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Alexander Peters

Alexander Peters, yoga teacher (BDY/EYU) and Ayurveda-practitioner, lives and works in Berlin. He is a student of R. Sriram, Dr. Shrikrishna and Dr. Jeevan.

Alexander offers private and group yoga classes in Berlin-Mitte, where he alongside offers ayurvedic treatments as well as Yoga Teacher Trainings (BDY / EYU) and trainings to Ayurvedic therapists.

www.sonneundmond.com

Al Gromer Khan

Al Gromer Khan spent his early years in Tangier, India and London, where he attended art school. In later years, he pursued the study and practice of Indian music with renowned Sitar masters such as Imrat Khan, Roshan Jamal Bhartiya and Rais Khan. In 1975, he joined the Vilayat Khani Gharana, the famous Indian house of sitar music. In India, he came into contact with many holy men and yogis. In the late 1970s, he returned to Germany and pursued projects in contemplative world music for radio, television and recording studios. In 1981, Khan began a 10-year-long retirement, focusing on his spiritual musical studies. After this period, he began Paisley Music, developing a contemplative style of ambient music. He cites Satie, John Cage, Joseph Beuys and Vilayat Khan as inspirations and influences. In addition to composing and recording, Khan gives concerts of classical Indian music, writes and works in the visual arts.

www.algromerkhan.com

Anastasia Dittrich

Anastasia practises yoga and meditation since the year 2000 and studies singing at the university for music and theatre in Rostock. She loves singing mantras because it gives full scope to her personal and artistic strengths playfully.

Andreas Loh

For Andreas, Ashtanga Yoga is a holistic, therapeutic yoga, that can physically, emotionally and spiritually heal the human being. In his teaching, he combines modern teaching techniques, precise guidance (adjustments) and an authentic living philosophy into a creative teaching style. His desire is to give students the creative potential of Ashtanga Yoga and to convey the inner beauty and wisdom of this dynamic meditation.

Andreas has practiced Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga for over 10 years and has travelled to Mysore, India, several times in order to learn from Shri K. Pattabhi Jois and Sharat Rangasamy.

He gives workshops and retreats nationwide and is one of the most sought-after Ashtanga Yoga teachers. He lives in Berlin and has run the Ashtanga Yoga Palace since 2007.

www.ashtangayogapalace.de

André Riehl

André Riehl Studies Yoga since 1972. He first stayed in a monastery in the Himalayas, before wandering along the roads of India, meeting many traditional masters with whom he sometimes stayed, studying very specific teachings from classical as well as tantric yoga practices. After some searching years, meeting Kashmiri Babu, a wandering ascetic from the Shaiva tradition, he undergone a deep study retreat into the spiritual quest.

Also very touched by his meetings with J. Krishnamurti and Sri Ananda Mayee Ma, he studied two other important aspects of the inner path, related to these two great instructors: discrimination and relationship.

It is the final encounter with Chandra Swami, an ascetic from the Brahmanic lineage of the Udasins, which will give a full sense to all the teachings studied before.

Author of "Le Prince des Forêts", a French adaptation of the Râmayâna, of two video cassettes on "Yoga Traditionnel" and a CD of Sanskrit chantings Mantra Sadhana, he also translated 8 books on the inner quest.
Nominated President of the french Fédération des Yoga Traditionnels in 1992, he opened seven Yoga Training Schools (Toulouse, Paris, Bretagne, Bourgogne, Le Mans, Suisse and Luxemburg).

He is currently in charge of Somapa, a yoga study centre in south of France, Prana Bindu Niwas, a yoga retreat centre for long time study sessions in central India, and 4 nidra yoga training schools in Luxemburg, Germany, Marocco, Switzerland and France.

www.infiny.lu

André Wagner

André Wagner is photographic artist from Berlin. His passion is nature in its original form and transmitting its magic through his images. On his travels through India, he photographed sacred pilgrimage sites: Govardhana mountain, night temples and an authentic palm-leaf library. His pictures have an extraordinary mystical power: they show the holy cities in their natural surroundings - and yet it seems a mysterious aura surrounds them, as if the photos demonstrate the true soul of these sacred places.

