AN (UN)EXPLORED PATH
Photography by Rowan Thornhill
Exhibition at Lokal Wipkingen
Rotbuchstrasse 66, 8037 Zürich
FINISSAGE 02.11.2025
Ljus Studio’s own Rowan Thornhill is a professional photographer with a huge passion for exploring the globe. Originally from England, he studied commercial photography in Sweden and is now based in Zürich. He constantly seeks to capture the essential beauty of the people, places and moments he experiences on his travels, creating images that convey honesty and intrigue, while remaining timeless and aesthetically simple.
SPECIAL CLASS:
Essential Oil-Infused Flow to Yin
with Corinne
Sun 09.11.25, 17:00 – 18:30
Sun 14.12.25, 17:00 – 18:30
Open Level
Price: 40 CHF
A slow, grounding yoga practice designed to help you unwind and reconnect.
Through gentle movement, deep breath, and calming self-massage, you’ll release tension and return to your inner stillness.
Each stage of the practice is accompanied by carefully chosen essential oils, inviting calm, clarity, and emotional balance through the senses.
This soothing journey guides you into a restful evening and a peaceful start to the week ahead.
THE UPSIDE DOWN:
Inversions Workshop
with Carla
Sun 16.11.25, 09:15 – 12:15
Open Level
Price: 90 CHF
Inversions are playful, energising, and surprisingly accessible. In this workshop, you’ll learn step by step how to prepare your body, build strength, and safely explore postures like Salamba Sarvangasana (shoulder stand), Sirsasana (headstand), Pincha Mayurasana variations and more.
We’ll break down the principles that make inversions possible, helping you move past fear and discover their many benefits.
Recommended for yoga students with basic experience who are curious to deepen their practice and enjoy the joy of turning upside down.
SUNDAY SPECIAL: Candlelight Yoga &
Yoga Nidra
with Carla
Sun 23.11.25, 17:00 – 19:00
Open Level – Everyone is warmly welcome
Price: 79 CHF
As November draws to a close, the days grow short and the air turns still. Before the season of Advent begins, we gather to pause, to rest in the quiet glow of candlelight and turn gently inward.
In the deep hush of approaching winter, light takes on a sacred quality. It softens the edges, steadies the breath, and reminds us of the warmth that endures within.
This special 2-hour candlelit class begins with a slow, mindful flow: gentle movements and breath-centred transitions that invite the body to soften and the mind to settle. The practice then unfolds into Yoga Nidra transitioning into a deep state of rest, meditation, and renewal, allowing us to reconnect with stillness and inner clarity.
We’ll close with tea, nourishing snacks, and a moment for gentle reflection. A way to carry the evening’s light into the days ahead.
ASHTANGA YOGA WINTER RETREAT
with Carla Araos
3 Day Yoga Retreat in Osco, Leventina Valley, Ticino
Fri 30.01 – Sun 01.02.2026
Open Level
Everyone is welcome 🤍
Locanda del Viandante,
Strèda di Scamoi 17, 6763 Faido, Switzerland
Join Carla for a winter retreat in a small group of 8–12 people in Osco, Leventina Valley in Ticino, surrounded by mountains, forest, and silence.
We’ll be staying at Locanda del Viandante, a brand-new retreat venue in the heart of the Swiss Alps.
Whether you’re new or experienced, cultivating a beginner’s mind helps bring clarity, curiosity, and compassion to every step on the mat. Join this retreat and take back with you the timeless gift of yoga.
Spaces are limited so reserve your spot!
Please click on the more info below for full retreat information.
108 SUN SALUTATIONS:
A Homage to the Sun
with Carla Araos
Sun 22.06.25, 10:15 – 13:15
Open Level (not suitable for complete beginners)
Price: 90 CHF
Let’s celebrate the summer solstice!
We invite you to join us for an energising, powerful, and inspiring ‘moving meditation’ as we flow together through 108 Sun Salutations. Our movement honours the sun, the solar spirit symbolising the infinite light of pure consciousness.
We invite you to look deep inside yourself for an intention. This is especially important during this practice, as it is in this intention that you will find the willpower and the desire to keep going.
Practising the 108 Sun Salutations requires not only tapas (discipline) but also Satya (honesty) and Ahimsa (non-violence). Practise mindfully, diligently, and intelligently. Pause if needed, and enjoy being grounded by your breath.
The number 108 has many symbolic meanings and is considered sacred and auspicious across many disciplines. In yoga, the number 108 refers to spiritual completion. Ancient yogis believed that we can be in harmony with the rhythms of nature by completing practices in rounds of this sacred number. It connects the body, mind, and universe, especially when there is a period of change, such as an equinox or solstice. As we gather energy through repetition, we can use it to start the season renewed and inspired.
This practice is an opportunity to re-energise and reignite your practice. Afterwards, we will finish with a relaxing and extended savasana.
This is an open-level event, but prior Sun Salutation experience is recommended.
ASHTANGA WORKSHOP: Unravelling the Primary Series (3 Parts)
with Carla Araos
Sun 02.03.25, 10:15 – 12:15
Sun 06.04.25, 10:15 – 12:15
Sun 18.05.25, 10:15 – 12:15
Open Level (but not suitable for yoga beginners)
79 CHF per class*
220 CHF for all 3 parts
In this workshop, we will look closely at a section (Half Primary) of the primary series or Yoga Chikizta, the most healing and therapeutic sequence of the Ashtanga yoga method.
