ABOUT
Valentina Albera, founder of Tigre
She has been practicing and teaching Ashtanga Yoga in Turin for over fifteen years, with intensive training in India, where she studied with Shri R. Sharath Jois , Petri Räisänen , Mark Robberds , and Laruga Glaser, and continued with teacher training with David Swenson . She enriches her practice with complementary methods such as FRC Mobility and MovNat (she is a certified Mobility Specialist) , also integrating Vipassana meditation, and gaining experience through intensive retreats around the world.
She graduated as an Ayurvedic Yoga Massage Therapist at the ARYM Institute according to the Master Kusum Modak method and attended Blandine Calais-German 's modules regarding anatomy.
At Tigre, you'll be welcomed professionally and warmly, offering a program that combines discipline, mindful movement, and inner presence.
Prepare to experience an authentic practice, rooted in knowledge, capable of transforming you from body to mind.
PARAMPARA
The guru-shishya tradition, or parampara (“lineage”), indicates a succession of teachers and disciples in traditional Vedic culture and religions (such as Hinduism). PARAMPARA MEANS CONTINUATION, TRADITION
This knowledge (which can be of various types) is imparted through the ongoing relationship between the two.
This relationship is based on genuineness, respect, devotion and obedience.
Surrendering to the lineage is like entering a river of teachings that has flowed for thousands of years. A river that masters, past and present, have followed into an ocean of knowledge and wisdom.
If today the yoga offering is increasingly ready-to-wear , it is important to have a point of reference to follow.
My path has been crossed by many teachers and some Masters who have profoundly changed my way of seeing and perceiving yoga:
The Mysore School
Although Ashtanga Yoga has a relatively recent history, we can define Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois as the father of this practice who, in turn, was a direct disciple of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya .
In the context of yoga, and in the specific case of Ashtanga Yoga, the teacher (or Master) also has the task of carrying forward the tradition without distorting it, modifying it, or transmitting it incorrectly.
Today, the point of reference for the teaching of Ashtanga Yoga is R. Sharath Jois with his school
Mark Robberds
A practitioner since 1997, in 2010 he became one of the few students in the world to have obtained certification in the Ashtanga Method.
Since 2014, he has been following Ido Portal, Miguel Sant'ana, and Yuval Ayalon. In 2019, he became a certified Functional Range Conditioning and Kinstretch instructor, and in 2020, MovNat Level 2. In his teaching, he seeks to integrate his experience with the ancient wisdom of the yoga tradition, the modern approach to movement, and the latest evidence-based science, to help each individual reach their full potential.
Petri Räisänen
Petri has always had a critical yet positive mind, and it's difficult to pigeonhole or classify him. Yoga teacher, punk rocker, folk healer, spiritual anarchist, mystic, freethinker, traveler, father, co-owner of several companies, and more. He believes in freedom in every positive aspect of life's development. Freedom with a little control, not as uncontrolled chaos. Freedom in education, religion, race, sex, spiritual development, thought, and our individual actions. He calls himself a spiritual atheist because he has taken a sip of the universal nectar of prana (energy).
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