Aafke van Sprundel
Hatha, Meditatie
Aafke studeerde communicatie en culturele antropologie aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam en specialiseerde zich in religie en symbology. Ze beoefent yoga sinds 2005 een geeft les sinds 2008. Ze heeft actief boeddhistische practices beoefend en verdiept zich in het Taoism. Ze houdt ervan theorie in praktijk te brengen en ook verschillende spirituele practices te theoretiseren en te begrijpen.
Adela Serrano
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yoga Basics
Als voormalig econoom en bankdirecteur ontdekte Adela de kracht van yoga in 2006 toen ze in New York woonde. Ze behaalde de 500 hrs RYT certificatie bij Yoga Alliance via het Yoga Works Teacher Training programma 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, Astanga Mysore, Hatha, Vinyasa, Restorative
Agnes ontdekte yoga op Bali in 2000. Al reizend door India en Scandinavië werd yoga haar levenspad. Ze is vaak teruggegaan naar India om haar practice te verdiepen en uiteindelijk om les te gaan geven.
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. She has studied with David Swensson and completed the Sva Dharma Teacher Training with Katiza Satya and Kevin Sahaj. She is deeply inspired by Ayurveda and is studying advanced studies of Ayurveda with Victoria Hyndman. She is grateful for her teachers who have given her the chance to deepen the practice, not only on the mat but also in daily life. Alejandra’s classes are from the heart, playful, fun, calming and strengthening. It gives you the chance to feel deeply connected to your inner being.
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 komt uit Wales, GB. Ze heeft jaren in sales gewerkt, en daarna als purser in de luchtvaart, waardoor ze verschillende culturen heeft leren kennen. Met haar Nederlandse echtgenoot verhuisde ze naar hier en kreeg drie kinderen.
Anne Vida Ikeda
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang, Mindfulness
Hoewel Anne begon met Yoga als fysieke training, was het tegelijkertijd ook een uitlaatklep voor haar drukke, stressvolle leven in haar geboorteplaats Montreal.
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, Meditatie, Pranayama, Restorative
Annelied begon tien jaar geleden in Thailand met Vipassana meditatie, wat beantwoordde aan een diep verlangen. Zij heeft zich daar met passie op gericht en op yoga, waarbij de paden integratie vonden.
Anouk Neijsen & Marianne van den Heuvel
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. This physically challenging practice combined with a strong focus on the breath gave her a tool to connect with herself in ways she had never experienced before. Soon afterwards she left her job and went to Thailand where she met Paul Dallaghan who introduced her to the mysore style of practice and to pranayama. Upon return in Amsterdam she started a daily mysore practice with Claudia Pradella and Madina Tanekeyeva at Astanga yoga school Amsterdam. This became the foundation for her life. Out of a hunger to learn more about yogic philosophy and lifestyle and a desire to deepen her practice she joined the 200 hrs Astanga yoga intensive training with Claudia Pradella and Janneke Verburg in 2012. This training marked the beginning of many changes in her life. She became very interested in detoxing and plant-based nutrition and decided to deepen her knowledge by first studying Holistic nutrition at Civas and later on Raw food cuisine at Matthew Kenney culinary in LA. In 2012 she was also introduced to Lino Miele with whom she immediately felt a strong connection because of his personal approach, Italian temperament and love for Astanga yoga as it was taught traditionally by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. She started following him in his workshops and retreats in Italy and India. To this day he still is her main teacher and a great source of inspiration both for her practice and teaching. Astanga yoga helps Anouk to daily connect and stay truthful to herself but also to face her fears, challenge herself and open up to the unknown. In her classes these qualities are very important and she wishes to inspire her students in this way to follow their own path.
