I've visited a fair few yoga studios and ashrams over the past 12 months and Mahasiddha Yoga in Chiang Mai would have to be my favourite.
I found Uriel, Blandine and Angela to be the warmest teachers I'd ever met, welcoming students to the school with open arms. Just being in their presence taught me many things about the heart.
While their teachings are that of Tantra Yoga, they acknowledge other paths and are very much focussed on helping people live better lives.
What I learnt from attending their yoga classes, workshops and 6-day immersion really helped me to synthesise what I had learnt from other courses and retreats, and make sense of what I was going through in my life.
If you want to learn more about yourself in a warm and welcoming environment, you have to visit Mahasiddha Yoga the next time that you're in Chiang Mai!
Did a 1 week tantra immersion and it was really life changing. Everything they teach is so right, yet easy to understand because they are so good at explaining: the right example, a humouristic approach, eye opening exercices. It was really well organised and the teachers had so much knowledge. They can probably answer any question in the world :) Because they had such wonderful personalities full of love, patience and dedication, we all felt like one big family. I stayed to weeks longer in Chiang Mai to be able to go to their regular classes.
Every time I go to a yoga class or attend a retreat with the Tantra Yoga School, I grow by leaps and bounds. The events inspire me, challenge me, and guide me. The instructors are incredibly knowledgeable and truly live out their practice. I am so grateful to have found this school and this group of people to learn with!
I am lucky enough to of experienced the Silent Retreat & Detox Retreat, and WOW...what can i say...The instructors were so nourishing, patient, kind and loving...they honestly treated you like their young. They are so full of knowledge and passion for what they do and it is beyond inspiring to be a part of. My mind is blown, i cannot believe how much they have changed my life. This is coming from a girl with very little yoga experience and no meditation experience! I left the retreat a completely different person...with so much spiritual existence and so much gratitude for the world. My soul is alive, and i feel incredible. So clean, so energized and so joyful! I cannot recommend them highly enough, they are AMAZING!
I went with my partner on this retreat and had the experience of a life time. I would recommend this to anyone anywhere. If you feel like you are open and full of love or if you feel like you need to escape your busy life or if you feel riddled with doubt and needing that something to make you remember why you are here in the first place. Even if it's just for the food and the amazing views - it is worth it. The leaders' wisdom and nurture will be an amazing bonus for you. You'll make friends to last a lifetime. Aaaaaand maybe - just maybe - you'll feel something incredible. We've been back a while now and I'm still smiling. I was a total beginner to yoga, my partner has been practising for years. This is yoga for all levels. Don't think about it - just go!!! :) much love