In his recently published illustrated book Authentic Nature, André gathers powerful nature photos from his travels around the world: enchanted forests and rugged rock formations, sunlit landscapes and even a lunar rainbow.

He is currently working on a second book with pictures of his India trip; a selection of these works will be exhibited at the Villa Luise during the Festival!

www.andre-wagner.com

Anja Kühnel & Moritz Ulrich

Anja und Moritz are co-directors and co-founders of Yoga*Loft Berlin. Together, they both took the Jivamukti Yoga teacher training with Sharon Gannon and David Life in New York. Ever since, they have been sharing their path of Yoga in Berlin. At the end of last year, Anja and Moritz made their dream of a new home for Jivamukti Yoga in Berlin come true by opening up Yoga*Loft Berlin.

Moritz has been practicing Yoga since the age of 13. After years of daily practice and taking classes with teachers of all different Yoga traditions, he decided to become a Yoga teacher himself. After his first visit to the Munich Jivamukti Yoga center, he realized where is place in the Yoga world is. Moritz now is a certified Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher.

Anja discovered her own passion for Jivamukti Yoga in the year of 2000 while living in New York for a couple of months during a court internship. Back then she also met her teachers Sharon Gannon and David Life for the first time. Anja has been practicing Yoga with teachers of various yoga styles and traveled the world to do so. But in her heart, Anja knew right after her first Jivamukti class, where she belongs.

www.yogaloft-berlin.de

Anne Tusche & Danilo Steinert

(Description is awaited soon)

www.annesongs.de
www.danilomusic.de

Arne Frercks

(Description is awaited soon)

www.klangbehandlungen.de

Barbara Bendel

(Description is awaited soon)

www.artofliving.de

Beant Singh & Beant Kaur

Beant Singh and Beant Kaur from Berlin Both teach Kundalini Yoga and are long-.time students of numbers and Karam Kriya - the Art of Applied Numerology - as taught by Shiv Charan Singh.

Beant Singh has a Diploma of Psychology, is a systemical therapist and facilitator of systemic constellations. He has taught Kundalini Yoga and Karam Kriya and given Karam Kriya consultations for many years. Since 1994 he has been exploring the fruitful interface between western psychology and spiritual teachings of the East. He has been a student of Shiv Charan Singh since 1997. He constantly discovers anew that numbers are the ultimate link between his therapeutic work and meditative practice. For him they are the backbone of his work as therapist, consultant and yoga teacher.

Beant Kaur, originally from Perth, Australia, is a teacher of Kundalini Yoga, including pre and post-natal and is a Karam Kriya consultant and teacher. She has been a student of Shiv Charan Singh since 2001. Her main area of focus is working with women, including mothers and mothers to be. For her numbers are teachers and guides- with their diamond clarity they point to the natural chaotic order hidden within the surface appearances of life.

Beant Singh and Kaur are married, have 3 children together and live and work in Berlin.

www.turiya-berlin.de

Beate Gatscha

(Description is awaited soon)

www.beate-gatscha.de

Ben Sond

Ben Sond comes from an Indian family, with both his Grandfathers practicing yoga.
He has travelled and stayed in Ashrams in India since childhood, learned from many teachers and shamans.

Other studies include: Philosophy degree, 4 years of studying different bodywork systems, including Tai Massage and Shiatsu. 7 years Anusara yoga teacher trainings. Indian classical dance studies and performances, Regular Sufi retreats.

Of particular influence has been his studies of Nada yoga, the yoga of sound and vibration.

Ben travels regularly in Europe teaching workshops and has a schedule of classes in Berlin.

www.yoga-song.de

Bettina & Stefan Lietz

(Description is awaited soon)

www.spirituelleben.de

Birgit Löwenbrück

Birgit Löwenbrück is a Yoga teacher, Feldenkrais instructor and NLP trainer. She was trained in Hormone Yoga by Dinah Rodrigues.

