Teachers

Alexander Peters

Alexander Peters is a healing practitioner, who specializes in both ayurvedic medicine and yoga teacher training (BDY/EYU). He has been working extensively for a number of years as teacher and lecturer and founded the healing center Sonne & Mond , an education center for yoga and ayurvedic medicine based in Berlin.

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

Arne Frercks

Arne Frercks is sound therapist and musician. He works with a number of unusual instruments such as Body-Tambura, Hang drum, Tubular bells, Sansulas, Monochords as well as a Sound couch. The warm sound of the Hang drum stands in foreground in his concerts. The music arises at the moment and reaches from quiet meditative sound carpets about rhythmical sequences up to songs in the Singer/Songwriter style.

www.klangbehandlungen.de

Babek Bodien

(Description is awaited soon)

www.myspace.com/babekbodien

Catrin Müller

Born 1964 in Berlin, I began my professional career with the study dramatics-educator in Berlin, and dance teacher in the end of 1980s in Amsterdam at the school, ''New Dance of Development''. In 1991 I started the training as Shiatsu-Practioner and in 1994-1996 I took a yoga teacher training at the ''Yogaakademie Berlin'' with Ananda Leone.
Since 1997, I teach yoga and giude dance/theater workshops and organise professional training group travels. In 2004, I established the yoga school Yogamobil in Berlin with the main emphasis on teacher's professional training. As a teacher/coach I teach alternative methods at IEK-Institut as a relaxation therapist and dance teacher. The combination of dance/theater with yoga elements as a research topic offers much space for creativity and joy.

In 2010, I inaugurated my new studio: Shakti-Yogaloft and Yoga School in Berlin-Kreuzberg. My team of teachers for yoga classes, seminars as well as my yoga teacher training is mainly focusing on Hatha-Yoga, Ashtanga-Yoga, Vinyasa-Yoga. My Shakti-Yogaloft is open for extern events too.

My yoga style is influenced by my travels in India since 1997. I have studied Ashtanga and Iyengar yoga as well as yoga with the following teachers: Swami Mahaswarananda (Yoga in daily life), Daniel Orlansky's flow yoga, Vedanta-Yoga inspired by Mata Amritananda Mayi, and Intergal Yoga of Shri Aurobindo of Auroville South India.

"Yoga allows me to dive into the transparency of the moment with ever renewed astonishment of the borderless experience of the being".

www.shakti-yogaloft.de

Cornelia Flatischler

She is born in Zurich 1966, where she has studied voice and eurithmics at the concervatory of music.

From 13 years on she has undertaken intense trainings in Tai Chi/ChiGong, Tao Yoga with Mantak Chia, NLP, shivaism/mediation, as well as Reiki and other healing arts. Since 1990 Cornelia works and travels worldwide with her husband Reinhard Flatischler, the founder of the TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process. In the last years she has given many new impulses into further developing the TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process.

She is a member of Reinhard Flatischlers group MegaDrums together with Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Leonard Eto from Kodo, Stefen Kent and Glen Velez.
Her way of working with Rhythm is opening a space for people to meet their inherent open "State of Being" and to find deep trust into the mistery of the carrying force behind all.

www.taketina.com

Dinah Rodrigues

Born in São Paulo, Brazil on May 13 1927

Graduated in Phylosophy and Psychology - at the São Paulo University. USP // Graduated as Yoga Therapist by Swami Sarvananda // Honorary member of International Yoga Federation - India // Full member of I.Y.T.A International Yoga Teachers Association based in Australia, with representation around all the world. // Member of I.A.Y.T. International Association of Yoga Therapists (USA)

Teaching experience:
Seminars and Workshops in Brazil, Europe and North America
Preparing Hormone Yoga Therapists since 2000.

Intelectual productivity:
Created the technique "Hormone Yoga Therapy for Menopause"
"Hormone Yoga Therapy for Diabetes"
"Hormone Yoga Therapy for Andropause"
"Yoga Therapy for Knee problems".
Wrote the book "Hormone Yoga Therapy for Menopause" published in Brazil and translated to Spanish, German. French, Polish, Dutch and English.

www.dinahrodrigues.com.br

Dinesh Kashikar

36 years old, this yoga teacher has been with "The Art of Living" in India since 1995 and has given a countless number of people an understanding of yoga. Dinesh Kashikar or Kashi as every one refers to him, is from Ahmedabad, India and has a degree in chemical engineering.

