Danny Paradise

Practising since 1976 · Teaching the world since 1979

Freedom, evolution, ashtanga yoga & music

I’ve been on the road for forty-seven years, teaching yoga and playing songs. Shamanism, pranayama, Kung Fu and Tai Chi, folded into a practice you keep for life.

See the 2026 dates Play Caravan of Souls
Danny Paradise in a lotus handstand on a bamboo raft, on a jungle lake
Now teachingYoga Rocks, Crete until 17 Oct

Upcoming · the 2026 route

Where the caravan stops next

Every session is open to all levels and all traditions. Book directly with the host. Bring a mat and your own questions.

Yoga Rocks, Agios Pavlos, on the south coast of Crete
Retreat · in progress19 Sep — 17 Oct 2026

Four weeks in the wild south of Crete

Yoga Rocks, Agios Pavlos. Shamanism, yoga, pranayama, Kung Fu and Tai Chi. Vegetarian food, a five-minute walk to the sea, music in the evenings. Join for one, two, three or four weeks.

Host: Yoga Rocks · info@yogaholidaysgreece.combook with Yoga Rocks →
23–25Oct
Heraklion, Crete
Yoga Ayam · Atlantidos 11
Three sessions
Konstantinos Tournas · +30 690 868 2286
Booking openbook →
22–23Aug
Bristol, UK
Wellflexed · 1pm–5pm
Two afternoons · 3.5–4 hr class daily
Anneke · alafiayoga2025@gmail.com
Heldsee photos →
27–30Aug
Oxford, UK
Oxford Yoga
Four days · 3.5–4 hr class daily
Ian Macdonald · oxfordyoga.co.uk
Heldsee photos →
4–6Sep
Munich, Germany
Jivamukti Yoga Munich
Friday evening + two afternoons
info@jivamukti.de
Heldsee photos →
11–13Sep
Vienna, Austria
Feel Good Studio & Yogazentrum Ganesha
Three sessions
verena@feelgoodstudio.at · boris@ashtanga.at
Heldsee photos →

Each class runs 3.5–4 hours: pranayama, discussion, a varied Ashtanga practice with derivative routines, Egyptian yoga and elements of Tai Chi and Kung Fu.

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Music · Mesa Bluemoon Recordings

Caravan of Souls

Caravan of Souls album cover: 'Eagle Boy' by Hamid Sardar-Afkhami

Songs written on the road over forty years and recorded with friends from around the world — Nadia Deleye, Michael Ruff, James Harrah, Dean Brodrick, Damon Castillo. Freedom, love, adventure, human rights and the spirit of nature.

Spotify Apple Music Bandcamp YouTube
Paused · Caravan of Souls
I Came Upon the Windy Shore
5:15
  1. 5:15
  2. Video 3:58
  3. 5:25
  4. Video 5:51
  5. 5:20
  6. 6:44
  7. 5:09
  8. Video 6:10
  9. Video 4:41
  10. 5:48
  11. 4:31
  12. 4:57
  13. 7:51
  14. 5:05
  15. 4:41
  16. 5:51

30-second previews from Apple Music. The full album is on Apple Music, Spotify and Bandcamp.

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Danny

The first travelling Ashtanga teacher. Probably.

“Golden opportunities to travel the world on wild pilgrimages and adventures. It’s been quite a ride and it’s not over yet.”
First Ashtanga practice
1976
Began teaching with David Williams
1979
Pattabhi Jois’ first public advanced series, Maui
1980
Danny Paradise teaching

I learnt the classical sequences from David Williams and Nancy Gilgoff, and studied with K. Pattabhi Jois in Hawaii in 1978 and 1980. Since then I’ve taught students and teachers of every tradition — among them Sting, Madonna and Paul Simon — and many now run schools of their own.

My influences run from Krishnamurti, the Buddha, Jesus and Shiva to the shamanic traditions of the Americas, the Pacific, Tibet, Africa, Egypt and Hawaii. The aim is simple: a sacred, private, safe, healing, non-dogmatic practice you can keep for life.

  • Ashtanga
  • Shamanism
  • Pranayama
  • Egyptian yoga
  • Kung Fu
  • Tai Chi
  • Krishnamurti
  • Music

Lineage

  1. K. Pattabhi Jois
  2. David Williams
  3. Nancy Gilgoff
  4. Danny Paradise
  5. you

Field notes

@danny_paradise108
  • Danny Paradise singing and playing acoustic guitar on stage
  • Crete, Agios Pavlos
  • Bali
  • Danny on stage
  • Hawaii, 1980