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Gustavo Ponce

Gustavo Ponce

GPB Founder

A pioneer in the teaching of yoga in Latin America, Gustavo Ponce is a former Chilean Ambassador to Japan, international businessman, writer and columnist in yoga magazines in several countries.

When he was 11, Gustavo Ponce found in a second-hand book store a book that made him dream and gave a definitive direction to his young life : Yoga and Sport by the Indian Selvarajan Yesudian and Hungarian Elizabeth Haich, the couple who opened the first Hatha Yoga school in Europe. This book has accompanied him ever since, though he has already lost many pages.

In early 1968, he left his native country, Chile, by bus. In Argentina he boarded a cargo boat that took him to Kobe, Japan, 4 months later…

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What students say about Gustavo Ponce

If I had to translate GPBALANCE into one word, it would be "health". Despite the fact that I have recently started my first 50 hours of training, I can already perceive the wealth of information it contains, I think that everything I have seen so far leads on the right path to improve our physical, mental and emotional well-being. And I must emphasize that one of the things that has attracted my attention the most and that is still present, is that I am more and more aware of the importance of the breath, its power and its important impact on our body.

Caro Loberade (Chile)
With Gustavo Ponce + Karina García Pastén (Chile, 2022)

I consider this a must-attend course for both teachers and yoga practitioners for its methodology and for the combination of theory and practice that enriches it and gives it the necessary context for proper learning.I invite all yoga practitioners to take this course and learn all that Gustavo has accumulated and experienced over the years.

Julio Auad (Chile)
With Gustavo Ponce + Karina García Pastén (Chile, 2022)

GPBALANCE has improved my prostate, my overall health.

Patricio Prado (Chile)
With Karina García Pastén + Gustavo Ponce (Chile, 2022)

The GPBALANCE Hormonal Yoga workshop led by Gustavo Ponce is simply spectacular, extraordinarily clear and enjoyable. For me, it meant discovering and understanding the importance of the pelvic floor and why a physical problem might occur in the future. I discovered exercises that will give me security in the future both in the sexual aspect and in the prevention of certain dysfunctions that fortunately I do not have yet.

Ana María Saldivia (Chile)
With Karina García Pastén + Gustavo Ponce (Chile, 2022)

I sincerely thank you Frédérique for having made us discover Gustavo's technique. Personally, it does me a lot of good considering my problems with vertigo, vestibular migraines and tinnitus. As much as I could not see myself teaching another hormonal yoga technique, I am impatient to be able to teach GP Balance because I am convinced of its effectiveness.

Myriam Semery (France)
With Fanny Lehideux + Frédérique Verdeau + Gustavo Ponce (France, 2022)

I have continued to practice, from memory, when possible and when the desire was felt...and I am amazed, with the little practice I have, at the effects felt on my general state of well-being and especially on my dynamism. There are even moments when I almost forgot that I had endometriosis ! The disease makes me very tired, but something has changed. I have to be careful because when I do BPG as is, I have trouble sleeping. I am still in the process of taming this new life impulse that I feel inside me. I am still a bit bluffed because even without practicing the effects last in time...

Sabrina Caminade (France)
With Fanny Lehideux + Frédérique Verdeau + Gustavo Ponce (France, 2022)

I did the GPBALANCE hormonal yoga workshop. I loved it ! It is a very interesting workshop. Gustavo is not only a very wise man but also very kind, he has a sense of humor and he is a very close person, you can ask him any question, even after the workshop and he gives a lot of advice. He explains the theory in a very understandable way and teaches the practice. I am very grateful for what he has taught and I recommend to take the course !

Inge Drenthen (Spain)
With Gustavo Ponce (Spain, 2022)

I loved this immersion and the discovery of gpbalance, in a very supportive group. I found this approach fascinating and felt the benefits immediately in terms of vitality. I appreciate the value of Gustavo's teaching, which brings us not only to a physiological and health dimension that is completely up-to-date, but also to the foundations of yoga and even to its depths. I feel both fortunate and grateful to have been able to participate.

Marie-Laure Hairie (France)
With Frédérique Verdeau + Fanny Lehideux + Gustavo Ponce (France, 2022)

Gustavo, thanks to his yogi background mixed with his personal life path, knows how to make this training attractive and very interesting. His GPBALANCE method is unique and it is a strong tool that he transmits to us with all his generosity, his humor and his anecdotes.

Paquita Frances (France)
With Fanny Lehideux + Frédérique Verdeau + Gustavo Ponce (France, 2022)

Presence and calmness, that's how I could describe in a nutshell what I managed to feel after 1 year of GPBALANCE practice. The tools I assimilated from GPBALANCE helped me to better understand my mind and my body and, in moments of "crisis", thanks to this presence and calmness, I manage to apply them to balance myself.

Tania Matamala (Chile)
With Gustavo Ponce (Chile, 2022)

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