yoga
Yoga without austerity.
A practice can be precise without being rigid, demanding without being competitive, serious without becoming solemn.
Practice with Alain
Brussels · CYCE
Weekly YogaAlain teaches weekly Yoga in Brussels through CYCE at the European Commission.
Regular classes are open to eligible EU-institution staff, retirees and family members. CYCE also organizes occasional workshops that are open to the public.
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Yoga Workshop
WorkshopOpen to the public · In French
A playful approach to postures, breathing and mobility, with simple tools for everyday practice.
Date & Time: 20 February 2027 · 10:00–12:00
Location: European Commission · Brey building
Address: Avenue d’Auderghem · 1040 Brussels · Belgium
Portugal
Coming SoonRecurring Yoga sessions are planned in Portugal.
A practice shaped over time
Alain discovered Ashtanga Yoga in Java during his travels through Asia in the 1990s. Movement, effort and the exploration of sensation immediately resonated with him.
Back in Europe, his practice broadened through other approaches to Yoga and the teachers he encountered along the way.
ASHTANGA YOGA · JEAN CLAUDE GARNIER · BRUSSELS
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING · AGNÈS LEYS / MARTINE LECHENIC · CORCONNE · 2004
POST-TRAINING FOR YOGA TEACHERS · DANIEL ROUGIER · FRANCE
YOGA DE L'ÉNERGIE · GIORGIO CAMMARATA · DÉSAIGNES
His practice was also enriched by the precision of alignment associated with the BKS Iyengar lineage.
A lesson that stayed
During a Yoga retreat, Alain's guide and friend Giorgio Cammarata said something that stayed with him:
“My teaching has evolved, and I have definitively broken with austerity.”
Those words stayed with Alain and continue to color the way he teaches.
Alain's approach
These influences come together in a practice that remains deliberately open.
The dynamic, fluid quality of Ashtanga meets close attention to alignment. Props and partner work create other ways to explore a posture, understand it and adapt it.
His experience in traditional Thai massage has influenced Alain's use of touch and work in pairs. Danza Sensibile, studied with Claude Coldy, brought another dimension of conscious movement and perception.
The aim is not to reproduce a perfect form, but to find an intelligent practice for the person in front of him.
“Humor that helps everyone relax, attention to each person, positive energy, a voice that guides with just the right intonation, and a rhythm that gives the whole group momentum — all with a sense of complicity and obvious warmth.
In short, the ideal score: everyone takes pleasure in playing it together, individually or in pairs, always guided by a talented conductor.”
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