Urban Flow Yoga Fest
07/09/2025
International Yoga & Community Festival
Old Market Hall / Stará Tržnica, Bratislava
Festival that connects yogic practices ON the mat with those OFF the mat that can be practiced by everyone through lifestyle, communication parenting and relationships, ecology, design and art.
Main areas:
YOGA ON THE MAT /english/
is a large space for practical aspects of the practice. But not only Asana. It includes all practical aspects of yoga. Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, Mantra, in form of practice, workshops, soundhealing and kirtan. Work with Body, but also Mind and Emotions. This stage is International and allows deaper learning from worldwide renowned teachers.
YOGA OFF THE MAT /slovak/
is a separate entrance gallery space, open not only for yogis practicing ON the mat, but also to the public. Focused on personal wellbeing, relationships, parenting, ecology, art, and many more in form of discussions and presentations, small workshops, whole day program for children, chillout zone, massage therapy workshops, conscious markets, and art installations.
Concept
URBAN – The venue of the historic Old Market is in the heart of Bratislava, deeply connected to the wellbeing and quality of life on city streets. It serves as a hub for nurturing community lifestyles within an urban environment. The festival actively promotes local farmers, producers, designers, and artists, emphasizing sustainable practices and planetary ecology. By doing so, it seeks to foster a vibrant, local-centered culture that supports ecological awareness and community resilience.
FLOW – Symbolizes not only the majestic Danube River that winds through the city but also the inner river within each of us, the continuous flow of energy, ideas, and creativity. It represents how we act and contribute to city life, and how we nurture relationships with family, neighbors, and fellow citizens. The concept of flow encourages us to move through life with awareness, openness, and a sense of interconnectedness, inspiring personal growth and community harmony.
YOGA – More than just physical postures, yoga is a state of mind characterized by lightness, clarity, and illumination, culminating in a sense of unity. It is about connecting with the surrounding environment and all beings in a profound sense of togetherness. The imagery of shining above the city’s historic buildings symbolizes how through individual practice, we not only evolve ourselves but also contribute to the collective evolution of society, illuminating the path toward a more conscious and compassionate world.
Fields of Knowledge
From individual care and wellbeing, to engaging in meaningful relationships, to building resilient urban communities. Discussions and Presentation of Initiatives, Art Exhibition and Market Stalls with products are local and fall within these categories.
Body, Mind and Soul
Body, Mind Emotions, Self – Love & Wellbeing
Family and Kids
Parenting, Education, Communication & Support
Society and Ecology
Community, Urban Ecology & Participation
Yoga ON the Mat
International guests from all over the world will guide you through a whole day program open to limited amount of participants in the main ground floor space hall of Old Market Hall. Ticket for „Yoga ON the Mat“ will give you access to all of the program in all the sections od the Urban Flow Yoga Fest including „Yoga OFF the Mat“ section.
Main Stage - Teachers
Yoga, Meditation, Hand-balancing, Sound-Healing, Kriyas, Kirtan and more
90-120 minute Master Classes by internationally renowned professionals
All Classes will be held in English Language
Stewart Gilchrist
Yoga flow! A renaissance of the art of Vinyasa Krama
Stewart applies the original teachings of yoga to the modern world to create thought-provoking classes. He is internationally well known for his popular, innovative, authentic dynamic classes. He infuses his high energy and challenging teachings with yogic knowledge, as well as his unique charisma, politics and humour.
Stewart has been teaching Vinyasa Krama for over 25 years and has seen it develop to become the most popular and practised Yoga in the world today.
Leo Cosendai
Gong Bath and Soundhealing
Is a Swiss musician and
an artist known for sensory experiences that question human perspective.
He radically states that the aim is not merely to bathe people in beautiful sounds. “It’s about what it does on the inside – what is revealed and what comes up and what you manage to feel“. Gong baths shift our experience of space. “Typically the gong sounds can alter the spatial awareness of people,” he says, “which is really important, especially in cities where we’re so crowded.”
Third Ear, London,UK
Links: Instagram
Manuel D'Aquino
Handstand Workshop for All
Manu is a professional Hand-balancer and Arts Performer. He is part of one of the most proclaimed handstanding schools in the world, a London School of Handbalancing founded by his teacher Sainaa Janchivdorj.
His style of teaching is unique, technical and at the same time easily understandable. He brings you step by step from effective activations, strengthening to balancing. The techniques he shares will surprise you with that AHA moment, when you suddenly can do what you couldn’t before.
London School Of Handbalancing, London,UK
Links: Instagram
Terez Grešková
Yoga, Breath and Emotions:
Connect to your radiant Self
Terez believes that yoga exists since there was humanity and basic existential questions such as „Who am I“. She used yoga to cure chronic back pain and to come into peace with traumas and grief from losing a beloved person. Yoga, for her, is a lifelong journey and lifestyle, which includes many exits out of comfort zone and she will definitely challenge yours by using Yoga, Breathwork and Himalayan Kriyas. She thought workshops and retreats in London, India, Nepal, France, Germany, Czech Republic and Ukraine.
