Rooted in the Source: A Weekend of Yoga with Nitish Lakhera
Saturday 30 – Sunday 31 May 2026 · 9:00–17:00 each day
30–31
May
Your Teacher
Nitish Lakhera
Nitish was born and raised in Rishikesh, India — the source of yoga as a living tradition — and has spent over seven years guiding students from around the world. Rooted in Hatha and Ashtanga Vinyasa, his teaching holds together precise alignment, pranayama, and philosophy not as separate subjects, but as one integrated practice. Coming from a culture where yoga is a complete way of life, he brings a perspective that is rare in the West and genuinely felt in the room. Visit his Instagram profile to learn more about Nitish.
This day is about learning to listen. Drawing from Iyengar principles and therapeutic yoga, you will explore how alignment serves not as a correction but as a conversation with your own body — discovering what each posture asks of you and how to respond with intelligence rather than force.
You will work with hands-on adjustments from both sides: receiving and giving. This is a practice in itself — learning the language of touch, how to support without imposing, and how presence matters as much as technique.
Breathwork runs through the entire day as the steady foundation beneath everything else. By the end, you will have a clearer sense of how structure and breath work together — and how that changes the way you move.
Open to all levels
On the second day, we go inward. You will look more closely at familiar asanas — not to accumulate more, but to understand what is already there. What happens in the body when the mind settles? Where does resistance live, and what is it telling you?
From there, we move into the philosophy and psychology of yoga. Nitish brings these teachings the way they were passed to him — not as history, but as tools. You will explore how yoga understands the mind, attention, and the patterns that shape how we live and practice.
The afternoon is dedicated to the art of concentration: learning to arrive fully and stay. In a world that constantly pulls attention outward, this is perhaps the most practical skill yoga offers.
The day — and the weekend — closes with integration. Not a summary, but a settling.
Open to all levels
Venue
The workshop takes place at Yoga Glück, a warm and beautifully restored 35m² studio in the heart of Cologne-Ehrenfeld. Set in a light-filled period building with high ceilings, underfloor heating, and original hardwood floors, it offers a calm and welcoming atmosphere perfectly suited for deep practice. The studio looks out onto the Art Nouveau facades of Leostraße — a quiet reminder that the setting is as considered as the practice itself.
Christian-Schult-Straße 18, 50823 Köln Ehrenfeld