, “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” We are all needed to get where we need to be, as an inter-species. Let’s start embodying this interdependence and interconnection with one another.
Side by side.
Both on and off the yoga mat.
May all beings get what they need to be well, cared for and tended to.
May our actions bring us one step closer to making it so.
Payment Options:
1. Bank transfer (most recommended)
Account details:
To:
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, LDA
Bank: Credito Agricola
NIB: 0045 7021 40370695571 12
IBAN: [REDACTED]
BIC/SWIFT: CCCMPTPL
Message:
Odeceixe October 6-11th 2026, Your Name and what you are paying..Full program/Only Mornings/Weekend etc.
2. Cash payment to Petri or Wambui before the first Yoga class
3. Low cost international transfer
https://wise.com
Low fees transfers about 3€ each transfer (please add that to the final amount)
Some students has been using this transfer and the commission is much lower than in PayPa or Bank transfer from outside the Europe..especially if you are paying from the US or Asia.
Message:
Odeceixe October 6-11th 2026, Your Name and what you are paying (ie Full program/Only Mornings/Weekend etc).
All questions and information regarding Seven Homecomings practice: Wambui (yogarootsodeceixe@gmail.com)
All questions and information regarding yoga practice: email Petri (praisanen@yahoo.com)

Looking forward to spend a beautiful time in Portugal
With love from Yoga Roots Odeceixe, your pink healing nest in the seaside village of Odeceixe

Yoga Roots Odeceixe, LDA
Rua da Estrada Nacional, n°1,
Odeceixe, 8670-320, Portugal
Tax code (NIF) 517368803 (Portugal)

Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal, October 13-19 2026 The History of Ashtanga Yoga - Collaboration with Juha Javanainen
2026-10-13 - 2026-10-18
Ashtanga Yoga Intensive Week

The History of Ashtanga Yoga
Collaboration workshop with Juha Javanainen
October 13-19, 2026
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal

Welcome to your workshop intensive at Yoga Roots Odeceixe, Portugal. The shala is located in the middle of the picturesque and peaceful village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps).

Please read more about Odeceixe and around,
accommodation, markets, food, how to get there
and activities in Algarve

Praia de Odeceixe Yoga Roots Odeceixe

Registration, Payment, Class options, Schedule and Questions:
All registrations, questions and further info for Seven Homecomings Practice: Wambui (yogarootsodeceixe@gmail.com)
All registrations, questions and further info regarding Ashtanga Yoga through Petri (praisanen@yahoo.com)
To secure your registration, please pay the workshop to the Yoga Roots Odeceixe bank account. The bank codes and information about the payments and payment options you will find from the end of this site.
1. Full program
2. ”Only” Morning practice
3. Morning practice with some of your chosen drop-in afternoon classes
4. Weekend program
5. Separate drop-in classes
We will have 1-2 batches of Mysore classes on the weekdays mornings starting at 6am (October 13-15) and 1 batch of the afternoon workshops. The led primary series class with Petri on Friday 16th will take place at the yoga shala at 6am and led accessible yoga with Wambui will start at 8am. On the weekend (October 17-18) we will have 1-2 Mysore batches starting at 6:30am (if one class) or 6:00am and 7:45am (if two classes).
Besides the yoga program, we will have dinners, beach hang-out time, surfing, nature walks and trips together (or as you wish), with bigger or smaller groups of students. There is a great opportunity to try surfing as there are surfing schools in every bigger beach in the area.
Mysore Style = Self Led practice with Petri’s experienced, sensitive and healing adjustments.Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday mornings
Led Class = On Fridays guided full primary series class. If you are not doing the full Primary series, you can decide when you would like to stop your practice.
Accessible Guided Class = On Fridays, you can join in a softer, slower, gentler quarter primary series with Wambui. This option is suitable for beginners, those with mobility concerns and /or recovering from injury; or those who wish to gain the benefit of the Ashtanga Yoga practice but through a trauma-informed framework.
Pranayama = Light, simple and beneficial breathing exercises for a deeper understanding about the breath and energy work.
NOTE: Some of the afternoon classes, especially Pranayamas can be held outdoors, if the weather is suitable!