Sri SriRavi Shankar takes him with him on his many trips in India and abroad. Kashi has also succeeded tose veral tasks for the organization in India. He was in a leading position at The Art of Living's own publishing company and used to coordinate activities at the Sri Veda Agama Samskrutha Mahapatahasala School that aims at reviving India's old Vedic traditions.

Soon it became clear that Kashi's true vocation is yoga. Pure, original yoga became his passion, far away from life style yoga and body forming. His impressive travel activity leads him around the world - to Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Germany, Poland, Russia and even to Mongolia to teach people the knowledge of yoga. It's the world's oldest system to show us how we can unite body, spirit and soul.

www.artofliving.org

Ilona Strohschein

(Description is awaited soon)

www.emax-yoga.de

Janin Devi & the Bhaktas

(Description is awaited soon)

www.janindevi.com

Jakob Heydemann

(Description is awaited soon)

www.yogashambala.de

Josephine Selander

Josephine has more than 10 years experience of Zen-meditation and is a highly renowned group training instructor within the Scandinavian exercise circuit.
Josephine Selander has received teaching licenses in Anusara Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga after studying in the USA. Valued for her theoretical knowledge and positive spirit, she has spent the past several years teaching and training aspiring yoga instructors. Today, Josephine runs "The Nordic Yoga Institute RYS (Registered Yoga School)" (Nordiska Yogainstitutet). She continues to study yoga with John Friend, Doug Keller, her mentor Sundari, and philosophy with Carlos Pomeda. Other important teachers have been: Pattabhi Jois, Saraswati Jois, Usha Devi, Patricia Walden, Larry Schultz, Dharma Mitra, Rusty Wells, Cyndi Lee, and Kia Meux.
Josephine has also written 3 books and even produced 2 DVD-films with the same topics. Josephine is renowned for her spirited, straightforward approach where she combines her extensive knowledge with a warm sense of friendly humor. A celebrated teacher internationally, she has held classes and workshops in the U.S.A., Thailand, and Italy in addition to teaching sold-out classes at international yoga festivals in Oslo and Stockholm.

www.viryayoga.se

Julian & Katharina Middendorf

Julian Middendorf and Katharina Middendorf, the founders of Nivata, found in India to inner stillness. Here they learned from yoga masters how to make stillness audible and they learned from life, how to live stillness. This knowledge and experience they contine to spread with nivata.

Julian Middendorf - Yoga Teacher and Usui Reiki master was born in Germany and has completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Wales and the USA. His numerous and extensive visits to India have allowed him to experience the culture of yoga and stillness in the country of origin and thus embark on the path of stillness. Julian Middendorf received the award as a yoga teacher from prestigious schools of India: the Bihar School of Yoga in India and the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in India.

Katharina Middendorf - Yoga teacher and author was born in Germany and graduated from the University of the Arts in Berlin to study a degree in communication. After her retirement from the job as creative director, the long and intensive visits to India allowed her to find stillness and experience the culture of yoga in the country of origin. Katharina Middendorf received the award as a yoga teacher from the renowned Bihar School of Yoga in India and completed the prenatal yoga teacher training with the kundalini luminary Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa in LA, USA.

www.nivata.de

Julie Blumenthal

Julie Blumenthal is a senior teacher of the ISHTA lineage and a Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500, and has been teaching yoga since 2003. She trained in and taught ISHTA Yoga in New York with Yogiraj Alan Finger, founder of the ISHTA lineage, where she was Alan's assistant at many retreats and workshops and was a co-creator, trainer and administrative director of the current ISHTA Yoga Teacher Training Program.

Other influences on her teaching include her frequent studies with master teachers such as Max Strom, Shiva Rea, Kofi Busia, Glenn Black, and Angela Farmer and Victor Van Kooten, as well as kirtan, bhakti and mantra studies with Jai Uttal and restorative yoga with Jillian Pranksy and students of Judith Lasater.

