Winter City Retreat with Petri and Juha 26-31 December 2025
Flow of Vinyasa
for mental focus and energizing the practice.
This workshop is international, teaching and special classes will be presented in English. Petri and Juha will guide and assist practitioners in their morning Astanga Yoga Mysore style practice from Thursday to Tuesday. Mysore practice starting times every 30 minutes.
Scroll the page down to book your spot with the booking form below.
Workshop includes:
XMAS TOFU BEEF DIGESTIVE MORNING MYSORE
with Petri and Juha on Friday 26th 8-11 am (20 credits)
+ CITY RETREAT PROGRAM
Friday 26th 11-12:15: Old Stories of the Finnish Yule&Yoga shared with Petri&Juha (Glögg&Yule bisquits, Free)
Saturday 27th: Sauna (Kuusisaari?) time&price …
Sunday 28th: Ateneum Art Museum, City Center, time 14:30 (price 22 €)
Monday 29th: Lunch at a local Kamppi restaurant time 13 & Afternoon pop-up program
Tuesday 30th: Afternoon pop-up program
& NEW YEAR EVE MORNING MYSORE
with Petri&Juha on Wednesday 31st 6-10:30 (20 credits)
Astanga Yoga School Helsinki, Finland
Address: Annankatu 29B (2nd floor), courtyard, 00100 Helsinki
Helsinki Yogaschool students: If you have an one-buy Anytime card, you will get it prolonged for 4 days free of charge if you attend the workshop morning mysore classes Thu-Tue.

CITY RETREAT PROGRAM
Friday 26th
Mysore style: starting times 8:00-10:00, teaching up to 11:00
Glögg & bisquits
11:15-12:15 Old Stories of the Finnish Yule&Yoga with Petri&Juha. Free attendance!
Saturday 27th
Mysore style: starting times 8:00-10:00, teaching up to 11:00
Workshop (you are invited to bring a pen and paper for notes of the sessions)
11:15-12:10 Workshop opening with Petri and Juha:
Getting to know one another + safety in the practice.
12:15-13:45 Afternoon workshop with Petri and Juha: What is Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga? What is Vinyasa?
Sunday 28th
Mysore style: starting times 8:00-10:00, teaching up to 11:00
Workshop
11:15-12:10 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercices) and meditations.
12:20-13:50 Afternoon workshop with Petri: Vinyasa types in Primary and Intermediate series.
Monday 29th
Mysore style: starting times 6:00-8:30, teaching up to 10:00
10:15-11:10 Chanting & meditation on Sound + Easy Pranayama with Juha
11:20-12:50 Noon workshop with Juha: How to keep focus and Vinyasa flowing with energy. Minding the Vinyasa: its aspects and wider application in Life.
Tuesday 30th
Mysore style: starting times 6:00-8:30, teaching up to 10:00
10:15-11:10 Pranayama + Meditation with Petri: Comfortable, simple and easy pranayama (breathing exercices) and meditations.
11:20-12:50 Afternoon workshop with Petri and Juha: Vinyasa in Modern Yogis life. Questions and Answers.
Wednesday 31st
Mysore style:
– starting times 6:00-9:00, teaching up to 10:30
Prices
| Prices | Credits | Normal price | Reduced price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoga 6 days and workshop 4 days | 220 / pass | 286 € | 259 € | BUY pass |
| Yoga 5 days and workshop 4 days | 200 | 264 € | 238 € | BUY |
| Yoga and workshop 4 days | 180 | 242 € | 225 € | BUY |
| Yoga and workshop 3 days | 140 | 189 € | 169 € | BUY |
| Yoga and workshop 2 days | 90 | 149 € | 129 € | BUY |
| Yoga and workshop 1 day | 50 | 89 € | 79 € | BUY |
| Yoga only 6 days | 120 | 175 € | 155 € | BUY |
| Yoga only 5 days | 100 | 159 € | 139 € | BUY |
| Yoga only 4 days | 80 | 137 € | 122 € | BUY |
| Morning yoga drop-in | 20 | 41 € | 37 € | BUY |
| Special classes only 4 days | 100 | 159 € | 139 € | BUY |
| Online Special’s 4 days | 60 | 105 € | 95 € | BUY |
| Special class drop-in | 25 | 52 € | 46 € | BUY |
| Online Special drop-in | 15 | 33 € | 29 € | BUY |
| The reduced prices are valid for practitioners under 18 years, students (show your student card at the shala), maternal leave, unemployed (show a document), and pensionates. | ||||
Teachers

Petri and Juha are the co-founders of Ashtanga Yoga Helsinki to teach the traditional Astanga Yoga method.
Petri Räisänen is internationally known and respected Ashtanga Yoga teacher. In his yogic path Petri has studied with many respected Ashtanga Yoga teachers such as Derek Ireland (his first certified teacher), Radha Warrel, Gwendoline Hunt, Lino Miele and Eddie Stern, in addition to R. Sharath Jois and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. His special project has been the two Ashtanga Yoga books, Yoga Chikitsa and Nadi Shodhana, published in Finnish and in English.
Petri focuses on integrating healing and therapy with yoga, meeting student’s individual needs and guiding their progress. Petri’s yoga pose adjustments are gentle, effective, therapeutic and, according to some, almost magical, and originate (besides his own practice and teaching) from his past work as a traditional Finnish folk healer and naturopath.
Juha Javanainen has practiced Ashtanga yoga with Radha Warrell, Derek Ireland, Lino Miele and Eddie Stern, in addition to R. Sharath Jois and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.
Juha continues to teach in Helsinki while working also as a yoga school director. Juha also continues to study and to practice Ashtanga Yoga as taught by Pattabhi Jois and T. Krishnamacharya. He is also studying the Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali. His special project was to translate the primary work of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois on Astanga Yoga, the book called Yoga Mala, into Finnish in 2002.
Juha wishes to share his experiences on practice and teaching, how to work with the body&mind for healing purposes within the yoga practice.
Booking
| How to book Winter Retreat Yoga classes 1. Sign in to our booking system at astangajooga.fi (click the customer icon). 2. Buy the retreat pass or credit pack at our webshop using links in the price list above (you can also order credits, book classes and pay later by card at the retreat). How many credits do I need? – do your counting how many credits you need to book your classes – mysore: 20 credits – special classes: 25 credits Example: to book mysore 20 credits and special class 25 credits, you could buy two tickets: 20 & 25 credits, or one ticket of 50 credits. Note: credits are saved into your credit account, and class bookings are charged from there. 3. Book the full course with a pass or book drop-in classes with credits astangajooga.fi/schedules |
| – There is different mysore starting times available, book your preferred class for each morning (make bookings also with your workshop pass). – Special classes are long classes after mysore practice – Pop-up program is not bookable in the weekly schedule, just join us. (You may also Register with the Form below, and pay at the workshop.) |
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juha@astanga.fi
+358 50 3312993 (sms) / Juha
Call time Mon-Thu 13-14 EET (UTC+03:00)
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