Celebrate 15 years of collaboration and transformation with internationally renowned Certified Ashtanga Yoga teacher, Laruga Glaser, under the traditional lineage, at Yoga in Salento. This unique retreat marks a decade and a half of dedication, practice and growth that Laruga has brought to students worldwide to our center.
15 YEARS OF YOGA MASTERY WITH YOGA IN SALENTO
A CELEBRATION WITH LARUGA GLASER
06 – 13 September, 2025
Description of the retreat
This unique retreat marks a decade and a half of dedication, practice and growth that Laruga has brought to students worldwide to our center. Join us for this special event, where you will be guided during a week long journey tailored to meet your individual needs, whether you are just starting the Ashtanga practice or have been practicing for many years. Everyone will be met where they are, and given what they need, reflective of their level of experience.
A Celebration of Practice & Mastery
For the past 15 years, Laruga has shared her expertise and passion for Ashtanga Yoga with our community. Now, she invites you to be part of this special retreat, focused on deepening your practice while celebrating the transformative power of yoga and how it brings people together. Francesca Maniglio, the founder of Yoga in Salento, will assist throughout the retreat, ensuring that every participant receives personalized guidance and support needed to thrive.
The Program
Dive into the heart and soul of the Ashtanga yoga practice under the inspiring guidance of Laruga Glaser. The retreat will be a complete and comprehensive program offering foundational grounding as well as progressive techniques to mature in the practice. The goal is for all participants to benefit from the retreat, as well as after the retreat, ultimately guiding each practitioner into the heart of their potential, and planting seeds that will continue to grow.
Each morning will be devoted to Mysore practice, except for Led class on designated days. New beginner students will be thoroughly monitored, especially in the early stages of the retreat, to garner greater confidence to self practice with confidence. For experienced students, all will receive full support in developing strength, while deepening their existing practice working through challenging aspects of the sequences.
The majority of afternoon workshops will be focused on the core elements of the Ashtanga methodology – learning to harmonize what appears to be opposing forces, and making deeper connections inwardly through the outer manifestation of the asanas. We will balance both the practical and theoretical, taking time to discuss the philosophical insights that arise in our experience, understanding what it means to live, and more importantly, embody yoga daily.
As an added bonus there were be a few free giveaways in celebration of 15 years of collaboration with Laruga and Yoga in Salento. Liforme has been so kind to donate 4 premium quality yoga mats to giveaway along with a few other items along with other prizes.
Workshop Descriptions
Ashtanga: The Path & The Journey
Through consistent practice our time on the mat can develop into a work of art, creating stillness in motion. Reaching a flow state comes from uniting all internal elements to then rest in awareness within our physical being. In this workshop, we will explore how to create depth in the practice creating art in motion, while developing conscious attention and strength throughout the body- mind. We will first start by cutting away excess energy draining movements as well as connecting to the downward and upward flow, known as prana and upana, to then sit in a space of simplicity and concentration. This will be an inspiring workshop, giving space to explore and express the beauty of yoga in every movement and every breath.
Gateway Postures
All postures in the sequences of Ashtanga yoga are important. However, in this workshop, we will take a closer look at the core postures in both Primary and Intermediate series integral to opening and strengthening the body mind setting the stage to more intelligently grow and evolve in the practice.
Backbends: Liberate the Spine
The paradox of backbending is that we must be firm and soft at the same time, uniting the energy of strength and surrender. Learn the basic components of backbending with integrity to the natural flow of the body. In addition, learn to understand the concept of active release. When actively releasing, we experience use of grounding mechanisms to establish the downward flow of energy, while fully utilizing the breath, to expand and immerse fully into the posture. In this workshop, learn the foundational techniques that allow the body to find its depth and strength, while at the same time, letting go. For all levels.
Inversions and Spatial Awareness
Inversions can be both restorative, exhilarating as well as challenging. In this workshop you will be progressively lead through techniques and good practices starting from the most basic inversions working up toward more demanding inverted poses. This will be a valuable workshop in understanding how to establish good technique from the start to help guide you though greater areas of challenge as one builds more strength and awareness upside down.
