Sandra is an Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher (800+hs).
She graduated in Rhinebeck, NY, in 2010, and has been teaching Jivamukti Yoga in Berlin and worldwide since then. She started her regular Ashtanga/Mysore practice in 2016.
In 2019, she decided to found her own Yoga Shala – Practice – to pass on her experiences from her own Jivamutki and Asthanga practice. She is grateful to her teachers who guided her on this path so far.
Sandra is convinced that a regular daily practice ist he key to finding oneself. She teaches demanding, but simple classes, without any hectic, but with a lot of fire.
Her development to become a teacher of Yoga has also been shaped by various work experiences – being an actrice, a photographer as well as running an acting agency. Sandra is the mother of three children.
Vera is an Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher. She has been teaching Jivamukti Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga in Berlin and abroad since 2011/2017.
Her classes are demanding, grounding and without frills, and yet convey a sense of lightness. She teaches in German and in English.
She is forever grateful to the teachers who guided and supported her on this way - on and off the mat.
Gunnhildur is an 800 hs Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher and a Certified Yoga Nidra Teacher by Amrit Yoga Institute.
She graduated in Costa Rica in 2017 and has been teaching in Berlin ever since. By practicing daily she has tremendous trust in the healing power and transformational potential the practices of Yoga have.
She is very grateful for all the teachers who have supported her and guided her along the way.
Her classes are demanding, with a fierce and gentle touch in equal parts. Gunni loves sharing the benefits of yoga practices with her students. By focusing on conscious breathing, we can actively take charge over our own energy; in turn, healing can happen, further strengthening of who we truly are.
Certified Blueprint Asana Teacher by Maty Ezraty.
Advanced certified Jivamukti teacher.
Single mother of three.
She did her Jivamukti teacher training in 2007.
After practicing and teaching this method for 10 years on a daily basis straight, she decided to give herself into the Ashtanga system completely, which took a strong influence on the way she teaches these days.
Miriam is very grateful to be accompanied by yoga in her life.
David has completed an Ashtanga training in India, as well as the 75h Jivamukti TT in Barcelona.
He is interested in continuing his education alongside his daily practice, for example in Oslo in 2022 with David Keil and in Greece with Monica Gauchi.
For David, the asana practice was initially a means of stretching and as a supplement to basketball training and workouts. From then on, he was drawn to the teachings of yoga, and gradually it became part of his daily life. After training in India, he began to pass on what he had learned.
He believes in the transformative potential of the teachings by simply applying them on a daily basis.
Nina is an 800hs certified Jivamukti teacher.
She took her first yoga class in 2005 – and what she thought would just balance out her stressful academic studies, was soon becoming a daily practice. After trying out different styles she finally found her home in Jivamukti Yoga.
In 2010 she completed the Jivamukti Yoga teacher training, followed by the apprenticeship with her mentor Vera Christopeit in 2014. Nina has been teaching in several yoga schools in Berlin ever since then, alongside her day job as a pharmacist.
Over the years, Ashtanga Yoga has also become a very important part of her daily practice. It is giving her tranquility and clarity, and she is trying to incorporate those aspects into her teachings.
Alex was born in Paris and grew up in Geneva. He discovered yoga in a park in Barcelona, since then, Alex embarked on a journey seeking the best teachings, so he could transmit yoga to his students in the most comprehensive and modern way possible. His quest led him to Bali, London, Paris, New York and San Francisco where he was able to practice and learn with teachers such as Patrick Beach, David Kyle, Jared McCann, Mathieu Boldron, Dylan Werner and many others.
Over the course of his apprenticeship, Alex developed his own way of teaching yoga, a non-rigid and modern form based on a scientific understanding of movement and of the body.
Having received his medical license, Alex uses his profound anatomical and physiological knowledge to adapt his guidance to the unique physiognomy of each of his students, herewith creating a safe environment for the practice.