Simon Glöde
Cacao, Voice Opening and Kirtan
Simon is a yogi and music producer who sings to awaken a world, living between Europe and India and will guide you together with his partner Charlotte Holmes from England.
He is weaving songs, sounds and practices into immersive musical experiences where sing- alongs, Kirtan and ecstatic dance infuse into a melting pot of joy, connection and healing.
Blending acoustic instruments with electronic elements in his live performances Simone’s immersive concert ceremonies invite listeners to explore compassion and courage in community.
DNA Music
Ecstatic Cacao Music
At the end of the festival we will celebrate together and enjoy the vibrant energy we have created through music. Roman creates DJ sets with hypnotic music, dynamicaly changing rhytms and styles keeping the dance-floor fully present in a meditative trans state.
Roman started with music in 1995 with the local early RAP scene in Bratislava that led him to joga and ecstatic creative projects including other musicians, supporting evolutionary dance culture, with pure state of mind, no drugs and alcohol. He is also a passionate Vegan and Chef.
Oasis - Guest Workshops
Breathwork, Qi Gong and Fece yoga
50 minute practices to experience feelings of equinimity, wholeness and selflove
All Classes will be held in English Language
Michaela "Mili" Heldová
Breathwork & Healing Touch
Mili’s work is rooted in the belief that many of our struggles (mental, emotional, or physical) are the result of unprocessed energy stored in the body. By combining breathwork, trauma-informed practices, energy work, and therapeutic touch, she creates a space for deep healing and transformation. Her sessions are designed to support participants, as they safely accessing and releasing held emotions, relieving tension, regulating the nervous system, and reconnecting with their bodies.
Mili has facilitated workshops in Vancouver, Italy, Central America, and Slovakia.
Links: Instagram
Martina "Tina" Rišianová
Internal art of Qi Gong and Wu Ma Taiji
Tina is practicing under the guidance of Shifu Zuan from the Shaolin Temple Europe and his Master Shifu Jurgen Meyer. The heritage of “non-doing and therefore undoing” continues to be passed onto the students and this ancient wisdom stays alive. In her teachings Tina focuses on the basics of joint opening, body relaxation, body elasticity and the understanding of Yin and Yang forces within an individual’s body and mind. Tina is devoted practitioner and has been assisting and teaching in Slovakia, Germany and Thailand since 2018.
My little Temple, JourneyIntoOneself and Shaolin Temple Europe
Links: Instagram
Kristína "Iza" Fekiačová
Renova – Holistic Facial Rejuvenation
Her work focuses on a holistic approach to the face and its rejuvenation. The techniques are inspired by the teachings of Fumiko Takatsu, founder of the Face Yoga Method and spiced up by Iza’s unique sense for therapeutic approach.
Through emotional release, breathwork, and facial muscle activation, she helps people reconnect with their face and grow their inner radiance.
Yoga OFF the Mat
A special section of the Festival open to public, with Lectures, Art Exhibition, Market Stalls, Chill Out Zone, Kids Zone and Workshops. There will be separate entrance to this upper floor gallery section. All Yoga OFF the Mat Ticket holders have a free access to this section as well. All program in this section will be held in Slovak Language.
Moderované Diskusie
3 moderované diskusie so špeciálnymi hosťmi obsahujúce 3 hlavné témy festivalu.
Vzťah k sebe, vzťah k druhým, rodina a deti, vzťah k okoliu a urbánna ekológia.
Adriana Špronglová
Diskusia s pozvanými hosťami na tému osobnostného rozvoja
Adriana Špronglová sa práci s publikom a ľuďmi venuje dlhé roky. Pôsobila v televízii, tiež ako rádiová spíkerka, ale aj moderátorka podcastov/ napr. Fitshaker/. Vedie hudobnú talkshow Šiesty zmysel a nahráva meditácie. Už viac ako desať rokov praktizuje, ale aj učí jogu, ktorú vníma ako nikdy nekončiacu cestu k sebapoznaniu. Práca s telom, mysľou, dychom, zvukom a meditáciou je pre ňu v každom období života liečením, návratom k sebe, k svojej prirodzenosti, väčšej spokojnosti a tvorivosti.
Adriana Špronglová vás bude sprevádzať nie len špeciálnou diskusiou s hosťami, ale aj celým festivalom ako moderátorka.
Hostí aj špecifickú tému diskusie vám prezradíme čoskoro…
Odkazy: Instagram
Eva Kadlecová
Joga pre deti
Your children can have fun while you practice yoga with the world renowned teachers !
