TEACHERS
Ashtanga Yoga teachers in Barcelona
Our yoga teachers in Barcelona guide you through a progressive and personalized Ashtanga Yoga practice, adapted to your experience and individual needs.
Pat Prada
Morning classes
I was always very skeptical. I came to my first yoga class quite late in life, and only because a friend insisted. Rhythmic gymnastics, athletics, aerial training... my body needed to move, but I couldn't find the right way to do it until, by a series of coincidences, I walked into Elena Figarola's shala.
In less than six months of practice, I began to see my life changing. As I committed myself to the practice, I started traveling to Mysore, India, to study directly under the guidance of the teacher I consider my guru, Sharathji Jois (KPJAYI). In February 2019, Sharathji gave me his blessing to teach the traditional Ashtanga Yoga method according to the teachings of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.
I am also registered with ROPEC. I continue to deepen my daily asana practice, study ancient texts and yoga philosophy, and maintain my meditation practice.
In recent years, I have also developed a strong interest in methods such as Kinstretch and completed the first three years of training in Organic Psycho-Osteopathy. I draw on this knowledge to explore mobility in greater depth and identify patterns that can help people use their bodies and energy in deeply healing ways.
Fito Auad
Evening classes
My first encounter with yoga was in 2001, through a Hatha Yoga video shared with me by a friend. I was immediately fascinated by the asanas and the grace with which the teacher moved into and out of each posture.
For almost three years, I practiced the one-hour sequence that had captivated me so much. Then, in 2004, I decided to formalize my learning and began studying yoga at a school that, by a fortunate coincidence, turned out to teach Ashtanga Yoga.
That's how I began practicing Ashtanga Yoga, under the guidance of Marco Casali and Carolina Ramírez, who were my teachers until 2007. That same year, I decided to move to Barcelona, where I found my way to Elena Figarola.
From then on, I continued my training: first as a student and later as an assistant at her school. A few years later, I became the teacher in charge of the evening Mysore program.
I have a holistic approach to the practice. I see it as a method of self-discovery that uses breathing and conscious movement as its tools, as well as a means of healing that encompasses the whole person.
I understand Ashtanga Yoga as a complete path for spiritual growth, helping us see ourselves reflected in our own mirror, day after day. It is a continuous process of learning about ourselves, with nothing to do with achieving perfection in the execution of postures. It is a process of physical and mental purification that helps us live better with ourselves and with others.
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