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My Yoga Journey<\/h3>

Insight Yoga<\/h6><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space hide_on_mobile=““][vc_empty_space hide_on_mobile=““][vc_empty_space hide_on_mobile=““][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
\nHealthy, free, the world before me,
\nThe long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.
\nHenceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,
\nHenceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing \u2026
\nYou road I enter upon and look around, I believe you are not all that is here,
\nI believe that much unseen is also here\u2026
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I was born in Germany in 1973, where I discovered Yoga and Meditation at the age of 16.<\/p>\n

After initial Ha\u1e6dha Yoga classes and meditation groups in Hamburg during my last years at
\nhigh school, I decided that learning these ancient liberation techniques was more important
\nthan going to university and left for Nepal and India in 1993.<\/p>\n

A period of volunteer teaching at the Refugee Camp \u2018Jampaling\u2019 in Nepal inspired me to go
\nto Dharamsala, India, which remained my base until 2001. Next to attending Hatha Yoga
\nclasses and reading extensively about Yoga, I attended many courses in Buddhist Meditation and Philosophy.<\/p>\n

After coming in contact with the Vipassana Meditation Tradition as being taught by S.N.
\nGoenka-ji, my main focus for the following six years was practicing this style of Meditation,
\nand supporting the teachings as a volunteer worker. I maintained a regular Ha\u1e6dha Yoga
\npractice and attended several intensive courses, mainly in the Sivananda Tradition.<\/p>\n

In 1997, I became interested in alternative healing techniques and began studying Shiatsu.
\nAfter an initial course with Sakis Theophilos (Om Ha Hara Shiatsu Centre), I became Sakis\u2019
\nassistant and apprentice until 2001. I concluded my studies by obtaining the Diploma of
\nShiatsu from the Bristol College of Shiatsu in 2002. Next to Zen Shiatsu, my training included TCM, Qi Gong and Chinese Food Energetics.<\/p>\n

In 1998, I decided to intensify my studies of the Ha\u1e6dha Yoga Tradition, and was fortunate tomeet Clive Sheridan, who has been one of my main teachers and mentors ever since. Clive introduced me to Tantric and Advaitic teachings, and I deepened my exploration by attending the 4-Month Yoga Certificate Course at the Bihar Yoga Bharati that same year.<\/p>\n

In January 1999, I commenced my first yoga teaching assignment, and taught on
\nChristopher Titmuss\u2019 Insight Meditation Retreats in Bodhgaya and Sarnath. Afterwards, I
\nembarked on my first longer pilgrimage along the ancient \u2018Parikrama\u2019 Path in central India.
\nWalking as a beggar along the Narmada River for months revealed a whole new dimension
\nof ancient yoga traditions. I have since done several similar pilgrimages.<\/p>\n

That same year, I injured my knee. I was determined to aid the healing process with Yoga
\ntherapy and, for the next four years, focused on Iyengar Yoga classes. I continued to study
\nand teach in India until 2001, then I moved to Bristol (UK), finished my Shiatsu Training and
\ntaught Yoga.<\/p>\n

In 2003, I moved to Byron Bay in Australia to attend Yoga Arts\u2019 9-Month Yoga Teacher
\nTraining Course (YTTC). After completing it, I was promoted to the teaching role on Yoga
\nArts\u2019 2-Months and 9-Months YTTCs.<\/p>\n

Next to teaching on Yoga Teacher Training Programs worldwide (INSPYA Yoga, ISHTA Yoga,
\nYoga Arts, PranaFlow, etc.), I commenced writing Yoga Teaching Manuals for international
\nteacher training programs.<\/p>\n

In 2010, I started my own project, Insight Yoga, which aims at preserving and sharing the
\nnoble traditions of yoga. When not being on teaching tours around the globe, I immerse
\nmyself in practice and yogic studies, and look after five acres of land near Byron Bay.<\/p>\n

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