Anouk Neijsen
Astanga Led
Anouk Neijsen Health food nutritionist Special for the Delight Spring Detox we asked Anouk to be available for extra advice. Do you have particular issues you want to work with during this detox process? Would you like to integrate additional cleansing practices (like enema’s) in your detox program? Yes? Then Anouk can help you. About Anouk From an early age Anouk has been very interested in healthy living and eating. When she started to develop a regular Astanga yoga practice her awareness of the influence of food on body and mind grew further. While doing her first teacher training in 2012 she learned more about different philosophies on food and this lead her to experiment with the effects different foods and diets have on her. In the same year she did her first detox during a yoga retreat in Thailand. This was a transformative experience – with impressing effects both body and mind. This made her want to learn more about detoxing. In 2015 she graduated in the ‘Detox coach’ course at the Sonnevelt institute. Nowadays there are many different views on what constitutes a healthy diet. Especially after doing a detox many people want advise on how to continue eating while keeping the feeling of lightness and peace of mind that they experienced while detoxing. Apart from that Anouk wanted to be able to form her own opinion on all the different diets that are being advised. This lead her to do the ‘Health food nutritionist’ course at Civas. “The most important lesson I have learned is that food has a very strong influence on our health but also that every body is different. It is my passion to help you find out what your body needs to function at its best and make you feel happy and alive!” Request a personal consultation Anouk via info@delightyoga.nl. - 25 minutes for €25 - 50 minutes for €50
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
Na jarenlang in retail en recruitment te hebben gewerkt kwam Asha door yoga in contact met zichzelf. Het beoefenen van yoga heeft een bewustzijn gecreëerd dat ze kan toepassen in haar hele leven.
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 beoefent yoga sinds 2001. De kunst van het leven met yoga heeft haar steeds meer verdieping gebracht.
Brenda van der Toorn
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yoga Basics
Brenda kwam op haar 18de voor het eerst in aanraking met yoga. Het ging haar toen voornamelijk om het fysieke aspect.
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 een Anusara-inspired yoga docente uit Amsterdam.
Charlotte Simons
Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang
Charlotte kwam op een reis door Zuid Amerika in 2008 voor het eerst in aanraking met het boeddhisme en niet veel later met yoga. Sindsdien is ze toegewijd blijven oefenen omdat ze merkt hoeveel goeds yoga met haar doet.
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 studeerde in 2005 af als danseres aan de Fontys dansacademie te Tilburg. Als uitvoerend danseres en dans docent heeft Claire veel gereisd en geleerd van verschillende culturen en inspirerende leraren op haar pad. Ze kwam al snel in aanraking met yoga en ze merkte hoeveel goeds dit haar deed, zowel fysiek als mentaal.
Claudia Pradella
Astanga Mysore
Claudia’s affiniteit met en belangstelling voor Oosterse filosofie, versterkt door verschillende reizen door Azie, hebben geleid tot een diepe verbinding met de Yoga traditie.
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, Meditatie, Mindfulness
Dana Marshall geeft onderricht in mindfulness en yin yoga. Dana staat bekend om haar inspirerende, oprechte manier van onderwijzen en past het toe in het dagelijks leven.
Daphne Luttger
Astanga Led, Yin
Daphnes zoektocht in de buitenwereld heeft haar bij haar binnenwereld gebracht. In 2008 besloot zij de Astanga Yoga Teacher Training te gaan volgen bij Johan Noorloos en Marcel de Vis Heil.
Davide Piai
Meditatie
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.
Davide Piai & Kimberly Poppe
Kimberly Poppe Kimberly has been immersed in Buddhist study and practice for the last 20 years. She has received personal instruction and training from some of the greatest Tibetan teachers of our time who authorised her to teach. In addition, she has also studied with some of the leading scientists, pioneers and teachers of mindfulness, loving kindness and self-compassion in the West.
Dieke Bikker
Hatha, Yin, Meditatie, Restorative
Zolang ze zich kan herinneren is Dieke gefascineerd en geïnspireerd door het lichaam – zowel de fysieke als de spirituele kant ervan. Ze is opgeleid als bewegingstherapeut, en heeft partner acrobatiek en bewegingstheater beoefend.
Dolores 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
Dylan is al vanaf jonge leeftijd gefascineerd door grote levensvragen, die hem op een ontdekkeingsreis van verdieping van zijn begrip van menselijk gedrag hebben geleid. Daarnaast is hij altijd bezig geweest spiritualiteit te onderzoeken door spirituele teksten te bestuderen en begeleiding te zoeken bij verschillende leraren.
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.
Eric Weber
Vinyasa, Hatha Restorative
In 1996 ging Eric Weber vanuit zijn persoonlijke interesse en nieuwsgierigheid op onderzoek uit in de wereld van Iyengar yoga. Hij verdiepte zich in de yogafilosofie en concentreerde zich op de alignment van de asana’s. Zijn onderzoek naar yoga begon als een passie en heeft hem tot de dag van vandaag niet meer losgelaten.