Lisa finished a 3-month Apprenticeship with her mentor Sandra Gerhard in April 2022 and is grateful to have the opportunity to teach at Practice Yoga. Here she will also start the Ashtanga-Vinyasa Teachertraining in 2023. Coming from a background in Social Work and Public Health, she supports social projects and facilities working in the field of family education and health promotion.
Lisas daily Yoga Practice is an integral part of life and she understands it as a path, which provides the opportunity to dive deep within ourselves in order to heal and to grow. Further it invites us to quiet our minds and open our hearts- towards ourselves and others. Lisas classes are calm but challenging and she loves to share her passion for chanting and mantra with her students.
Chrissy is a Certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher (375+ hours, 800+ hours in 2023).
She completed the 75 hour training in Berlin in 2019 and the 300 hour training in India in 2020, and has been teaching in Berlin and online since then. She is currently apprenticing with Juan Sierra and will have completed 800+ hours in training in 2023. Chrissy has also completed a prenatal course in asana, anatomy and health with Martyna Eder in 2021.
Around 2010 Chrissy began to explore different asana practices with the intention to have a physical practice to complement running. After some years, moves around the world (from New York City to Sydney to Berlin), and stumbling upon a Jivamukti class, she began to appreciate the spiritual side of the practice and the impact it had on her and her hectic corporate life.
Eager to share the profound effect yoga had on her and those around her, she decided to embark as a teacher. She enjoys teaching energetic yet thoughtful and compassionate classes to all levels, as well as classes focused to business professionals.
Laura graduated from her first Yoga Teacher Training with Patricia Thielemann in 2009, and she has been studying Yoga, Thai Yoga Massage and Energy Work in various ways ever since. She is also a musician, a textile artist, and a mother of three children.
All these influences form her classes, so the practice becomes energetic and holistic experience, picking you up right from where you stand. In search for realness, Laura always brings you back to the roots of the practice – Asana, Pranayama, and Meditation – and back to you and your essence.
Born and raised in Stockholm, with a diverse cultural background, both Hispanic and Chinese, Lee never felt attach to a specific culture or place. This unconscious practice of detachment nurtured her curiosity to learn and discover more of what would bring a spark in her eyes.
She never did sports and the first practice she fully dedicated herself to was yoga which she started in her late teenage years.
She completed her first YTT at SAFE Education in Stockholm 2016 and she pursued a second YTT in Ashtanga and Hatha under the teachings of Vanamali Mataji in India 2019.
Out of everything that was taught to me, she felt aligned with Ashtanga and Pranayama. When she returned back to Stockholm she started to practice ashtanga with David Fredriksson & Laruga Glasser at their Mysore program in 2020. She also joined Guy Powiecki’s pranayama classes, who studied directly with Shri O.P. Tiwari, to learn more about the Pranayama Kriyas (cleansing techniques) and Eva Kaczor’s PSYCHEDELIC BREATH®️ TT to gain a western perspective on breathwork. She is currently taking part in a Pranayama TT with Eddie Stern and Robert Moses.
Rebecca recently completed her first 300hrJivamukti teacher training in Italy.
Influenced by her mother, a former dancer and fitness instructor, Rebecca has loved the art of movement since a young age. In 2010, she found yoga, and it soon became an important part of her life.
Working as an international fashion model and having to navigate an industry obsessed with external beauty and perfection, her yoga practice helped her turn inward and find peace in the present moment.
Rebecca is happy for the opportunity to teach and grow at Practice Yoga.
Sheila is a certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher. She teaches and conveys from what she experiences in her personal yoga practice.For her, Yoga is not just a physical practice, but a holistic tool that helps us to become more aware so we can finally meet ourselves with radical honesty.
For Sheila, the practice of yoga is a privilege that helps us to become more compassionate towards all beings.
She teaches dynamic and strong asana-based classes with a lot of fire, combined with pranayama, meditation and chanting practices and paired with a carefully selected soundtrack.
