Massimo Monti

Max Monti: Yoga Teacher

Since an early age, Max Monti felt attracted to and influenced by the teachings of Mystics, Masters, and Yogis like Rumi, J.Krishnamurti, G.I. Gurdjieff, R. Tagore, and P. Yogananda, which shaped his spiritual path. By the age of 20, he was traveling to India, where he spent several years at the Osho Rajneesh Commune, engaging in various workshops, seminars, and meditations influenced by both Eastern and Western spiritual traditions. His practice deepened in the Jnan, Bhakti, and Karma branches of Yoga.

His extensive travels through India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Middle East, North Africa, and across the Americas, Australia, and Europe exposed him to diverse spiritual paths and broadened his perspective on human consciousness growth.

Samasati Nature Retreat Co-founder

In the mid-1990s, Max co-founded the Samasati Nature Retreat, a sustainable ecological project in the South Caribbean rainforest of Costa Rica. This retreat has hosted numerous Yoga workshops, retreats, seminars, and teacher training programs since its inception.

Hatha Yoga Journey

Inspired by gifted teachers like Glenn Black, over the last 17 years, Max has explored the practice and study of Hatha Yoga. He has experienced various styles, including Ashtanga, Iyengar, Kundalini, Bikram, Purna, and Yin, attending classes, retreats, and teacher trainings in Costa Rica, the U.S., Italy, and Australia. He became certified in the oldest school of Byron Bay under the guidance of John Ogilvie, who promotes Purna Yoga—a holistic approach integrating postures, philosophy, pranayama, meditation, discipline, and code of ethics.

Current Teaching Role

Max currently holds workshops and teaches private and public classes at the Samasati Nature Retreat in Costa Rica. He combines a broad repertoire of Asanas and sequences with Pranayama, meditations, talks, and fun. He is also a part of the Hari-Om School of Yoga and Ayurveda, teaching YTT in Costa Rica and Italy. Max emphasizes that yoga on the mat should be a great pleasure and off the mat, an amazing blessing.

He believes that Yoga is for everybody, non-discriminant, a union—All is One.