LOTTA SEBZDA
3 Days Intensive Workshop
8-10 OCTOBER 2027
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Join us in Athens for a three-day immersive Ashtanga Yoga workshop with Lotta Sebzda — a dedicated practitioner, handstand enthusiast, and long-time Mysore-style teacher whose approach combines strength, curiosity, precision, and joy. Through Mysore self-practice sessions, focused technical workshops, and open discussions, participants will explore inversions, backbends, handstands, asana technique, and restorative movement inspired by the Ashtanga tradition. Designed for practitioners of all levels, this workshop offers a supportive space to deepen understanding of the practice, refine technique safely, and discover how yoga can evolve sustainably through different stages of life.
SCHEDULE
Friday 8/10
8:00 - 10:30
Ashtanga Mysore Practice
A traditional Mysore-style self-practice session with individualized guidance and support. There will be two entry times for practice, at 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., and you will be assigned to one of them.
12:00 - 13:30
Workshop - Inversions Inspired by the Ashtanga Yoga Tradition
Explore the foundations of safe and intelligent inversions. Any posture in which the hips are above the shoulders is considered an inversion. In this workshop, we will break down how to enter and exit inversions with stability and ease, using strength, breath, alignment, and body awareness.
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Saturday 9/10
8:00 - 10:30
Ashtanga Mysore Practice
12:00 - 13:30
Workshop - Backbends
Discover your natural potential for backbending through safe alignment, supportive techniques, and intelligent mobility work. We will explore how openness in the front body, combined with healthy spinal mechanics, can help develop both flexibility and strength in backbends.
14:30 - 16:00
Workshop - Just Handstands
A dedicated handstand practice for all levels.We begin with a short warm-up for shoulders, wrists, and core activation, followed by focused handstand work. Beginners will learn how to kick up and balance with confidence, while more experienced practitioners will refine alignment and develop new skills to deepen their inversion practice.
17:00 - 18:30
Workshop - Asana Technique & Discussion
An open session focused on asana technique, adapted to the needs of the group. Different bodies require different approaches, and this workshop creates space to explore adjustments, modifications, and individual understanding within the Ashtanga practice. Time will also be given for discussion and questions.
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Sunday 10/10
8:00 - 10:30
Ashtanga Mysore Practice
12:00 - 13:30
Workshop - Ashtanga-Yin: Hips & Twists
A softer, slower approach inspired by familiar postures from the Ashtanga sequence. This session combines standing poses, seated postures, twists, and selected intermediate series elements in a gentle flow with longer holds designed to release tension, improve mobility, and restore the body and nervous system.
14:00 - 15:00
Closing Session & Q&A
An open conversation with Lotta Sebzda about the workshop experience, personal practice, aging, sustainability in yoga, and the evolution of her own journey through Ashtanga and hand balancing.
Lotta Sebzda has been immersed in movement and inversion-based practice since childhood, often found upside down—practicing handstands, cartwheels, and gymnastics as a natural expression of her physical curiosity and strength.
In the late 1990s, she discovered Ashtanga Yoga, an encounter she describes as a sense of “coming home.” From that moment on, she was immediately drawn to the discipline, structure, and depth of the practice. Ashtanga Yoga became a central part of her life, shaped by dedication, curiosity, energy, love, and gratitude.
She has studied and practices in the traditional Mysore style, as taught by the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and his grandson R. Sharath Jois, maintaining a strong connection to the roots and lineage of the method.
Over time, her personal practice evolved to include a strong focus on handstand training, which became an integral part of her life around 2015. This exploration of inversions has supported and deepened her Ashtanga practice, enhancing both physical strength and body awareness. For her, handstands are not only a discipline but also a source of joy, playfulness, and vitality that extends beyond the mat into daily life.
Through her practice, Lotta brings together strength, precision, and curiosity, encouraging a balanced approach to movement that integrates discipline with freedom.
REGISTRATION & PAYMENT
The spots for this workshop are limited. It can be attended in full or in drop in classes. Workshop full price is 290€. Drop in price is 45€.
For your registration please fill in the form below and proceed with the payment through the online payment provided or via bank transfer.
Please read T&Cs below. For anything you might need email Avra Yoga at info@avrayoga.gr.
Fulll Workshop
290€
Drop In class
45€
T&Cs:
/ Your spot will be reserved upon payment.
/ Payments can be done by credit or debit card through the link above, cash, or bank transfer (please email us to receive bank accounts).
/ If you want to attend more than one drop in classes and in the case you pay online please repeat the payment as per the classes you chose.
/ If you pay via bank transfer please send us proof of payment and which package or course you are enrolling to at info@avrayoga.gr (if you pay for one or more Drop Ins please indicate in your email which specific classes you want to participate to).
/ If you wish to cancel your participation the following cancelation policy applies:
For cancellations up until 30/6, full refund of the amount to the original payment method.
For cancellations up until 20/7, 40% refund to the original payment method.
For cancellations after 20/8, no refund is offered.
/ The organizer and hosts have no involvement or responsibility on expenses made for transportation/traveling to Athens or expenses on accommodation, thus refund on those will not be applied under any of the mentioned circumstances.
/ You may ask us to provide you useful information for your accommodation, however we don't offer accommodation services.
/ The organizer and hosts reserve the right to cancel the event for serious reason (including - but not limited - pandemic, epidemic, illness). In that case full refund of the cost of the workshop will be applied to the original payment method.