Billie found her way to yoga over ten years ago and has been dedicated to a regular practice ever since. She completed her 200h Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training in Bali in 2020 and completed her 300h Apprenticeship with her mentor Sandra Gerhard at Practice Yoga Berlin.
Through teaching, she wants to pass on what yoga means to her: "Yoga for me is a deeper journey to myself, and with that, a deeper connection to each other and all that surrounds us“.
In her day job Billie has worked in the music industry for many years and enjoys incorporating her passion for music into her teaching.
Natalie has been working with body and movement since her childhood. Starting with martial arts, dancing, and acrobatics, she already experienced the strong interaction of body and mind and also their power of healing. For four years she has been practicing yoga and meditation mostly every day. She loves to share her physical and mental experience through the practice in her own yoga classes.
Natalie completed her Yoga Teacher Training in Ashtanga and Vinyasa Yoga with Rishi Sudhir, Alan Ellman, Danni Cullen, and Olivier Charles at Sampoorna Yoga School in India.
She started her apprenticeship at Practice Berlin with Sandra Gerhard in March 2020.
Harshvardhan Jhaveri began his yoga practice at a very young age with his mother. He felt a burning desire to explore this ancient tradition which led him to study and practice with traditional yoga masters from the Kaivalyadhama and Krishnamacharya tradition. His keen interest in Yoga and Sanskrit led him to complete his Masters in Sanskrit and Indic Knowledge Systems from Chinmaya University, Kerala. He is presently pursuing a Masters degree in Yoga from Kaivalyadhama. His mission is to live, teach and widen the horizon of the real undiluted spiritual message of yoga.
Harsh is a practicing yoga scholar and is studying its various branches and understanding the traditions that have evolved from it. He continues to pursue his studies and interests in the different disciplines of philosophy like Samkhya, Advaita Vedanta of Shankaracharya and Kashmiri Shaivism.
Harsh is also a Member of the Ad-hoc Board of Studies for Yoga in H.S.N.C University, Mumbai.
Sandra is an Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher (800+hs).
She graduated in Rhinebeck, NY, in 2010, and has been teaching Jivamukti Yoga in Berlin and worldwide since then. She started her regular Ashtanga/Mysore practice in 2016.
In 2019, she decided to found her own Yoga Shala – Practice – to pass on her experiences from her own Jivamutki and Asthanga practice. She is grateful to her teachers who guided her on this path so far.
Sandra is convinced that a regular daily practice ist he key to finding oneself. She teaches demanding, but simple classes, without any hectic, but with a lot of fire.
Her development to become a teacher of Yoga has also been shaped by various work experiences – being an actrice, a photographer as well as running an acting agency. Sandra is the mother of three children.
Vera is an Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher. She has been teaching Jivamukti Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga in Berlin and abroad since 2011/2017.
Her classes are demanding, grounding and without frills, and yet convey a sense of lightness. She teaches in German and in English.
She is forever grateful to the teachers who guided and supported her on this way - on and off the mat.
Gunnhildur is an 800 hs Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher and a Certified Yoga Nidra Teacher by Amrit Yoga Institute.
She graduated in Costa Rica in 2017 and has been teaching in Berlin ever since. By practicing daily she has tremendous trust in the healing power and transformational potential the practices of Yoga have.
She is very grateful for all the teachers who have supported her and guided her along the way.
Her classes are demanding, with a fierce and gentle touch in equal parts. Gunni loves sharing the benefits of yoga practices with her students. By focusing on conscious breathing, we can actively take charge over our own energy; in turn, healing can happen, further strengthening of who we truly are.
Certified Blueprint Asana Teacher by Maty Ezraty. Advanced certified Jivamukti teacher. Single mother of three.
She did her Jivamukti teacher training in 2007. After practicing and teaching this method for 10 years on a daily basis straight, she decided to give herself into the Ashtanga system completely, which took a strong influence on the way she teaches these days.
