Ashtanga Samasthiti

18/01/2026

Our approach is built on commitment.

Commitment to showing up—
not only when practice feels strong,
but also when it feels quiet, uncertain, or challenging.

Commitment to listening—
to the body, the breath, and the subtle signals that guide adjustment and restraint.

Commitment to staying—
without rushing for results, without needing constant affirmation.

And commitment works two ways.
The student commits to practice with sincerity and consistency.
The teacher commits to holding the space—with care, precision, and respect.

When commitment is shared,
practice becomes honest.
Progress becomes subtle.
And improvement arises—not from doing more,
but from understanding more.

This is the heart of Mysore.

16/01/2026

In control—yet not controlling.
There are many ways to enter and embody a posture. What matters is not the shape, but the quality of attention within it.

Advanced asana is not built through performance.
It is built through self-inquiry—through listening, refining, and responding honestly to what is present.

When we stop trying to “do” the pose, the pose begins to teach us.
We learn how to balance effort and release, how to organize energy rather than overpower the body.

You already know what to do.
The intelligence is there—quiet, steady, and precise—guiding you toward sthira sukham asanam:
steadiness that arises through ease.

This is control born from awareness,
not force.

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16/01/2026

🙏🏻วันครู

ด้วยหัวใจที่เปี่ยมด้วยความกตัญญู
ขอน้อมกราบครูบาอาจารย์ทุกท่าน
ผู้มอบความรู้ ความเมตตา และแสงสว่างบนเส้นทางชีวิต
ข้าพเจ้าขอระลึกถึงพระคุณของท่านด้วยความเคารพอย่างสงบและลึกซึ้ง

ขอคุณงามความดีที่ท่านได้มอบไว้
โอบอุ้มให้ครูบาอาจารย์ทุกท่าน
มีความสุข ความสงบ และความเบาสบายทั้งกายและใจ
และยังคงเป็นแสงนำทางอย่างอ่อนโยนให้ศิษย์เสมอไป

ด้วยความกตัญญูจากหัวใจ 🤍

🙏🏻Teachers’ Day

With a grateful heart,
I gently bow to my teachers and mentors
who have shared their wisdom, care, and light along the way.
I hold each of you in quiet remembrance and deep respect.

May the love and dedication you have offered
return to you as ease, peace, and true happiness.
May your lives be held in good health,
and may your presence continue to guide and inspire others.

With sincere gratitude 🤍

#วันครู

15/01/2026

Teaching Beyond Flexibility

Flexibility alone does not equal balance.

Ashtanga Samasthiti places the focus on the individual body,
honoring how work, habits, and daily life shape movement patterns over time.

Rather than pushing into depth, the practice emphasizes:
• even distribution of effort
• rebuilding support where it’s missing
• finding comfort and ease within structure

When practice is adapted to the person—not the other way around—
strength arises quietly, flexibility is protected,
and balance becomes sustainable.

13/01/2026

✨ Our new website is live! ✨
You can now explore our latest events, class schedule, and offerings at

🌐 www.ashtangasamasthiti.com

If you feel inspired to share or recommend our shala to your friends, we would be truly grateful.
Thank you for being part of our community and supporting the practice 🙏

Ashtanga Yoga Bangkok

07/01/2026

2-Day Women’s Wellness & Embodied Strength Workshop with Danka

A nurturing and empowering weekend designed for women in their mid-30s and beyond, especially those navigating perimenopause or menopause.
Younger women are also welcome — learning these tools early supports lifelong hormonal health and emotional resilience.

Over two days, Danka blends her 19+ years of yoga experience, Shiatsu therapy, and holistic mentoring to guide you through practices that support:

Hormonal balance
Nervous system regulation
Digestive health & rejuvenation
Emotional clarity & stability
Feminine strength, softness & intuitive power
Daily 20–30 min self-care routines
Conscious, safe exploration of backbends
This workshop honors the full spectrum of feminine embodiment — from gentleness to strength, from grounding to expansion.