Yoga Shala Odeeixe (before the renovation) “Chai park” next to the Yoga Shala

THE SCHEDULE October 13-18, 2026
The History of Ashtanga Yoga
Tuesday 13th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
11:15-12:15 Welcome Circle workshop opening with Petri and Juha; Getting to know one another + creating safety in the practice
Tea break
12:30-14:00 Afternoon workshop with Petri and Juha: Old times, the history of Ashtanga Yoga
Wednesday 14th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:30-14:30 Afternoon workshop with Petri: K. Pattabhi Jois and R. Sharath Jois’ legacy for Ashtanga Yoga
Thursday 15th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:00 Group 1 // 07:45 Group 2 (if needed)
Free afternoon
Friday 16th
06:00 Led Class Primary Series with Petri
8:00 Accessible Trauma Informed Yoga Led Class with Wambui
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Juha: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
12:30-14:30 Afternoon workshop with Juha: T. Krishnamacharya’s legacy for Ashtanga Yoga
Saturday 17th

Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:30 (or 06:00 & 07:45 if there will be more than one group)
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)

11:30-12:30 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:45-14:15 Afternoon workshop with Petri: Changes in Ashtanga Yoga system since 1920’s

Sunday 18th
Mysore Style: Starting Times: 06:30 (or 06:00 & 07:45 if there will be more than one group)
Yoga Shop open (you are warmly invited to support our local vendors and take a piece of Costa Vicentina home with you)
11:15-12:15 Pranayama + Meditation with Juha: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditations.
Tea break
12:30-14:00 Afternoon workshop with Juha: The old and new vinyasa style
14:15-14:45 Workshop closing circle with Petri and Juha

