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.
Agnes Vissering
Astanga Led, Mysore Program, 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.
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.
Amélie Duvernay
Astanga Led
Amélie is born in France and originally comes from Burgundy. In 2008 her interest in Yoga starts in Paris, where she practices Hatha and Bikram Yoga until she discovers Astanga Yoga. In 2009, she starts a 200-hour Teacher training at Astanga Yoga Paris with Linda Munro and Gerald Disse, and follows them to Auroville, India, for workshops with them and with Monica Marinoni.
Annabel Mulder
Astanga Led, Mysore Program, Astanga Mysore (Beginners)
With her academic background in Asian studies, Annabel has always had a particular interest in Eastern thought and philosophy. Her studies on Buddhism eventually led her to explore yoga and meditation. The combination of devotion, philosophy, and moving meditation is what drew Annabel to Astanga.
Anne Vida Ikeda
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, 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.
Annelotte Rutten
Meditatie
Annelotte is from the Netherlands. Struggling with burn out and trauma for many years, meditation became an anchor point for her to experience a deeper connection with herself and something bigger. She experiences sitting with herself in silence every day as an enormous act of self love. It brought her to a space of loving kindness towards herself and experiencing joy in the simplicity of being.
Beatrice Savaris
Vinyasa
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.
Cecilia Adorée
Yin Yoga
Cecilia discovered Yin Yoga when she moved to Amsterdam and noticed that she got easily caught up in the yang-energy of the city. She felt like Yin yoga was invented to make her feel at home again in her body, heart and mind. Finding this safe way to explore her inner-world, and learning to become soft had an effect on every facet of her life.
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 van Leeuwen
Astanga Led
During her bachelor studies in Physics and Astronomy, Charlotte decided to stop studying and start her own business. So in 2011 she left the regular-paved-out-path (that until then seemed very logical to her) of earning a degree and getting a normal job.
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.
Christian Wicke
Astanga Led
Born and raised in Germany, Christian came to Amsterdam in 2002. His yoga journey started in 2008, when he tried out a yoga lesson in his gym. He was immediately hooked. The teacher, Andreas Trussat, became his yoga mentor for the next couple of years, including some beautiful retreats in Vlieland, Ibiza, India and Bali and lots of laughter.
Claudia Pradella
Mysore Program
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.
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 wholeheartedly.
Cuny Stelpstra
Yoga Nidra
Next to teaching Deeprelax® yoga nidra, Cuny is a copy writer and a communications consultant. This Dutchie is born on the ‘One happy island’ Aruba. You’ll often recognise her love for the ocean in her yoga nidra sessions.
Daniela Agius
Astanga Led, Vinyasa
Daniela was introduced to yoga and joined her first class primarily out of curiosity back in 2006 while studying for a Masters Degree in Sweden. Little did she know then, how much she would grow to enjoy such practice.
Daphne Luttger
Astanga Led, Yin Yoga
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.
Debbie van Leeuwen
Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, Yoga Basics
Debbie found yoga in Seattle, searching for something to heal her body and spirit. She fell in love with Vinyasa as it reminded her of dancing and instilled a sense of landing in her body straight away.
Dennis Laubenthal
Hatha, Vinyasa
Dennis was born in Koblenz, Germany and started out as an actor for theatre and TV. To find some balance in his busy lifestyle he took his first Yoga class in a gym. He did not yet have any idea about the impact of this first encounter, but from then on, he started to enter the world of yoga.
Dylan Simon Alexander
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.
Eline Walch
Astanga Led, Vinyasa
Eline grew up in The Hague in The Netherlands. Her yoga journey started at the age of 16 when her mother took her to her first yoga class. While traveling in India during her early twenties she got more inspired by the practice of yoga and since then she can’t imagine her life without.
Ellemijn Nonkes
Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, Yin Yang
Yoga came to Ellemijn while she was graduating from University. It changed her life completely. After she graduated, she decided to travel the world and learn more about herself and Yoga. She got inspired through practicing yoga and meditation daily and sacred practices such as Yoga, Chinese Medicine, Daoism and Ayurveda.
