Gabriele Musetti Workshop: Functional Anatomy in Yoga and Vinyasa Technique

This yoga workshop in Athens brings Gabriele Musetti to Tetragono Art Space for a weekend of functional anatomy applied to yoga and vinyasa technique. It suits practitioners who want to understand why and how the movements and postures work, improve body awareness, prevent injuries and refine their own practice. The weekend is taught in English.

Across two days, the work moves through joint mobility, proprioception, the biomechanics of movement, strength and stability, and the dynamics of breath. Everything is approached through direct experience rather than theory alone.

What to Expect

The weekend has six sessions, three each day, and each can be taken as part of the full weekend or as an individual drop-in class.

Both mornings begin with a two-hour pranayama, bandha and vinyasa practice from 9:00 to 11:00. Gabriele guides the sequence with anatomical and biomechanical cues, so you understand the reasons behind each movement. Along the way you work with functional breathing in different asana contexts, explore the respiratory muscles, and sense the internal breath in the lungs to build capacity and depth for pranayama. The bandhas are studied experientially, together with the relationship between the thoracic and pelvic diaphragms.

On Saturday, the second session (11:30 to 13:30) covers jump back and jump through with core strength. It strengthens the torso and upper extremities to condition joints and muscles for safe transitions, and begins by working with fear and stress in forward jumps to find lightness of movement. The afternoon session (14:30 to 17:00) is devoted to backbends. Starting from the idea that "you are as old as your spine," it uses spinal movement and joint mobility exercises to build a solid foundation for poses such as Urdhva Dhanurasana, Dhanurasana and their variations.

On Sunday, the late-morning class (11:30 to 13:30) explores the psoas, the diaphragm and the deep abdominal muscles as one connected system, then applies it to transitions where lightness is the aim. The final session (14:30 to 17:00) addresses hip mobility and knee prevention, with technique, anatomy and learning steps for Half Lotus, Full Lotus, Eka Pada Sirsasana and variations.

At the end of the weekend, a 12-hour Yoga Alliance Continuing Education certificate with a focus on Vinyasa is awarded.

About Gabriele Musetti

Gabriele Musetti is a graduate in Sports Science whose thesis, "Functional Anatomy in Yoga," led to an e-book on the subject and to the founding of a School of Functional and Experimental Anatomy applied to Yoga. The school combines scientific knowledge with the practice of conscious movement. He works as a personal trainer, in person and online, with an approach to movement and physical education centered on body awareness and functional well-being. Since 2017 he has taught in workshops, retreats, events and training courses in Italy and abroad, presenting the body as a tool for knowledge, balance and personal transformation.

The Setting

The workshop takes place at Tetragono Art Space on Thrakis Street in Agia Paraskevi, Athens. It is not held at the Avra Yoga studio. The venue is a two-minute walk from Nomismatokopio station on Line 3 (the Blue Line). By car, it is reached via Mesogeion Avenue, with street parking in the surrounding area.

Before You Go

Places are limited. The price covers instruction only: accommodation in Athens, travel and meals are not included, and the organizer does not offer accommodation services. If you plan to attend individual classes rather than the full weekend, choose the specific sessions you want in advance.