Aafke van Sprundel
Hatha, Meditation
Aafke studied communications and cultural anthropology at the Free University in Amsterdam and specialised in religion and symbolism. She is a yoga practitioner since 2005 and teaches yoga since 2008. She also intensely practiced buddhism for a while and is embarking on a journey in Taoism.
Adela Serrano
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yoga Basics
A former economist and banker, Adela discovered the power of Yoga in 2006 when she was living in New York City. She obtained the 500 hrs (Registered Yoga Teacher) certification by the Yoga Alliance through the Yoga Works Teacher Training program in New York.
Afke Reijenga
Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang
Today, I give away smiles all day! Afke used to live a rock 'n roll life style, working in art, tv, and film, surrounded by a world that felt increasingly artificial. Her longing for real authenticity grew stronger and stronger.
Agnes Vissering
Astanga Led, Mysore Program, Hatha, Vinyasa, Restorative
Agnes discovered yoga in 2000 in Bali. Continuing her travels through India and Scandinavia, yoga became her lifelong path. She went back to India many times to deepen her practice and eventually to teach.
Alejandra Kemna
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yoga Basics
Alejandra sees yoga as a tool for life. To stay in balance, as a mom with two kids, yoga connects her to her inner strength and spirit. She is both Chilean and Dutch and has been teaching yoga for over 10 years.
Alison Melvin
Yin, Mindfulness, Restorative Yoga
Alison fell in love with Amsterdam when she came to the city in 1995. Having given up her publishing work to raise three children, Alison has been fortunate to have studied yoga for over 25 years and has practised in different traditions from Iyengar and Ashtanga to Yin.
Alixe van Ogtrop
Alixe always knew she wanted to change the world. Starting in corporate life she discovered that the real change can only be made when the change is made within. After a PTSD Alixe went on her own healing journey, when reconnecting with her True Self and coming back home (within) she could not, not start to guide other people back to their own Inner Being.
Amanda Dries
Ayurveda
Amanda is from Wales in the UK. She worked for many years in sales, then as a purser for two main airlines, experiencing different cultures. After meeting her Dutch husband she moved to Holland and had three children. Over the last 14 years, she has taken on various studies for health. From 2010-2015 she studied at the Academy of Ayurvedic Studies to become an Ayurvedic practitioner.
Anna Scott Miller
Astanga Led, Hatha, Vinyasa, Yoga Basics
Always attracted to people and the possibilities of the physical body, Anna first started to study Physical Education to become a PE teacher. She started teaching gymnastics in her teens and after college PE.
Anne Vida Ikeda
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang, Mindfulness
Anne initially began practicing yoga to relieve stress and balance her hectic professional life back home in Montreal, Canada. Yoga has since become her journey that would impact every facet of her life, inspiring her to learn presence, patience, compassion, self-love and much more.
Anne Roffel
Hatha, Yin, Yoga Basics
She always wanted to move and did various forms of sports. Her first yoga class she followed in her twenties, she was immediately intrigued by the effect of yoga on her body and on her emotional wellbeing.
Annelied Mock
Hatha, Meditation, Pranayama, Restorative
Annelied started Vipassana meditation in Thailand many years ago, which answered to a deep desire. Since she has passionately focused on meditation and yoga and the two paths have come together.
Anouk Neijsen
Astanga Led
Anouk started her yoga path in 2008. While working in a highly stressful environment as a fashion buyer, she turned to yoga to find peace of mind. After trying several styles of yoga she was first introduced to Astanga yoga in 2010, while on a yoga retreat in Italy. It was love at first sight.
Antar Khirad
Hatha
Antar Khirad ('Inner Wisdom') got his Sanyas in 1996 at the community of 'Osho', enlightened Master in Pune. Born in the northern part of India in a Shatriya family, he was raised with 'Sanatan Dharma' (Eternal Religion). Through the journey of life he has been with different mystics and masters, and lived in several communes and ashrams.
Asha Hossain
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Yoga Basics
After working in retail and recruitment for many years, Asha came in contact with her Self through yoga practice. Yoga created awareness, which she applies in every aspect of her life.
Beatrice Savaris
Vinyasa, Prenatal Yoga
Born in Germany but raised in Italy, Beatrice comes from a design and communication background; creativity and curiosity have always been her life motives. She met yoga in a period of massive changes, finding herself again as she grounded into the yoga mat.