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DAY 1 — Saturday, 7 February 2026 9:00–11:00 AM
Hormonal Balance & Emotional Rejuvenation

Kriyas + Breathwork for Women (Empty stomach recommended)

A potent introduction to traditional yogic cleansing and awakening practices that help:

balance hormonal fluctuations
support digestion & detoxification
calm the nervous system
release emotional heaviness
activate the vagus nerve
build clarity, stability & natural vitality
These tools are easy to adopt as practical daily rituals.

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DAY 2 — Sunday, 8 February 2026 10:00 AM –12:00 PM
Morning Session — For Women

Gentle Warrior Practices

Kuan Yin Qigong + Self-Shiatsu + Feminine Embodiment

A deeply nourishing session focused on the pelvis, sacrum, hips, and hormonal centers.
Blending Qigong, self-shiatsu, and gentle mobility, this practice supports:

vitality and hormonal flow
smoother perimenopause & menopause transitions
improved libido & energy
relief from dryness, joint pain, mood swings
a sense of softness, intuition & inner resilience
You’ll leave grounded, refreshed, and more at home in your body.

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Afternoon Session — Open to All Genders 2:00–3:30 PM
Backbend Exploration: Strength, Mobility & Conscious Expansion

Inspired by Danka’s intensive study with Vinay Kumar (Pranavashya Yoga)

A supportive session for anyone wishing to explore deeper backbends with strength, clarity, and safety.

In this workshop, we will learn how to build a strong movement foundation to prepare the body for deeper backbends. We’ll explore the small details that make a big difference — how to use the feet and gaze, how to move and stabilise the shoulders safely, and how to twist more deeply without strain.

You will learn to move according to your own anatomy, with clarity and grace rather than force, so that backbending becomes a practice that supports the spine, protects the lower back, and builds vitality instead of tension.

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About Danka
Danka is a senior yoga teacher with 19+ years of experience in Ashtanga and Vinyasa Krama Yoga. She is also a certified Shiatsu therapist and holistic mentor. Her approach blends embodiment, breathwork, bodywork, and mindful lifestyle principles.

She helps women honor their unique constitution, listen deeply to their bodies, and cultivate balance, resilience, and grounded feminine strength

This workshop honors the full spectrum of feminine embodiment — from gentleness to strength, from grounding to expansion.

06/01/2026

2-Day Women’s Wellness & Embodied Strength Workshop

with Danka — Senior Yoga Teacher & Holistic Mentor
7–8 February 2026 | Ashtanga Samasthiti, Bangkok

A nurturing and empowering weekend designed for women in their mid-30s and beyond, especially those navigating perimenopause or menopause.
Younger women are also welcome — learning these tools early supports lifelong hormonal health and emotional resilience.

Over two days, Danka blends her 19+ years of yoga experience, Shiatsu therapy, and holistic mentoring to guide you through practices that support:

✨ Hormonal balance
✨ Nervous system regulation
✨ Digestive health & rejuvenation
✨ Emotional clarity & stability
✨ Feminine strength, softness & intuitive power
✨ Daily 20–30 min self-care routines
✨ Conscious, safe exploration of backbends

This workshop honors the full spectrum of feminine embodiment — from gentleness to strength, from grounding to expansion.

03/01/2026

Satsang — First Sunday of the Year

Today is the first Sunday Mysore of the year.
A time when many of us arrive carrying promises —
new resolutions, new intentions, new expectations.

Often, these resolutions come from the mind’s habit
to add —
to do more, improve more, become more.

But yoga invites a different movement.

Practice does not ask us
to pile new things on top of what we already know.
It asks us to remember the essence
we have never lost.

When we step onto the mat,
we are not a list of successes or failures from last year.
We are not our resolutions.

We arrive as a clean slate.

A quiet space
in which awareness naturally lights up.

In this space,
nothing needs to be proven.
Nothing needs to be fixed.

We listen.
We feel.
We allow practice to reveal itself
moment by moment.

So today, instead of asking,
“What should I achieve this year?”
perhaps we can ask:

“How available can I be —
to this breath,
this body,
this moment?”

From this openness,
clarity comes on its own.

Not as effort,
but as presence.

