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May 23, 2001

Namaste to our fellow yogis,

We, Finnish students of our Guru Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, are happy to announce that Guruji is coming to Helsinki Finland in August 2001.

Astanga yoga took root in Finland during 1988 when yogis Derek and Rahda first came here to inspire a small group of beginners in Helsinki. Gradually the interest in Astanga yoga and its techniques began to grow.

The Vinyasa system started to bloom here when Italian yogi and teacher Lino Miele first came to teach in Finland in 1993. Lino’s exact and encouraging teaching astounded us. Finally in 1997, after continuously coming to Finland for four years, Lino led us to open an Astanga Yoga Center in Helsinki. This sent the invitation for students interested in the Vinyasa method to practice methodically and Lino permitted his advanced students here to instruct newcomers.

From 1996 onwards Finnish Astangis have been going to practice in Mysore with Guruji in increasing numbers. The Astanga Center in Helsinki has been encouraging its students and instructors to go meet our Guru and receive direct teaching from him, experiencing the living tradition of this age-old practice and philosophy.

For some reason, why we don’t know, Astanga Yoga has gained unprecedented success in Finland. Maybe this is due to our tradition of courage and discipline defined as “sisu” in the Finnish language. The rigorous and demanding Astanga practice meets this definition. Well, for whatever reason, the interest in Astanga has been growing steadily and strongly in Finland, and now there are also yogashalas in Tampere, Turku and Lahti plus 15 other groups throughout Finland. But without doubt the lion’s share of the reason for our success is our dedicated teacher Lino Miele, who has been channeling Guruji’s teachings to us for many years now.

Now in the year 2001, on the heels of Guruji’s last World Tour, we joyfully express our excitement as our beloved Guru is coming here. We wish to invite the Astangis of Finland and the world around to come meet him with us here in Helsinki.

Om Shanti

Juha Javanainen and Petri Räisänen
Astanga Yoga School, Helsinki, Finland

Sri K. Pattabhi Jois will be teaching in Helsinki from Sunday August 26th through Friday August 31st 2001.

Those interested may find more information about this historic first visit of Guruji to Northern Europe at www.astanga.fi/guruji