She remains a dedicated student of life in general and believes curiosity and joy serve us better than judgment and suffering, and that yoga is an amazing path to increasing joy.

Julie moved to Berlin in 2007, where she currently teaches in Kreuzberg, Charlottenburg and Prenzlauer Berg.

www.julieblumenthal.com

Jutta Wohlrab

Jutta Wohlrab is a midwife and Yoga teacher with 27 years of experience both in the conventional Western medical and the Holistic approach to birth. She became a certified midwife in Germany in 1986, and has worked with all her skills in hospitals in Germany, New Zealand and Australia. Jutta is very passionate about her work and she believes it really has to come from the heart. Jutta has trained in homeopathy and acupuncture for pregnancy, birth and after. She practiced yoga e.g. with Mark Withwell, Donna Farhy and Mother Maya.

www.elementsofbirth.com

Dr. Klaus Wolff

Dr. Klaus Wolff, born 1962 in Düsseldorf, is healing practicioner for psychotherapy and has a practice in Bonn für psychotherapy, dru yoga and mental training. His work focusses on therapeutic yoga, counselling and coaching. Additionally Dr. Wolff has been broadcasting in SWR 2-radio about "the art of life".

www.dr-klaus-wolff.de

Leela Mata

Leela Mata is an internationally known teacher with great wisdom. She has been blessed since childhood with mystical experiences and teachings from Masters. She comes from the Sivananda lineage, and studied directly under Swami Vishnu Devananda. Leela Mata also studied Ayurveda with Dr. Vasant Lad in both the United States and India. In the United States Leela Mata directed the Yoga Vedanta Centre in Ft. Lauderdale. While directing the centre, she and Yogi Hari developed Sampoorna Yoga and trained hundreds of teachers who practice throughout the world. She has also taught worldwide, including Africa, Europe, India, Canada and South America.

Each year Leela Mata makes a return pilgrimage to India for ongoing education and enlightenment. She actively continues her mission through Leela Mata Foundation for Enlightenment in the tradition of Swami Sivananda and his direct disciple Swami Vishnu-Devananda. Leela Mata permanently provides a new thought-force that helps to promote the peace and harmony of mankind and the prosperity of society.

www.leelamata.com

Lucie Beyer

(Description is awaited soon)

www.yogamitlucie.de

Mallik Family

Premkumar, Priyanka, Prashant & Nishant Mallik - Voices, Harmonium, Pakhawaj, Tabla
Rashmi Mallik - Tanpura

Pt. Premkumar Mallik is the leading musician in the Mallik family which is famous all over India for a very rhythmically elaborated interpretation of Dhrupad. Except for Dhrupad and Dhamar compositions - of which they possess an unparalleled stock - they are also known for their exposition of Khyal, Taranas, Ghazals, Bhajans and songs of the medieval poet Vidyapati in Thumri style. Premkumar and Rashmi Mallik's sons Prashant (29) and Nishant (26) have been awarded Gold Medals in the All India Radio Music Competition in the field of Dhrupad & Dhamar, whereas daughter Priyanka (25), who gave her first concert at the age of 7, is excelling in Khyal. In Europe, they appeared first in 1983 in the European Dhrupad Mela organized by world music specialist Peter Pannke, who has lived with the Mallik family in India for many years. In 1992 they took part in the Parampara! Festival in Berlin. The 1993 European tour climaxed in the opening concert of the New Jazz Festival Moers, in 1994 they appeared at the legendary BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall in London. Since then they have performed regularly all over Europe and in America.

Marlie Ziegert & Tapati Nobis

Tapati Nobis and Marlies Ziegert are Berlin based dancers with German and Indian roots. For many years they have practiced the classical Indian dance style Bharatanatyam. In 1999, they acquired their Arangetram (Dance Diploma) at the Academy For Performing Arts Dance & Theatre Productions. Their teacher Mrs. Rajyashree Ramesh is a renowned dancer and movement analyst who performed for over four decades. She is holding lectures in India, Europe and the U.S. passing on her knowledge and experience.