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.
Esther Visje
Astanga Led, Vinyasa, Prenatal Yoga
Her first yoga class in 2004 was like coming home. Esther sees yoga as a huge gift in her life, a passion that she loves to pass on. Her classes (vinyasa, astanga and prenatal) are about moving with flow on the natural rhythm of the breath, creating space and freedom for body and mind.
Eva Ugolini
Astanga Led, Astanga Mysore
Eva’s passie voor Yoga en Ayurveda begon toen ze zo’n 12 jaar geleden een cursus Ayurveda-Yoga massage volgde in Rome, haar geboortestad.
Fleur Van Zonneveld
Vinyasa, Meditatie
Op de dansacademie kwam Fleur voor het eerst in aanraking met yoga. Na een aantal jaren gedanst te hebben, is yoga en dans voor haar de perfecte combinatie.
Francesca Gobeille
Yin, Meditatie, Restorative, Mindfulness
Francesca Gobeille is al sinds haar geboorte omgeven door Oosterse filosofie en spiritualiteit. Haar vader was in de jaren 1980 yoga- en meditatie leraar en ook haar moeder beoefent yoga.
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.
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.
Hedi de Vree
Astanga Led, Vinyasa, Yin, Meditatie, Yin Yang
Hedi de Vree (1976, Noorwegen) kan zich levendig herinneren hoe ze zich als kind verbaasde wanneer haar vriendinnen de radslag deden of erger: een spagaat! Ze begreep niet dat haar eigen lichaam niet tot dit soort bewegingen in staat leek.
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
Ingeborg heeft altijd intensief sport beoefend, met name wedstrijd zwemmen en surfen, waardoor zij weet hoe lastig stijve spieren kunnen zijn als je met yoga begint.
Ingrid Notten
Astanga Led, Astanga Mysore
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, Meditatie
Door de verdieping in Yoga die Ira heeft ondergaan in de laatste jaren worden haar lessen, workshops en privé lessen als zeer zorgvuldig en direct ervaren. Diep bewegend vanuit de energie die er op dat moment is, bewegend vanuit de adem.
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, Astanga Mysore, Yin, Mindfulness
In het verkennen van bewustzijn ligt Irina’s passie. Als kind zocht zij de stilte op in de kerk van haar ouderlijk dorp en voelde zij zich thuis in de omringende natuur en dierenwereld. Later beleefde zij in dans de vrijheid en oneindige ruimte die ons ter beschikking staan.
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. {READ MORE} Janneke started her yoga journey around 10 years ago. Besides the physical benefits she soon discovered the beauty behind the asana’s. She learned that being strong sometimes actually means being gentle. That being courageous has more to do with being genuine and open, than with being tough. She started her first Hatha Teacher Training in 2011 and completed a 200 HR Vinyasa Teacher Training and Advanced course (50 HR) at De Nieuwe Yogaschool in 2016. Her study of Mindfulness Based Emotional Intelligence (2017), including a Vipassana retreat, deepened her meditation and yoga practice. The practice and teachings of yoga and meditation play an important role in the greater journey to self-awareness that Janneke makes with love and dedication. In her classes she loves to bring you back from outside to inside, from the past and future to the now, from the head to the heart. Janneke teaches Vinyasa flow, Hatha flow and Mindfulness.
Jasmijn Koelink
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang, Mindfulness
Jasmijn, opgeleid als sociaal- en organisatie psycholoog, ontdekte yoga op haar vijfentwintigste en vond het meteen geweldig.
Jennifer Ann
Jennifer Ann is a Meditative Singer Song Writer from Holland/USA with her roots in mantra and medicine music. Her voice is soulful and warm and her fans describe it as a mothers embrace. She has a background in Kundalini Yoga (2011), Children Yoga (2013) Traditional Yoga and Yoga therapy (2014) and many shamanic teachings from different tribes around the world ( since 2009).
Jenny Schoenmann
Astanga Led, Vinyasa
Jenny Schoenmann, geboren in Duitsland, is Yoga Alliance certified Yoga teacher, en geeft les in Astanga en Vinyasa. Omdat haar moeder een toegewijde yoga teacher was, kwam ze al jong in aanraking met yoga.
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.