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.
Ergün Polat
Yin Yoga, Mindfulness
Ergün heeft altijd een voorliefde gehad voor sport en beweging. Hij heeft jarenlang gevoetbald en vele uren doorgebracht in de sportschool. In zijn zoektocht naar meer inhoud begon hij later met de beoefening van een vechtsport (Wing Chun Kung Fu), wat hem de gelegenheid gaf om training van lichaam en geest te combineren met de principes van de Oosterse filosofie. Hoewel dit zeker een bijdrage heeft geleverd aan zijn zelfontplooiing verlangde Ergün naar nog meer diepgang. In 2012 deed hij spontaan mee met een yogales die zijn leven veranderde. Na verschillende yogastijlen te hebben uitgeprobeerd bij Delight Yoga, begon Ergün zich toe te leggen op Astanga Yoga en Yin Yoga. Hij vindt beide stijlen elkaar goed aanvullen en zeer nuttig als hulpmiddel voor zelfontplooiing. Ergün heeft een Yin Yoga lerarenopleiding bij Yoga Garden Amsterdam afgerond onder leiding van Anat Geiger en Marcel van de Vis. Tevens volgde hij de Delight Yoga Pre-Teacher Training onder leiding van Govinda Kai en Claudia Pradella. De beoefening van yoga blijft Ergün inzichten geven die toegepast kunnen worden in het dagelijks leven. Ergün blijft zichzelf verdiepen in yoga door middel van zijn eigen dagelijkse practice, yogaliteratuur en trainingen en workshops in binnen- en buitenland. Tijdens een Yin Yoga-les van Ergün zul je door verschillende houdingen worden begeleid, waarbij je enkele minuten in een houding blijft om de diepere lagen van je lichaam te stimuleren. Dit geeft je de mogelijkheid om te onthaasten, te ontspannen en je geest tot rust te brengen.
Eric Weber
Vinyasa, 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
Hatha, Vinyasa, Meditatie, Pranayama, Restorative Yoga
Combining storytelling, emotionally connected classes, visionary art and framed nature, her way of teaching inspires inner knowing, interconnectedness and spiritual care.
Eva Ugolini
Astanga Led, Mysore Program
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.
Fi de Wit
Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, Yin Yang
Fi’s Journey in Yoga began when she was a kid. Going to weekly kids Yoga to then being dragged to Yoga classes as a teenager by her parents (finding it a little boring) and having her own Yoga revelation as a young adult once she learned the philosophy behind the Asana practice.
Fleur Van Zonneveld
Vinyasa, Meditatie, Restorative, Yoga Nidra
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 Yoga, 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.
Gaia Picciolini
Prenatal Yoga (zwangerschapsyoga)
“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.
Garmt Wiersma
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin Yang
Met verhalen, humor en speelsheid begeleidt Garmt je door zijn yogalessen waarin je fysiek, mentaal en emotioneel gevoed wordt. Hij laat je je adem vertragen zodat je de hectiek van het leven vergeet en aankomt in het moment.
Hedi de Vree
Hatha, Yin Yoga, 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.
Ike Dielesen
Yin Yoga
From her younger years, Ike was searching for things to make sense in life. When she started with yoga she found that connection. Yoga for her is a way to explore and to be still.
Inge Peters
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, Meditatie, Yin Yang, Restorative, Yoga Nidra
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.
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, 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 Yoga, 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.
Irina van der Sluijs
Astanga Led, Mysore Program, Yin Yoga, 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.
Iryna Ivanova
Prenatal Yoga (zwangerschapsyoga)
Iryna, coming from Ukraine and having traveled the world, has found her home and love for yoga in Amsterdam. Iryna’s journey into yoga started from 500 Hours Hatha Teacher Training in Svaha Yoga, with an in-depth study of Hatha yoga postures, pranayama breathing and yoga sutra’s and philosophy. Fascinated by the magic of yoga, meditation and mindfulness, Iryna continued deepening her knowledge and sharing it with students while teaching in yoga studios, offices and companies.