Bente Groenendaal
Hatha, Vinyasa
As a student of life, guided by the method of Yoga, Bente aims to shed light on peoples unique paths by sharing her understanding and practice of movement, connection, bodymind-breath awareness and being (human).
Berry Lusink
Astanga Led, Hatha, Vinyasa
‘It feels like magic what a yoga session can do for you‘. Berry has been practicing yoga since 2001. The art of living yoga has given her more and more depth.
Brenda van der Toorn
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yoga Basics
Brenda first got in touch with yoga when she was 18. In the beginning, she was mainly interested in the physical aspect of the practice. But slowly she started to become more conscious of the effect yoga had on her.
Chantal Soeters
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yoga Basics
"Our true home is in the present moment. To live in the present moment is a miracle." – Thich Nhat Hanh. Chantal Soeters is an Anusara-inspired yoga teacher from Amsterdam. Anusara yoga is a vigorous Hatha yoga system developed by John Friend, combining a positive life approach, biomechanical principles and a close community.
Charlotte Simons
Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang
During her travels in South-America in 2008, Charlotte was introduced to buddism, where it immediately impressed her with its wisdom. Soon after, she started to practice yoga regularly and experienced the benefits of yoga herself.
Chiara Vegt
Hatha, Vinyasa
Whilst yoga was all around when Chiara was younger, her mum teached and practiced yoga, she wasn’t attracted to it at all. She thought of it like kind of Goofy, while at the same time she loved to turn the pages of her mums’ yoga books and just stare at the exotic postures and people.
Claire Hesp
Vinyasa, Restorative
Claire has been teaching dance and performing since 2004, whilst traveling the world, learning from great teachers and cultures along the way. Her path to yoga evolved around the same time, as she noticed how much yoga helped her - not only on a physical level but also mentally even more so.
Claudia Pradella
Mysore Program
Claudia studied a variety of disciplines from personal coaching, to massage and dance therapy, but her affinity and interest in Eastern philosophy, reinforced by several journeys through Asia, led her to a deeper connection to the Yoga tradition.
Claudia Kratzheller
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin Yang, Restorative
Dancing. Breathing. Yoga. Being. That's her life in four words. :-) She helps people discover new insights about their bodies, so they can embrace their spiritual and energetic state whole heartedly.
Coen Van der Kroon
Ayurveda
Coen van der Kroon was born in Utrecht, The Netherlands in 1962. He has an academic background in Greek and Latin Languages and Culture. His MA thesis was on ancient Greek gynecology with a comparison between Hippocratic and Ayurvedic Medicine. This was the start of his interest in and study of ayurveda.
Dana Marshall
Yin, Meditation, Mindfulness
Dana Marshall (Brooklyn, New York 1962) teaches mindfulness and yin yoga. Dana is known for her heartfelt way of teaching and applies it to daily life. She creates an atmosphere of warmth and kindness in her classes which encourages students to relax into their bodies and minds.
Daphne Luttger
Astanga Led, Yin
Daphne’s search in the outside world has brought her to her inner world. In 2008 she decided to take the Astanga Yoga Teacher Training with Johan Noorloos and Marcel van de Vis Heil.
Davide Piai
Meditation
Davide studied contemplative practices for 20 years, spending five years at a traditional Buddhist philosophy college in Nepal as well as time in long practice retreats.
Dolores Mae Höppener
How did yoga cross your path? “Probably a long time ago…before this lifetime ;-). Like all of us - when we are babies, toddlers, children - we (know how to) connect to that what we really are and some of us see the unseen.
Dylan Hendrix
Astanga Led
Life Journey Since a young age, Dylan has always been fascinated with life’s great questions; his own life journey has given him an unusual eye for the beauty and interconnectedness of life, and made him sensitive to the human condition.
Ellen Paalman
Astanga Led, Vinyasa
Ellen Paalman is a Astanga en Vinyasa yoga teacher and dedicated yogi with a deep interest in yoga postures and their mechanics. As a child and teenager she was fascinated by dance, but finding yoga felt like coming home. She felt she was finally allowed to look within, instead of focussing on picture perfect.
