with Jonas Westring & Kim Nguyen
November 30-December 6, 2025
Chiang Mai, Thailand
- 40-hour non-residential Immersion at Velamaya Studio in the old town of Chiang Mai
- Schedule: 09:00-12:00 & 15:00-18:00 (+ one musical evening)
- Course cost: $700 USD (room and food not included)
- Translation into Vietnamese & Chinese
- Certificate of Completion
- Yoga Studio Location: Velamaya
- Numerous Accommodation Options available nearby studio
7-DAY SCHEDULE (5.5 hours/day)
09:00-10:45 : Therapeutic Asana Practice
11:00-12:00 : Anatomy/Biomechanics Study
LUNCH
15:00-16:45 : Therapeutic Applications
17:00-18:00 : Restoratives, Inversions, Pranayama, Chanting
YOGA THERAPEUTICS is an expansive broad topic, full of possibility to curate a yoga experience that brings about healing, expansion, connection and peace – things that makes human life worth living 🙂
- Yoga-as-Therapy is capable of addressing many problems of the body-mind complex, using therapeutic techniques from the yoga tradition while incorporating protocols from other movement disciplines, wholistic therapies and manual hands-on techniques.
- Knowledge of Human Anatomy & Biomechanics is essential to create strategies that re-align the body and heal imbalances. Various issues arise from our entire life history, misalignments, stress, habits and tendencies – leading to aches, pains and suffering – impairing quality of life.
- In order to tap into the body’s own intuitive process for healing we also work with Prana, the life-breath that permeates our being. Adjusting the physical body into optimal alignment supports the Pranic Flow, then asana becomes an opportunity for optimal circulation and healing.
- Proper body-alignment is essentially therapeutic. In any Group Class each pose has the potential to be therapeutic if well applied, while Private Yoga Therapy sessions give more time to assess an individual’s needs and implement targeted exercises to support them in building strength, openness, balance and resilience in a way that is personalised.
- It’s important to be able to observe if a persons practice is contributing to their overall Health & Well-Being. We need to support those who have injuries and limitations so that they feel empowered in their practice and help guide them through the healing process.
- In this Immersion we investigate techniques for addressing common misalignments, injuries and chronic bio-mechanical conditions. We use yoga props when effective and study both structural and functional anatomy. In addition to yoga asana and therapeutic techniques we practice pranayama, meditation and sound healing/chanting.
- When applying the Therapeutic Techniques in our own body we directly experience their power and understand their effects. From that authentic place we are better equipped to practice for health, balance and longevity – and teach from a place of integrity.
JONAS WESTRING, originally Swedish with decades in the USA and Asia, began his yoga journey in the 1980’s and has immersed in holistic wellness practices ever since. With 40+ years personal yoga experience; 25+ years yoga teaching; 20 years leading yoga teacher training; Jonas is yoga educator well established in the field. He also has exceptionally well-rounded and extensive qualifications as a Licensed Physiotherapist; Certified Yoga Therapist; Massage Therapist and formerly Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher; E-RYT 500, founder-director of Shantaya Yoga & Bodywork School in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Jonas brings to his teaching not only a multitude of yoga styles and therapies but also a background in clinical physiotherapy which he practiced both in Sweden and in the USA. He was also one of the early pioneers in spreading the Thai massage healing tradition through a Thai Yoga Certification program he taught extensively in the USA for 18 years but also in Japan and other countries. He has also worked with private yoga therapy clients in places including New York City and the Hamptons, Amankora Resort in Bhutan and Chiva-Som in Thailand.
For several decades Jonas has traveled the world transmitting the essence of yoga, bodywork, anatomy and therapeutics with a light-hearted, educational, anatomical-therapeutic twist. He is known and appreciated for an insightful, joyful teaching style that emphasises students’ educational advancement as well as providing them an in-depth personal direct experience of yoga.
KIM NGUYEN is an experienced yoga teacher and founder of Shriyoga studio in Ho Chi Minh City. She emphasises mindful movement and balanced physical practice in her teaching.
Starting her yoga journey in 2007, Kim has earned multiple certifications, including a Yoga Instructor Certificate from the Ho Chi Minh City Sports Association, a 200-hour Ashtanga Vinyasa certification from Singapore, and a 500-hour Anusara Yoga certification in Thailand. She is an internationally certified teacher with Yoga Alliance credentials (E-RYT 200 and RYT 500), qualifying her to train teachers in international 200-hour programs. Additionally, she is a practitioner and instructor of meditation in both international and local teacher training programs.
Most recently, she completed nearly 1,000 hours of training with Functional Synergy in Canada and became a certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT) recognised by the International Association of Yoga Therapists. Students who train with Kim often feel her warm and compassionate energy. Known for her graceful and adaptable personal practice, she is dedicated to learning and maintaining high standards in her field. Kim is skilled at guiding students in mindful, alignment-based practice to ensure safety.
She takes pride in being one of the yoga instructors in Vietnam who understands the importance of foundational alignment in asanas. This approach has helped many students find comfort, joy, and recovery through yoga. Kim teaches fluently in both Vietnamese and English.
Website: Shri Yoga Vietnam
Yogasana Poster featuring Kim Nguyen