My Yoga journey began in 1998, when a friend took me to my first yoga class during a stressful period of exams at high school. After that, I started to practise Yoga regularly.
After studying Geography, Sociology and Ethnology in Heidelberg and Munich, I travelled to India, where I completed my first Yoga teacher training at a Sivananda ashram in the Himalayas. Back in Munich, I discovered Jivamukti Yoga, which became my main path of practice and teaching. Since 2007, I have been teaching as an 800-hour certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher and became an Advanced Certified teacher in 2016.
Over the years, I have co-founded several Yoga studios and communities, including Dancing Kala Yoga in Luxembourg, Yoga Palais and Jivamukti Yoga Luxembourg, the first official Jivamukti centre in the country. My further training includes Ashtanga Yoga with David Swenson, Gregor Maehle and Monica Gauci, as well as Kids and Teenage Yoga with Thomas Bannenberg. I have also participated in numerous workshops and retreats around the world. In Luxembourg, I teach Yoga as part of the school curriculum at high-school level.
Alongside my Yoga journey, I completed a PhD in Urbanism at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. I am currently pursuing an MA in Yoga Philosophy at SOAS University of London.
For me, Yoga is a practice of self-acceptance, inner strength and freedom. It offers us the possibility to become more grounded, to meet life’s challenges with greater clarity and courage, and to connect more deeply with ourselves and the world around us. I remain deeply grateful to all the teachers who have guided me along the way, especially my daughter, Lou Kali, who continues to be one of my greatest teachers.