Miriam is very grateful to be accompanied by yoga in her life.
Alex was born in Paris and grew up in Geneva. He discovered yoga in a park in Barcelona, since then, Alex embarked on a journey seeking the best teachings, so he could transmit yoga to his students in the most comprehensive and modern way possible. His quest led him to Bali, London, Paris, New York and San Francisco where he was able to practice and learn with teachers such as Patrick Beach, David Kyle, Jared McCann, Mathieu Boldron, Dylan Werner and many others.
Over the course of his apprenticeship, Alex developed his own way of teaching yoga, a non-rigid and modern form based on a scientific understanding of movement and of the body.
Having received his medical license, Alex uses his profound anatomical and physiological knowledge to adapt his guidance to the unique physiognomy of each of his students, herewith creating a safe environment for the practice.
Lisa finished a 3-month Apprenticeship with her mentor Sandra Gerhard in April 2022 and is grateful to have the opportunity to teach at Practice Yoga. Here she will also start the Ashtanga-Vinyasa Teachertraining in 2023. Coming from a background in Social Work and Public Health, she supports social projects and facilities working in the field of family education and health promotion.
Lisas daily Yoga Practice is an integral part of life and she understands it as a path, which provides the opportunity to dive deep within ourselves in order to heal and to grow. Further it invites us to quiet our minds and open our hearts- towards ourselves and others. Lisas classes are calm but challenging and she loves to share her passion for chanting and mantra with her students.
Chrissy is a Certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher (375+ hours, 800+ hours in 2023).
She completed the 75 hour training in Berlin in 2019 and the 300 hour training in India in 2020, and has been teaching in Berlin and online since then. She is currently apprenticing with Juan Sierra and will have completed 800+ hours in training in 2023.
Around 2010 Chrissy began to explore different asana practices with the intention to have a physical practice to complement running. After some years, moves around the world (from New York City to Sydney to Berlin), and stumbling upon a Jivamukti class, she began to appreciate the spiritual side of the practice and the impact it had on her and her hectic corporate life.
Eager to share the profound effect yoga had on her and those around her, she decided to embark as a teacher. She enjoys teaching energetic yet thoughtful and compassionate classes to all levels, as well as classes focused to business professionals.
Laura graduated from her first Yoga Teacher Training with Patricia Thielemann in 2009, and she has been studying Yoga, Thai Yoga Massage and Energy Work in various ways ever since. She is also a musician, a textile artist, and a mother of three children.
All these influences form her classes, so the practice becomes energetic and holistic experience, picking you up right from where you stand. In search for realness, Laura always brings you back to the roots of the practice – Asana, Pranayama, and Meditation – and back to you and your essence.
Born and raised in Stockholm, with a diverse cultural background, both Hispanic and Chinese, Lee never felt attach to a specific culture or place. This unconscious practice of detachment nurtured her curiosity to learn and discover more of what would bring a spark in her eyes.
She never did sports and the first practice she fully dedicated herself to was yoga which she started in her late teenage years.
She completed her first YTT at SAFE Education in Stockholm 2016 and she pursued a second YTT in Ashtanga and Hatha under the teachings of Vanamali Mataji in India 2019.
Out of everything that was taught to me, she felt aligned with Ashtanga and Pranayama. When she returned back to Stockholm she started to practice ashtanga with David Fredriksson & Laruga Glasser at their Mysore program in 2020. She also joined Guy Powiecki’s pranayama classes, who studied directly with Shri O.P. Tiwari, to learn more about the Pranayama Kriyas (cleansing techniques) and Eva Kaczor’s PSYCHEDELIC BREATH®️ TT to gain a western perspective on breathwork. She is currently taking part in a Pranayama TT with Eddie Stern and Robert Moses.
David has completed an Ashtanga training in India, as well as the 75h Jivamukti TT in Barcelona.