Jane Margie Saman
Hatha, Yoga Basics
Jane was born in The Netherlands, she has her origin in Suriname where she lived for over twenty years. With the inner knowing that Yoga would have the answers to her questions about the essence of life, Jane started her yoga journey in the late '90s.
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.
Jason Winter
Move your body and dance yourself free! Jason is a gifted dancer with a great sense for choreography. His classes are open for dancers of all levels as well as non-dancers. His goal is to have you walk out with more confidence and a sense of freedom. He believes that everyone can dance and knows how to touch people and motivate them to move their bodies to the music.
Jeanine Smit
Astanga Led, Hatha, Yin Yoga, Yin Yang, Mindfulness Meditation
Jeanine first started practicing Ashtanga yoga in Suriname in 2005. Although she still loves her Ashtanga practice she ventured out and discovered her softer side with Yin Yoga in 2012 and now feels that the twostyles are a perfect mix to bring balance to her life. She moved to The Netherlands in 2016 and has been teaching yoga here since.
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.
Jessica Put
Astanga Led, Astanga Mysore (Beginners)
From a young age Jessica was into movement and sports. Mostly field hockey and dancing was what she loved to do. During her student years as a young adult she got into (marathon)running. In hindsight a big part of what she loved about running long distances was that it could bring her into a meditative state.
Johanna Eliasson
Astanga Led, Vinyasa, Yin Yoga
Johanna was born on a cloudy and cold May day in the year of the Ox in Örebro, Sweden. Already in early teenage years, she was interested in Eastern philosophies, continuously searching for the answers to questions that could not be answered by Google. It was in 2006 when she took her first yoga class that things started to fall into place. The body felt like jello, the heart was light as a feather and the mind was still.
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 Yoga
Jonas was born in Australia and was traveling in Asia until he was five years old. Living in countries like Nepal and living with the people, he found a spiritual connection early in his life. Being an open and playful kid, growing up his energy started to feel ungrounded..
Josta van der Kolk
Astanga Led, Mysore Program
As an interim manager and coach, Josta has helped many people and organisations through change and transition. She started practising yoga more than ten years ago and immediately felt a connection between her personal development and the yoga practice, and she now helps others with that same connection.
Judith van der Klink
Hatha, Vinyasa, Prenatal Yoga (zwangerschapsyoga), 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, Yin Yoga
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, Mysore Program, 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 (zwangerschapsyoga)
Kamini has always had a passion for movement. As a kid she was always outside, exploring her boundaries; climbing, dancing, moving!
Kasia Pokrop
Prenatal Yoga (zwangerschapsyoga)
Born in Warsaw, Poland in 1983 Born and raised in Poland, Kasia left her home country at the age of 22. Starting her journey in Ireland, she continued to Belgium, Amsterdam, Singapore, and back to Amsterdam, where she found her new home. It was also here in Amsterdam where her yoga journey began.
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.
Katrin Kögel
Yin Yoga
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.
Kelsey Beth Paul
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin Yang
Kelsey Beth believes that there exists magic in the connection of one's heart, mind, and body. Practicing Yoga and Mindfulness is her favourite way to feel connected - both to her own inner world, to the external world, and all beings on our Planet.
Kirsten van den Akker
Yin Yoga
Born in Tokyo, raised around the world. This Dutch woman fell in love with Yin yoga when she was struggling with a chronic health condition. Yin proved to be the answer to her recovery as it showed her how to work together as a team with the healing abilities of the body. Having experienced the impact of yoga firsthand she felt passionate to share this gift with others.
Lauranza Harvey
Prenatal Yoga (zwangerschapsyoga)
Lauranza 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 Yoga
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 Yoga, 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, Prenatal Yoga (zwangerschapsyoga), 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.
Lonneke Lamers
Hatha, Yin Yoga, 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, 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.