Tapati and Marlies are members of Mrs Rajyashree Ramesh´s Rasika Dance Ensemble and also perform as a duo by themselves. They took part in events such as the Artists against Aids-Gala at the Komische Oper, the Cultural Forum and the summer party of the German Bundespräsident, the Museumsufer Festival in Frankfurt, at the Indian Embassy in Berlin, Werkstatt der Kulturen. Their credits also include performances in Latvia, Argentina and France.

Their passion is about Bharatanatyam. Additionally, both have gained experience in Classical Ballet, Yoga and Kalaripayattu.

Martina Maria Weinheimer

(Description is awaited soon)

www.5rhythmen-berlin.de

Matthias Grimm

Having grown up in a post war culture he could first hand experience the decline of a generation and the start of a youth movement. His search for creative expression leaded him to study Painting and Metal Sculpture. After his studies he worked on extensive projects and teaching. He understood to be an artist as a mythical- magical counterweight to the materialistic one-sidedness of western culture. He began to develop his life quest of bringing together this vision and idea of integration.

His preoccupation with the resonance of form and color, lead to his first experiences in moving meditation and contemplation. The discovery of the Tantris concept was the key to an all-encompassing connection to life forms. Since 2000 he has been practicing and assisting in yearly training of the Tantris spirituality. He worked with the SkyDancing Tantra Institute, along with Margot Anand. Including intensive Yoga practices; he learned effective meditation techniques and structures. He deepened his energetic experience with Michael Barnett and Mantak Chia.

As a certified SkyDancing Tantra Teacher, he has been teaching the basic class since 2005 in northern Germany. From his training as a alternative practitioner psych. he incorporates aspects of therapeutic psychology into his practice. For many years he has been directing and teaching his Life Discoverer Project (Projekt lebensforscher) along with other partners in mediation and workshops throughout Berlin.

www.lebensforscher.de

Michael J. Stewart

Michael J. Stewart is a Hatha Yoga teacher with a varied background. Michael's Yoga journey has taken him from the Jivamukti studio in New York City to study with Iyengar teachers Sharat Arora and Rajiv Chenchani in India. He is currently studying with Sri Dharma Mittra. Michael is also deeply moved by the the practice of mantras and is part of a Kirtan duo called Matrika. This allows him the opportunity to combine his love for African music and his connection to traditional Sanskrit mantras.

His teaching is inspired by the spirituality of Swami Sivananda and the deep insight of Patanjali. He is also known internationally as a Movement facilitator, African Drumming teacher, Choreographer and Theatre director.

In my journey with yoga, *pranayama is one of the pillars of my practice. Each day through the various explorations with pranayama I find new aspects of my subtle nature. Pranayama is one of the simplest techniques to realize that there is more to us than the body, the mind, the thoughts and emotions.

Another voice emerges each time we practice to remind us that there is MORE, all we need do is be still and breathe. The only way to fully understand this is simply to open your heart, your mind and practice regularly.

Michael's philosophy is: "in order to be a good teacher, one must be a good student".

www.lokavidu.com

Miriam Kretzschmar

Kretzschmar Miriam, yoga and children's yoga teacher, project coordinator for many years at the FU Berlin (Education). Miriam teaches yoga at Lernen in Bewegung e.V., at universities, in Berlin primary schools and kindergardens. She manages trainings to/for children's yoga teacher in Berlin, Nuremberg and Hagen.

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

Narmada Devi Puri

(Description is awaited soon)

www.yoganga.org

Dr. med. Ori Wolff

(Description is awaited soon)

www.oriwolff.de

Peggy Pohl

Peggy Pohl - alternative practitioner (psychotherapy) and respiratory therapist. Born in 65, trained in modern dance in Berlin, Strasberg drama work with Mariam Azemoun, voice and speech training. Peggy is trained in spiritual therapy by Rosmarie and Ulrich Lipp and is practicing for over 15 years Kashmiri Tantra Yoga and is well experienced in active Osho meditations. In their integrative respiratory therapy Peggy connects Reichian body work with Holotropic breathing, pranayama and tantric meditation techniques.

"Feel your body and follow the breath, let him flow like he wants to flow: sometimes wild and chaotic, sometimes soft and gentle, sometimes with deep feelings, and sometimes in peaceful silence - and let be here all those physical, emotional and spiritual movements, find out, what they are, and give a loving inner yes to all of them - this is my way into healing - and in the vitality and richness of life."