The Schedule
Saturday 6 September
Check in
18:00 Welcome Meeting
19:00 Dinner
Sunday 7 September
8:00 Led Primary Series
10:00 Brunch Break
16:30 Workshop: Ashtanga: The Path & The Journey
19:00 Dinner
Monday 8 September
8:00 Mysore Practice
10:00 Brunch Break
16:30 Workshop: Ashtanga Gateway Postures
19:00 Dinner
Tuesday 9 September
8:00 Mysore Practice
10:00 Brunch Break
19:00 Dinner
Wednesday 10 September
8:00 Mysore Practice
10:00 Brunch Break
16:30 Workshop: Backbends—Liberate the Spine
19:00 Dinner
Thursday 11 September
8:00 Mysore Practice
10:00 Brunch Break
19:00 Dinner
Friday 12 September
8:00 Mysore Practice
10:00 Brunch Break
16:30 Workshop: Inversions & Spatial Awareness
19:00 Dinner
Saturday 13 September
9:00 Brunch Check
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Salento
The YIS retreat centre is located in Zollino, in the heart of the Salento. Twenty minutes from both coasts and from cultural centres such as Lecce, Otranto and Gallipoli.
Our yoga retreats are also an opportunity to get together, share good moments, pamper yourself and enjoy the beauty of the Salento in a peaceful environment. Give yourself an energetic recharge through vegan and vegetarian organic food, eco-sustainable tourism and relaxation in our spaces.
Our staff are at your disposal for the entire duration of the retreat to advise you about the must–see places in the Salento, organise excursions, guided tours, gastronomic tours, transfers, rentals and anything else to make your stay enjoyable.
For all information, call +39 0836 600284 or send an email to info@yogainsalento.com.
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The Location
Our retreats take place at Agricola Samadhi, a unique organic farmhouse because it proposes something more than just recreation.
In this charming oasis, the lifestyle revolves around well being: you can combine your stay with a SPA, Ayurvedic consultations and treatments, and a wide range of massages and more.
You can regain your well being through a variety of top–level yoga classes. There is also a SPA Healing Centre and the HQ of YIS, Yoga In Salento, a European leader in yoga retreats, for years a favourite destination of the best internationally renowned teachers in the world.
An energy recharge and psycho–physical well being will be the most precious gifts of your stay that you’ll take home with you, together with the new friendships you’ve made during the retreat.
BOOK YOUR STAY
7 nights
6 brunches
7 vegetarian dinners
1 breakfast
double, single or shared rooms
A very wide swimming pool and beautiful gardens
Spa Healing Center. Treatments and massages on request
Laruga Glaser has been practicing Ashtanga yoga continuously for over 25 years. Starting in the beginning of her 20s, she was immediately drawn to the practice after working with other forms of yoga years prior. After establishing a committed practice she then deepened her studies traveling to Mysore, India annually to practice at KPJAYI where the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois taught and now his grandson, R. Sharath Jois teaches.
Laruga has made more than 14 trips to Mysore and is on a mission to continue to learn and grow as a student as well as a teacher. She is one of the few in the world who have been given the distinction of being certified to teach up to Advanced B, which is not easily given and takes many years to earn.
Through it all, Laruga teaches as an act of deep sharing and love for what yoga develops in each individual, facilitating space to open, challenge, and inspire those to realize their inherent potential, and has been personally invited all over the world to do so.
In Laruga’s classes be prepared to be empowered, challenged and encouraged to grow. Taking the craft of teaching to heart, she is compelled to guide those inspired by the beauty of yoga to find the divine spark that resides in all of us.
You can find further instructional and demonstration material from Laruga on AloMoves, OmStars, Instagram and YouTube.
Website: www.larugayoga.com
Mysore Program in Stockholm, Sweden, established in 2011
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