A WEEKEND EXPERIENCE
Friday, February 7 – Sunday, February 9, 2025
Michael Gannon: The Yoga Dealer
In the late 90s, the practice of yoga lured Michael Gannon away from chaotic deal making in the American advertising and music industry. He subsequently spent 10 years studying in India with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (1915 – 2009) learning the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd series of the traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa system. Authorized directly by Jois in 2001 to teach, Gannon has taught in over 50 countries on five continents.
Having trained over 600 teachers worldwide in Ashtanga and Power Vinyasa Yoga, his unique teaching style makes the transformational powers of yoga accessible to all with the desire to learn.
Gannon additionally uses a broad range of meditation and breathing practices to guide people in transcending their self-perceived limitations.
Taking on the playful moniker long ago, “The Yoga Dealer”, he founded the Yoga Dealer Brand in 2005. His live teachings have been extended over the years via many DVDs, the first ever Ashtanga Yoga App on iPhone/Android, and the online video platform yogadealer.com/practice online. His first book, Ashtanga Yoga Made Simple — A Practice for All Levels, was published in 2018.
On his home beach in Mexico, Gannon designed, built, and directs one of the most beautiful yoga schools on the planet, Yogaloft Playa del Carmen. When he’s not traveling, it is here that he spends time at the feet of his three most powerful gurus — his daughter and two sons.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Friday, February 7 | 6:00-8:00pm | $50
The Yoga Dealer Power Taster
Exactly as it sounds…A Power Taster of Michael Gannon:
Gannon Power Breathwork, Gannon Power Vinyasa Yoga, & Meditation After 15 years of practicing Classical Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, as blessed by his late Guru, Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois, Gannon has experienced the natural process of where tradition often leads other long-term yoga teachers. And that is evolution and freedom. The freedom to adapt what our own experience on the mat has lead us to discover and create for ourself. Challenge yourself to a powerful, vinyasa based practice that is not for the narrow-minded, nor the weak. Always with the stimulating, rocking playlist that has become Gannon’s driver of a high-energy practice. Class will begin with Power Breathwork and end with meditation.
Saturday, February 8 | 12:00-2:30pm | $50
Science of the Original Vinyasa System + Ashtanga FULL VINYASA Practice
In Ashtanga Yoga we can go through the motions, or we can REALLY do the practice. With awareness, with rhythm, with control, following the breath…with the correct vinyasa. We will start by exploring the science of the Vinyasa System, where it came from, what it REALLY means and why its use and understanding is invaluable to our practice. We will discover how to truly use the breath as the primary guide for each and every one of our movements throughout the practice. We will break down the primary series to learn the Correct Vinyasa Count (breath/movement pattern) for moving into, through and out of each asana. And we will understand how the original practice of “full form” of the vinyasa system had each and every asana start and finish in samastitihi. Then we will move together through the original Full-Form Vinyasa of Primary Series, following the correct vinyasa count in Sanskrit. Few practitioners and teachers understand this ‘full form” and even fewer teach it. A rare opportunity. Open to all levels with experience in Ashtanga.
Saturday, February 8 | 3:30-5:00pm | $40
GAVY: Killer Arm Balances
Circus Tricks! The fun stuff that we used to do with our bodies as indestructible tykes. We used to be so much more comfortable being upside down when we were kids, and so much closer to the ground. Use your yoga practice in a way that can help you defy the laws of gravity again… as a big kid. Moving through a guided practice, firmly grounded in the breath and the bandhas, we will stop and explore the parts of the practice allowing us to move into arm balances. Working with partners, balancing yourself on your hands in challenging positions is guaranteed to make you laugh. All levels, all styles of practitioners.
Saturday, February 8 | 7:00-8:30pm | $45
Atomic Guru Mezcal Meditation & Tasting
Yoga Dealer story-time about Zorba the Buddha, and Atomic Guru Detox-Retox.
And, exactly what you are thinking! At different stages through our sitting, we will feed the body a shot of Mezcal (mini shot). From a state of yoga, our intention is to experience all the sensations from a space of complete presence. The physical sensations in the moments you smell it, you feel it, it enters the mouth, the throat, and the stomach. And especially the sensations of the mind and emotions.
Can you tell the difference between your judgments, and your true sensations?
Sunday, February 9 | 11:00am-1:00pm | $45
GAVY Ashtanga Second Series
Ashtanga’s Intermediate Series taught for all!
The Gannon Power Vinyasa VKCs (Vinyasa Krama Clips) give all level students the opportunity to move toward these challenging poses, whether they can achieve the final pose or not. All while respecting the traditional order of the Ashtanga Series. Ashtanga haters, LOVE this practice!
Sunday, February 9 | 3:00-5:00pm | $45
The Magic of Bandhas: Finding Your Float
How do I jump through and jump back?! How do I do handstands?! When will I float?!
The seemingly magic of bandhas that allows us to fly is a gradual process that is developed over time with steady practice. But, if we can’t understand the basic physics of activating our core, we can remain stuck to the earth indefinitely.
In this workshop we will break down individual elements that allow us to experience weightlessness in all elements in our practice. All levels, all styles of practitioners.
BULK PRICING OPTIONS
All Access Pass, minus Mezcal Meditation: $205 Buy Now
Saturday Only: $125 (Vinyasa System + Full Ashtanga, Killer Arms, Mezcal Meditation) Buy Now
Sunday Only: $80 (GAVY Ashtanga Second Series, Magic of Bandhas) Buy Now
Mix & Match: Single Prices Listed Above
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: Register by January 7 for 10% off