Braga

BRAGA, PORTUGAL

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In addition to offering weekly Hatha Classes, the Centro de Yoga de Braga offers weekly Hidden Language of Hatha and weekly Mantra chanting. In addition, we have a monthly session of Kundalini Yoga or Dream Yoga followed by Satsang.

We like to offer our students and yoga friends the opportunity to meet visiting teachers at our yoga centre or in our annual retreat each April as a way to expand their views and go deeper in their reflections. Visiting teachers from Yasodhara Ashram, and Yasodhara Yoga teachers from other European centres offer a variety of workshops that, from time to time, include Kundalini Yoga, Lifeseals, Dream Yoga and Music and Consciousness.

 

 

Workshops and Events

 

Hidden Language Hatha Yoga followed by Satsang – Saturday 22nd March
The Hidden Language of Hatha Yoga views the body as a spiritual tool and takes the practice beyond the physical level. By exploring the symbolism of the Yoga poses and using mantra, visualization, relaxation, meditation and reflection leads to connect with the inner wisdom and to receive spiritual insights and guidance for your daily life.
Join Jovita for reflective Hatha class and Satsang, a devotional pratice.
When: Saturday 22nd March, 3- 5pm:Hidden Language; 5.15-6pm: Satsang

Where:  Centro de Yoga de Braga

                                                     Contact:  Jovita:  geral@cybraga.com +351938423986

 

Annual Retreat – Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th April 2025
Each year several yoga teachers collaborate to create this popular Yoga retreat – Yoga at Spring.
When: we gather at 3.30pm 14th April and leave at 2.30pm 17th April

Where: Convento de Avessadas, Marco de Canaveses

Contact:  Jovita:  geral@cybraga.com +351938423986

 

 

Yasodhara Yoga: Still the Mind and Reflect, followed by Satsang – 17th of May 2025

When the body is relaxed and the mind is still, intuitive insights may come forward from the inner wise Self, uncovering hidden obstacles and giving directions for the daily life. Using several yogic practices, such as postures, Light visualizations, breath awareness, relaxation and meditation, promotes calmness, and spiritual insight, bringing both physical and psychological benefits.

Jovita will be leading this workshop and Satsang
When: 2.30pm to 4.30pm (workshop) 4.45pm to 5.30 (Satsang) 17th of May

Where:  Centro de Yoga de Braga

Contact:  Jovita:  geral@cybraga.com +351938423986

 

Joy of Living – a Day of Yoga with Devani – Saturday, 14 June 2025

Swami Radha said (in KYFTW) “The Joy of Life is our inherited right” What is joy? Is it a mood, or a fleeting emotion, or something much deeper? The yogic scriptures say that joy is a state of being that arises from deep within when we are in alignment with our true selves. In this workshop we will have a chance to explore these questions. In the morning, we work with the HL system listening to what the body has to tell us, and in the afternoon, we go deeper into relaxation, meditation and reflection.

 

Devani, an experienced Yasodhara Yoga teacher from London will be visiting to offer this day of yogic practices of meditation, reflection, asanas, mantra.
When:10am-4pm, 14th June 2025
Where:  Centro de Yoga de Braga

Contact:  Jovita:  geral@cybraga.com +351938423986

 

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Jovita is the director of the Centro de Yoga de Braga, and has been teaching yoga since 1991. In 2010, Jovita took the Yoga Development Course and Hatha Yoga teacher certification at Yasodhara Ashram. She returned to Canada in 2013 to take the teacher certifications in Hidden Language Hatha Yoga, Kundalini Yoga and Dream Yoga.  She has been returning to Yasodhara Ashram regularly since then to take recertification courses.

She now offers these classes at her studio in Braga and in nearby towns.

For class information visit http://www.cybraga.com/   Or contact Jovita:

geral@cybraga.com  +351938423986

 


Swami Sukhananda is a resident and senior teacher at Yasodhara Ashram in BC, Canada, who was previously director of several Yoga Centres in England. Her connection with the Centro de Yoga de Braga, goes back many years – almost to the first opening of the centre. And she is a regular visitor to Braga whenever she returns to Europe on a teaching tour.

Speaking recently she commented on “the growth of students in Braga with a desire for the Light, and a willingness to reflect and speak courageously about their challenges and their victories. They open themselves up to self-enquiry and to possibilities for change.” Working with Swami Sukhananda is an opportunity to go deeper into your practices, to emerge shining with fresh insights and inspiration.

 

Recent Events and Workshops

Life Seals – February 2025

Dream Yoga – January 2024

 

Celebration of Braga Yoga Center twentieth anniversary – December 2024

   

 

Kundalini Yoga – a series March to June 2023

A well-structured practice that leads to the expansion of consciousness and the development of the potential that resides untapped within each of us.

By reflecting on the images of the chakras and exploring the symbolism, elements, senses and mantras associated with them, we can clarify the mind and access intuition and inner wisdom, to understand and guide our lives.

 

 

 

 

James offered a beautiful Retreat Day at our Yoga Centre – June 2024

We started with a HL class in the morning followed by a Reflection session in the afternoon that was followed by Satsang.
We experienced a very peaceful energy through the day, which helped each of us to  explore  its own Promise of the Heart.

 

Spring Retreat 2024

 

Still Mind, Peaceful Heart – with JaneCatherine Aldiss and Jovita Olivera – October 2023

“Nourishing ourselves on the inside of our very being helps us cope with the complexities and uncertainties of life. How can you make the best of your life…, especially in uncertain times?” Swami Sivananda Radha.

 

Spring Retreat 2023