In addition to Hatha yoga, consulting, coaching and training health professionals in the principles and applications of Hormone Yoga is a primary focus of Birgit's work. Guiding women in their own practice of Hormone Yoga, as well as assisting Rodrigues' teacher trainings in Berlin, form the foundation of her experience.

Birgit finds inspiration in her work and personal practice, as well as the work and practice of Ken Wilbers, by Swami Saradananda, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Mia Segal.

www.cosmicyoga.de

Carena Cristina Common

(Description is awaited soon)

www.ccc-therapie.de

Carolin Gödeke

(Description is awaited soon)

www.indischer-tanz-berlin.de

Dave Stringer & Band

The Los Angeles Times has declared the experience of chanting with Dave Stringer to be "a departure from ancient kirtan. Stringer's performance shaped the experience into a far more compelling musical encounter." He has been widely profiled as one of the most innovative artists of the new International kirtan movement in publications as diverse as Yoga Aktuell, Time, Billboard, Yoga Journal and In Style.

Stringer's sound marries the transcendent mysticism of traditional Indian instruments with the exuberant, groove-oriented sensibility of American gospel, and he is regarded as one of the most accomplished singers in the genre. His work intends to create a modern and participatory theatrical experience out of the ancient traditions of kirtan and yoga, open to a multiplicity of interpretations, and accessible to all.

Initially trained as a visual artist, filmmaker and jazz musician, Stringer had his formative experiences with chanting when film editing work brought him to the Siddha Yoga ashram in Ganeshpuri, India in 1990. A subsequent period of residence at the ashram laid the foundation for his continuing study of the ideas, practices and music of yoga. After returning to California in 1992, he began leading kirtan in yoga studios and teaching meditation to prison inmates.

Since 2000, Stringer and an extended family of accompanying musicians have toured North America, Australia and Europe tirelessly. An articulate and engaging public speaker, he probes the dilemmas of the spirit with a wry and unorthodox sense of humor. Stringer frequently works in tandem with masters of the art of hatha yoga, creating music for workshops led by John Friend, Shiva Rea, and Gurmukh, among many others. His voice also appears on numerous soundtracks, including the blockbuster film "Matrix Revolutions" and the video game "Myst".

www.davestringer.com

Dirk Hasskarl

(Description is awaited soon)

www.musikmitherrnkarger.de

Dr. Pt Dinesh Chandra Sati

Dr. Pt Dinesh Chandra Sati basically hail from Himalayan village of Jyotir Math. This is one of the four most important seats of learning in India. This is the ancient Northern Seat (Math) of Shankaracharya Tradition. Jyotir Math is traditional home for "Jyotish", known as the eyes of Veda.

Now, as head of the Himalayan Research Institute, Pundit Sati offers Jyotish, trains Pundits, held's individual and business consultations and visits abroad attending seminars bringing the light of Jyotish knowledge to the people around the globe.

Pt Dr.Sati spent the valuable time of in beginning of his academic career at this seat of learning. Dr. Pundit Sati was awarded " Shastri" degree from Jyotir Math Vidyalaya. He earned the "Acharya Degree (First Class) from S. S. B. University, Varanasi. Dr. Pundit Sati was presented his Doctorate, (Ph.D) in Jyotish from Lala Bahadur Shastri Sanskrit Vidyaa Peetham, New Delhi in 2004 in recognition of his research, scholarship and Mastery of this ancient Vedic Science.