Julia Blohberger
Astanga Led
Het verlangen om mensen te helpen en te inspireren om in contact te komen met zichzelf heeft haar aanzet gegeven om een Yoga Teacher en Mindfulness coach te worden. Ze is een trouwe yogi, zowel op de mat als in haar dagelijks leven.
Jurre Twijnstra
Astanga Led, Astanga Mysore, Yoga Basics
Adem is magisch voor Jurre. “De adem brengt me naar plaatsen in het lichaam die aanvoelen als binnen in de ruimte”. Zijn astanga lessen zijn gefocust op bewegen op het ritme van de adem, één worden met de adem en die gebruiken om rust en ruimte te vinden.
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!
Karuna Kaya
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yoga Basics
Van jongs af aan is Karuna gefascineerd door de beweeglijkheid van het lichaam. Ze heeft veel gedanst en martial arts beoefend. Op zeventienjarige leeftijd begon ze met yoga, wat de passie van haar leven is geworden.
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, Yoga Basics, Meditatie, Healing Yoga, Restorative, Satsang
Katiza Satya is yogini met hart en ziel. Katiza is een zeer ervaren Registered Yoga Teacher bij de Yoga Alliance (ERYT500-RYT 500) en is bevoegd om leraren op te leiden op de 200- en 500-uur niveau’s.
Katka Jacz
Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang
Na haar studies Commerciële Economie en PABO en een aantal jaren in het buitenland is Katka teruggekeerd naar haar roots in Den Haag.
Katrin Kögel
Yin
Katrin verhuisde in het begin van deze eeuw voor de liefde en de muziek uit Duitsland naar Amsterdam, daar volgde zij voor het eerst een yogales – een ontdekking die haar leven sindsdien steeds rijker en mooier heeft gemaakt.
Kevin Sahaj
Astanga Led, Hatha, Vinyasa, Yoga Basics, Meditatie, Pranayama, Healing Yoga, Restorative
Kevin Sahaj wijdt zijn leven al 30 jaar aan het bestuderen en beoefenen van yoga. Zijn manier van lesgeven is eclectisch: hij maakt gebruik van veel verschillende methodes om zijn studenten te helpen bij hun streven naar verlichting.
Kimberly Poppe
Awareness Meditation
Kimberly has been immersed in Buddhist study and practice for the last 20 years. She has received personal instruction and training from some of the greatest Tibetan teachers of our time who authorised her to teach. In addition, she has also studied with some of the leading scientists, pioneers and teachers of mindfulness, loving kindness and self-compassion in the West.
Kirsten Drooger
Hatha, Yin
Kirsten Drooger is in Nederland geboren en getogen. In haar jeugd was ze dol op paardrijden in de vrije natuur en nu ze in Amsterdam woont heeft ze door yoga haar contact met de natuur hervonden.
Kristin Vikjord Paternotte
Hatha, Yin, Meditatie, Yin Yang, Restorative
‘Wherever you go, there you are’- Jon Kabat-Zinn. Het puzzelstukje viel op z’n plaats toen Kristin de yoga ontdekte. Yoga is een bron van plezier en inspiratie in haar dagelijks leven.
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. After returning to London, she worked as a digital project manager in the busy web development world, but her love of yoga and travel continued to grow and was always pulling at her heart strings. In 2012 she left London for India to train in a traditional Indian Ashram and gained her teaching certificate in Hatha Yoga. When she returned to London she took further teacher trainings in Vinyasa flow with Mimi Kuo Deemer at Triyoga and Prenatal yoga with Yoga Mama London. She has also been lucky enough to take numerous workshops and immersions with international yoga teachers including: Chris Chavez, Meghan Currie, Kino Macgregor, Rachel Brathen, Ana Forrest, Emma Henry. Lauranza loves exploring creative movement with her vinyasa classes and feels honoured to teach prenatal yoga to women going through their amazing personal journey to motherhood. After having her first baby in 2017, she feels that she can bring her own experiences to the mat, helping students to adapt to the changes in their body in a positive way, through safe and effective yoga poses, breathing techniques and relaxation.
Lidewij Severins
Astanga Led, Astanga Mysore, Yin
Lidewij kan zich geen leven zonder yoga meer voorstellen. Al op jonge leeftijd maakte ze kennis met yoga en na verschillende reizen naar onder andere India, Thailand en Bali besloot zij haar hart te volgen en zich helemaal op yoga te richten.
