What Participants Say
Thanks to Ergin, I first noticed that I had lost my balance, and then I found it again, in every sense of the word. What Ergin explains in class, the way he explains it and his tone of voice also really help me. I want yoga to always be in my future, and I want Ergin to always be in it too.
I came to yoga at a time in my life that felt empty. I was feeling scattered and unsteady, and then I began to find my balance. For about 2 years I've come to every retreat and to two group classes every week. I can't put into words the change in my life, in my body and in myself. During the two and a half months when I took a break, I slipped back, and that's how I knew I wasn't exaggerating at all. Thank goodness for yoga 🧘🏻♀️
The classes did me a lot of good, both for my body and for my peace of mind. My joint pain went away, I became more flexible, and they helped me a lot to rest my constantly busy mind and find peace. Thank you. Namaste.
I love practicing yoga with Ergin because he explains in detail what we do and why, how we do it and how it helps us, before we even ask. Along with the practice we also get the theory, and most importantly, we learn about the original sources. I told him only once about the areas of my body I need to be careful with. Even when I forget my own problems and push too hard, Ergin doesn't forget, and he makes sure I complete the pose as safely as possible.
Since I started practicing with Ergin, I can find myself more easily. Even though my practice isn't very regular, being able to get back into my rhythm from the moment I join a class is really valuable. The feeling of trust and flow at the retreats we went to together was a real joy. I saw that I can join his retreats without any hesitation. I'm grateful to him for bringing balance to both my body and my soul. It has been a process in which I felt safe and made progress toward a healthier, brighter life. Thank you.
From Ergin I learned to listen to my soul and my body, to focus and stay in the moment, to guide my thoughts, sometimes to stop and think, and to value myself more. Thank you so much, I'm so glad I met you.
Ergin is extremely knowledgeable, experienced and disciplined in his field, and he is very successful because he does his work with real love. For me, every yoga class is also a meditation. At the end of class I feel very fresh, flexible and calm. Thank you so much for everything, Ergin. 🙏🏻
My path crossed with dear Ergin's during the yoga classes I started at Kaivalya Yoga Ashram in 2008. Since 2013 I've been following his light with joy, and I'm grateful to call him "my teacher". He has a spirit that touches you deeply. After every class, even the ones I sometimes come to feeling lazy, he makes me say, "I'm so glad I didn't miss this class" ... Our yoga talks, our book talks and the excitement of our retreats have a very special place for me. After all this practice, I thank him a thousand times for teaching me to take a close look at myself and to see myself from the outside...
I think I'm lucky to have started yoga with you, I feel more energetic and flexible. Coming to class made me happy, and I think that's the most important thing ...
I've tried many yoga trainings, retreats and yoga teachers of different styles. Thanks to Ergin's traditional understanding of yoga and his simpler language, I think we can easily fit yoga and meditation into our daily lives.
The yoga classes that helped me most were Ergin's. I healed. Thanks to his attention, I healed without getting injured. Many of my health problems got better or eased. Those are the effects on my body. His support for my soul and the way he passes on the teachings also helped me a lot. I became calmer, more relaxed and more at peace. I'll always be grateful and thankful to Ergin for sharing his knowledge generously and carefully. I'm so glad you came into my life, thank you so much.
I've been practicing with Ergin for about 5 years. I can say that practicing with Ergin filled the gaps I felt in my earlier yoga experiences. Practicing yoga with a clear system and toward a holistic goal is very good for me every time, both physically and spiritually. Because I notice that my body and my mind both benefit from the practice, I enjoy it a lot every time.
I've only just met Ergin and Kaivalya, you could say. I wish I'd started practicing with them much earlier. It has been very good for me, physically and spiritually. No matter how I come into class, I feel very good when I leave. I leave calm and balanced. Especially with Ergin's guidance, the way he talks and explains, and his tone of voice, the circle we enter as a group feels very different. I found it late, but we have many more years together. I'll try to do yoga as long as I can, and this way of seeing it came from Ergin too. Thank you for everything.
I thank my teacher, who I've been practicing with since 2015, at the end of every class and every day: I thank him for his countless, limitless contributions to the awareness he has created in me in body, mind and spirit, to my being able to turn toward myself at an optimum level, to my being able to bring scientific facts about health into my yoga practice, and to my being able to get through hard times more easily and to accept easy/good times as they are. When I've had to take short breaks because of life circumstances, the stiffness and the sharp edges I feel in body and mind remind me every time how important Ergin and our classes at Kaivalya Yoga Ashram are, and that I can't do without them. I think the harmony of all the participants and the synergy in the classes/retreats must come from our calm/positive view of yoga and life, respectful of nature and the natural (with our teacher's guidance).
I had the chance to do yoga regularly with Ergin both before and during the pandemic. Thanks to him, I was able to solve many of my health problems, both mental and physical. Thank you so much for always being cheerful and a good listener. The yoga retreat I joined was also a very different and cleansing experience for me. I think he is a very successful teacher and mentor in his field.