Emma Brasser
Hatha, Yin, Prenatal Yoga
Emma’s exploration along the path of self-enquiry started with a journey around the globe in 2011. These travels also guided her to India, a place that became a second home over the years and helped her find a deeper, more meaningful yoga practise that focussed less on just the physical part of yoga.
Ergün Polat
Yin, Mindfulness
Physical practice has always been a part of Ergün's life. For years he played soccer and spent many hours at the gym. But in his searched for more meaning he switched to the practice of martial arts (Wing Chun) which gave him the opportunity to combine physical practice with the principles of Eastern philosophy.
Eric Weber
Vinyasa, Hatha Restorative
In 1996 sparked by personal interest and curiosity Eric Weber set off to discover the world of Iyengar yoga. He immersed himself in the yoga philosophy and concentrated specifically on the alignment of asanas. His discovery of yoga started as a passion, to this day it has not let him go and allows him to travel far abroad.
Erica Jago
Vinyasa
Erica Jago is an accomplished graphic designer, who's book, Art of Attention, was ranked #1 for book design on Amazon.com and is now translated into 5 languages.
Eva Ugolini
Astanga Led, Mysore Program
Eva’s passion for Yoga and Ayurveda started almost 15 years ago whilst taking a course in Ayurveda-Yoga massage in Rome, her hometown.
Fleur Van Zonneveld
Vinyasa, Meditation
Fleur first came in contact with yoga while studying at the Dance Academy. Having started her career as a dancer, she now finds dance and yoga to be the perfect combination.
Francesca Gobeille
Yin, Meditation, Restorative, Mindfulness
Francesca Gobeille has been immersed in Eastern philosophy and spiritual practice since birth. Her father taught yoga and meditation in the 1980s, and mother is also a longtime yogi.
Froukje den Nijs
Hatha, Vinyasa
Froukje started practicing yoga while working in fashion fulltime. When yoga started connecting her more to her heart she realized she needed to change her path. She quit her job and started deepening her practice, first 50 hours Pre-Teacher training at Delight Yoga, later 200 hours Hatha Teacher training at Tattvaa Yoga Shala in India and then 200 hours Vinyasa Teacher training at Yagoy.
Gabriele Karpf
Ayurveda
Gabriele Karpf is a healing practitioner who has set up her own clinic in Munich in 1999. Her clinical emphasis lies on Ayurvedic Medicine and Psychotherapy. She also shares her wisdom and teachings through retreats, workshops and lectures.
Gabriella Lai
Hatha, Vinyasa, Prenatal Yoga, Hatha Restorative
Gabriella (Gaby) is orginally from Hong Kong, she relocated to Amsterdam in August 2015. She has always been a serious sprinter at a competitive level until she was 17. She continued her passion in sports by choosing sports coaching as her Bachelor degree in Australia, she was hoping to become a physical education teacher after her graduation.
Gaia Picciolini
Prenatal Yoga
“Squat 300 times a day and you’ll have an easy birth” - Ina May Gaskin Gaia believes that pregnancy and birth represent a pivotal moment in the life of a woman and that each of them deserve to live it being fully in charge of her body and her decisions.
Hanna Paz
Vinyasa, Yin, Meditation, Yin Yang
Hanna started practicing yoga during her professional dance training. She soon discovered the beneficial effects of yoga on the body and mind, and it became part of her.
Hedi de Vree
Hatha, Yin, Meditation, Yin Yang
Hedi de Vree (1976, Stavanger Norway) has vivid childhood memories of watching her girlfriends drop to the floor in splits and do cartwheels, while she wondered why her own body wouldn’t move in that easy way.
Inge Peters
Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang
Inge Peters started practicing meditation in her early twenties. While being a filmstudent, she was looking for more peace of mind and for ‘Truth’, which led her to meditation. She studied at Brahma Kumaris, Rigpa (Sogyal Rinpoche) and practiced Vipassana meditation.
Ingeborg Timmerman
Vinyasa, Yoga Basics, Healing Yoga
For Ingeborg yoga is her life. Expect her to help you connect to who you really are. Being free in all your bodies. Mentally, energetically and physically. Ingeborg uses different movements derived from various teachings, such as Hatha Yoga, Tai Chi, Qigong, Tibetan Buddhist Practices.