Peggy Pohl provides respiratory therapy since 2008 in Berlin-Kreuzberg and is organizing Meditation events and breathings days, for instance at the Mauz; the Osho Meditation Center in Berlin. In addition, she has worked for 17 years as a movement teacher and Pilates instructor. As well Peggy is also a storytelling woman and is creating narrative programs designed for children and adults.

www.atmen-berlin.de

Peter Pannke

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Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

"This life for me is an endeavor to help people experience and express their divinity. May you know the bliss of the Divine." - Sadhguru

Sadhguru, a yogi and profound mystic of our times, is a visionary humanitarian and a prominent spiritual leader. A contemporary Guru, rooted as strongly in mundane and pragmatic matters as he is in inner experience and wisdom, Sadhguru works tirelessly towards the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of all. His mastery of the mechanisms of life, an outcome of his profound experience of the Self, guides in exploring the subtler dimensions of life.
Sadhguru's scientific methods for self-transformation are both direct and powerful. Belonging to no particular tradition, Sadhguru incorporates and presents what is most valid for the contemporary life from the yogic sciences.

Sadhguru regularly speaks at the major international conferences such as the World Economic Forum, the UN and TED.
He founded Isha Foundation, a non religious, nonprofit organization that addresses all aspects of human wellbeing from yoga practices to social justice-and the wellbeing of the planet. Isha Foundation is operated by over 1 million volunteers from more than 200 city-based centers spread worldwide.

Under Sadhguru's guidance, Isha Foundation also implements several large-scale human service projects to support individual growth, revitalize the human spirit, rebuild communities, and restore the environment.

www.ishafoundation.org

Sarabjeet Singh

Lives in Indore. Professor of management and economics, running successfully five commerce and management colleges in Indore(India) having students strength of more than five thousand. As social worker, giving his services in the area of school education to poor and under privileged children, primary health care facilities to poor people of mandhata village, women empowerment and health hygiene of poor women, economic upliftment of of poor village people. As entrepreneur established omkar spiritual tours, prasadam restaurant, we care sanitary napkin production unit and exports of yoga products.

He is also the Joint Secretary of Om Maa Shree Shree Mata Anandamayi Peeth, Indore.

He is actively involved at Anandmayi Ma Ashram School, which has exerted a positive and uplifting influence on the children and entire community of Omkareshwar. Over the last ten years it has provided a free education for the destitute and neglected local village children.

He is also one of the founder member of BRF Youth Club, which extends its helping hand to the youth and parents of the area and has introduced an ecological consciousness through clean-up drives, massive tree planting projects and waste disposal options.

The ashram's women's group "Matri Shakti" has given the village women a voice to help solve thier problems, and independence and self sufficiency by training them in practical handicraft skills and projects such as cow protection dairies and free camps are being planned.

www.srianandamayima.org

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

Shubhraji

Shubhraji is a close disciple of renowned Vedantic Master H.H. Swami Chinmayananda and studied with him for twenty years from the age of thirteen. Originally from India, Shubhraji teaches Vedanta, the ancient, non-dual philosophy of India, which is universal in its appeal.

Using original Sanskrit texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads, Shubhraji lectures on numerous topics. These include Spiritual Unfoldment, The Art of Relationships, Meditation in Daily Life, The Essence of Divine Love, On Creativity, The Power of Mantras and Sounds and explanations of the meaning, the accentuation and the power of specific Mantras, e.g. Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra, Gayatri Mantra.

Shubhraji brings earthy, good-humored exposition to her teachings. Her students discover a deeper understanding of their nature, challenges they may face, and how to refocus their attitudes regarding life. Her talks are inspiring and uplifting; they aim to bring one to the true Self.

Shubhraji has interacted with diverse communities in the course of her spiritual work. She teaches in various centers throughout the U.S, Asia, and Europe. Each year, between April and July, she is present in Europe. She also offers weekend retreats and intensives which incorporate yoga asanas taught by other instructors. Shubhraji gives ongoing weekly talks in Woodstock, NY. She has lectured at Harvard Business School and St. John’s College in New Mexico, USA.