Yoga Shala Odeceixe:
The shala is located in the middle of the Odeceixe village on R. Estr. Nacional 1, 8670-320 Odeceixe, Portugal. You cannot miss it (Google maps)
We have all gender dressing rooms and toilet, but we recommend you come to the shala with your practice clothes on. There is no shower at the shala. As the village is very small, it is easy to walk to the shala wearing your practice clothes and take shower after the practice at your guest house or other type of accommodation.
Yoga Shala Odeceixe has wooden floor. Yoga mats and blocks are available. Anyhow we recommend bringing your own mats to keep good hygiene and make sure that you have a mat which you like.
Next to the yoga shala there is a mini market, bakery and our Chai park where you can sit under the local “holy” tree and sip your well deserved Chai tea (or herbal tea). The village’s coffee shops and restaurants are just around the corner for the breakfast, hang outs and meals.
Treatments
Petri and Wambui are offering treatments during the workshop. Wambui is giving Chavutti Thirumal (massage by foot press) treatments and Petri is giving Energy healing / bone setting treatments. Please let us know if you are interested and we can book a time.
Small Yoga Shop downstairs by the office we are selling local natural products.
Our Teaching method:
We follow and respect the Ashtanga Vinyasa system as taught by T. Krishnamacharya and K. Pattabhi Jois, but are aware the harm their teaching method have caused.
We center each individual practitioner and their unique needs and capabilities. We do not follow a dogmatic, ‘one size fits all’ approach to the Ashtanga method. Our aim is for healing, both the physical and spiritual; acceptance and freedom. We’re open to discussing your individual Ashtanga practice and find ways how the method can be customized for your needs. Please feel open to sharing anything with us which might affect your practice at the moment (i.e. injuries, childbirth, etc).
Physical Adjustments + Informed Consent:
While the assumption in the Mysore room is that people come for physical adjustments, we practice asking for permission before physically adjusting you. Consent is crucial and non-negotiable. If you’re happier not to be physically adjusted during your asana practice, we respect this choice as well. We will check in on a regular basis regarding consent to being physically adjusted. Some days you may want to be adjusted and other days not, and we welcome this. Feel free to be yourself and find your own way to practice Ashtanga. We are here to help you in your yoga process.
Our Big Why:
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We also understand yoga to contain wisdom for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we are survivor-centric and survivor-oriented, and abuse, sexual assault, and discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. This is a caste protected space and we do not subscribe to casteist beliefs or practices. We recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces braver and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc. Our workshop follows braver space guidelines.
Mental Health Disclaimer:
Yoga can be an effective and beneficial tool for reaching a more peaceful state of mind, managing stress better and getting physically well. Our workshops and retreats are designed for people with normal physical and mental conditions. If you are on medication, are currently taking (or have taken) therapy and/or counseling, or have any known mental condition(s) that would in any way hinder your participation in a workshop or retreat, please inform us, as well as your doctor/therapist before registering. We do not provide any specialist therapy or counseling at our workshops/retreats who would be able to help, should the need arise. If a student’s behaviour causes disruption for other workshop participants and the teachers, he or she will be requested to stop participating in the workshop and to seek appropriate help. In such a situation, we do not offer refunds, but are available to provide any documents necessary for insurance claims.
Workshop Fees: (including 23% vat)
Full workshop October 13-18 with 5 Mysore mornings, Friday’s Led class and all afternoon sessions 360 €/week
Weekend October 16-18 with 2 Mysore morning and one Led class (Friday) & afternoon sessions 220€
Single classes (Mysore or Led), possible if there will be space in the shala 35 €
Single classes (Afternoon Techniques), possible if there will be space in the shala 50€
Single class (Lectures), possible if there will be space in the shala 25€
Single class (Pranayama or Meditation), possible if there will be space in the shala 20€
Workshop opening and closing on Tuesday and Sunday Free of change
Cancellation policy:
In case of cancellation the payment is not refundable after October 3th 2026. Before October 3th 2026, a full refund (minus 20€ for management costs) is given. Please email your bank account number for the refund if needed.
Shala / Workshop discounts*
Local Students with a 10 x practice card to Yoga Roots ODX – 50% from the original workshop price
Local Odeceixe Portuguese citizens – 40%
Portuguese citizens – 30%
Disabled Practitioners – 30%
BIPOC, Caste-oppressed Practitioners – 15%
LGBTQIA2S+ – 15%
Single parents – 15%
Portuguese Residents – 15%
Students (15 – 30), Parents on leave (up to 18 months) & Retired (65+) – 15%
For the students with a low income we are offering a Volunteer exchange option (below).
*When registering, please send us proof of your discount (ie. student or disability card). Otherwise, we use the honor system and invite you to be transparent with us regarding your reason for a discounted tier.
Voluntary help at the fruit tree garden, herbal garden or park. Voluntary workshop exchange option for 2-3 students per workshop. Please ask more if you are interested.
Why discounts?
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We have witnessed the wisdom contained within the tradition of yoga for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces safer, welcome and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc.
One way we aspire to live by our yogic ideals is around economic accessibility. Yoga should not be a luxury only for those who can afford it. Yoga must be made accessible, both economically and culturally, for those who most need it. Based on our individual social locations and whether these identities are proximal to, or distant from, power and privilege, we recognise that institutionalized oppression, visible and invisible, recognizable or hidden, affects how some people are seen, heard and valued in society. How some are afforded rest and ease and others are not.
How some can breath with peace.
And how, for others, their breath gets stolen from them, both literally and figuratively.
We wish to balance the scales.
Starting with our circle of influence in our yoga space.
If you identify as more than one on the list above, please choose the tier that is most essential for you to tend to. We recognize that some of you may embody multiple, intersecting identities of marginalization, and would be eligible for multiple discounts. We also acknowledge that there are several more intersections not mentioned that require care and equity. While we aim to extend as much community care out, we must also protect our energy output and ensure our livelihood and needs as a family are also honored.
For those who embody social locations close(r) to societal privilege and power, this is an invitation to be in active solidarity with others who move through society differently than you. We are sensitive to the fact that life is hard for us all. Being human is hard. However, there are many experiences that are facilitated for one based on any number of factors, and having privilege often means that we don’t need to notice the ways structures are set up in our favor. We invite you to pay the full price with a generous spirit. Equity, meaning everyone getting what they need, for those who have enjoyed privilege might sometimes feel like oppression.
In this moment, breathe, slow down and tend to yourself with care and honest accountability.
Fannie Lou Hamer is known to have said, “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” We are all needed to get where we need to be, as an inter-species. Let’s start embodying this interdependence and interconnection with one another.
Side by side.
Both on and off the yoga mat.
May all beings get what they need to be well, cared for and tended to.
May our actions bring us one step closer to making it so.
Payment Options:
1. Bank transfer (most recommended)
Account details:
To:
Yoga Roots Odeceixe, LDA
Bank: Credito Agricola
NIB: 0045 7021 40370695571 12
IBAN: [REDACTED]
BIC/SWIFT: CCCMPTPL
Message:
Odeceixe October 13-18 2026, Your Name and what you are paying..Full program/Only Mornings/Weekend etc.
2. Cash payment to Petri or Wambui before the first Yoga class
3. Low cost international transfer
https://wise.com
Low fees transfers about 3€ each transfer (please add that to the final amount)
Some students has been using this transfer and the commission is much lower than in PayPa or Bank transfer from outside the Europe..especially if you are paying from the US or Asia.
Message:
Odeceixe October 13-18 2026, Your Name and what you are paying (ie Full program/Only Mornings/Weekend etc).
All questions and information regarding Seven Homecomings practice: Wambui (yogarootsodeceixe@gmail.com)
All questions and information regarding yoga practice: email Petri (praisanen@yahoo.com)

