What to Expect
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Location: Prinz-Albert-Strasse 20, 53113 Bonn
Door will open at 9:20 (ground floor via Blockhaus Praxis). Session begins promptly at 9:30. Ends at 10:15; informal (non-obligatory) community gathering until 11 with water and tea. <3
We arrive quietly together, welcoming ourselves and each other into our seats… then we settle for a quiet, grounding meditation and talk facilitated by Danielle.
If you are practicing silence (non-talking), please feel free to arrive without words… but note that to Danielle before the session. Thank you.
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Door will close at 9:30, and in each session we will begin in the spirit of the practice with a grounding meditation (5-10 minutes)… allowing our bodies and breath to find a steady place, our minds to find a quiet space, and our hearts to connect with the intention of the practice. Each series hold a particular theme related to mindfulness/yoga and how it connects to us as humans. There will be reflections and story-telling, and moments of pause to breathe with each other, open our hearts together… making “the journey of the self, through the self, to the self” collectively.
As some sessions may include stronger Pranayama exercises, please contact Danielle if you have heart/pulmonary or other health concerns, or pregnancy. It is always best to consult with your physician if there are major concerns.
But really… this practice is about slowing down. Less doing, more being. All are welcome. <3
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After we close our meditation session at 10:15, there will be light drinks (water and teas) offered and space for us to connect as community. This is non-obligatory, just an offering. <3 We will close the space at 11:00.
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Informal seating, we have chairs, a sofa, some pillow and blankets. It may be good to bring your own blanket/meditation pillow. Please no yoga mats.
Please book your spot through the booking system. This would be important so you can stay up-to-date on all the information about booked session. Link to Book here.
Investment is 8 Euros per session. Each series will have 3 to 4 sessions, you do not need to participate in every session. Sessions are booked individually, not as a set. You can pay at time of booking or later in-person.
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1st Living Yoga series: From Isolation to Belonging
In a time where many of us feel increasingly isolated or disconnected, sensing the dynamic of “US vs. Them”, feeling a pull towards community… this series facilitates that return to what is essential: breath, body, presence, and community. Let’s slow down, reconnect, and practice being human. Together.
Sunday May 3rd: “Arriving Together: From Isolation to Presence”
This session explores the experience of isolation — and the quiet courage of arriving, just as we are, into presence with ourselves and others.
Sunday May 10th: “Breathing with the World: Reconnecting the Inner and Outer”
Through breath and awareness, we explore the natural connection between inner experience and the world around us — remembering we are not separate from life, but a part of its continuous flow.
Sunday May 17th: “Practicing Belonging: Moving towards Collective Presence”
What does it mean to belong? not just individually, but together? This session invites us into a shared field of presence, where connecting becomes a practice and community becomes a lived experience.
Time: practice 9:30 to 10:!5; informal gathering until 11:00.
meet your facilitator
Danielle DeGrandis
I have been practicing and teaching yoga for over 15 years, guided by a deep curiosity about what it means to be fully present, embodied, and alive. My path into yoga was not only through movement, but through the mindful teachings of the Buddha, Patanjali, Vedic texts, and modern spiritual thinkers such as Alan Watts, Ram Dass, Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and Eckhart Tolle. Currently I am a direct student of Tara Brach (in The Radical Compassion Institute), but each of these voices has shaped my understanding of presence, compassion, and the human experience.
Alongside my yoga journey, I have been practicing energy work since 2012 and offering bodywork since 2017, learning more about how the body —our nervous system— works, growing a deeper understanding into the body-mind/mind-body relationship, and tapping into practices that support our energetic processes. Much of it led back towards the essential, awareness and presence.
I completed my bachelor’s of science in Community and International Development in 2011 from University of Vermont which has deeply informed and inspired the work I have done in the realm of health and wellness. The purpose of the work inspired by the question of: How do we create meaningful change in the world? Through yoga and the practice of awareness, I discovered a simple yet profound answer — that transformation begins within. When we learn to slow down, to feel, and to truly inhabit our lives, we naturally begin to shift how we relate to others and the world around us.
Living Yoga is born from this understanding. It is more than a class or a series — it is a movement. An invitation into conscious action, rooted in presence. A reflection of my activist and humanitarian heart, grounded in the belief that real, lasting change can happen through one person, one breath, one moment at a time.