Career & Professional Development
Insight Yoga
2024 Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for several studios in Germany, Austria, and China
Teaching several Yoga Workshops in Europe, continuing the main focus on to Mindfulness Meditation and Prāṇāyāma, and adding Open Floor Workshops
Successfully completing the training as a teacher with Open Floor International, joining this organisation as well as the ICMTA (International Conscious Movement Teachers Association)
2023 Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for several studios in Germany, Austria, and China
Teaching several Yoga Workshops in Europe, continuing the main focus on to Mindfulness Meditation and Prāṇāyāma
Continuing to train as a teacher with Open Floor International
2022 Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for several studios in Germany, and Australia
Teaching several Yoga Workshops in Europe, continuing the main focus on to Mindfulness Meditation and Prāṇāyāma
Starting to train as a teacher with Open Floor International
2021 Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for several studios in Germany, and Australia
Teaching several Yoga Workshops in Europe, continuing the main focus on to Mindfulness Meditation and Prāṇāyāma
2020 Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for several studios in Germany, and Australia
Teaching several Yoga Workshops in Europe, shifting the main focus on to Mindfulness Meditation and Prāṇāyāma
Completing the German 500-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course at Yoga-Akademie Emsland (according to the ZPP Leitfaden Prävention)
2019 Teacher for INSPYA’s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Āsana, Bhajans & Basic Sanskrit)
Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for several studios in Germany, and Australia
Teaching several Yoga Workshops in Europe, shifting the main focus on to Mindfulness Meditation
Attending several Open Floor Training Programs (Conscious Dance), entering the Teacher Training Path
2018 Teacher for INSPYA’s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Āsana, Bhajans & Basic Sanskrit)
Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for several studios in Germany, and Australia
Teaching several Yoga Workshops in Europe, shifting the main focus on to Mindfulness Meditation
Working as a mentor at the TTC-program at the Mindfulness Training Institute (UK & USA)
Attending a Trauma-Sensitive-Yoga training program in Australia
Attending several Open Floor Training Programs (Conscious Dance)
2017 Teacher for INSPYA’s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Āsana, Bhajans & Basic Sanskrit)
Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for several studios in Germany, Austria, and Australia
Teaching several Yoga Workshops in Europe
Working as a mentor at the TTC-program at the Mindfulness Training Institute (UK & USA)
Attending several yoga retreats as a student (Retreat with Clive Sheridan in France, Retreat with Sarah powers in Italy, Immersion with Richard Freeman in Taiwan)
2016 Teacher for INSPYA’s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Āsana, Bhajans & Basic Sanskrit)
Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for several studios in Germany, Austria, and Australia)
Teaching several Yoga Workshops in Europe
Charitable Prison Yoga Project, in the Strafvollzugsanstalt Hesepe and Meppen, Germany
Successful completion of the TTC-program at the Mindfulness Training Institute (UK & USA)
2015 Teacher for INSPYA’s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Āsana, Bhajans & Basic Sanskrit)
Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for several studios in Germany, Austria, and Australia
Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay
Teaching several Yoga Workshops in Europe
Conducting the Insight Yoga Retreat in India (together with Apple Zhang & Oles Krolikowski)
Charitable Prison Yoga Project, in the Strafvollzugsanstalt Hesepe and Meppen, Germany
Student in year-long TTC-program at the Mindfulness Training Institute (UK & USA)
2014 Teacher for INSPYA’s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Āsana, Bhajans & Basic Sanskrit)
Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for several studios in Germany, Switzerland, and Australia
Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay
Teaching several Yoga Workshops in Europe
Conducting the Insight Yoga Retreat in Bali (with Apple Zhang & Oles Krolikowski)
Charitable Prison Yoga Project, in the Strafvollzugsanstalt Hesepe and Meppen, Germany
Part of the international Yoga Retreat “Conversations in Yoga“ in India
2013 Teacher for INSPYA’s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Āsana, Bhajans & Basic Sanskrit)
Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for several studios in Germany, Switzerland, and Australia
Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay
Teaching several Yoga Workshops in Europe
Conducting the Insight Yoga Retreat in Bali (with Apple Zhang & Oles Krolikowski)
Teaching at a charitable Prison Yoga Project, in the Strafvollzugsanstalt Hesepe and Meppen, Germany
2012 Teacher for INSPYA’s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Āsana, Bhajans & Basic Sanskrit)
Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for the WINstitut and INLINE Akademie in Germany (Director for Yoga Philosophy and Prāṇāyāma)
Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay
Successfully completing the 200-hour Teacher Training Course in Prāṇāyāma at the Kaivalydhama Institute in Lonavla, India
Conducting the Insight Yoga Retreat in China (with Apple Zhang & Oles Krolikowski)
Conducting several Yoga Workshops and Retreats in Europe, China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia
2011 Teacher for INSPYA’s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Āsana, Bhajans & Basic Sanskrit)
Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay
Successfully completing the 200-hour Teacher Training Course in Prāṇāyāma at the Kaivalydhama Institute in Lonavla, India
Conducting several Yoga Workshops in Europe and Australia
2010 Teacher for INSPYA’s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Āsana, Bhajans & Basic Sanskrit)