Milota Sidorová
Diskusia s pozvanými hosťami na tému urbánnej participácie a ekológii
Milota Sidorová je odborníčka na územné plánovanie a stratégiu s pôvodným vzdelaním v oblasti krajinnej architektúry a urbanistických štúdií. Vo svojej práci sa zameriava na inkluzívny rozvoj miest, rodovo citlivé plánovanie a participatívne prístupy k správe priestoru. Spolupracuje s verejnými inštitúciami, prednáša, píše a vystupuje na tému tvorby miest, ktoré zohľadňujú rôznorodé potreby a každodenné skúsenosti ľudí.
Hostí aj špecifickú tému diskusie vám prezradíme čoskoro…
Odkazy: Webstránka, Instagram
Aktivity a Workshopy
Doplnkové aktivity a workshopy v zóne dostupnej širokej verejnosti, kde si každý príde na svoje
Nati Bogdalíková
Vedomý Dotyk – Thai Yoga Massage
Thai Yoga Massage je ozdravujúce umenie vedené s ukludňujúcim bezpečným dotykom. Je to kombinácia stimulácie dráh tela tlakom a uvoľnením a pasívneho jogového strečingu. Má presah cez fyzické telo, jeho štruktúry a tekutiny do emočného sveta.
Workshop je určený praktikantom i lektorom jogy alebo iných pohybových aktivít, masérom, všetkým záujemcom i zvedavcom, ktorí chcú precítiť a zlepšiť kvalitu dotyku. Dotyk je pre nás veľmi dôležitý.
Nie je nutné prísť vo dvojici. Svojho workshopového partnera si razom nájdeš.
Lotus Joga Štúdio, Bratislava
Odkazy: Webstránka, Instagram, Facebook
Eva Kadlecová
Joga pre deti
Eva Kadlecová vyštudovala športový management a turizmus. S prvými jogovými cvičeniami (ásanami) sa zoznámila v Írsku, v rámci štúdia. Je certifikovanou lektorkou detskej jogy, prenatálnej jogy a Hatha jogy. V roku 2018 založila občianske združenie Joga v škole. Svojimi pestrými aktivitami sa snaží sprostredkovať jogu deťom a rodinám, ale aj inšpirovať a vzdelávať dospelých, ktorí s deťmi pracujú. Jej hodiny prekypujú tvorivosťou, pohybom, tancom a výzvami. Malí žiaci pri nej odhodia svoje zábrany, naučia sa počúvať svoje telo a dokážu aj zdanlivo nemožné.
Joga v škole
Odkazy: Webstránka, Instagram, Facebook
Tomáš Šmátrala
Prales Deťom
Prednáška o ekológii nielen pre deti ale aj dospelých.
Tomáš Šmátrala z organizácie Justice for Nature nám porozpráva o dažďových pralesoch, ktoré pravidelne navštevuje. Dozviete sa napríklad aj to, prečo sa ohrozenie ich existencie týka nás všetkých a ako sa aj vy môžete zapojiť do ich ochrany. Veľkou súčasťou prednášky bude aj téma oceán a veľryby. Rozprávanie doplnené pútavými fotografiami a videami je vhodné pre malých aj veľkých poslucháčov.
Linda Bencová
Zvukoterapia pre deti
Interaktívny workshop plný zvukov a nástrojov pre deti. Detičky citlivo reagujú na každý zvuk, vibraciu, tón, energiu. A tak si najskôr oddýchnu počas zvukoterapie a následne si môžu všetky láskavé nástroje vyskúšať, ohmatať, spoznať, poťukať si na ne.
Linda je učiteľka jogy, sprievodkyňa zvukoterapiou a soundhealerka. V čase keď cítila, že potrebuje zdroj na dobitie energie, prišli jej do života tibetské misky, gongy a ďalšie nástroje. Postupne sa s nimi zoznámila na rôznych kurzoch v Bratislave i v Indii. Nadobudnuté znalosti prehĺbila a dnes ich pretvára v praxi do liečivých terapii.
LaskaMier Chillout Zone
Oddychová zóna kďe vás čaká domáce vegánske Kechari, Kombucha, Čajový rituál a mnohé iné komunitné aktivity,
o ktoré sa postarajú Adri s Romanom z LaskaMier.
Art Zone
Kurátorovaná umelecká výstava
Design Market Zone
Predajné stánky podporujúce lokálnych dizajnérov
Venue
The civic association ALIANCIA STARÁ TRŽNICA (AST) was founded by a group of eleven professionals from various fields who were united by a common dissatisfaction with the condition of the historic building of the Old Market in Bratislava, that was practically unused and inaccessible to public. Since 2013 they have been actively developing the urban culture within the layout of the building and its immediate surroundings with a vision to create an open, inclusive and safe public space in which diverse groups of residents and communities can meet and connect with each other.
Tickets
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Limited availability and capacity to 200 spaces.
Early Bird
Available for first 50 bookings made till 20.7.2025