Later on he was selected by his Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as his representative to propagate the knowledge of ancient Vedic Science of Jyotish and revive Vedic Wisdom across the globe. So far Dr. Pundit Sati has visited scores of countries around the world such as United States, Netherlands Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Japan for 12 years giving Jyotish consultations to of thousands of individuals.

www.astro-yagya.com

Gabriele Jot Prakash

Gabriele Jot Prakash Pötzscher practices yoga since Karen Zebroff conquered the television with "Mitmachyoga" in the seventies. She teaches Kundalini yoga since 12 years and sings mantras with dedication, desire and fire. She conducts two Chanting groups with spiritual songs from different traditions in Zehlendorf.

www.soulrays.de

Henning Scheel

Henning started Iyengar Yoga 1994 in Berlin, continued later Ashtanga Vinyasa. He took part in several teacher trainings with Shiva Rea, Kali Rea Triyoga and and the challenging 200h Universal Yoga teacher training with the ucraine Yogi Andrey Lappa. He is director of Yoga Shala Berlin. At Shala he deveoloped the 500h Hatha Vinyasa Yoga tacher training. At the moment he practises Mudra, Mantra and Sri Yantra.

"From my own experience I know that every spirtiual way must be free and independent. Passion as bhakti can lead into deep experience. Hatha Vinyasa is a modern and open Yoga style. From another point of view is not a style but giving knowledge and methods for your own creativity (sakti). A modern yoga style watches the needs of the practioners with understanding of the tradition. Hatha Vinyasa is deeply anchored in the vedic knowledge."

www.ashtanga-berlin.de

Ina Görges

(Description is awaited soon)

www.on-yoga.de

Jakob Heydemann

(Description is awaited soon)

www.yogashambala.de

Jenny, (Jason) & Team

Jenny Sauer-Klein - A lifelong lover of movement, expression and connection, I spent my childhood and early adulthood dancing, singing and acting. Discovering yoga while I was in university was the answers to prayers I didn't even know I had. I began teaching yoga in New York City a few years later, where I also began teaching circus arts to children in afterschool programs. Little did I know where it was all leading to.

From my very first experience of flying, I was hooked. Like many worthwhile things in life, it didn't come easily, but my deep love of the practice kept me coming back for more. I was entranced by the limitless potential of two or more beings coming together in a devotional, playful and mutually supportive practice. Ultimately, it is about being present with myself and my partner, and regardless of whether or not I even know this person's name, relating to this being as a reflection of divine essence.

www.acroyoga.org

Lin Ananda Holmquvist

(Description is awaited soon)

www.yoga-ananda.se

Lorna Neuber

I teach a flowing style of hatha yoga. Each movement follows the natural rhythm of the breath. This yoga stretches and strengthens muscles and improves circulation. We practice dynamically, making time to watch how our bodies and minds react to the experience. If you try yoga, you are likely to notice changes in yourself after the very first lesson.

I discovered Yoga in London in 1994, starting with athletic Astanga Vinyasa. I have since experimented with a number of dynamic and reflective forms of hatha yoga and developed my personal style.

I trained with Derek Ireland in 1997 (Astanga Vinyasa), with Patricia Thielemann from 2005 until 2007 (foundation course according to Yoga Alliance guidelines and advanced training in prenatal and postnatal yoga), and with Mukunda Stiles (yoga therapy) and Thomas Bannenberg (Yoga for children). My teaching is inspired by Mark Whitwell, Mukunda Stiles and Uma Dinsmore-Tuli.

www.lornayoga.de

Miriam Kretzschmar

(Description is awaited soon)

www.yoga-berlin.de

Nanak Dev Singh Khalsa

Nanak Dev Singh Khalsa began his training in 1982, spending 4 years in northern India. Yogi Bhajan, from whom he learned Kundalini Yoga, directed him to spread the teaching of the Indian martial art Gatka throughout the world. Since then, he has devoted his life to the preservation, presentation and teaching of this nearly extinct art form. Since 1986, he has pursued this mission throughout Europe and America. In 1997 he moved to Berlin, where he teaches Gatka and Kundalini Yoga. He is known also as the head of Gong Meditation and author of "Gatka - the dance of the sword."