He is interested in continuing his education alongside his daily practice, for example in Oslo in 2022 with David Keil and in Greece with Monica Gauchi.
For David, the asana practice was initially a means of stretching and as a supplement to basketball training and workouts. From then on, he was drawn to the teachings of yoga, and gradually it became part of his daily life. After training in India, he began to pass on what he had learned.
He believes in the transformative potential of the teachings by simply applying them on a daily basis.
Nina is an 800hs certified Jivamukti teacher.
She took her first yoga class in 2005 – and what she thought would just balance out her stressful academic studies, was soon becoming a daily practice. After trying out different styles she finally found her home in Jivamukti Yoga.
In 2010 she completed the Jivamukti Yoga teacher training, followed by the apprenticeship with her mentor Vera Christopeit in 2014. Nina has been teaching in several yoga schools in Berlin ever since then, alongside her day job as a pharmacist.
Over the years, Ashtanga Yoga has also become a very important part of her daily practice. It is giving her tranquility and clarity, and she is trying to incorporate those aspects into her teachings.
Rebecca recently completed her first 300hrJivamukti teacher training in Italy.
Influenced by her mother, a former dancer and fitness instructor, Rebecca has loved the art of movement since a young age. In 2010, she found yoga, and it soon became an important part of her life.
Working as an international fashion model and having to navigate an industry obsessed with external beauty and perfection, her yoga practice helped her turn inward and find peace in the present moment.
Rebecca is happy for the opportunity to teach and grow at Practice Yoga.
Sheila is a certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher. She teaches and conveys from what she experiences in her personal yoga practice.For her, Yoga is not just a physical practice, but a holistic tool that helps us to become more aware so we can finally meet ourselves with radical honesty.
For Sheila, the practice of yoga is a privilege that helps us to become more compassionate towards all beings.
She teaches dynamic and strong asana-based classes with a lot of fire, combined with pranayama, meditation and chanting practices and paired with a carefully selected soundtrack.
Billie found her way to yoga over ten years ago and has been dedicated to a regular practice ever since. She completed her 200h Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training in Bali in 2020 and completed her 300h Apprenticeship with her mentor Sandra Gerhard at Practice Yoga Berlin.
Through teaching, she wants to pass on what yoga means to her: "Yoga for me is a deeper journey to myself, and with that, a deeper connection to each other and all that surrounds us“.
In her day job Billie has worked in the music industry for many years and enjoys incorporating her passion for music into her teaching.
Natalie has been working with body and movement since her childhood. Starting with martial arts, dancing and acrobatics, she already experienced the strong interaction of body and mind and also their power of healing. For four years she has been practicing yoga and meditation mostly every day. She loves to share her physical and mental experience through the practice in her own yoga classes.
Natalie completed her Yoga Teacher Training in Ashtanga and Vinyasa Yoga with Rishi Sudhir, Alan Ellman, Danni Cullen and Olivier Charles at Sampoorna Yoga School in India.
She started her apprenticeship at Practice Berlin with Sandra Gerhard in March 2020.
Harshvardhan Jhaveri began his yoga practice at a very young age with his mother. He felt a burning desire to explore this ancient tradition which led him to study and practice with traditional yoga masters from the Kaivalyadhama and Krishnamacharya tradition. His keen interest in Yoga and Sanskrit led him to complete his Masters in Sanskrit and Indic Knowledge Systems from Chinmaya University, Kerala. He is presently pursuing a Masters degree in Yoga from Kaivalyadhama. His mission is to live, teach and widen the horizon of the real undiluted spiritual message of yoga.
Harsh is a practicing yoga scholar and is studying its various branches and understanding the traditions that have evolved from it. He continues to pursue his studies and interests in the different disciplines of philosophy like Samkhya, Advaita Vedanta of Shankaracharya and Kashmiri Shaivism.
Harsh is also a Member of the Ad-hoc Board of Studies for Yoga in H.S.N.C University, Mumbai.
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