Looking forward to spend a beautiful time in Portugal
With love from Yoga Roots Odeceixe, your pink healing nest in the seaside village of Odeceixe

Yoga Roots Odeceixe, LDA
Rua da Estrada Nacional, n°1,
Odeceixe, 8670-320, Portugal
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Ashtanga Yoga Retreat in Koh Mak, Thailand January 2 - 29 2027
2027-01-02 - 2027-01-29 | Koh Mak Yoga, Koh Mak Resort, Koh Mak Island, Trat, Thailand
Koh Mak Ashtanga Yoga Retreat
January 2-29 2027

After 2026 retreat in Sam Roi Yot, which was a great experience, we are moving back to our original (since 2000) Koh Mak island.

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We have space on the retreat!
Please let Petri (praisanen@yahoo.com) know if you are interested and/or want to register for the retreat.
We are looking forward to seeing all the yoga students back in Koh Mak.
We are using a Telegram messenger for the retreat information. It is the best way to be connected!
Please first download Telegram messenger app to your device and then use the link code..
https://t.me/+opweqOXuL9AzYmM8
Looking forward to seeing you in Koh Mak!
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Koh Mak Retreat: January 2-29 2027

We welcome you to an inspirational retreat of transformative Ashtanga Yoga and self-discovery, taking place in the quiet surroundings of Koh Mak island, on the South-East coast of Thailand.

Join for 1 week, 2 weeks or more! Ashtanga Yoga Asana, Pranayama, Workshops for Energy Healing and Asana Adjustments, Meditation, Yoga Philosophy, Thai Massage, Swimming, Diving, Snorkeling, Paddle boarding, and Sun bathing in a relaxed and warm environment.

Mornings include Mysore-style Ashtanga asana practice and guided beginner’s classes. Afternoons are filled with thorough technical analysis, in-depth discussions and extra workshops. Pranayama, relaxation and meditation sessions are offered in the evenings.
The retreat is designed for yoga practitioners of all levels.
You will be guided safely by Petri Räisänen and well instructed assistants.

The schedule and prices 2027
Retreat info, prices and how to pay

The Retreat Accommodation
The retreat accommodation in 2027 will be mostly around the island in various resorts.
Petri has a few rooms available for Koh Mak Resort (info praisanen@yahoo.com). Yoga shala is located just next to the Koh Mak Resort’s swimming pool and beach. Yoga students are allowed to use the resort’s pool and restaurant.
Here are our suggestions for the accommodation, but there are much more.
www.petriraisanen.com/accommodation/
Registration and Payments
Yoga and Additional workshop (except Thai massage course which will be paid in cash to the teacher Miss Nhong) will be paid to Petri’s company Maailmanparantaja Oy. Yoga can be pay also by cash before your first yoga class. Registrations for Petri (praisanen@yahoo.com). Petri will give the bank details for all the participants.
A minimum three days is required (3 practice days).More info about the Drop-In Yoga.