His Gong Meditation is an integral component of the Berlin Yogafestivals and can be heard far beyond the borders of our grounds!

www.nanakdevsingh.com

Nandi Devar

(Description is awaited soon)

www.babaji.ca

Dr. med. Ori Wolff

(Description is awaited soon)

www.oriwolff.de

Dr. phil. N. K. Jain

(Description is awaited soon)

www.yogaschule-jain.de

Patricia Thielemann

Patricia's background includes trainings completed at the Jivamukti Center in New York and the Center for Yoga and the Forrest Yoga Circle in Los Angeles. In addition, she completed Colette Crawford's Prenatal Yoga training in Seattle. Influenced by the great Yoga masters Ana Forrest, David Life, Sharon Gannon, Brian Kest, Larry Moss and Ilona Maistar, she nevertheless has her own individual style of teaching Vinyasa flow. After 7 years' freelance yoga teaching in Los Angeles, she moved to Berlin to pursue the dream of her own yoga studio: Spirit Yoga. Through her teaching, Patricia explores the quest for inner freedom, authentic expression, and the relationship to God and the world.

www.spirityoga.de

Petra Ehlich

(Description is awaited soon)

Regina Berger

Regina Berger, singer and songwriter has been leading mantra singing for many years. She teaches ways of unfolding the natural voice in both group and private sessions. Regina touches people with her beautiful unique voice in a very special way.

She is recording a CD with self composed, spiritual songs, that will be released September this year.

Mantra evenings with her take place regularly in different places in Berlin.

www.natuerliche-stimme.de

Renate Czech

(Description is awaited soon)

www.praxis-czech-datt.de

Sat Hari Singh Khalsa

(Description is awaited soon)

www.servant-of-the-heart.com

Sathya

Satya's music touches us and opens our hearts. His concerts are an invitation to arrive within ourselves and sing with the voice in our hearts. His transformative years in India gave him deep insight into the power of holy mantras, yoga and devotional singing to the Divine. Sathya has released 3 successful chant CDs. His music has been heard by thousands of listeners worldwide, together with Snatam Kaur's Chants provides the soundtrack for the 2009 film "A Great Awakening".

Sathya, who has been singing mantra since his childhood, says: "Devotional singing is a spiritual tool for deep transformation. We open our hearts and connect us with the universal truth in us. We are capable of a meditative state of calmness and inner peace found in our essence; we consciously experience divinity." Sukadev Bretz, founder & director of Yoga Vidya says: "Sathya's music deeply touches the heart and opens the mind to God."

www.sathyamusic.com

Satyaa & Pari

Satyaa and Pari met in Lucknow, in the community around Sri HWL Poonja (lovingly called Papaji by his devotees). Papaji always stressed the outstanding importance of bhakti (devotion) as a direct way to the Divine within us. This love and devotion finds expression in the music of Satyaa and Pari, mostly their own compositions of mantra songs of devotion. However, some famous traditional hymns of divine love from India are included as well!

This love for divine devotion shines from all songs on their CDs. Their latest CD, "Surrender" is a new collection of these songs, coming from the heart. They live in Alexis Zorbas Center in Corfu, which Pari founded many years ago. Pari has toured for many years through various cities in Europe and America; now together, their live performances exude the divine spark through their devoted voices, with the power to show the listener the way to his own heart. Come and enjoy!

www.satyaa-pari.com

Satyananda

(Description is awaited soon)

www.babaji.de

Sebastian Dreyer

(Description is awaited soon)

www.sebastian-dreyer.de

Sri Sarvabhavana

(Description is awaited soon)

www.vedic-guide.de

Sri Vast

Sri Vast is an enlightened spiritual teacher who teaches us how we can live beyond conditioning and become free beyond the limitations of the body. He speaks of discovering the divinity within us, and how to manifest it in our daily lives. Life becomes a spiritual adventure, in which all ideas, foreign and traditional, about God and spirituality dissolve. Sri Vast's teachings have already transformed thousands of people's lives into an organic celebration of everyday living. He calls this "Practical Spirituality". Sri Vast spends most of his time in India at the Sri Vast Center for Ecological and Spiritual Studies. This Ashram is a learning and living community that connects people from all over the world in a peaceful environment in which they can grow spiritually.

www.srivast.org

Sri Sivan Namboothiri

Born in a Brahman family in Kerala, south of India, Sri Sivan Namboothiri follows the traditional line of Sri Sankaracharya, the great 7th century Indian Vedanta philosopher. Following the family tradition Sri Sivan Namboothiri started his spiritual education in the age of 7. For twelve years he studied Yoga, Ayurveda, rituals, astrology, mantras and philosophy with well-known teachers including Sri Sankaran Namboothiri.

