Join Angela Jamison for a Weekend of Ashtanga Workshops across
Down Under Studio locations
Ashtanga Mysore with Angela Jamison
Saturday, February 7
11:00am–1:00pm • Central Square
Study with one of the most dedicated custodians of the traditional Ashtanga lineage. Angela Jamison began her journey under Maty Ezraty and Chuck Miller at YogaWorks, then deepened her practice through more than a decade of annual study with Sharath Jois in India—including periods assisting him and serving in the Mysore room. Authorized in 2011 and Certified in 2017 to teach Advanced Series, she now leads a thriving shala in Ann Arbor and brings her rare depth of knowledge to Down Under.
This session is intended for students with an established Mysore practice who wish to work closely with an experienced teacher to refine their technique and deepen their internal experience of the method.
Cost: $50
Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)
* this workshop is not eligible for the 20% YogiPass discount *
Following the morning practice, Angela offers a “director’s cut” of Ashtanga—an opportunity to peel back the layers of what happened on the mat. She will illuminate technical, energetic, and historical perspectives across the primary, intermediate, and advanced series, providing context for why and how traditional sequencing works.
Students are encouraged to bring along any & all questions, live inquiry during this workshop is both welcomed and encouraged.
Cost: $50
Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)
* this workshop is not eligible for the 20% YogiPass discount *
Surrender to the rhythm of breath and movement in this special Led Primary. With emphasis on traditional vinyasa method, Angela invites practitioners to meet the intensity and grace of the practice with steadiness, curiosity, and—yes—joy.
After class, join Angela and the Ashtanga faculty at Life Alive for breakfast, storytelling, lineage reflections, and philosophical threads that deepen your understanding of the Ashtanga method.
Cost: $50
Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)
* this workshop is not eligible for the 20% YogiPass discount *
Backbending is one of yoga’s most alchemical experiences—revealing where we guard, where we open, and how transformation moves through the spine. Drawing from decades of study with Maty Ezraty, Sharath Jois, and her own cultivated “subjective anatomy,” Angela Jamison has developed a nuanced approach that blends lineage, inquiry, and inner sensing.
In this workshop, you’ll explore spinal extension through the lens of bandha awareness, learning to feel support from deep within rather than force from the outside. Angela will guide you into the subtle mechanics that make backbending both powerful and sustainable—awakening sensitivity, stability, and delight rather than strain.
Expect practical tools, refined technique, and perceptual shifts that allow backbends to become not merely postures, but a pathway into the interior body—where resilience, tenderness, and expansion meet.
Cost: $50
Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)
* this workshop is not eligible for the 20% YogiPass discount *
Angela will also be subbing Ashtanga Mysore on Monday, February 9 & on Tuesday, February 10 - these sessions can be taken with a Down Under class pass or you may purchase a drop in.
About Angela Jamison:
I began exploring ashtanga yoga in 2000, and have practiced daily without a break since April 2003.
I first met my teacher R. Sharath Jois on the led class tours he assisted in California in the early 2000s. For me, there was a strong recognition of him from this time. In 2009, I made the first of many 2-3 month trips to Mysore. In February 2011, he authorized me to teach. That spring, I committed to full-time Mysore style teaching, leaving a career as an economic and cultural sociologist. AY:A2 incorporated that summer. In December 2017, Sharath certified me to teach the advanced series. I will continue to travel to Mysore to practice, and to deepen my understanding of the roots of this method.
I got in to daily practice at YogaWorks Santa Monica in 2001, with Heather Radha Duplex, Joan Hyman, and their teachers Chuck Miller and Maty Ezraty. When that ashtanga program dissolved a few years later, I relied on the method itself and strong community support to continue the practice.
In 2006, I met Dominic Corigliano. He taught me the subtler layers of ashtanga method. Then during 2007-08 he taught me to teach Mysore style. Dominic now visits our shala annually, inspiring me and mentoring my students. I assisted Jorgen Christiansson in 2009, and have assisted often Sharath in Mysore.
I learned formal pranayama from Rolf Naujokat in 2006, and have studied the breath systematically since that time. I now follow a gentle pranayama practice which supports the teaching work and restful states of being.
As a result of consistent pranayama, I fell in to daily sitting practice. This led to a strong desire to take silent retreat. After residential study in various traditions, I found Shinzen Young, whose understanding of the nature of consciousness integrates seamlessly with ashtanga yoga. This brings clarity to a 14-year sitting practice.
Upon moving from California to Michigan in 2009, I began experimenting with ayurveda to harmonize the climate's effects on my being. I have gradually habituated to an ayurvedic life style, and work closely with ayurvedic physicians to cultivate the vitality necessary for strong teaching practice.
Before grad school at UCLA, I studied history, philosophy and journalism at college in Oregon, and spent years doing social justice work and historical research around the world. Before that, I grew up on a ranch in rural Montana, learning from my family to value outdoor play as the most natural of all spiritual practices.
My teaching depends on the ongoing experience of being a student and explorer. I take annual silent retreat alone, in addition to study trips to India. Several accountability-partners and caregivers support the evolution of my work. And a small council of spiritual friends animate my playful inquiries into the nature of consciousness.