MY TRAININGS

I have been trained in Amsterdam by Clé Souren, Charles Hond, and Annemieke Post. 
To become a teacher of the Iyengar method it takes years of committed practice. Iyengar Yoga Teachers undergo rigorous and in-depth training of 3 years before they can get certified (CIYTs). To be granted a certification credential, teachers must pass an assessment of standards in three categories: a demonstrated practice of asanas, a written exam, and demonstrated teaching skills. One needs to be a student of Iyengar Yoga for a minimum of 3 years before being admitted to the teacher training.

A 3-days in-person training by Rita Keller presenting her book 'Iyengar Yoga for Motherhood. Safe Practice for Expectant & New Mothers'. Rita Keller studied directly with the Iyengar familiy and is one of the leading Iyengar yoga teachers in Europe. 

Led by Iyengar Yoga Instructor Rebecca Weisman (CYT, CIYT) and Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist Meagen Satinsky (MPT, PYT).  An 8-week online course exploring postpartum safe return to yoga practice. The training covers topics like abdominal separation (DRA) and pelvic floor, gaining awareness, strength, relaxation and healing through the techniques of Iyengar Yoga.

Delving deeper into how to teach students with pelvic floor issues and applying Pelvic Floor Yoga by Leslie Howard. Certification involves a written exam, a project of self study and working with different students with different pelvic floor issues and documenting.  

An evidence-based information and exercise techniques to adapt to the changes a woman experiences throughout her life. By Carolyne Anthony.

An in-person training by pioneering mountain runner and experienced Iyengar yoga teacher, Tite Togni.

A self-paced online course for clinicians and movement professionals on gait foundations and how to manage and recognise common presentations of the foot. With Dr. Courtney Conley and Lauren Ohayon.

The RYC® teacher training program is 6 months long (online). The course is led by Lauren Ohayon and Louisa Thomas. It combines yoga and Pilates-based exercises with the fundamentals of embodied movement. It is a method to retrain our core and pelvic floor muscles to be functional, reflexive, responsive and supportive to our body.

A 16-hour Immersive Self Myofascial Massage Certification Training by Jill Miller going through evidence based self-myofascial release (self-massage) principles and practices to enhance mobility, reduce stress, transform pain and build body awareness. 

An in-depth 3-day course by Thomas W. Myers covering integral anatomy and body-minded exercise applications that relate to real-life in all of its dimensions focusing on the concept that enhance everyday functionality and vitality as well as somatic resourcefulness.

An in-depth 3-day intensive training with internationally  renowned teachers Rajiv and Swati Chanchani to improve and deepen your understanding of pranayama techniques and practice in the Iyengar Yoga tradition.

A workshop for yoga teachers including discussion of what is trauma, trauma in relationship to yoga, creating a trauma informed safe classroom and ways to work with trauma in practice. With Marla Apt, a senior intermediate level Iyengar Yoga teacher who has been involved with medical research studies at UCLA on yoga for depression, anxiety and IBS and created the first yoga therapy content to be incorporated into the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine’s curriculum. Yoga Journal named her one of 21 teachers helping to "shape the future of yoga." 

A comprehensive training holding the distinction of being the ONLY Trauma-Sensitive Yoga training accredited by the Justice of Resource Institute (JRI) and co-directed by David Emerson & Jennifer Turner from the Center for Trauma & Embodiment in Boston (MA, USA). It aligns with renowned works such as “The Body Keeps the Score” by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, “Trauma Sensitive Yoga in Therapy: Bringing the Body into Treatment” by David Emerson, and “Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body” by David Emerson & Elizabeth Hopper. 

TCTSY is a distinctive intervention supported by extensive research. It stands as the singular yoga program endorsed by SAMSHA / NREPP as an evidence-based trauma treatment.

Once qualified, Iyengar Yoga teachers must continue to train and complete regular professional development training in order to maintain the care and precision that characterizes Iyengar yoga.
With pleasure and inspiration I have been training with some of the most renowned and experienced teachers and have attended several workshops with (among others) Geeta Iyengar, Abhijata Iyengar, Raya Uma Datta, Jawahar Bangera, Faeq and Corine Biria, Eyal Shifroni, Gabriella Giubilaro. Lois Steinberg, Patricia Walden.