Bank information for the Payments: https://petriraisanen.com/register-and-pay/

Telegram group 2027

We have a Telegram messenger group named Koh Mak Retreat 2027 for the retreat. If you would like to join, please first download Telegram messenger app to your device and use the link code https://t.me/+opweqOXuL9AzYmM8
In the group you can communicate with the students, make plans, send pictures and share stories. If your friend is already in the group, he/she/them can join you to the group (add member).

Yoga Prices
Yoga classes will be paid to Petri’s company Maailmanparantaja Oy account by bank transfer or by cash before attending to your first class.
Minimum attendance of three days (3 practice days) is requested. Sunday is the first practice day and Friday the last. On Fridays there will be Mysore or Led class option. Saturday is the day off.
Complete Yoga Program 60 €/day or 320€/week (6 x Yoga, 5 x afternoon and evening program).
Mysore Classes 35€ / class or 210€ / week
Single Afternoon Class 15€/class.
Whole Afternoon Classes 25€ /day.
Discount for Thai Residents/Citizens and 3 week Yoga students
30% off from the Yoga classes for Thai adult citizens and 60% off for Thai children (5-12 years) citizens.
10% from the Yoga classes for the students who will join for whole 4 week Yoga program.
The discounts are only for the Yoga program and Extra workshops, not for the Thai Massage workshop or accommodation.

For all the information, registrations and payments email to Petri (praisanen@yahoo.com).

Bank information for the Payments: https://petriraisanen.com/register-and-pay/

About the meals/food in 2027 retreat
The island has many great restaurants and street bars to offer a wide range of meals and prices. Vegetarian, vegan and non-vegetarian. Fort the vegans and vegetarians there is an amazing Pak Pak restaurant on the main road. From the street stands you can buy a fresh fruits and vegetables and there are many small stores for other food. Most of the resorts are offering a breakfast and other meals. Once a week we will have a dinner together at the local restaurant.
There will be a tea (and snacks) served at the yoga shala for free.