Shubhraji has dedicated her life to spiritual work.

www.namahom.org

Sonja Klöwer

Sonja Klöwer, Yoga teacher WdM and BDY/EYU, student of Daya-ji (Dr. Daya Mullins). Long-term teacher at the European College for Yoga and Therapy (ECYT), head of the BenefitYoga® teacher team at the WEG DER MITTE Healing and Education Center in Berlin.

www.wegdermitte.de

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

Steven Walters

With a playful simplicity, and a fresh approach to contemporary folk music, Steven Walters invokes the most tender feeling level of the heart, moving you deeply --- to joy and laughter one moment, unabashed tears the next. With deftly woven lyrics and masterful guitar work, his songs are offerings of humor, spirit and sweetness -- serious music for the lighthearted soul.

Since age seven, Steven has made a life's work of writing and performing original music. For twenty years he enjoyed a career on the road as a professional guitarist and vocalist in blues and country music bands. In 1993, after being diagnosed with leukemia and told he had 24 hours to live, Steven began a period of intensive meditation. Miraculously, he became strong enough to receive a bone marrow transplant and make a full recovery. Inspired by this second chance, in 1995 Steven began to truly live his dream, giving up the smoky bars and club circuit to perform his original music.

www.stevenwaltersmusic.com

Susanne Lutz

Susanne Sumitra Lutz is working as a yogateacher, as geomant and as a townplanner. Since 15 years she has been teaching Kundalini Yoga and almost the same amount of time she has been working with Geomancy, Vastu Vidya - the vedic Feng Shui- and Spaceenergetics.

When she startet to teach yoga outside some time ago, landscapeyoga was coming up, virtually by itself. Landscapeyoga is more than simply outdooryoga. Landscapeyoga persists of elements from Kundalini Yoga by Yogi Bhajan, -especially Treeyoga by Satya Singh-, Vyda -the Yoga of the Druids- und geomantical exercises of perception according to Marko Pogačnik.

Part of her work persists in bringing spiritually und wholistic projekte into society. At the Momen she is projecting a Nature- and Healthpath with Landscapeyogaexercises in the -Landschaftspark Herzberge in Berlin-Lichtenberg. It will be opened in Oktober 2011.

www.lebensplan.com

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 Saradananda

Swami Saradananda is an internationally-renowned yoga and meditation teacher who inspires you to practice. She has taught yoga for over thirty-five years and is the author of number of books, including "The Power of Breath", "Chakra Meditation", "Teach Yourself Yoga", and "Yoga Mind and Body". Her latest book "The Essential Guide to Chakras" is scheduled for release in August.

Swami Saradananda worked with the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres, for almost thirty years as one of their senior-most teachers and close disciple of Swami Vishnu-devananda. She directed centres in London, Toronto, New York and Delhi.

After an extended period of personal practice in the Himalayas, Swami Saradananda worked with the Peacemaker Community as 'author in residence' in U.S.A, then was the Spiritual Director of Haus Yoga Vidya in Germany. Now based in London, she teaches advanced training courses and workshops worldwide, leads frequent pilgrimages to India and writes extensively.

saradananda.blogspot.com

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 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 102-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.

Swaramandala & Friends

Laura Patchen, tabla, trained 1977-2004 by Pandit Kamalesh Maitra, musician and composer. Since 1978 she played tabla on his international tours. Founding member of the Ragata Ensemble (est. 1980) with concerts in Europe and India. MCs, LPs and CDs. Twenty years of teaching practice.

Frank Beese, sitar, zither, harmonium, percussion. Trained with masters like Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee and Pandit Minilal Nag. For over 30 years playing the sitar in concerts and seminars with a special emphasis on the spiritual and therapeutic dimension of Indian ragas.

Barbara Irmer, vocals, harmonium, tamboura, guitar. Yoga teacher WdM and BDY/EYU, Benefit Yoga® therapist, teacher for breath, voice and movement according to Goralewski/Gindler, healing practitioner, pedagogue, author.

Carmen Mager, vocals, tamboura, guitar. Yoga teacher WdM and BDY/EYU, Benefit Yoga® therapist, certified social pedagogue, healing practitioner, head teacher at the European College for Yoga and Therapy (at the department for Benefit Yoga® therapy), author.

