Advanced Yoga Studies in Berlin 2025

 

 

POETRY OF BODY AND MIND

12 days in-person training module

A profound immersion into advanced yoga studies and practice with lead teacher Tatjana Mesar and guest teachers

This training module is a part of our Dynamic Mindfulness Advanced Teacher Training that can be taken separately, as well.

14th – 25th July, 2025 in Berlin – Kreuzberg

Excellent teaching unfolds through dedicated and consistent practice. Innovation, experimentation, reflection, and introspection will enhance your understanding of Dynamic Mindfulness method.

Prerequisite for applying is a completion of any Yoga Alliance certified 200-hour training. Upon graduation you will be able to apply for RYT 500. If you have completed your training outside of our school, you are also required to take a self-paced Bridge Program – learn more.

This advanced yoga studies will provide you with enriched understanding of the body and its functions, more confidence with alignment instruction and sequencing, critical understanding of the contemporary yoga world in all its different facets, and deeper insights on theoretical aspects of Buddhist Chan meditation.

Daily schedule, Monday – Friday

08:30 – 9:30 Eight Movements of Chan + Sitting Meditation

9:30 – 10:00  Breakfast Break

10:00 – 12:00 Training sessions with Tatjana

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 – 16:30  Theoretical session

Mornings until after breakfast are in silence.

Saturday and Sunday are free for personal practice and research

Training topics:

Movement Lab with Tatjana Mesar, lead teacher in Dynamic Mindfulness school

Biomechanics competence and key patterns of movement through Dynamic Mindfulness core sequences: EARTH, WATER, FIRE and AIR.

  • Rolling & spiralling
  • Active mobility and strength, working with body weight, and using simple props for pulling pattern
  • Human gait and cross lateral pattern
  • Crawling patterns
  • Changing levels
  • Free flow and mixing it up
  • Giving and Receiving Feedback

Theoretical Sessions

  • From biomechanics toward a poetry of movement
  • Guiding free flow practice, special elements and creativity
  • How to address resistance to new paradigms of movement in classes.
  • Energetic aspects of Dynamic Mindfulness
  • Mindful Assisting: To touch and to be touched
  • Consent, consistency & kindness, three pillars of mindful communication through touch.
  • Advanced yoga studies: Body Politics in Contemporary Yoga

Dynamic Mindfulness Restorative Flow

  • Introduction to Autonomic Nervous System
  • Restorative Flow General Guidelines
  • Template Structure of a Session

Virya Paramita in Dynamic Mindfulness Yoga

  • Leadership skills and being process oriented
  • Nitty gritty stuff of making a living
  • Presentation of Personal Projects

Advanced Lectures in Buddhism

with Karmen Mihalinec, teacher and director of the Chan Center Hartovski Vrh in Croatia

  • The Essence of Buddhadharma – The 3 Dharma Seals, or the 3 Qualities of All Things
  • Perspectives on Mindfulness – from the Sattipatana Sutta to Harvard Medical School
  • Buddhist Theory of Mind: 5 Skandhas, Consciousness, and Karma
  • The Four Sublime Abodes (Brahma-Viharas)
  • Chan school of Buddhism – Simplifying and Synthesising

Reading to complete before this module:

  • Jules Mitchell: The Science of Stretching, a Master Theses – read here
  • Robert Schleip, Ph.D. and Divo Gitta Müller: Training Principles for Fascial Connective Tissue – read here
  • Jeremy Carrette and Richard King: Selling Spirituality, The Silent Takeover of Religion 
  • Tatjana Mesar: Transcending tradition and finding a contemporary yoga that fits – read here
  • Tatjana Mesar: What is Buddhist Yoga? – read here
  • Tatjana Mesar: Suchness of the Body – read here
  • Sheng Yen: Things Pertaining to Bodhi, The Thirty-seven Aids to Enlightenment
  • adrienne maree brown: Pleasure Activism

Tuition

Early Bird Special Price: 1900 €
Available for first 3 applicants who pay the full tuition. Application deposit of 500 € is included in this price.
Full Tuition: 2300 €
Application deposit of 500 € is included in this price. Remaining tuition is due two weeks prior to the start date of the training.
Payment plans: available upon request
*Tuition does not include lodging and travel costs to Berlin. See Our Terms of Service for more details.