Yoga and Taijiquan immersion
with Stéphane Chollet, in Montreal
September 27 - 28, 2025
YOGA: From body to mind - finding balance and meaning in today's world
October 4 - 5, 2025
TAIJIQUAN: From strength to wisdom - a path of inner transformation
Opportunity of an exceptional meeting in Montreal
Stéphane Chollet, founder of Surya World, has been exploring the great Eastern traditions for over 30 years, guided by a quest for meaning and truth. By exploring traditions from different countries and cultures he seeks to identify the common threads that lead to inner transformation.
Stéphane has been practicing martial arts since a very early age. From Thai boxing to Japanese swords, via the various styles of Taijiquan, he has studied numerous traditions, while pursuing a quest for meaning in India, China and other major teaching centers.
He discovered yoga at the end of the 1980s in the tradition of Krishnamacharya of Madras, and found himself definitively on the path of yoga after meeting Michel Coquet. He has traveled all over India, lived in the Himalayas, and received instruction from many exceptional masters, both in the direct transmission of the Yogis and in recognized schools and academies such as the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai (with T.K.V. Desikachar), the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore (with Pattabhi Jois), the Bihar School of Yoga (with Swami Niranjanananda), and renowned teachers such as B.K.S. Iyengar and Indra Devi.
We are pleased to announce two weekends of immersion in the arts of yoga and taijiquan with Stéphane Chollet in Montreal!






Yoga Immersion
Saturday, Sept. 27, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Sunday, Sept. 28, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Yoga, often seen through the prism of physical health or well-being, is in fact a science of the whole human being. Rooted in millennia of inner searching, this discipline today offers essential keys to responding to contemporary challenges: mental overload, loss of bearings, inner fragmentation, the quest for meaning.
- Understand the physiological and energetic conditions of a healthy body;
- Explore the subtle mechanisms that govern our emotional states and their regulation;
- Clarify mental activity to open up space for intuition and discernment;
- Questioning the role of yoga in our ability to be fully human in a rapidly changing, hyper-connected world.
Tajiquan immersion
Saturday, Oct. 4, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Sunday, Oct. 5, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Martial basics: discover and apply the principles of self-defense, develop stability, rootedness and presence in action;
- Energy in motion: practice Qigong and understand the subtle mechanisms of inner transformation;
- The way of the wise: explore the Hunyuan Taiji form, work in pairs (Tuishou), and cultivate listening, circularity and interiority.
Contact
903 Saint-Zotique Street East
Montreal, Quebec H2S 1M9
- (514) 431-5248
- montreal@surya-world.org