Ingrid Notten
Astanga Led, Mysore Program
Sinds 2001 heeft Ingrid zich actief bezig gehouden met diverse vormen van bewustzijnsgroei en lichaamswerk. Na trainingen op het gebied van deep tissue massage, ontspanningsmassage en ayurvedische massage ontwikkelde zij een speciale interesse in de oosterse massagetherapieën.
Ira Hardjosusono
Hatha, Meditation
Ira’s yoga classes are characterized by her students as very careful and direct, moving deeply in the energy of the moment, to the rhythm of the breath.
Irene Sportel
Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang
Irene's yoga classes are a fusion of her passions: Yin and/or Vinyasa Yoga, healing and live music. Everything Irene shares comes straight from her heart and is there to help you drop down from the mind into the heart. To remember your true nature. To embrace yourself as you are and as you feel. Her classes are taught in a safe, simple and clear way, so you can completely focus on your inner experience. And when you lay yourself down for Savasana, Irene shares some live mantra music!
Irene Lomer
Astanga Led, Vinyasa
Irene grew up in England and moved to the Netherlands in 2010. From a young age she was introduced to eastern health and movement practices by her parents and since her early 20's yoga has been her biggest passion. After completing her first teacher training at Yogasite with Robert Boustany in 2015, Irene began teaching. She loves learning and has continued to deepen her studies through an Advanced Teacher Training at Delight that will be completed at the end of 2018.
Irina van der Sluijs
Astanga Led, Mysore Program, Yin, Mindfulness
Irina feels a deep longing for exploring consciousness. She used to sit in silence for hours in the church of her hometown and felt at ease in the surrounding nature with animal life. Later on it was in dance where she experienced the freedom and endless space that is ours to roam.
Italy Padilla
Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang
Italy has always had a profound passion for movement, stemming from her extensive background in dance. She holds her BA in Dance and Fine Arts and has danced professionally both as a freelance artist and for renowned companies in the US.
Janneke Krijgsman
Hatha, Vinyasa, Mindfulness
Janneke believes that the outer world is seen through the eyes of the inner world. Yoga and meditation are her favorite ways to connect to that inner world. Sometimes through a powerful flow that fires your body up, sometimes by being still and simply listening to what your body has to say. Always with awareness of the breath.
Jasmijn Koelink
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang, Mindfulness
Trained in social and organizational psychology, Jasmijn was thrilled to discover yoga at age 25. A few years later she completed the vinyasa ashtanga yoga teacher training (300+ hrs).
Jen Orlando
Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative
Jen Orlando moved to Den Haag in 2017 from New York, where she spent the last 9 years learning yoga and using it as a tool for thriving in a fast-paced world. What started off as a physical practice evolved into a practice of self-transformation and self-regulation.
Jenny Schoenmann
Astanga Led, Vinyasa
Jenny Schoenmann is a Yoga Alliance certified Yoga teacher, teaching Ashtanga and Vinyasa. Born in Germany, she was exposed to Yoga from a very young age as her mother is a dedicated Yoga teacher.
Jolijn Bruijnaers
Vinyasa
Yoga came to Jolijn 10 years ago. She found peace and her true self by practicing asanas and pranayama. She went to India to study as a yoga teacher and there she was also charmed by the beauty of Ayurveda. She then decided to undertake the path to become an Ayurvedic massage therapist and practitioner.
Jonas Nathan
Yin
After a turbulent life Jonas felt stuck in the moment. There was no where to go but to surrender and to go inwards. Connecting more and more to a spiritual practice with different kinds of yoga he eventually fell in love with yin yoga. This was coming home for him. Following his heart he signed up for a teacher training with José de Groot.
Judith van der Klink
Hatha, Vinyasa, Prenatal Yoga, Restorative
Judith has been teaching movement and dance for more then twenty years. She initially trained as a contemporary dancer at London Contemporary dance school, later as a teacher and choreographer at Codarts in Rotterdam.
Julia Blohberger
Astanga Led
With wanderlust in her blood, the desire to help and inspire people to connect to themselves she has decided to become a Yoga teacher. She has been a dedicated yoga practitioner on and off the mat since 2009.
Jurre Twijnstra
Astanga Led, Mysore Program, Yoga Basics
The breath is magic to Jurre. “The breath takes me to places in the body that feel like inner in outerspace”.