30/12/2025

January 2026 Schedule
🌿 regular Mysore shala / zoom on Tuesday , Thursday , Sunday
🌿 Led and special workshop on Saturday

✨✨Introducing new VKM class ✨✨
Shoulder Lion — Skandha Krama II 🦁

Shoulder Lion (Skandha Krama II) is a powerful evolution of the Lion family, weaving together the foundations of Lion Cub, Lion I, and Shoulder Moon into a richer, more dynamic exploration. This is a Level 1.5 sequence, inviting practitioners who have already cultivated steadiness, sensitivity, and patience in their prior work.

Here, the practice moves beyond rehabilitation into intelligent strength. The sequence builds deep stability around the entire shoulder girdle while maintaining spaciousness through the chest and upper spine. The wall becomes an ally—offering support, feedback, and safety as the body learns to open without collapsing and to strengthen without gripping.

Skandha Krama II also introduces arm balances, not as feats of performance, but as therapeutic expressions of integrated shoulder strength, core awareness, and trust. These moments invite practitioners to feel how stability and freedom can coexist in the upper body.

More info Line
Or email aysamasthiti@gmail.com

29/12/2025

Satsang — Closing 2025
We often come to yoga seeking clarity —
to understand, to improve, to become.

But as practice matures,
we may discover something unexpected:
the freedom of not knowing.

Not knowing does not mean we are lost.
It means we are present.

When we do not know,
we listen more deeply.
We feel the breath before naming it.
We respect the body instead of overriding it.

In this space,
practice becomes honest.
We stop forcing yesterday’s shapes
onto today’s body.
We stop chasing future versions of ourselves.

Not knowing humbles the mind
and softens the heart.

It invites trust —
not in technique,
but in awareness itself.

As we close this year,
may we allow ourselves
to not carry answers forward.

May we carry curiosity,
gentleness,
and the courage to meet each practice
as if for the first time.

Because yoga does not ask us
to know who we are.

It asks us
to stay open
to the mystery of being.

02/12/2025

2-Day Women’s Wellness & Embodied Strength Workshop

with Danka — Senior Yoga Teacher & Holistic Mentor
7–8 February 2026 | Ashtanga Samasthiti, Bangkok

A nurturing and empowering weekend designed for women in their mid-30s and beyond, especially those navigating perimenopause or menopause.
Younger women are also welcome — learning these tools early supports lifelong hormonal health and emotional resilience.

Over two days, Danka blends her 19+ years of yoga experience, Shiatsu therapy, and holistic mentoring to guide you through practices that support:

✨ Hormonal balance
✨ Nervous system regulation
✨ Digestive health & rejuvenation
✨ Emotional clarity & stability
✨ Feminine strength, softness & intuitive power
✨ Daily 20–30 min self-care routines
✨ Conscious, safe exploration of backbends

This workshop honors the full spectrum of feminine embodiment — from gentleness to strength, from grounding to expansion.

30/11/2025

December 2025 Schedule
🌿 regular Mysore shala / zoom on Tuesday , Thursday , Sunday
🌿 Led and special workshop on Saturday

🦁Simha Krama/ Lion Sequence

A dynamic vinyasa practice designed to awaken your inner power.

This sequence builds strong legs, opens the hips and shoulders, and creates freedom through the spine. Like the lion, it is both courageous and graceful—challenging yet deeply rewarding.

⭐️ 28th December “Returning to center : A Year-End Satsang and Mysore”

Satsang: What We Keep, What We Let Go, and What Holds Us Steady

As we arrive at the last Mysore of the year,
I’d love to invite you into a quiet circle before practice —
a soft space to settle the breath, reflect on the year,
and reconnect with what truly holds us steady.

We’ll begin with a short satsang and meditation.
Nothing heavy, nothing forced — just a gentle pause
to acknowledge what supported us,
to release what feels complete,
and to step onto the mat with a clearer, lighter heart.

A simple, sincere morning of breath, presence, and community.
Everyone is welcome, wherever you are in your practice.

Blessed,
🌿

More info Line
Or email aysamasthiti@gmail.com