He then served as the highest priest and Yoga Acharya at the Adi Rameswara temple as well as in the Sivananda Ashram in Kerala. For the last fifteen years he has been sharing his knowledge of Yoga and philosophy with thousands of people in different countries. Since 1996 Sri Sivan Namboothiri has been living in Berlin where he founded the Yoga-Ayurveda Institute.

www.swamiji.de

Stefan Datt

Stefan Datt started his yoga practice ten years ago in the tradition of Swami Sivananda. In 1997 he became a physiotherapist. From 1997 to 2001 he lived and worked at various international Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres including Berlin, Munich, and Vienna. He studied yoga in New York (1996), India (1998, 2001, 2004), and Montreal (2000). From his idea to celebrate the wisdom and science of yoga evolved the 1st Berlin Yoga Festival. Stefan Datt runs a physiotherapeutic practice in Berlin-Wedding and with the support of three additional yoga teachers offers a full spectrum ranging from classical physiotherapy to osteopathy and naturopathy. He teaches Yoga several times a week sometimes combining it with physiotherapeutic treatments. For the last two years, Stefan has led yoga teachers training courses for physiotherapists in Berlin and Hagen.

www.praxis-czech-datt.de
www.yoga-berlin.de

Stefano Petrou

Stefano Petrou began practicing yoga at age 18 and has been a kundalini yoga teacher since 2003. The focus in his classes is on breathing and developing a deeper feeling and understanding for the body.

www.berlinkundaliniyoga.de

Swami Bodhichitananda Saraswati

(Description is awaited soon)

Swami Gurusharanananda

Swami Gurusharanananda is a perfect blend of academia and asceticism. He has been under the guidance of his enlightened Guru, Swami Kedarnath (an eminent disciple of Anandamayi Ma) since he was a young boy. He is a master of Yoga asanas, and when younger received many awards in nation-wide competitions in which he represented his school. He has an MA in Philosophy and a PHD in interpretation of the Upanishads (Indian Scriptures). He serves as Principal of the ashram school run in Omkareshwar. He is an expert in Vedic Astrology (Jyotish) and many natural healing methods. He spends his time in meditation and austerity, and uses his many talents in the service of his Guru and ashram.

www.srianandamayima.org

Swami Mangalananda

Swami Mangalananda is an American who has been coming to India since 1973. He received Initiation directly from Sri Anandamayi Ma, and has been living as a monk in Her ashrams in America and India ever since. In 2001 he returned to India for good, and has been living in Ma's ashram in Omkareshwar, central India, where he passes his time in meditation and yogic practice. He also teaches in the ashram school. He is the author of two books, and regularly contributes articles for several spiritual publications in both India and America.

www.srianandamayima.org

Swami Nardanand

(Right side in the picture: André Riehl)

Swami Nardanand was born in 1958 in a small farming village of Uttar Pradesh state in North India. As a specially gifted boy of 10, and with the blessings of his family, this eldest son moved to the banks of the Ganges at the holy city of Haridwar to attend gurukul, which is the ancient way of training in Sanskrit and spiritual matters.

The course of study was 12 years, 24 hours per day. The name of the school is Gurukul Kangri, which is one of the finest such schools in India. When Swami Nardanand was graduated, he not only was the leading student of his class, but also was given a special award for his accomplishments and expertise, presented in person by the President of India.

At the age of 14, Swami Nardanand was initiated as a monk by his teacher, Paramahansa Lakshmananda, who now resides in the city of Vrindivan.

