A few classes are on holiday break — the others carry on. You can join a class at any time of year.
Ashtanga Yoga Institute — Brussels
Getting Started with Yoga in Brussels. Discover the foundations of the postures and the breathing is accessible to all
Improve your concentration, your rhythm, your postures and ujjayi breathing at the l’Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Brussels.
The intensive mornings are powerful moments of practice and exchange within the Ashtanga Yoga Institute. In a spirit of openness and a friendly atmosphere,…
Choosing a place to practice isn't choosing a schedule or a class. It's entering a way of transmitting, listening to the body, studying over time.
Jean-Claude Garnier has been teaching since 1974, in direct transmission received from Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Fifty years of practice and transmission.
Osteopathy, Chinese medicine, philosophy, psychology: a reading of body and mind that informs every adjustment.
Every student receives, even in a group class, precise postural corrections. The posture adapts to the body, not the other way around.
Fifty years without marketing or quick promises: what is passed on here takes time, and that time is what makes the quality.
Chacun entre dans la pratique à partir de là où il se trouve.
Six voices of practitioners and teachers sharing, in their own way, what the Institute has brought them.
A place where the intelligence of the heart meets the rigour of thought.
You will discover a part of yourself you have never known.
I have never encountered teaching that is so precise and so attentive to each individual body, maintained consistently over so many years. I know only one teacher like him — that is rare, and it is what has kept me here for 22 years.
The teacher training programme gave me a deeper understanding of myself and the ability to work effectively with myself. That process continues — it is still evolving today. It is the foundation of everything else.
Things fell into place for me at this institute. A knowledge that makes yoga far more than a practice: a relationship with the world, with the knowledge of oneself and of the universe.
I feel my body being reborn.
As if I were in a thick jelly,
searching for the movement to break free.
I grow stronger in the pain of breaking from the old.
It is not a pain of tears,
but a pain of patience.
In this "soma" I die and am reborn.
It does not surprise me.
I am not afraid.
Freedom.
I wanted to tell you that the week I spent in Athens in October was one of my most beautiful weeks of 2025. Your teaching and the practice made my back and knee pain disappear — I felt less old, less broken.
Classes, intensives, seminars, journeys and training aren't products. They form a coherent path each person walks at their own pace.
Step into the foundations of the practice.
Choose →Build a regular weekly practice.
View schedule →Join the intensive mornings and seminars.
Intensives →Live the practice through retreats and journeys.
Workshop →Enter the Transmission path.
Training →Classes, seminars, articles, journeys and teacher training: receive the essential updates to nourish your practice and follow the life of the Institute.
No commercial solicitations. Unsubscribe at any time.
• Beginners • Gradual support • Breath and attention • Transmission • Adapted practice
Since 2016
A teacher of Ashtanga Yoga trained with Jean-Claude Garnier, Dorothée Mendel transmits an attentive and gradual…
• Ashtanga Yoga • Adapted yoga • Accompanying people in vulnerable situations • Yoga and health
Since 2010
A former physics and philosophy teacher, Rémy Mendelzweig discovered yoga following a profound personal questioning. Today…
Ashtanga Yoga teacher • Co-director of the training
Since 1973, over 50 years of teaching
A student, teacher and trainer for more than fifty years, Jean-Claude Garnier transmits Ashtanga Yoga in…
Ashtanga Yoga • Beginners • Gradual support • Transmission • Self-knowledge • Adapted practice
Depuis 2012
Trained at the Ashtanga Yoga Institute, Annette Pedde transmits a practice founded on direct experience, regularity…
• Ashtanga Yoga • Hatha Yoga • Nada Yoga • Breath and movement • Beginners • Adapted practice
Ashtanga Yoga practitioner since 2010
Trained in dance, Hatha Yoga, Nada Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga, Louise Babar transmits a practice attentive…
Resources for the curious visitor: practice, philosophy, Sanskrit terms, postures, breath, history and transmission.
Philosophy, practice, transmission and journeys: a living library to understand what one practices.
Latest article Indian Cuisine
Read the articles → 238 termsSanskrit terms, postures, breath, bandhas, texts and traditional notions.
Word of the day Perrez Noëlle Perrez Noëlle
Explore the glossary →50 years of practice and transmission, in direct lineage.
Understand the history, lineage, and how the teaching has been transmitted.
Discover →Honest answers to the questions that come back — including the ones you might not always dare to ask.
Yes. The Ashtanga – Foundations classes are designed to introduce you progressively to the Primary Series while establishing the essential foundations of the practice.
No. Practice begins with your body exactly as it is, with its strengths, limitations and possibilities. Flexibility develops over time — it is not a prerequisite. What matters most is consistency and mindful attention.
You are welcome to join the next scheduled class — simply arrive a few minutes early to introduce yourself. If it is your first time, we recommend getting in touch beforehand, as this is often the best place to start.
Our teaching combines the rigour of traditional Ashtanga Yoga with an in-depth understanding of the human body (anatomy, osteopathy and Traditional Chinese Medicine), as well as a philosophical approach to practice. This is a tradition of transmission, not a service.
One to three times a week, depending on your level, your availability and where you are in your practice. Your teacher will help you find the right rhythm — one that becomes sustainable without exhausting you.