Retreat Schedules
1 week schedule https://petriraisanen.com/the-schedule/
2 week schedule https://petriraisanen.com/the-schedule-seccond-week/
3 week schedule https://petriraisanen.com/3-week-schedule/
www.petriraisanen.com/4-week-schedule-2/
Complete Yoga Program or Separate classes
Complete Yoga Program includes all the classes except the Additional workshops. You can also book the classes separately and pay according your attendance.
The class description
Mysore style morning Yoga is the self guided Ashtanga Yoga practice, where the students are following their own pace and needs. The teachers are adjusting gently the poses and giving their verbal advices if needed.
Beginners Yoga: We will offer two guided Ashtanga classes for beginners at the start of the week (on Sundays and Mondays) with Nina Tomas. Beginners can then join in to the Mysore style (self-practice) classes on Tuesday. Friday is a guided primary series class for all who wish to practice a led class.
Technical classes in the afternoons will be guided by Petri. We are talking and practicing the ashtanga vinyasa system according Pattabhi Jois’ teachings and Petri’s own views through his experience. The students are can ask the questions about the Yoga practice.
Pranayama class in the afternoons will be guided by Petri. We are practicing a light and beneficial breathing exercises which are suited for every practitioner.
Yoga discussions in the afternoons will be guided by Petri. This is mostly a Q/A class with technical subjects.
Buddhist meditation for healing and well being (first and third weeks) by Tamara Ashley
Introductory practices from the tantric vajrayana Buddhist tradition will be explored. Calm abiding and insight meditations will be offered, as well as visualisation-based meditations with a specific focus on healing physical, mental and emotional layers of the body and mind. Loving kindness, compassion and action in the world will be considered as integral to meditation practice. Sessions will balance concentration, somatic body-based exploration and relaxation. Meditations will be supported by lecture sessions in which there will be an outline of Buddhist thought, the stages of practice in meditation and opportunities for discussion on Buddhist ethics and responses to worldly situations, such as family and community life, ecological care and self-care. Overall, we will explore the cultivation of a heart centred, body-based approach to meditation that supports your daily life, offers tools for relaxation and relief, healing and well-being. You are welcome to join all sessions or drop in.
Vipassana meditation (third week) by Ricardo Martin and Joy Phrombut
Ricardo and Joy went through a Vipassana Training that took over 7 years where they seat down with his teacher Khun Thanat Chindaporn, assisting him and learning how to conduct Vipassana basic courses and retreats. Both of them got certified to teach Vipassana in May 2018 at the “ Inside Meditation Center of Wat Phradatu Sri Chomtong Voravihara” in Chiang Mai Thailand.
Saturdays – REST DAY! There is no yoga class on Saturday. You are invited to rest and integrate all the teachings from the previous week. Alternatively, you can volunteer your time with the Trash Hero program and help with island/beach clean up by picking up the trash.
Wednesdays – TRIP DAY! We arrange a trip day during weeks 2,3 and 4. After the practice in the morning, you can join in on a day trip. Previous destinations have been to Koh Chiang waterfall and White Sand Beach, Koh Kood holy tree and waterfall, Buddhist monasteries and Beach resort ; Trat temple and shopping tour. You can also arrange your own program and join us in the evening for a yoga/spiritual film. The Trips has an extra payment according the number of the students.
Moondays – We will inform when the full and/or new moon lands during the retreat. You have the option to practice in the Mysore room or attend a Restorative yoga class.
Additional workshops
Petri Raisanen’s Energy Healing Workshop on the first and second weeks and Hands on Adjustments Workshop on the third and fourth weeks. 150€/each full week.
Miss Nhong’s Thai Massage/Healing workshop. Miss Nhong is a local Healer who has a great understanding about the body, energy and traditional Thai healing methods. There will be 5 minimum two hour classes (usually 2.5-3 hours) on the third week (Jan 17-21 Monday till Friday). Most of the classes will be held at Miss Nhong’s Healing centre. Highly recommended if you are interested about healing, therapy and Thai tradition. 8000 Thai Bhat (to be paid to the teacher in cash). More info about the Additional workshops.
Teaching Method
We follow and respect the Ashtanga Vinyasa system as taught by T. Krishnamacharya and K. Pattabhi Jois, but are aware the harm their teaching method have caused.
We center each individual practitioner and their unique needs and capabilities. We do not follow a dogmatic, ‘one size fits all’ approach to the Ashtanga method. Our aim is for healing, both the physical and spiritual; acceptance and freedom. We’re open to discussing your individual Ashtanga practice and find ways how the method can be customized for your needs. Please feel open to sharing anything with us which might affect your practice at the moment (i.e. injuries, childbirth, etc).
Physical Adjustments & Consent
While the assumption in the Mysore room is that people come for physical adjustments, we practice asking for permission before physically adjusting you. Consent is crucial and non-negotiable. If you’re happier not to be physically adjusted during your asana practice, we respect this choice as well. We will check in on a regular basis regarding consent to being physically adjusted. Some days you may want to be adjusted and other days not, and we welcome this. Feel free to be yourself and find your own way to practice Ashtanga. We are here to help you in your yoga process.
Our Why Behind What We Do
We believe the practice of yoga can heal the world, both on and off the mat. We also understand yoga to contain wisdom for both individual self- transformation and collective, societal progress. In this spirit, we are survivor-centric and survivor-oriented, and abuse, sexual assault, and discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. This is a caste protected space and we do not subscribe to casteist beliefs or practices. We recognize our aspiration for our yoga spaces to feel welcoming and warm for anyone who wishes to take practice. We continually contemplate how we can make our yoga spaces braver and more accessible to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, caste, sexual identity, class, age, nationality, immigrant status, disability etc. Our workshop follows braver space guidelines.

We are looking forward for seeing you in Koh Mak Retreat 2027.
Welcome to Koh Mak, Thailand!
Petri Räisänen, co-teachers and assistants
