Alexander Smirkin is a KPJAYI Authorized Ashtanga Yoga Teacher. He is one of the founders of Prana Ashtanga Yoga School (Moscow, Zoologicheskaya St., 4), where he conducts daily morning Mysore program (Mysore Classes Mon-Fri, 6.30-9.30a.m.; Led Class Sun 8.30-10.00a.m.).
Alex has been a committed student of Petri Räisänen since 2007 and his assistant in more than 15 workshops in Russia, where he learned Petri's unique approach to alignment and adjustment in asanas including various contact and non-contact therapeutic methods and techniques (massage, work with energy (pranic) currents, energy healing and mind work).
Alex works with an experienced team of yoga assistants who regularly study at KPJAYI (Mysore, India).
Email us: ashtanga@pranayoga.ru
Phone us: +7 926 893-16-61 (Alex)
4, Zoologicheskaya Street
+7 495 783-69-96 (reception)
Alex has been a committed student of Petri Räisänen since 2007 and his assistant in more than 15 workshops in Russia, where he learned Petri's unique approach to alignment and adjustment in asanas including various contact and non-contact therapeutic methods and techniques (massage, work with energy (pranic) currents, energy healing and mind work).
Alex also completed a postgraduate conversion course on Applied Psychophysiology at the Department of Psychophysiology of Moscow State University, specializing in Stress Management. In his teaching approach Alexander tries to combine the dynamics and intensity of Ashtanga Yoga with asana alignment “through bandhas” and adjustment within the flow of breath.
“It’s crucial to follow the principle of Yama/Niyama: ahimsa—be abstinent from malign violence towards your body; satya—impartially accept the limits of the body; asteya—do not pursue the practice results of others; aparigraha—to move forward with patience and moderateness without greed for progress; and, finally, santosha—do not lose your heart and feel gratitude for each moment on your yoga mat. The faith in practice (shraddha) and perseverance will inevitably lead you to success”.
Alex works with an experienced team of yoga assistants who regularly study at KPJAYI (Mysore, India).
Anna Yang
Completed Hatha-yoga teacher training courses at Moscow Ashtanga Yoga Centre (2012-2013). In 2015, Anna started studying with Sharath R. Jois at the KPJAYI. She joined PRANA Ashtanga Yoga School in 2016.
Igor Antipovskiy
Started practicing Iyengar Yoga in 2010 and was certified Introductory Level 2 by RIMYI in Pune. In 2013 Igor started doing Ashtanga Yoga and made it his regular practice. He attended the workshops by Petri Räisänen, Mark and Joanne Darby, Luke Jordan and Sonja Radvila, Natalia Savina and Alexander Smirkin. In 2017 Igor started his education in KPJAYI in Mysore under the guidance of Sharath R. Jois.
“Using tristhana: vinyasa, bandhas and drishti, Ashtanga Yoga impacts not only our physical aspect, but also plays a psychological role in our practice, as it is not just a powerful tool for our body, but also an effective precision instrument for personal growth”.
Darya Vasyanovitch
Daria practices
under the guidance of Alexander Smirkin. She attended workshops by: Natalia
Savina, Petri Räisänen, Laruga Glaser, Govinda Kai, Mark and Joanne Darby,
Natalia Senina. She completed a Hatha-yoga teachers training in Prana
Yoga Centre (2016).
“From the very first time I realized that Ashtanga was what I had been looking for: concentration, elegance, dynamics and breath”.
Email us: ashtanga@pranayoga.ru
Phone us: +7 926 893-16-61 (Alex)
Barrikadnaya Shala
+7 495 783-69-96 (reception)