Alexandra Kool
Alexandra Kool was born in The Hague in 1985. 12 years ago she moved to Amsterdam and felt right at home. She decided to start her own upholstery and called it Koolstof. After 3 years she decided that she wanted to use the skills of her hands to help people instead of furniture. That moment she went into college to become a Shiatsu therapist. Last year she became a mother of a little girl Evi. She loves being a mother and uses yoga and meditation to have some Alexandra time.
Belle de la Croix
After years in corporate business in Marketing and PR, I didn’t feel the connection and passion with my job anymore. I decided to leave the corporate life and began the journey of my spiritual being. I have become much more aware. Not only have I discovered more of who I am but it also became clear what it is I want to do and what is really important to me.
Biljana (Billy) Köse
Let’s start in the present, THE NOW, as that is her reality! Starting at Delight yoga brings her smiles and sparkles. These are some of her characteristics that she loves sharing with other yogis and yoginis – a smile for any situation.
Claire Hermans
During her university years, Claire always sensed that there was something more to life. After getting her law degree she traveled for 2 years, living in Rome and exploring 13 countries in Asia in search for the elusive thing she felt was missing.
Cloë Blok
One day Cloë woke up. She realized that she got so attached to a certain way of living that she had lost her way on the pursuit of her ‘personal legend’ (Palo Coelho, The Alchemist). Even though she was working in the music industry she always knew in her heart that helping others is what she is supposed to do on this earth and in this lifetime.
Deborah Schoutema
“All I needed was balance”, Deborah concludes for herself. “Working in the fashion industry, I was dedicated to meet peoples demand for perfection, including my own. To strive is a muscle, and mine got injured at one point. As the injury literally exposed in my body too (shin splints), I got in touch with an Osteopath and deepened my Yoga practice. This turned out to be the beginning of a beautiful path, I enjoy being on every day. Ok, no, in pure honesty, almost every day.”
Ellemijn Nonkes
Gratitude, every day again to have found my rest and myself in a state of being through yoga. While I was graduating I allowed myself, once a week, to reconnect with this feeling of being. Yoga planted the seed and by allowing this seed to grow, great things started to develop in my life. The practice of yoga guided me to the remembrance of what I had forgotten for a long time.
Gaia Slotboom
Coming from a spiritual background, with her mother being a Tai Chi instructor and her stepfather a Reiki master, yoga was quite the logical path to follow. But it took a while for her to discover this.
Isadora Caporali
With Brazilian roots, a passionate heart and an adventurous soul, Isadora has found her home in Amsterdam. She is a woman of many talents.
Jody Uffels
Changed the game, that is what she did. Jody started to choose differently in all walks of life. Early June this year finding herself realizing after another black out it is time, time for a whole new and different approach. Something inside of her has shifted that specific moment for good.
Julia Reijman
While growing up in Amsterdam and later on working in the film and advertising industry, Julia often struggled with a feeling of being too sensitive and out of touch with herself and her surroundings. She tried to adapt and keep on going because she was holding on to an idea in her head of what life was supposed to be like. A shift came when she discovered yoga, meditation and shamanic healing methods, which helped her connect more deeply to her body and her true self.
Lianne Dorscheidt
When moving from the Dutch countryside to the city of Amsterdam Lianne started practicing yoga for the first time. Now seven years later, the yoga-drive is still there. Although some weeks she practices more than others, it always makes her feel good. Even after recently traveling and living in Mexico for a year, her yoga-mat was the one item that she always carried with her. One day she wishes to, in some way, combine her passion for yoga and her love for Mexico.
Malou Tan
Malou got inspired by minimalism during her studies at Art school. She found its values not only in the artistic aspects, but above all woven into the fundamental lessons of life.
Manda Oleary
Manda's relationship with movement begin at the age of three... She used ballet and modern dance as a way to experiment and express herself as she traveled through her youth.
Marlot van Laren
Marlot was born as youngest of three in Den Bosch in 1990. Ever since she can remember she followed her intuition.
Olga Derks
On the brink of turning 25, Olga started to experience a lot of loneliness. This made her confused: she had lots of friends and family, so why did she feel so alone in this world? Looking for answers on an academic level gave her some insight. But the feeling of being alone didn’t exactly change...
Ratna Adam
Meeting deadlines, working long hours and constantly pitching new ideas. As much as Ratna loved her challenging job as a marketing manager, she realized putting her work ahead of everything else wasn’t going to make her happy eventually. To boost her energy and find serenity she started doing yoga.
Rosa Gunneman
When Rosa was 20 years old she attended her first yoga class, which put her whole life in a new perspective. During her studies in psychology she felt chronically stressed, unfulfilled and confused about the path she had chosen. Her first steps on the spiritual path offered her a newfound desire to spread the principles and practice of yoga in the world.
Royce Benda
Who am I? At a young age Royce knew his heart wish was to serve all beings. Struggling with how to implement this in every day life, he found that to truly help others, he first needed to listen to his own heart. Through experience Royce learned how easy it is to outrun yourself and ended up in a burnout in 2010.
Sophie Peeters
After working in the creative field for some years, Sophie felt it was time for something else. She booked a ticket to Portugal to learn more about ‘living with less’. After one year spending most of her time watching the process of nature, practising yoga and meditation, she realised this was something to hold on to. Delight Yoga could not cross her path at a better time when she returned back to the city. ‘Everything we are looking for is already there or coming our way, we just need to trust and keep our eyes open’.