You will begin the path of self-discovery, a long-term process that requires dedication, discipline, determination, trust, and patience. See below for more information about each part.
Sunday 2nd March 2025
Part 1: Samasthiti to Virabhadrasana & Finishing Sequence.
Sunday 6th April 2025
Part 2: Dandasana to Janu Sirsasana A.
Sunday 18th May 2025
Part 3: Unravelling the primary series Part 3: Janu sirsasana to Navasana.
Ashtanga is a method for everyone. It provides you with a structure, but you can work within this structure at your own pace, safely and intelligently practising with mindfulness and acceptance. Modifications can be done for different levels of experience or in case of injury, and there is always the option to skip certain poses if necessary, hence your practice is sustainable, long-lasting, and beneficial. It will take you to a place of great compassion and understanding toward yourself and others
We will look closely at the three elements of Tristana (breath, bandhas and drishti). These fundamental tools will transform your practice, cultivate presence, focus and stability, and make your asana practice a full mind and body experience that transcends from your mat into all aspects of life.
This workshop is for any curious student interested in learning from the beginning or continuing to learn the Ashtanga method. For those who want to start practising Ashtanga, it will provide a solid foundation. For those who have some experience with the practice, it will be an opportunity to clarify and deepen your understanding of this method.
This is an open-level workshop. It is open for those who have existing yoga experience but is not suitable for complete beginners to yoga.
*This is a 3-part workshop. You can book all 3 parts together or independently, but you should be familiar with the practice until the point where we left it in the previous part.
YOGA FOR THE ANIMALS:
Charity class in benefit of Amigos de los Animales, Granada, Spain
with Carla Araos
Sun 28.09.25, 17:15 – 18:45
Open Level – Everyone is warmly welcome🤍
Price: 40 CHF*
All proceeds from this special class will be donated to AMIGOS DE LOS ANIMALES DE GRANADA, SPAIN. Thanks for the supporting the animals!
This class is an offering of both energy and rest, effort and surrender, all in support of a good cause.
This holistic yoga class integrates movement, breath, and focused attention to help you slow down and reconnect.
Open to all levels, the class provides an opportunity to stretch and realign your body, release physical tension, and soothe your nervous system, thereby supporting your physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
The sequence focuses on areas where stress commonly accumulates, like the neck, shoulders, back, and hips, and includes options and modifications to meet your individual needs.
Breath awareness is woven throughout the practice, as it lies at the heart of yoga.
After the movement portion, you’ll be guided through a short meditation and a deeply restful relaxation.
You’ll leave feeling more at ease in your body and mind, restored, grounded, and ready to enjoy your evening.
Open to all levels. Everyone is warmly welcome.
All proceeds from this class will be donated to Amigos de los Animales de Granada.
This is a benefit class; you’re always welcome to donate more than the class fee at the studio. Thank you for supporting the animals!
*As this is a charity class, the class fee is not refundable.
REST & RECONNECT:
A Restorative Yoga & Sound Bath Journey
with Carla & Yuki
Sun 14.09.25, 17:00 – 19:00
Open Level – Everyone is warmly welcome
Price: 69 CHF
This Sunday evening experience offers a journey inward, beginning with a gentle Restorative Yoga practice to ease the body and calm the nervous system. It continues with a soothing Sound Bath, using resonant tones to invite deep rest and inner balance. The session provides a peaceful space to transition from external busyness to inner stillness.
This Sunday, we gather in the quiet golden hour glow to rest, release, and return to ourselves.
The evening begins with a gentle Restorative Yoga practice, an invitation to soften and be held. Through long-held, fully supported postures and quiet stillness, the body is gently guided into a state of deep ease. The breath slows, the nervous system unwinds, and a quiet spaciousness begins to open, creating the perfect inner landscape to receive what follows.
Our journey then flows into a Sound Bath, where resonant tones from singing bowls create a spacious, meditative field of sound. This immersive experience invites deep rest, energetic balance, and inner reconnection, a chance to simply be, held in vibration and stillness.
There is a special calm to Sunday evenings, a gentle threshold between the fullness of life and the quiet of our inner world. This evening offers you that space: to step from tension into tenderness, from mind into heart, from noise into stillness.
No experience is needed. This is a space to simply be, wrapped in warmth, resonance, and deep restoration
AUTUMN FLOW &
RESTORATIVE YOGA
with Carla
Sun 26.10.25, 17:00 – 19:00
Open Level – Everyone is warmly welcome
Price: 79 CHF
As autumn deepens and the trees let go of their leaves, nature reminds us of the quiet wisdom in release; not as loss, but as preparation for rest and renewal.
This 2-hour practice begins with a gentle, breath-centred flow of grounding postures and smooth transitions. Moving with mindful awareness supports vitality, digestion, and inner steadiness as we attune to the season’s slower rhythm.
The second half invites deep rest through restorative yoga. Supported by props, we soften into postures that ease the nervous system, quiet the mind, and replenish the body. Restorative yoga gives us space to pause and balance the natural fatigue that can arise in autumn.
We will close the evening with a tender surprise, a moment of sound and stillness to softly seal the practice. Nothing is required from you, simply to receive. Afterwards, we’ll share tea and seasonal snacks together. A time to nourish, connect, and carry the calm of autumn into your evening.
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