Working with the Paths of Least and Most Resistance

June 7 – 8 , 2025

 A weekend workshop with Desirée Rumbaugh and Andrew Rivin

 It is a well-known fact that Life will always be offering us challenges. As yoga practitioners, we actively invite this choice every time we step on our mat. There are times when we need to know how to “go with the flow” to skillfully navigate a situation, and there are also times when we need to push back against habits and behaviors that are not in our best interest. 

Desirée and Andrew each have 40 years of yoga experience to share with us in this workshop. In addition to being a certified yoga teacher, Andrew is also an executive leadership coach, working with founders of corporations worldwide. Long time students of both Iyengar and Anusara yoga, they have done the work and have been learning the lessons for a long time. In this workshop they will share from their hard-earned wisdom both on and off the mat. They incorporate concepts they have learned from physical therapy, weight training and yoga to offer an inspiring and well-rounded modern approach to the ancient practice of Yoga.

What you will learn in this workshop:

* Practices you can do every day to increase your own deep core strength and resilience

*Answers to your questions such as “why does this pose cause me pain?”

*The key to better balance, both on and off the mat

*How can this practice bring you more peace of mind out in the “real” world

*Better aligned mind/body awareness and connection to yourself

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Times?

Saturday 10.00-12:30 H The Healthy Flexible Spine: Backbends

Saturday 14:30-17.00 H Freedom in Your Hips and Lower Back: Hip Openers and Hamstrings

Sunday 10.00-12:30 H Neck and Shoulder Strength and Flexibility: Backbends and Simple Inversions

Sunday 14:30-17.00 H Side to Side and Revolving to Grow: Twists of All Kinds

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Location? Yoga Loft Tübingen Bismarckstrasse 134/2

Language? English

Pricing?

both days early bird (payed till end of October 24): 320€

both days payed after November 1st 24: 350€

In order to experience the fullness of these teachings and for the most benefit for your whole body, we suggest that you plan to participate in all four classes.In the event that there are some spaces left, we will open up for single class registration on May 10, 2025.

Saturday only: 200€

Sunday only: 200€

About Desirée:

Desiree Rumbaugh is an internationally recognized yoga teacher with unquenchable enthusiasm for life, love and healing. She blends playful humor with an authentic inquiry into the nature of being to bring the ancient teachings of wisdom into the asana practice and then into modern life. She is an E-RYT and a YACEP with Yoga Alliance.

Her passion for teaching both the art and the science of yoga is fueled in part by her own experience recovering from deep grief as a bereaved parent.

(Click here to read my story).

For Desiree, yoga has been a life-saver emotionally as well as physically. With a foundation of longtime studies in Iyengar and Anusara yoga, she brings 40 years of experience, experimentation and creativity to her ever-evolving, outside-of-the-box style of teaching. She incorporates real life stories and “kitchen table” wisdom into her workshops to remind herself and her students that the key to their happiness and freedom from suffering lies only within the boundaries of their own mind.

Desiree travels the world full time sharing her compassion and her joy with others interested in the transformational power of yoga. Together with Michelle Marchildon, she has written “Fearless After Fifty: How To Thrive with Grace, Grit and Yoga.” She has produced a DVD series entitled “Yoga to the Rescue” and is a regular contributor to Yoga Journal, having also appeared on its cover. Desiree supports the Art of Yoga Project serving teenage girls in the juvenile justice system. Beginning in March 2021, she is honored to be teaching yoga as a pledge drive host for PBS. The Public Broadcasting Service in the U.S.

Desirée and her husband Andrew Rivin are currently living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.