Erika Maria Rojo, singer, studied voice at the Manhattan School of Music. Yoga teacher training at the Integral Yoga Institute in New York and the WdM/ECYT. Teacher of music and Yoga at the WEG DER MITTE health centres.

Detlef Franz, studied music at the UdK (Berlin University of Arts). For over 20 years performances with orchestras, jazz ensembles and percussion groups on Berlin stages. Teacher of music, theatre and sports.

www.wegdermitte.de

Tanja Bochnig

Tanja Bochnig is the founder of Aroma Yoga. The potential benefits of a combination of aromatherapy and yoga opened up to Tanja in the mid-nineties.

At the young age of eighteen, she began her career as a model, which brought her quickly to the fashion capital, Paris. Five years later, and after a brief stopover in London, she moved to New York. Despite the great success in her work, her real interest was something quite different. Aromatherapy, yoga, herbal medicine, homeopathy and many other natural healing techniques were Tanja’s true passion and pleasure. Courses and training followed, allowing her enthusiasm to mature into a profession and a calling. In particular, she has trained in the yoga styles Hatha, Vinyasa, Jivamukti, Kundalini, and others, and has been certified by two training courses as a yoga teacher.

www.aromayoga.com

The Love Keys

"The Love Keys" met the summer of 2009 at a band rehearsal, and decided to take over the world with their music. Convinced of their supernatural capabilities and guided by the knowing that it's all about attitude, they set out with a repertoire of alluring tunes and a charm that is simply too hard to resist. Until the Third Eye is beaming...

With lush, angelic vocals, delightfully intricate lyrics and windswept melodies, these accomplished singer/songwriters and musicians mesmerize their audiences with upbeat, sophisticated and beautifully woven soul stories and compelling adventures. Our magical sound tapestries weave a rich tapestry for our extraordinary voices and create an audio feast never heard before. An interactive, light hearted, and often funny personality and performance style is our key to connect with people from all over the world.

For Aleah it all started with singing in Choirs when she was 8. She did that for about 10 years and trained her voice. Then she picked up the guitar at age 15, played a bunch of tradititionals, covers and friend's songs, and started to write her own songs when she was 19. From then on she traveled through Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Poland, California, Hawai'i, Kanada and Spain to perform, create musical projects and record.

Ben has been playing guitar for over 15 years, and after trying other instruments, too and playing in numerous metal bands he is now happily playing acoustic guitar. He has taught himself to play guitar and always wrote his own songs, because he never liked playing covers. He loves the process of recording and music technology. His life is dedicated to music. He is always open to new sounds, inspirations and things to learn.

www.thelovekeys.de

Thomas Hübl

(Description is awaited soon)

www.thomashuebl.com
www.celebrate-life.info

Master Tianying

Master Tianying is a Qi Gong Master of the Tian Gong school. Ten years ago she founded the Tian Gong Institute in Berlin with her sister. Here they teach the people the old Chinese Qi Gong methods and the deeper knowledge of the human soul - with great success.

Master Tianying is from the city of Wenzhou in southeastern China. After a serious illness came over her she began to practice Qi Gong. She studied and learned from various masters, but after five years she was still not able to find a complete cure.

The turning point in her life came when she had an encounter with the Tian Gong founder Grandmaster Letian Shifu in 1993. Not only was her life-threatening disease healed within a few months, Tian Gong practice also helped her open her heart, to be filled completely with the unconditional love and compassion for all living beings and for our mother Earth. With the release of the "small I (ego)", she found herself gradually developing various extraordinary abilities such as clairvoyance, clairaudience, telepathy, communication with the beings of higher dimensions and soul travel beyond the boundaries of space and time. Particularly noteworthy is that only after half a year of her Tian Gong practice her "Bi Gu" was activated and has since largely been fed only by cosmic energy (Prana).

Her great wish is that more people get to know these Universal Methods to follow the path of serving, protecting, and helping themselve all its living beings and the Earth.

http://www.tiangong-qigong.org

Tom Beyer

(Description is awaited soon)

www.home-yoga.de

Yesha Z. Kameli

(Description is awaited soon)

www.natura-heilpraxis.de