Juul Hagemeijer
Astanga Led, Vinyasa
When Juul Hagemeijer was just a baby, the pulsation of music already made her body move, since then she has been fascinated and inspired by the human body in all its aspects, which eventually led to a bachelor in theater dance.
Kamini Stam
Prenatal Yoga
Kamini has always had a passion for movement. As a kid she was always outside, exploring her boundaries; climbing, dancing, moving! Kamini took a break of her study in psychology to travel to India in 1997 where she learned and practiced different methods of bodywork.
Kathrin Bindig
Astanga Led
Kathrin started her Yoga Journey in 2010 when she embarked on a Study in Daoism with the focus on Daoyin and Taiji. Originally from Germany, Kathrin left her Country when she was 19 years old.
Katiza Satya
Astanga Led, Hatha, Vinyasa, Meditation, Healing Yoga, Restorative, Satsang
Katiza Satya is a yogini in heart and soul. She is An experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance (ERYT500-RYT 500) and licensed to certify students at the 200 & 500 hour levels.
Katka Jacz
Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang
Katka discovered yoga quite unexpectedly. While taking time off and traveling after her studies she found herself on a Caribbean beach in an impromptu yoga class, and immediately knew that something had shifted in her life forever.
Katrin Kögel
Yin
After moving from Germany to Amsterdam for love and music at the turn of the century, Katrin took her first yoga class – which turned out to be a life changing experience. Yoga has made her life richer and more beautiful.
Kevin Sahaj
Hatha, Meditation, Pranayama, Healing Yoga
Kevin Sahaj is a dedicated yoga practitioner who has been studying and practicing yoga for 30 years. His approach to teaching is eclectic and draws from many different methods and teachings to help students align their lives towards awakening.
Kimberly Poppe
Meditation, Mindfulness
An international meditation teacher, Kimberly leads courses, workshops & retreats and has been doing so worldwide for over 12 years. Deeply respected for her clarity and warmth, Kimberly was immersed in Buddhist study and practice for 20 years with some of the greatest Tibetan teachers of our time who personally trained her to teach.
Kirsten Drooger
Hatha, Yin
Having spent most of her childhood years on horseback in nature, Kirsten has found in yoga a new way to connect with nature now that she lives in Amsterdam.
Kristin Vikjord Paternotte
Hatha, Yin, Meditation, Yin Yang, Restorative
‘Wherever you go, there you are’ – Jon Kabat-Zinn. Kristin is the co-director of Delight Yoga. When her yoga journey began, it was like a piece of the puzzle was found. Yoga inspires Kristin in her everyday life, bringing her much joy and perspective.
Lauranza Harvey
Prenatal Yoga
Lauranza (1982, UK, Aquarius) started practicing yoga whilst at university studying for a Fine Art degree over 15 years ago. After her studies came to an end she travelled from India to South East Asia and deepened her yoga practice and knowledge along the way.
Lidewij Severins
Astanga Led, Mysore Program, Yin
For Lidewij a life without yoga is unimaginable. At a very early age she was introduced to yoga and after various trips to India, Thailand and Bali she decided to follow her heart and dedicate her full attention to yoga.
Liisa Russmann
Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang
Liisa’s yoga journey began in 2005 in London where she discovered the balancing benefits of yoga for body and mind in a traditional Hatha class.
Lindsay Stellaard
Astanga Led, Prenatal Yoga, Astanga Mysore Beginners
Lindsay her passion for yoga started at the age of 19, soon she discovered Astanga yoga and fell in love with this dynamic type of yoga. This unique yoga style has changed her life and transformed her way of seeing things in a more forgiving and loving way.
Lisa Weijburg
Astanga Led, Hatha, Yoga Basics
From the moment Lisa was introduced to yoga she knew the yoga philosophy suited her. Having tried different yoga styles she has found that her heart is in Astanga Yoga, which she has been practicing intensively since 2011.
Lisanne Lambert-Stoop
Vinyasa, Prenatal Yoga
Lisanne’s passion for yoga started in a hot and sweaty Bikram Yoga room in 2008. The intense practice, which started as a way to blow off some steam from a stressful life in fashion design, brought her some sincerely spiritual moments that slowly resonated with the rest of her life.