Founded Insight Yoga
Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for the WINstitut and INLINE Akademie in Germany (Director for Yoga Philosophy and Prāṇāyāma)
Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay
Conducting several Yoga Workshops in Europe and Australia
Attending several Retreats in the Insight Meditation and Zen Tradition
2009 Teacher for INSPYA’s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Āsana, Bhajans & Basic Sanskrit)
Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for the WINstitut and INLINE Akademie in Germany (Director for Yoga Philosophy and Prāṇāyāma)
Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay
Attending several Retreats in the Insight Meditation and Zen Tradition
2008 Teacher for INSPYA’s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Āsana, Bhajans & Basic Sanskrit)
Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for the WINstitut and INLINE Akademie in Germany (Director for Yoga Philosophy)
Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay
Attending several Retreats in the Insight Meditation and Zen Tradition
2007 Teacher for INSPYA’s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Āsana, Bhajans & Basic Sanskrit)
Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay
Continuing Correspondence Course with YREC, Georg Feuerstein, USA in Yoga Philosophy
Attending several Retreats in the Insight Meditation and Zen Tradition
2006 Working for The Sanctuary Byron Bay as a Shiatsu Practitioner, Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises, Meditation and Nutritional Therapist
Working for Yoga Arts & ISHTA Yoga’s Yoga Teacher Training Courses as a teacher for Meditation, Prāṇāyāma, Yoga Therapy & Principles of Shiatsu & Yoga Philosophy
Teacher for INSPYA’s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Āsana, Bhajans & Basic Sanskrit)
2005 Working for The Sanctuary Byron Bay as a Shiatsu Practitioner, Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises, Meditation and Nutritional Therapist
Working for Yoga Arts & ISHTA Yoga’s Yoga Teacher Training Courses as a teacher for Meditation, Prāṇāyāma, Yoga Therapy & Principles of Shiatsu & Yoga Philosophy
Teacher for INSPYA’s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Āsana, Bhajans & Basic Sanskrit)
2004 Working for The Sanctuary Byron Bay as a Shiatsu Practitioner, Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises, Meditation and Nutritional Therapist
Working for Yoga Arts’ Yoga Teacher Training Courses as a teacher for Meditation, Prāṇāyāma, Yoga Therapy & Principles of Shiatsu & Yoga Philosophy
2003 Running workshops in Chinese 5-Element Theory and its application in Yoga Therapy, also in Moxibustion, and Zen Shiatsu at Yoga Arts
Student at Yoga Arts
Correspondence Course with YREC, USA in Yoga Philosophy
Attending a one-month Yoga Retreat with Clive Sheridan in Bondla, India
2002 Working as a Shiatsu Therapist in Bristol, England, specialising in D & A Rehabilitation (Working privately with clients from that background, and at the Rehabilitation Centre Chandos House)
Teaching regular Hatha Yoga classes in Bristol, England
Teaching Zen Shiatsu with Simon Moyes (British School of Shiatsu) in Rishikesh, India
International Workshops in Shiatsu and Yoga (Ireland, Germany, India)
Does a two-month silent Meditation Retreat at Gaia House, Devon, England.
Attending a one-month Yoga Retreat with Clive Sheridan in Bondla, India
2001 Working as a Shiatsu Therapist in Bristol, England
Working as a Yoga teacher in Bristol, England
Teaching Zen Shiatsu with Simon Moyes (British School of Shiatsu) in Rishikesh, India
Attending a one-month Yoga Retreat with Clive Sheridan in Rishikesh, India
2000 Assisting Sakis Theophilos (Zen Renaissance Centre, Sydney) on his Shiatsu courses in Asia
Teaching Zen Shiatsu with Simon Moyes (British School of Shiatsu) in Rishikesh, India
Working as Shiatsu Therapist at Karuna Niketan Healing Centre, Varanasi, India
Three-month solitary Yatra (Hindu Pilgrimage) along the river Narmada in central India
Attending a one-month Yoga Retreat with Clive Sheridan in Rishikesh, India
1999 Assisting Sakis Theophilos (Zen Renaissance Centre, Sydney) on his Shiatsu courses in Asia and Europe
Co-teaching Shiatsu with Ansgar Schoeberl (Shiatsu School of Vienna, Austria) in Veszprem, Hungary, also teaching daily Yoga classes
Teaching Hatha Yoga on the Bodhgaya Vipassana Meditation Retreats of Christopher Titmuss
Completing studies at the Bihar Yoga Bharati with Distinction
Attending a one-month Yoga Retreat with Clive Sheridan in Rishikesh, India
1998 Studying Zen Shiatsu with Sakis Theophilos (Zen Renaissance Centre, Sydney) at the Om Ha Hara Zen Shiatsu Centre in Dharamsala, becoming his assistant
Studying at Bihar Yoga Bharati, India
Attending a ten-day Yoga Retreat with Clive Sheridan in Rishikesh, India
1997 Completing the CTEFLA from Cambridge University with Distinction
Co-managing Dhamma Shikhara Vipassana Meditation Centre in Dharamsala, India
Attending several Meditation Retreats in the Vipassana Tradition
1996 Studying English Language Teaching at Cambridge University
Working at Dhamma Dīpa Vipassana Meditation Centre in Hereford, England
Attending several Meditation Retreats in the Vipassana Tradition
1995 Co-managing Dhamma Shikhara Vipassana Meditation Centre in Dharamsala India
Volunteer work with disabled children in Amritsar, India
Attending several Meditation Retreats in the Vipassana Tradition
1994 Training to be an assistant teacher for disabled children at the Raboisenschule for Disabled Children in Elmshorn, Germany
Attending several Meditation Retreats in the Vipassana Tradition
1993 Studying Buddhism at Tushita Retreat Centre in Dharamsala, India
Working for ‘Dhamma Shikhara’ and ‘Dhamma Thali’ Vipassana Meditation Centres in India
Attending several Meditation Retreats in the Vipassana Tradition
1992 Completing High School in Germany with High Distinction (Abitur – Highest Academic Qualification, equivalent to university entrance)
Attending first regular Yoga Classes with Dr. Knut Friess (Sivananda Tradition) in Hamburg, Germany
1990 Attending first informal Yoga and Meditation classes and beginning to read about the subject extensively
