At the end of their training, the teachers trained at the Institute write a graduation thesis. Each one explores, in their own way, an aspect of yoga that particularly moved them. Here are a few, to read and download (in French).
Class of 2012
Annette Pedde
Les āsana de la première série
An illustrated guide to the postures of the Primary Series — from the sun salutations to the standing, seated and finishing postures — with their Sanskrit names and key points.
📄 Download the thesis (PDF, in French)
Jean-Luc Marquise
De la formation de professeur d’Ashtanga Yoga
A three-part reflection — the body, the breath, the mind — on the practitioner’s journey, carried by a poetic sensibility and references to Traditional Chinese Medicine.
📄 Download the thesis (PDF, in French)
Sergine Laloux
Danse et Yoga
The resonances between dance and yoga — two disciplines of movement, breath and presence.
📄 Download the thesis (PDF, in French)
Class of 2016
Rémy Mendelzweig
Émotions et Yoga
An intimate thesis linking family memory, the emotions and the practice: how yoga helps us welcome and move through what we carry within.
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Camille Dupriez
Étude comparative des pensées stoïcienne et yogique sur le rapport au corps
A comparative study of yoga and Stoicism — origins, founding texts and historical exchanges — around one question: “Does my body belong to me?”
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Dorothée Mendel
De la douceur…
Born from a reflection begun after the birth of her son, an exploration of gentleness — touch, wound, art, the sensible — as a strength rather than a weakness.
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Other theses
Thomas Vandenheede
Mon histoire, le spina bifida et ma rencontre avec le Yoga
A life story: spina bifida, the Tomatis method, first journeys to India and the encounters that made yoga a path of transformation.
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Jean Jaffré
Michael Stone et Richard Freeman — histoire et traduction
An annotated translation of pages by Richard Freeman (“The Mirror of Yoga”) and Michael Stone (“The Inner Tradition of Yoga”), two contemporary voices of Ashtanga Yoga.
📄 Download the thesis (PDF, in French)