Liisa Russmann
Vinyasa, Yin, Yin Yang
Liisa’s yoga reis begon in 2005 in Londen, waar ze in een traditionele Hatha les de harmoniserende uitwerking van yoga op lichaam en geest ontdekte.
Lindsay Stellaard
Astanga Led, Astanga Mysore Beginners
Tijdens haar opleiding aan de Hoge Hotelschool ontdekte Lindsay haar liefde voor gastvrijheid. Als salesmanager en evenementen organisator ging ze een intensieve periode door, maar bleef in balans door yoga. Door een aantal reizen naar Azië kreeg yoga meer en meer betekenis in haar leven en leek werken bij Delight Yoga een logische volgende stap.
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 passie voor yoga begon in een hete Bikram yoga studio in Amsterdam in 2008. De intense lessen waren in eerste instantie een manier om stoom af te blazen van haar stressvolle leven als mode ontwerpster. Al gauw bracht het haar ook spirituele ervaringen die langzaam uitvloeiden in haar leven ‘off the mat’. In 2012 verhuisde ze met haar man naar Azie en ontdekte daar vele andere vormen van yoga waardoor haar liefde voor de ‘practice’ steeds sterker groeide. Ze volbracht haar eerste YTT in 2013 met Yandara in Bali, onder leiding van Christopher Perkins. Toen ze zwanger raakte besloot ze haar yoga studie te verdiepen en volgde een zeer uitgebreide Prenatale Vinyasa YTT in Bali in 2014 met Jennifer More. Lisanne ziet lesgeven vooral als het doorgeven en delen van wat haar is geleerd en wat ze zelf ervaard in haar eigen leven, zowel op als naast de mat. Haar lessen zijn open, eerlijk, sensitief en aanmoedigend. Soms uitdagend, nooit té serieus. Het is haar doel om mensen te helpen de schoonheid te ontdekken van de adem en de beweging, om te helpen energie te brengen tot in de kleine teen, nog even iets verder te reiken en dan uit te dagen om daar zachtheid te vinden. Nu ze weer terug is in Amsterdam is ze enthousiast het yoga landschap van haar geboortestad aan het her-ontdekken; terwijl ze tevens in verwachting is van haar tweede kindje.
Lonneke Lamers
Hatha, Yin, Yoga Basics, Meditatie, Yin Yang, Restorative, Mindfulness
Na jaren yoga beoefend te hebben naast een drukke kantoorbaan, werd Lonneke nieuwsgierig naar meer. Een aantal dingen kwamen samen die haar bij yoga filosofie, mindfulness en Chinese geneeskunde brachten. Dit was een persoonlijk helingsproces.
Lotte Ritzer
Vinyasa, Yin, Yoga Basics, Yin Yang
Al zolang Lotte zich kan herinneren is ze geïnteresseerd in de werking van het lichaam, emoties en gedachten. Dus toen ze met yoga in aanraking kwam tijdens een van haar reizen door Azië, en de diepe helende werking ervan ontdekte, realiseerde ze meteen haar onschatbare betekenis.
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.
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) is van jongs af aan geïnteresseerd in sport en beweging. Ze heeft verschillende sporten beoefend: handbal, tennis, schaatsen, surfen en zwemmen.
Mariah Mansvelt Beck
Yin
Like most of us Mariah spends most of her time off of her yoga mat. It is however, on her yoga mat that Mariah finds the space and time for reflection, introspection and reconnection. Her yoga practice has become a tool to help her work on becoming a better human and making a positive impact on the world around her.
Mariette de Kroon
Meditatie, Mindfulness, Tibetan Healing Yoga
Na haar studie in business management volgde Mariette spontaan retraitedagen bij de Dalai Lama in Zuidfrankrijk. Via stoelmassage op kantoor raakte ze geïnteresseerd in Shiatsu en de taal van body & mind.
Marije Roede
Astanga Led
Beweging is altijd een belangrijk onderdeel in het leven van Marije geweest. Toen zij besloot om naar de universiteit te gaan om psychologie te studeren en om niet door te gaan met de dansacademie waar zij op dat moment op zat, kwam yoga in haar leven en die yoga vulde het gat op dat was ontstaan.