Lovely Uhlenbeek
Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga
Lovely’s journey on the spiritual path began on the age of 25. When she discovered the practice of meditation. Attending Zen meditation classes and Satsangs, she became fascinated with the question: ‘Who am I really?’. Self- inquiry became a very important part of her journey. She felt very much inspired by teachers like Adyashanti and Jeff Foster. And later on, also Mooji.
Luca Bellucci
Hatha, Vinyasa
Luca, born and raised in Florence, Italy, is a passionate teacher that explores practising through a dynamic vision of the traditional Astanga Vinyasa Yoga method. Trained in Florence by Larry Schultz Rocket movement “It’s Yoga”, he became certified Astanga Vinyasa Yoga teacher in 2015 and, following the path of Larry Schultz method, became a certified Rocket teacher in 2016.
Maggie Bijl
Vinyasa, Prenatal Yoga (zwangerschapsyoga)
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.
Manda Oleary
Prenatal Yoga (zwangerschapsyoga)
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. Ballet gave her a deep understanding of the body but it wasn't until her very first yoga class that she was touched by the body's connection to the mind and soul.
Mariah Mansvelt Beck
Yin Yoga
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.
Marieke Hauenstein
Astanga Led
From an early age Marieke enjoyed physical activities as a way to express herself, playing outside and practicing handstands in the grass being her favourite pastime. Out of curiosity, she started taking Iyengar Yoga classes in her early twenties while studying in Amsterdam.
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, Mysore Program, 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.
Marjolein Vos
Restorative Yoga, Yoga Nidra
From a young age, Marjolein always wanted to help others, but she never quite knew how. She ended up studying Psychology in her hometown Amsterdam and there yoga entered her life. It was love at first sight. Her posture and energy changed, as well as how she perceived life.
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.
Melanie Fissendjidis
Vinyasa, Yin Yoga
Yoga, meditation and mindfulness made their beautiful entrance into Melanie’s life 10 years ago, while she was studying in England. She wholeheartedly dove into the yoga scene and started to explore different yoga styles. In 2014 she learned about Yin yoga, which inspired and changed her in unimaginable ways. This gentle, yet powerful style of yoga, taught Melanie to listen to and respect her body and its boundaries.
Minna Vainikka
Astanga Led
Everybody can practice yoga. This is Minna’s deep belief which she wants to share with the world.Through breath and movement, yoga has been a steady anchor in her life. It started as a small interest, over ten years ago, when she joined her first ashtanga yoga class in Finland. Only years later, after starting a daily Mysore practice with Claudia Pradella at Ashtanga Yoga Amsterdam, a new dimension of practice opened to her. It changed into a deeper inner exploration.
Nancy Reyerts
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yoga Basics
Travelling by sailing boat across the oceans for over 10 years made Nancy see the effects that external world has on the mind. Being in complete focus, acceptance and calmness when at sea and unrest and distractions when returning to land. This created a awareness that needed further exploring.
Nanneke Landman
Hatha, Yin Yoga, Pranayama, Yin Yang, Restorative
Nanneke teaches Yin, Hatha, Pranayama and Circular Breathing. Inspired by the teachings of Adyashanti and Eckhart Tolle, her classes focus on the reconnection with our true nature, where the emphasis often lies on a creative mix of breathing in motion, soft qigong movements, pranayama and meditation.
Naomi Aikane
Hatha, Yin Yoga, Yin Yang
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.
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.
Nathalie Rasing
Hatha, Restorative Yoga, Yoga Nidra
As a Dutchie with Indonesian roots Nathalie feels the connection to Eastern wisdom and practices grow stronger with the years. She started her yoga practice in Amsterdam many years ago and quickly felt the urge to deepen her understanding by emerging herself in the 3-year Iyengar teacher training. While continuing the advanced Iyengar training she began to widen her practice of yoga and Eastern philosophy.