Lonneke Lamers
Hatha, Yin, Yoga Basics, Meditation, Yin Yang, Restorative, Mindfulness
After years of practicing yoga next to a busy office job, Lonneke's curiosity for yoga had grown. A couple of things came together, which led her to yoga philosophy, mindfulness and Chinese medicine. It was a process of healing in itself.
Lotte Ritzer
Vinyasa, Yin, Yoga Basics, Yin Yang
For as long as she can remember Lotte has been interested in the workings of the body, emotions and mind. So when she encountered yoga during one of her trips to Asia, and discovered the deep healing effect, she immediately realized its invaluable significance.
Lydia Aytogmus
Astanga Led, Vinyasa, Mantra Meditation
“Yoga is the state where you are missing nothing.” Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati Since her very first class, Lydia Aytogmus has been mesmerized by the transformative power and therapeutic impact of yoga; that by means of breath and movement on the mat, we can explore the interconnectedness of all off the mat.
Maartje Bakker
Meditation, Mindfulness
After getting her Master's degree in Clinical Psychology Maartje immersed herself in mindfulness. It became her passion and specialization both on a personal and professional level. The benefits of a calm and focused mind are incredible valuable and worth sharing with as many people possible. The way to yoga through mindfulness was inevitable, especially the beauty and stillness of yin yoga caught Maartje's attention. Next to the professional life there is the mom life, a life that fits Maartje very well.. since who are the greatest teachers of living in the present moment? That's right, those tiny human beings who have nowhere to go and nothing to do but to be.
Maggie Bijl
Vinyasa, Prenatal Yoga
Maggie Bijl was born on Earth Day (April 22nd 1980) in the midwestern United States. She is a true Taurus: reliable, practical, ambitious and fiercely loyal.
Mareille Outshoorn
Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang
Mareille (1978) has been interested in movement and sports from an early age. She has practiced all kinds of sports: handball, tennis, ice skating, surfing and swimming. In 2002 she took her first yoga class.
Mariette de Kroon
Meditation, Mindfulness, Tibetan Healing Yoga
Tibetan Yoga Lu Jong, 5 Elements & Awareness Meditation, Tsa Lung, Mindfulness, Full Moon Tibetan practice & Meditation In 2007 Mariette met her teacher Tulku Lobsang – a Buddhist master and physician – and his warmness teachings arrived directly in her heart.
Marije Roede
Astanga Led
Movement has always been an integral part of Marije’s life and when she decided to go to university to study psychology instead of continuing with the dance academy she was attending at the time, yoga came into her life and filled the gap that was left behind.
Marilou van Hoek
Astanga Led, Mysore Program, Hatha, Pranayama
Born in the Philippines, Marilou came to the Netherlands in her teens. She feels blessed with the best of both worlds: East and West.
Marlene Smits
Yin
Marlene is a non-dogmatic yoga and meditation teacher and coach. For the last 20 years she has been cultivating meditation and yoga practices and spiritual development. She has been teaching for 7 years.
Marsha Broeke
Astanga Led
After a period with a lot of lower backpain, wich finaly resulted in a hernia Marsha came in contact with Ashtanga Yoga. She immediately fell in love with the movements of body and breath connection. She noticed that not only physically she was healing, but after a long period of being really shy and insecure she started feeling better in her own body. One day her teacher advised her to become a teacher.
Martine Wieten
Astanga Led, Mysore Program
Who am I to say who I am? I read that somewhere and liked it a lot. After all, to write a bio is only to state who you think you are. It’s a concept. And I’m learning more and more not to believe everything I think. But let’s give it a go :-)
Matsyendra
Meditation, Pranayama, Restorative
Matsyendra teaches from and to the heart, connecting the outer yoga of posture and breath to the inner yoga of concentration and meditation. Teaching the classical style of Hatha Yoga, it is influenced by his own practice of Kundalini Tantra and Kriya Yoga.
Matt Corigliano
Matt Corigliano was raised with the Ashtanga Yoga practice and teachings as both of his parents were long time, dedicated students of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in the early 80’s. In addition to many trips of study in Mysore, India Matt’s close proximity to the direct teachings of Ashtanga yoga from a young age give him a firm and rare understanding of the subtleties and nuances of learning and transmitting this practice, something more and more rare these days.
