Gautama

'also known as Siddhārtha Gautama or Shākyamuni and simply as the Buddha, meaning "the awakened one", born in the fifth century BC, and historical…

‘also known as Siddhārtha Gautama or Shākyamuni and simply as the  Buddha, meaning “the awakened one”, born in the fifth century BC, and historical founder of Buddhism.

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The Institute · Brussels

These words come alive on the mat.

At the Ashtanga Yoga Institute, these words don't stay on the page: they are lived, breath after breath. We have been transmitting traditional Ashtanga in Brussels for over fifty years, in the lineage of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois — each posture adjusted individually, even in a group class. Here, you don't read yoga: you practise it, guided.