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Tuesday 6:30pm - 8pm Friday 6:30pm - 8pm Saturday 10am - 12pm Sunday 5pm - 6:30pm

House of Ashtanga

With over 20 years experience practicing and teaching, Dan Burt’s House of Ashtanga runs classes run 4 times a week - drop in or call Dan for further info.

Known for his hands-on adjustment technique, Dan teaches workshops to yoga students as well as training other ashtanga yoga teachers throughout England and Europe, but can usually be found teaching regular classes throughout the week in Newcastle upon Tyne. Central to the House of Ashtanga’s success is a beautiful purpose-built yoga room situated in a peaceful area in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne. Surrounded by an old woodland area, the yoga room oozes tranquility and a calm healing energy. Many students find their yoga practice transformed by this wonderful atmosphere. Extra special thanks to Nancy Gilgoff for her continued support and sheer dedication to sharing this yoga. Huge thanks to Beryl Bender Birch and David Swenson for teaching the practice, and Mark Ansari and Nancy Gilgoff for their wonderful adjustment techniques. Dan has also been incredibly fortunate to have had the helping hands of some fantastic assistants. Thank you Meri Erkkilä, Steph Meysner, Wei Wei and Mileva.

09/11/2025

Ultimately learning to do drop backs without assistance is great not just for independence and freedom, but it really strengthens the lines and channels that run through the stomach and spleen (femoral nerve activation). You know, those stomach growls that wanna come out! But even with assistance it can have great benefits and a great healing release can arise. Featuring

01/11/2025

Every week he gets stronger. When he says “you saved my life” I have to remind him that it is yoga and commitment that did it, not me. All I do is provide the opportunity, and it is always there for the taking ⚡️

25/10/2025

Autumn rays and floaty jumps in the room today 🍁☀️

18/10/2025

Just another awesome Saturday

12/10/2025

Considering the deviations over years in the ashtanga yoga practice, as taught by Pattabhi Jois, it seems more and more important that we have at least one person (and preferably a few) teaching the original method. If you teach and practice this way then it is as if you are a living record of that original ‘stamp’. When we have an authentic, pure, and original system, then we have an unadulterated yardstick from which all other deviations can be measured and considered. It is good to have a solid foundation, so we can find our way back home after veering off course and wandering in the dark!

The commonly observed timescale for a small but significant and persistent adaptive change in human evolution to become widespread in a larger population is 10,000+ years. I think we’re ok for a while - we’re only 50 years in!

30/09/2025

No arguments here

22/09/2025

You can guarantee that on each and every equinox on our Sunday 5pm class, if we have clear skies, the sun will send its soft and warm rays across the yoga room, turning Fairways into some kind of magic portal sundial, opening a gateway into a new reality 💫🦄 ! This only occurs due to the particular situation of the building and due to the array of long but narrow windows at the perfect height, and makes for a lovely play of light. This phenomena will drift and stretch its way across the room over the next few Sundays. We pray for clear skies - lucky are those who get kissed by the light ☀️ For Tolkien fans the words “the setting sun with the last light of Durin’s Day will shine upon the key-hole” will mean something. For those of you who are far cooler 😎 it’s a bit like the Indiana Jones map-room scene….. but without all the n***s

20/09/2025

Your home, your House of Ashtanga 👌

17/09/2025

With regards to all of the recent online ashtanga trash-talk, bitterness, abuse, scandals, harassment… you can do one of two things: you could jump onboard the wild circus ride of judgement and condemnation and fully embrace the Jerry Springer yoga horror-show that is unfolding before our very eyes. Or

Roll out the mat, kick ass and, if you practice , you know yourself to exist above and beyond the modern ‘nu-tanga’ trend and that you engage correct, original method, practicing in a space fully supported by the original maui masters - stay classy 💎

13/09/2025

Yoga today! Sat 13th September 2025

With

07/09/2025

Yoga, what is it good for? No. 13

Triaṅgmukhaika Pāda Paśchimottānāsana

I consider this asana, and all of its hybrid variations to be hugely undervalued. Just considering the number of asana that incorporates some aspect of “tireeang” (as my teach used to call it) shows how important this position is: Krounchāsana, Bhekāsana, Bharadvājāsana, Parighāsana, Supta Ūrdhva Pāda Vajrāsana, Balasana, Marichyasana E, Marichyasana F, Balasana, etc. It is by mere virtue of the foot being outside the hip that pressurises the corresponding femur to rotate inwards, and although the extent of rotation is actually small, the effect is profound. These postures can totally realign and settle the sacrum, and fix the knees. The king asana, with respect to this principle, is virasana - hero pose. I believe that sitting in this posture for a period every day can be a major part of musculoskeletal health ->

Cures body fat, water retention, elephantiasis, piles, and tones abdominal organs

Cures dropped arches, flat feet, and sprains in the ankles and knees

Cures flatulence, urinary tract infection/inflammation, inflammation of sc***um

Alleviates sciatica and makes the body symmetrical

17/08/2025

Yoga, what is it good for? No. 12

Ardha Baddha Padma Paśchimottānāsana

As old yoga master Mrs G. used to say “this is the total opposite to janu sirsasana” and she is correct because the key defining factor differentiating those two poses is the angle of the knee (or lower femur). Entering into half lotus by first doing janu sirsasana is like…. well, it’s like doing something that isn’t at all like something else! The moment we raise the foot off the floor onto the opposite thigh it puts much more pressure on the femur to externally rotate (compared to the janus) so that the knee can track and follow the lower leg in its higher position. The knee is of no use here and totally out of its depth, so all the onus is on the hips. This makes it a very deep hip opener and for some time the knee may remain raised up. This is ok. Much better to have a raised knee that is more in towards the central line rather than a lower knee that is wide out to the side (which also strains the ankle joint). As eloquently put by the same master this wide-knee version is “just not the pose.” Plain and simple. Ultimately it is important that the heel pushes into the lower abdomen and applies pressure there for the duration of the pose. This is a key part of the therapy of this asana ->

Powerfully healing effect on liver and spleen, alleviating enlargement

Cures gastric problems and constipation, improves digestive function

Increased blood flow to the naval and ge***al organs

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Hoylake Avenue
Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Tuesday	6:30pm - 8pm
Friday	6:30pm - 8pm
Saturday	10am - 12pm
Sunday	5pm - 6:30pm

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http://houseofashtanga.com/

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About House of Ashtanga

With over 15 years experience practicing and teaching, Dan Burt’s House of Ashtanga has grown to be one of the most well-known and respected yoga studios in the UK and Europe.

Central to the House of Ashtanga’s success is a beautiful purpose-built yoga room situated in a peaceful area in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne. Surrounded by an old woodland area, the yoga room oozes tranquility and a calm healing energy. Many students find their yoga practice transformed by this wonderful atmosphere.

Although largely self-taught and practicing the advanced series, Dan has had the opportunity of working with many well known teachers, such as Nancy Gilgoff and David Swenson.