Yoga and Vipassana meditation

In 2003 i was in India looking to learn yoga and meditation. Then i went to a community called Auroville http://www.auroville.org/ where i saw a poster about a Thai massage workshop that included free yoga and meditation class. So i participated in the course which was wonderful. And the teacher Itzhak is a great yoga and meditation teacher too. The massage training was also amazing. After those 11 days Itzhak suggested that i go to a silent 10 day Vipassana meditation retreat. So i went to Dharamsala in the north of India to stay 3 weeks in a yoga ashram and then after that went to my first Vipassana retreat. The retreats are run by an organization who just want to help people be happy by learning to purify their minds. It is not part of any religion, you will learn a technique that will help you to discover why you make yourself and other around you miserable. Vipassana helped me to change my life and i would not be who i am without it. I highly recommend everyone to go on a retreat at least once! For more information have a look at:
http://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index

Back to yoga. After those 3 weeks in the ashram in Dharamsala i mainly practiced by myself. Sometimes i went to lessons but not very often. For many years i i haven't had a regular practise. In 2013 i went with my wife Joanna to India to stay for one month in a yoga ashram, we did one month yoga teacher training course that was nice. Maybe one day i will have some use of the certificate i got there :)