Marilou van Hoek
Astanga Led, Astanga Mysore, Hatha, Pranayama
Marilou heeft Filippijnse roots en is als tiener naar Nederland gekomen. Ze zegt zelf dat ze hierdoor het beste van twee werelden in zich heeft: de oosterse en de westerse.
Marlene Smits
Yin
Marlene is een non-dogmatische yoga- en meditatieleraar en coach. De laatste 20 jaar heeft ze zich bezig gehouden met het cultiveren van yoga, meditatie en spirituele ontwikkeling. Ze geeft nu 7 jaar les.
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.
Matsyendra
Meditatie, Pranayama, Restorative
Matsyendra’s yogalessen gaan van hart tot hart. Hij legt een verbinding tussen de uiterlijke yoga van houding en ademhaling en de innerlijke yoga van concentratie en meditatie. Hij geeft les in de klassieke Hatha yoga stijl, met invloeden van zijn eigen Kundalini Tantra en Kriya Yoga practice.
Megan Riley
Astanga Led, Astanga Mysore
Megan began an Ashtanga 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.
Miluse van de Kant
Astanga Led, Hatha, Vinyasa, Hatha Restorative, Hatha & Pranayama
Miluše begon haar yogabeoefening in 2003 en wist meteen dat ze op een pad was gekomen dat haar leven zou veranderen. Vooral toen zij met astanga yoga begon, voelde dit als ‘thuiskomen bij zichzelf‘.
Moena de Jong
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Pranayama, Yin Yang, Restorative
Toen Moena enkele jaren geleden verdieping zocht in het lesgeven was het een logische stap om een yoga opleiding te gaan volgen.
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.
Natasa Mojsilovic
Hatha, Yoga Basics
Natasa had her first hatha yoga class in Belgrade, Serbia before the year 2000. Yoga practice felt right from the start, with the resonant feeling of joyful presence. On a quest to further explore this feeling the yoga path has brought her to various karma and hatha yoga practices.
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 maakt al heel lang deel uit van Patricia’s leven. Ze was negen jaar toen ze voor het eerst iemand yoga zag beoefenen. Dat was haar grootmoeder die, terug na een half jaar in een ashram in India, elke morgen yoga deed.
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.
Rolandjan Van Mulligen
Yin, Meditatie, Yin Yang, Restorative, Mindfulness
Toen Rolandjan in 2001 deelname aan zijn eerste Vipassana retraite, beïnvloedde dat zijn leven enorm. Zelfonderzoek en de zoektocht naar wat echt is kwamen centraal te staan.
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, Astanga Mysore
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.
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, Astanga Mysore, Yin, Yoga Basics
Sido kwam in 2008 uit nieuwsgierigheid naar een yoga les boven zijn werkplek, dit was één van de eerste lessen van Kristin Vikjord in Amsterdam (mede-oprichtster van Delight Yoga). Dit is waar hij Astanga Vinyasa ontdekte. Al snel merkte hij wat een positieve invloed yoga had op zijn lichamelijke en mentale gesteldheid.
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 geeft yoga en pilates. Ze geeft hierin ook workshops in New York en Frankrijk. Ze is sinds 1995 bezig met houding- en beweging therapie en heeft jarenlang in de revalidatie gewerkt.
Sophie Schaefgen
Van oorsprong Duits, is Sophie naar Amsterdam gekomen om een Master in Environment & Resource Management af te ronden.
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.
Tanisha Lindeman
Astanga Led, Astanga Mysore, 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
'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.
Veronica Berezowsky
Astanga Led, Astanga Mysore
Veronica is a Menstruality activist, coach & educator, Dance Movement Therapist, Astanga Yoga teacher and Co-Founder of CUNA Women’s Sanctuary. She aims to inspire women to embrace their cyclical nature as a way to reconnect with their feminine wisdom and own their authority.
Victoria (Tory) Hyndman
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yoga Basics, Pranayama, Restorative, Ayurveda
Op een luchtig manier, maar trouw aan de authentieke yoga leer, maakt Victoria in haar yogalessen gebruik van de wijsheid van Ayurveda, om haar studenten de mogelijkheid te bieden om door fysieke yogabeoefening toegang te krijgen tot spiritualiteit.
Wendy Wanner
Yin, Prenatal Yoga
Wendy heeft ruim 6 jaar ervaring als massage therapeut en yogadocent. Eerst deed ze dat nog naast een hectische communicatiefunctie.