Maximiliaan Cohen
Astanga Led
In 2012 Max decided to quit his job and move to Manila to travel and work. Just before he left for Manila, he discovered meditation. Amazed by the positive results in his daily life, his first Vinyasa yoga class soon followed. He loved moving the body in a flow and the awareness on the breath.
Megan Riley
Astanga Led, Mysore Program
Megan began an Astanga practice at the start of her career in higher education after completing her graduate work in creative writing in the U.S. What started as a search for an exercise to reduce stress and connect philosophy to practice, the yoga led her to her first teacher and, eventually, to her first trip to the Krishna Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore, India.
Moena de Jong
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Pranayama, Yin Yang, Restorative
Because practising yoga is an art form connected to the heart, Moena teaches her classes in a way she would also love to receive her own teachings:
Nanneke Landman
Hatha, Yin, Yin Yang
Growing up in South Africa, Nanneke was inspired by African Dance which eluded an interest in physical movement early on. Curious about the deeper essence of life, she found that studying yogic philosophy and Buddhism were the only things that truly made sense to her.
Naomi Aikane
Naomi is a versatile teacher specialized in psoas and fascia focused yoga therapy, personal sessions, as well as yoga for the eyes. Naomi teaches in a friendly, encouraging way aimed to provide you with an efficient, vibrant practice and enable you to tap into your deepest truth, connect with what is essential and nourish yourself in your core.
Nora Schrijver
Yin
Her hate-love affair with yoga is still there, even after 7 years of practicing. It stays a confrontation, time and time again. To be conscious about the unconscious and becoming an honoring-the-present ‘you’. For her yoga is more and more a beautiful and limitless ‘tool’ to access our true nature.
Pascale Bonnet
Hatha, Prenatal Yoga
Pascale started practicing yoga following the home birth of her son in 1992, with a Shivananda book in the Philippines where she was living. She felt so empowered that she decided to make it her profession after the homebirth of her daughter in 1994. She certified with yoga and massage at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in the USA, in 1996.
Patricia Veltri
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang
Yoga has been in Patricia’s life for a long time. She was 9 years old when for the first time she saw someone practicing yoga. That person was her grandmother who, after living 6 months in an Ashram in India, came back and started practicing yoga every morning.
Paulien Ten Brinke
Vinyasa, Prenatal Yoga
Paulien has been practising yoga since 2008. Through her love for dancing and singing she was first introduced to Vinyasa flow yoga. After many dedicated yoga holidays she obtained her teachers certificate at Yogamoves
Peter Roussel
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yoga Basics, Hatha Restorative
A new level of self enquiry started with spontaneous insights in hot spring in the Himalaya 1998. On returning to UK at the age of 23, Peter was gifted yoga classes that sparked fervent practice of Astanga until he completed Yoga Arts TT under Louisa Sear in 2001. Three more teacher trainings and many workshops since, Peter learned the structure and knowledge of Iyengar Yoga with Glenn Ceresoli.
Regina Németh
Hatha, Yin, Prenatal Yoga
Gymnastics, dance and music have been part of her life since very early age. Regina's love for yoga started in 2010 in India, and in 2012 she completed her 200hrs Yoga Teacher Training with Dr. Sushil, and deepend her knowledge about Thai Yoga Massage, Reiki and Meditation.
Reinier Dorrepaal
Astanga Led, Mysore Program
Reinier has started practicing yoga in 2003. After years of led classes in various styles of yoga, the authentic ashtanga yoga fascinated him completely and in 2009 he became a dedicated practitioner of the traditional ashtanga yoga method.
Rolandjan Van Mulligen
Yin, Meditation, Yin Yang, Restorative, Mindfulness
For over 15 years Rolandjan dived deeply into various Yoga systems, like Anusara, Kundalini, Yin and Iyengar yoga, while also studying and practicing several massage treatments such as ThaiYoga/ assisted Yin massage, Shiatsu on-site massage and Fascia therapy.
Sanne Groenendaal
After travelling to India at the age of 18, Sanne started her studies at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. During her studies she discovered a reoccurring subject in her work; a deep interest in understanding human behaviour and exploring the inner and outer realms of being.
