Teachers

Petra

Open, Holistic Ashtanga, Surya & Rest

Her first encounter with yoga was in 2008, and she soon discovered a deep connection to Jivamukti and Ashtanga. In 2023, she completed a 250-hour yoga teacher training with her teacher Sandra Gerhard at Practice Yoga Berlin, followed by a three-month apprenticeship with her. It therefore feels very natural for her to now create Practice Sangha together with Sandra.

Her classes are rooted in Ashtanga-inspired, mindful sequences, with a focus on breath and alignment.

When she’s not on the mat, she spends as much time as possible in and on the ocean, surfing – a wonderful complement to her yoga practice. She also loves being in the kitchen and has been cooking for others and teaching cooking classes for 18 years.

Petra is a mother of one child.

Vivien

Sangraha Yoga

Vivien is a yoga teacher, somatic practitioner and meditation guide based in Berlin, with more than 12 years of practice in Ashtanga Yoga and meditation. She has studied under Matthew and Carla Vollmer and Eddie Stern, whose teachings continues to shape the depth and sincerity she brings to her own work. She teaches Yoga Sangraha, Pranayama, and Yin Yoga, always with the same intention: to help students find their way back to themselves. Her work is rooted in the belief that the body knows how to heal when it feels safe enough to rest and let go.

Alongside her teaching, she hosts Peace Within, a guided meditation podcast in german language. She brings an open heart and quiet presence to every class, and the conviction that stillness is available to everyone, not as something to achieve, but as something to return to.

Sandra

Jivamukti, Holistic Ashtanga, Surya and Rest

Sandra is an Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher (800+ hrs). She graduated in Rhinebeck, NY, in 2010 under Sharon Gannon and David Life and has been teaching Jivamukti Yoga in Berlin and worldwide since then.

Sandra opened her own Studio „Practice" in 2019.
She started practicing Ashtanga Mysore in 2016 with Matthew and Carla Vollmer. Since then, she has continued to deepen her practice under the guidance of Eddie Stern, Richard and Mary Taylor, Chuck Miller and others.

She teaches demanding, but simple classes, with a lot of fire. Her development to become a teacher of Yoga has also been shaped by various work experiences, being an actress, a photographer, as well as running an acting agency.

Sandra is the mother of three children.