Marque Garaux
Oct 17-19

Cracking the Code of Ashtanga

We are so happy to be hosting Marque Garaux in October 2025, his first time in Uppsala. Inspiring, warm, energetic and eager to share his vast knowledge of yoga asana – not to be missed 🙂

This weekend workshop will help you view and understand your practice from an entirely different lens. We will look with great detail how this practice is structured and how to use the mind and the body to navigate it most effectively. The workshop is perfect both for the intermediate or advanced student who is feeling stuck as well as for the beginner who is thirsty for loads of knowledge. Notebooks or phones for recording are encouraged.

When:

October 17-19 2025

Schedule:

Friday October 17

6-8 Mysore 

16:30-18:30 ”Cracking the Code of the Mind”
This session is aimed to help take the eager aspirants of yoga off of their mats and into a deep group discussion. We will talk about the nature of the mind, our thoughts, perceptions of good and bad, the seen world around us and how it creates the obstacles that keep us in a comfortable state of delusion. 

Saturday October 18

7-9 Mysore (possibly one more batch)

12-15 ”Cracking the Code of the Body part 1”
Memorizing anatomical terms is sadly not enough to really understand anatomy. Here we will view the body and its sometimes intelligent and sometimes flawed designs. We will learn how to view, discuss, and move the body in ways that will increase both strength and mobility. This workshop will contain strength and mobility drills that students are encouraged to participate in and also film for later use.

Sunday October 19

7-9 Mysore (possibly one more batch)

12-15 ”Cracking the Code of the Body part 2”
This asana clinic will take the larger concepts from part 1 and will apply them to the asanas and vinyasas of the 1st, 2nd and even 3rd series. In addition to moving our bodies with our own strength we will also explore how and when to assist and to be assisted.

Price:

2500 SEK

Bio:

Marque Garaux, a US Marine Veteran, long time rock climber and overall outdoor enthusiast, discovered Ashtanga Yoga while seeking different ways to alleviate his lower back pain, and he noticed an almost immediate positive physical change. With no Ashtanga teachers in the area, Marque found himself with no choice but to practise alone at home. During this time he also attended a 200 hour teacher training and several Ashtanga workshops and intensives to deepen his understanding of this beautiful system. 

In the fall of 2014 Marque applied for study at the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute (KPJAYI) and spent the first 2 months of 2015 in Mysore, India learning under the guidance of R. Sharath Jois. Since that first trip, Marque has practiced with Sharath multiple times  and he received the blessing as an Authorized Level 2 teacher from him in December 2017.

Marque is the owner of Great Lakes Ashtanga Yoga in Geneva, Ohio, where he teaches Mysore Style when not travelling.