Nathalie Ho-Kang-You
Hatha, Vinyasa, Restorative
Her historical foundation leads back to scholarly training in classical and modern ballet. She worked as a performing artist and still teaches classical ballet and contemporary dance. She discovered and fell in love with B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga technique right after her dancing career.
Nick Presser
Astanga Led, Yin Yoga, Astanga Mysore (Beginners)
Nick is a KPJAYI and SYC level 2 authorized Ashtanga teacher as well as a 500 E-RYT. He is a dedicated student of R. Sharath Jois and continues to make yearly pilgrimages to Mysore, India, to study with his teacher.
Ombretta Dettori
Astanga Led, Prenatal Yoga (zwangerschapsyoga), Ayurveda, Astanga Mysore (Beginners)
Ombretta is an Ayurveda Practitioner (Academy of Ayurvedic Studies) specialised in women's health, pregnancy and postpartum (Arya Ayurveda, India) and experienced in Pancakarma procedures (Yojana Ayurveda). She is also a Birth Doula (BIA Doula, Amsterdam) and an Ayurveda Postpartum Caregiver (Centre for Sacred Window Studies, California), an Ashtanga Yoga Teacher (200hrs YTT, Gregor Mahele and Monica Gauci)
Pamela Driessen
Hatha, Vinyasa, Prenatal Yoga (zwangerschapsyoga)
Pamela Driessen was born in The Netherlands and raised in the tropics. Living in different countries and experiencing different cultures was very enriching and dynamic. What remained constant was her love for dance and movement. As a ballet dancer, she was used to moving her body and pushing her boundaries.
Patricia Veltri
Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, 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.
Patty Smit
For Patty, yoga is about cultivating love, compassion and awareness for yourself, for others and the world around you. Her yoga practice reminds her to trust and let go, to embrace the beauty of change and that it is okay to just be.
Philine Nugteren
Vinyasa
Philine’s first encounter with yoga was as a young girl watching her grandfather going up into headstand every morning. She was intrigued and joyfully started copying these shapes and she discovered that moving, dancing and being upside down created freedom and happiness in her body.
Rania de Vroedt
Prenatal Yoga (zwangerschapsyoga)
Rania has always had a passion for teaching and children. When she decided to take the path to become a Yoga teacher in 2013, she did so to become a children's and Prenatal Yoga teacher. Her path led her through an Anusara inspired Yoga Teacher Training, led by Julia Schlenkert in Essen, Germany.
Regina Németh
Hatha, Yin Yoga, Prenatal Yoga (zwangerschapsyoga)
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 Yoga, 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.
Roos Neeter
Hatha, Vinyasa
Roos her yoga journey started while living in Florence for her studies. From that very first class in 2008 she felt that yoga was something very special… while at that time not yet understanding how special exactly.
Roos Metje
Vinyasa, Prenatal Yoga (zwangerschapsyoga)
Roos’ yogic journey started a couple of years ago when she felt a strong urge to ground herself and to discover different ways to be in the present moment and to find harmony in all her ways of ‘being’. Coming from a high demanding acting world where everything is focused on appearance she felt like it was time for a change and for finding time to open up and get a clearer view of her 'Dharma'.
Royce Benda
Meditatie
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.
Sanne Krop
Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, Yin Yang
Working the first half of her twenties as a fashion buyer, she quite soon learned the hard way that her journey through life was not based in an office. A burn-out and some life-altering decisions completely changed her vision of the meaning of life. She started a mindfulness course, increased her time spend on her yoga practice and sought guidance from a spiritual coach.
Satya Katiza
Astanga Led, Hatha, Vinyasa, 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.
Sido Wijga
Astanga Led, Mysore Program, Yin Yoga, Yoga Basics, Restorative
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 Schimanovich
Vinyasa
Simona takes people on powerful journeys guiding them into a deeper connection with themselves and to live more fully from the heart. She is passionate about sharing yoga as a powerful practice for healing and growth. She loves the richness and expression of Vinyasa Flow and teaches vibrant, soulful classes with creative sequencing. Her teaching is inspired by the elements and cycles of nature.
