8 Day Traditional Non-Dual Hatha Yoga Immersion in Beautiful Beaujolais, Saint-Just-d'Avray

Antoaneta Maria Gotea was born in July 1972, in Bucharest, Romania. The memories from her early age about her father practicing complicated physical exercises (known in yoga as uddiyana bandha) and unusual breathing (pranayama) synergistically connected with her mother’s teachings about the existence of subtle bodies and reincarnation and this blossomed later in a genuine spiritual aspiration. Her search for an authentic spiritual path led her at the age of 21 to a yoga course while she was a student at Politechnical University in Bucharest. She studied Raja Yoga and Mahavidya Yoga.

Sahajananda, the main founder of Hridaya Yoga, is a meditation and hatha yoga teacher with over 30 years of experience. His message conveys the non-dual tantric teachings. An engineer in electronics by education, Sahajananda started practicing yoga and meditation in 1981, the year in which yoga was banned in Communist Romania. This fact only brought him more depth, determination, and spiritual aspiration. In 2012, Sahajananda was instrumental in creating the headquarters of Hridaya Yoga in Mazunte, Mexico. In 2018, the project expanded and Hridaya Yoga France was founded.

When Alison first came to yoga for its health benefits in 2010, she had no idea that the profound spiritual path unfolding before her would become her life’s calling! Alison’s path led her to schools and teachers in India, Thailand, Canada, and Mexico, where she explored the deep reality that yoga and meditation point us to. When Alison found Hridaya Yoga, she knew she had found a true gem in this community where the authentic teachings of yoga are shared. Under the guidance of her teacher Sahajananda, she continues to dive more deeply into the teachings of Non-Duality and to open her heart.

Originaire de Belgique, Xavier est un voyageur passionné par l’exploration d’autres cultures, modes de vie et traditions. En 2006, il est devenu presque aveugle, ce qui a été un tournant dans sa vie, l’obligeant à faire une pause et à regarder à l’intérieur. Réalisant que ce qu’il cherchait à l extérieur se trouvait en fait principalement à l intérieur, il retrouva simultanément la vue et commença à pratiquer le yoga et la méditation .Il fit un premier « teacher training » en inde selon Iyengar, et ensuite une formation pour enseigner le yoga de l’énergie en Suisse. Il a découvert Hridaya

Gesine found in the teachings of Hridaya a well of personal transformation and a fountain of freedom. Being a practitioner of Hridaya Meditation and Yoga since 2012, a deep love and appreciation developed for the teachings and the community. Since completing the teacher training in 2015, she has taught in both Hridaya centers and also brings the practice of contemplative yoga to different social projects. Sharing the Hridaya philosophy has become a joyful passion – seeking into the Heart of each moment a life purpose.