What draws me to Ergin, first of all, is that his attitude and behavior are in harmony with the philosophy of yoga. I'd add how natural and sincere he is. This is very important. Second, during yoga he gives very useful information at just the right time, without breaking our concentration. You can get academic and ancient knowledge while you practice. I see that he takes care of all his students. That's valuable too. I'm so glad I met Ergin!
I've always felt good in Ergin's classes. I really value him as a teacher. He explains everything I need to improve myself clearly, again and again, without ever getting tired of it. For me, Ergin played a big part in every good change I see between the person I was when I started yoga and the person I am now. It's also been lovely to be able to keep going with online classes. We're really looking forward to new classes with Ergin, who I'm so fond of, and to the retreats, whose programs I really love.
For me, it has become a process that brings awareness into my day too, not only into the classes.
I really enjoyed coming to the yoga classes. Everyone was very friendly and warm with each other. Even though it was my first time doing yoga, I wasn't nervous at all, because our teacher guided me very well. Now I love yoga and I want to keep going. Yoga has become a part of my life.
With Ergin, yoga flows by like water. With his "you can do it" approach, even beginners quickly become part of it. I'm thankful for his smiling face.
Doing yoga with Ergin is both a lot of fun and very educational. After every class I left the ashram with new knowledge in my pocket. He's full of good energy and fun, but he never lets go of discipline. I think that's what I love most about Ergin :)
Ergin knows the spiritual side of yoga, and he also knows the human body more deeply than anyone I know. He taught me about my body and the right ways to use it, and I learned a lot. He also showed me how useful things like meditation and the inner journey can be, things I thought I'd never be interested in.
I've been practicing with Ergin Ündeğer since 2018. He has helped me find the discipline, calm and energy I need, in both traditional yoga and meditation. While we practice yoga, Ergin also helps me watch myself, look at life and at myself from a different place, with different eyes, and think about acceptance and virtue. He's a teacher I value, always ready to help.
A true yogi who has helped me feel more balanced, peaceful and aware, whose techniques help reduce stress, calm the mind and increase inner peace, whose practices support the body in stretching and getting stronger while helping tension ease, and who passes on a sense of ease to everyone.
I've been joining yoga classes with Ergin since March 2017. First of all, I have to say this: Ergin gives me exactly what I was looking for. He teaches yoga seriously, with great respect for his work and his students. I think this makes a difference in our practice. When his work is a tradition thousands of years old, like yoga, I think it's very important that our teacher is devoted to it with his whole heart and believes in yoga. That's an important factor that makes the difference… On the other hand, Ergin is very well trained, has given years to his work, has studied with very good teachers, knows the depths of yoga and thinks about it… That's another factor that makes the difference… At the end of class I really feel very uplifted, both physically and spiritually, which is wonderful! Thank you, Kaivalya Yoga and Ergin.
I met Ergin when I joined one of his retreats, with no yoga experience at all. Then I became a regular at his retreats :) For me, the most important thing about him is that he shows yoga isn't only about the poses, and he's so generous in sharing the ancient teachings behind it. Honestly, every time I join a retreat I get so excited about what new worlds will open up this time. I'm so glad I met you, Ergin :)
I first met Ergin at a yoga retreat he was teaching. His energy, what he taught at the retreat and the energy of the other participants were so good that I've been taking his yoga classes online ever since. It's not only the yoga practice. I also really enjoy talking with him about abstract topics from the point of view of the yoga teachings, and exchanging ideas :)
With Ergin I've joined 2 silent retreats and 6 yoga retreats, whenever I can I join the online yoga classes and the book club meetings, and I also follow the yoga talks. My yoga practice is split into two, before Ergin and after Ergin. Thanks to Ergin, the way I look at yoga and meditation practice, and what I get from it, has seriously changed and grown. I think he's exactly the right person for anyone who wants to learn yoga with a holistic approach, together with its whole philosophy, and put it into practice. Ergin knows a lot about the subject and is always very generous in sharing what he knows. My practice with Ergin has opened different doors, both about myself and about the people around me.
I always felt good at the end of every class with Ergin. I really liked dynamic yoga... I can say I feel better, both in body and mind.
In the classes, online and in person, I get what I need, and I also learn useful things. I'm very happy with them.
Doing yoga with Ergin is a practice that brings peace. It's not only the yoga movements. You learn to listen to your soul and to discover the limits of your body. Isn't that what yoga is about anyway?
I took classes with Ergin for 5 years, from the day Kaivalya Yoga Erenköy opened. I've been doing yoga for 15 years, and he's someone who does his job extremely well. What he has given us and the retreats he has run can't be described, only lived. I'm very grateful.
Ergin's approach to yoga, the simplicity of practicing with him, and the awareness in every practice are good for me.
At every retreat we did together, with the flow of the classes and with many different disciplines (breath, meditation, yoga, nutrition), I had very beautiful experiences that felt complete. I can't wait for new ones.
Ergin's classes are more than a place where you can experience yoga in the most traditional way. They're one of the very few places where you can have a complete experience, because he also supports your practice with theory.