Sasha Van Aalst
Astanga Led, Mysore Program
I first came in to contact with yoga in a white room with a tree in the middle and Katiza Satya gently guiding how to salute and acknowledge the sun. I was young, tender and touched - a trace of wonder left behind. Years later while studying Art History at the University of Amsterdam, I began discovering Ashtanga Yoga in 2009 here at Delight Yoga. I've been practicing daily since 2012.
Saske Wentink
Astanga Led, Mysore Program
Saske started practicing yoga during her (surf)travels in 2008. After practicing yoga around the world for a year, Saske wanted more deepening and in 2010 she went to Kathmandu, Nepal for her first TTC. She was very much inspired by her teacher Chintamani Gautam, but had not found her own practice yet.
Shari Iskandar
Yin, Mindfulness
After studying Econometrics and working for several start up companies, Shari became aware that the way she lived was too stressful for her and found herself burned out for about a year. During that period she started doing yoga everyday, mostly Yin yoga, and felt that it was exactly what she needed in her life.
Sido Wijga
Astanga Led, Mysore Program, Yin, Yoga Basics, Restorative
In 2008 out of curiosity Sido found his way to a yoga class above his working place, one of the first classes of Kristin Vikjord in Amsterdam (co-founder of Delight Yoga). This is where he discovered Astanga Vinyasa Yoga. He soon noticed the positive effect of yoga on his physical and mental condition.
Simona Benvenuti
Astanga Led
Simona was born in Italy and since her youth has been living abroad, following her passion for different cultures and languages. Since 1999 she has settled in Amsterdam where she lives with her 2 daughters.
Sjoerd Dragtsma
Hatha, Vinyasa
It were the shamanic Amazone traditions that brought Sjoerd back to the path of yoga in 2014. After flirting with yoga in his twenties, this time he was naturally and unavoidable drawn into the yogic fire.
Skadi van Paasschen
Astanga Led, Yin, Yin Yang
Skadi teaches yoga and pilates. She’s been practicing posture and movement therapy since 1995 and has worked with rehab patients for many years.
Sophie Schaefgen
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yoga Basics
Originally from Germany, Sophie came to Amsterdam to pursue a Master degree in Environment & Resource Management.
Stacey Griffin
Meditation
Stacey Griffin is the founder of Shift Meditation and a certified Sound Therapy Practitioner and Mindfulness Meditation teacher based in Amsterdam but originally from Canada.
Susan Pulley
Hatha, Ayurveda
Absorbed by Ayurveda for more than a decade, Susan is deeply invested in helping people transform their vitality and become their best selves through practical use of classic Ayurvedic nutrition, herbs, warm oil treatments, education and yoga. She is the founder & lead practitioner at Atma Ayurveda, a full- spectrum wellness clinic offering Ayurvedic consult & treatment programs in Amsterdam, where she specializes in women’s health & menopause.
Susanne Kiemel
Susanne is continuously exploring life, healing, intimacy and connection in her own practice. Connecting to the authentic wisdom of her body and staying present with both light and darkness, was her main focus since 2008.
Tanisha Lindeman
Astanga Led, Mysore Program, Vinyasa
Being born in Singapore with a Peruvian and Dutch background Tanisha is a truly international Yogi. She speaks fluent English, Dutch and Spanish and gets her inspiration from all over the world, giving her a heart for traveling.
Tara Chirimar
Vinyasa
'Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are. It solely relies on what you think' - Buddha. Growing up in the light of spirituality made Tara ever looking for a deeper purpose in life.
Tessa Schiebroek
While traveling Nepal in 2014, Tessa experienced her first Astanga Yoga class and immediatly fell in love. Her journey within started and from that moment on her lifestyle changed dramatically.
Veronica Perez
Hatha, Hatha & Pranayama
Veronica Perez is a professional dancer from Cuba. After years of theatre performing experience she felt the curiosity to go deeper into the universe of her body and her search took her to Yoga and its philosophy, attracting her so much that she decided to move to India.
Victoria (Tory) Hyndman
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yoga Basics, Pranayama, Restorative, Ayurveda
In a light-spirited manner yet sticking to the authentic teachings of yoga, Victoria uses the wisdom of Ayurveda in her yoga classes for students to experience spiritual access through physical practice.
Wendy Wanner
Yin, Prenatal Yoga
At first combining her calling with a hectic job in communications, Wendy has worked as a massage therapist and yoga teacher for 6 years now.