Later, Swami Nardanand met and was initiated into the more esoteric spiritual teachings by his teacher, Swami Shivom Tirtha, a widely recognized adept who left his physical body in 2008 (In his later years Swami Shivom Tirtha gave up his public life, left the ashram and started living in a isolated place near Indore, with two celibate disciples, writing many books. He left his body on 06/04/ 2008 at coimbatore: his ashes were offered to the Ganges at Rishikesh)...

www.siddhaashram.net

Swami Nikhil Joshi

Swami Nikhil Joshi embodies the highest levels of ayurvedic knowledge, passed down from one generation to the next in his Brahman family. He studied at the University in Jamnagar (Gujarat), has spent many years in various ashrams as well as living there as a teacher. These years of study and practice further deepened his skills and knowledge. His teaching transmits the wisdom of numerous Vedic methods and procedures in a clear and simple way. This original, authentic knowledge is transmitted in German, bypassing the time and trouble of imperfect communication!

As an ambassador of the ancient knowledge, Joshi forms a valuable bridge between Eastern and Western wisdom and ways of life. He presents lectures, seminars and trainings across Europe. In particular, he focuses on making the ancient traditions, knowledge and resources available to all.

www.kundli.net

Swami Yogananda

Yogananda is a 99-year old yogi with a fitness level that will put any athlete to shame! Even at his age, all his facilities are functioning optimally: No glasses or lenses, no missing teeth and so on. Born in 1909 in a village in Madya Pradesh, Swamiji began on the path of yoga at the age of 17. He has been practicing Sukshma Vyayam since 1948 and attributes his good health to the efficacy of this practice. He is a living example of the benefits of regular yoga practice. The Sukshma Vyayam brand of yoga is an ancient technique that combines subtle yogic warm-up with gentle stretching, breathing and relaxation. It promotes overall well-being and increased fitness level. Simple exercises, done with awareness, help develop concentration and induce relaxation. In Sukshma Vyayam, there are exercises for every part of the body. It exercises each organ, each joint and each muscle, either through a particular exercise or set of exercises, combined with a specific type of breathing.

Tom Beyer

(Description is awaited soon)

www.home-yoga.de

Urvasi Leone

Urvasi Leone is one of the first TriYoga Flow teachers in Europe to receive the Level 3 certification. "What fascinates me most is the feeling of the riding the wave, as you surf on the sea." Beginning as a teenager, she learned yoga exercises from her father; after several world travels, she was so taken by yoga that they left their previous lives in order to live and study intensively for five years with Yogi Dr Swami Gitananda in his original ashram in India.

On her return to Europe, she became a pioneer of Yoga in Germany, where she has now been one of the leading teachers and trainers for decades. Urvasi Leone directs the prestigious Berlin Academy of Yoga, the BDY Yoga Teacher Training and TriYoga Teachers Training at the Academy, and appears frequently at conventions and conferences as a representative of Yoga in Germany.

www.triyoga-akademie.de

Vera Kaltwasser

(Description is awaited soon)

www.vera-kaltwasser.de

Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath

Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath is an enlightened master from the line of the Himalayan Nath yogis (the oldest line of spiritual masters on earth), and a disciple of Babaji Mahavatar (also known from Autobiography of a Yogi). As a manifestation of universal compassion, love & wisdom, he provides the pure, directly transmitted teaching of Kriya Yoga. Yogiraj is one of the very few Siddhas from the Himalayas to the public. At his workshop, he provides three distinct benefits: Shivapat, Shaktipat & Pranapat (energy transfer from the original masters through to the students). Even as a four-year-old child, he sat in meditation for hours, spent his early years with the highest Nath yogis in the Himalayas, and received the direct blessing of Babaji. Finally he reached the highest state of yoga, the "Nirvikhalpa Samadhi" (also known as "Nirvana").

Kriya Yoga is known as "the alchemy of total transformation." Life is transformed by concentrated breathwork. Kriya burns negative karma away and thus prevents the future suffering of body and mind. The Kriya Yogi furthers his own subtle progress in his evolution; for half a minute of Kriya practice = a year of intellectual development!

www.hamsa-yoga.org