Simone Verkaik
Yin Yoga, Yin Yang
Simone’s Yoga journey started in 2015 after traveling to India and reading about Buddhism and Hinduism for the first time. At that time, Simone was in her second year of her academic studies and for the duration of her studies, she lived a double life: being a full-time student and living a life full of stress and a-not-so healthy lifestyle while at the same time being a part-time astanga yogi waking up early to do her yoga practice every morning.
Sjoerd Dragtsma
Hatha, Vinyasa
After flirting with yoga in his twenties, this time (2015) he was naturally and unavoidable drawn into the yogic fire. The sacred Amazone ceremonies gave Sjoerd many glimpses about what it means to be a human being, to live with other beings and how we tend to keep ourselves small and ‘secure’.
Skadi van Paasschen
Astanga Led, Yin Yoga, Yin Yang
Skadi begon haar passie voor beweging al op een jonge leeftijd. Als kind leerde zij al vroeg experimenteren met het menselijk lichaam waardoor ze op elf jarige leeftijd in het NL jeugdteam voor Gymnastiek belande. Na drie jaar van intense trainingen en wedstrijden moest ze haar olympische droom laten gaan vanwege verschillende blessures aan haar linkerhand.
Sophie Fleur Jongebloed
Vinyasa
Sophie Fleur has a gift for connecting people with themselves ('we are the company we keep’ - my teacher Deborah Claire Bagg) and others. On the mat and around the dinner table. She is a libra, food writer, lemon lover, and yoga teacher. Sophie Fleur first discovered yoga at Delight, back in 2012. The serene experience of space, the subtle graceful movement of the human body, and its mystic history she experienced there, instantly restored something within Sophie Fleur.
Sterre Ferf
Hatha, Vinyasa, Meditatie
Explorative and adventurous by nature, Sterre’s surfy soul has brought her to many exotic places, yet never to India. Delving deeper into yoga and meditation for about a decennium, made a pilgrimage inevitable. In 2018 she took off, roamed around, visited magical and significant places and deepened her practice at retreats.
Tanisha Lindeman
Astanga Led, 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
Hatha, Vinyasa
Growing up in the light of spirituality made Tara ever looking for a deeper purpose in life. Her background in Psychology didn't seem to reach the aspiration she was searching for. Not until she started deepening her Yoga and Meditation practice, this inner search was fulfilled. This made her travel to her fatherland, India, to study Vinyasa, Hatha, Astanga and therapeutical Yoga.
Tine te Winkel
Born in the Netherlands Tine developed a strong connection with water. In her work as a water economist it is her daily practice to re-establish the balance between nature and modern human society. Even so is balance and connection the driving force behind Tine’s yoga practice.
Valéry van Gorp
Free Movement
Dancing is breathing! Breathing is life. Valéry’s first encounter with free movement and yoga was during her education at the dance academy,later on at the conservatory. She took it on stage while performing and most important in daily life. From that humbling experience she loves to share it with everyone who feels interested.
Vera Kaye
Yin Yoga, Restorative, Restorative Yoga
Vera has a background in physical education, sports and theatre. She attended her first Yoga class in 2002 while studying to become an all-round theatre performer in Amsterdam. Yoga was one of several ways to keep her performer's body in shape, but after an on-stage injury, Yoga also became the way she explored her new physical state. Changes quickly started to show on levels beyond the physical.
Victoria (Tory) Raven 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 Yoga, Prenatal Yoga (zwangerschapsyoga)
Wendy heeft ruim 6 jaar ervaring als massage therapeut en yogadocent. Eerst deed ze dat nog naast een hectische communicatiefunctie.
Yemanja Gottges
Astanga Led
Yemanja discovered yoga and Delight in 2011. Ever since her love and dedication for this path of self-knowledge has only grown more strongly. In 2017 she completed the 200 hrs (traditional Astanga oriented) basic teacher training with Claudia Pradella and Eva Ugolini.