And Certified Yoga Therapist helping you
nourish and restore your health and vitality
with inspiring and dedicated yoga practice.
YOGA IS FOR EVERYONE
I believe that you are never too old or too stiff, too out of shape or too tired to learn new strategies for self-healing and connect to your wellbeing. We all have the power to create lasting positive changes in our lives and for thirty years, I have guided people of all ages, abilities, and physical conditions in a yoga practice that nourishes the whole self - body, mind, and spirit.
My work and my website is commited to sharing ideas, tools, and resources that will deepen your existing yoga practice or inspire a new one. Whether you're looking to heal from illness or injury, boost your immune system, or have more energy for your work and loved ones, Iyengar yoga can help you rebuild your health and wellbeing inside and out.
Together, we'll develop a practice that integrates your goals and find a path for you to get you there.
Yoga is the golden key in life that brings tranquility, peace and joy.
-B.K.S. Iyengar
WAYS TO PRACTICE WITH ME
PRIVATE CLASSES
Private classes and are tailored to your individual needs & health concerns whether they are acute or long-term problems. The yoga therapy process begins with a Discovery Call, where we discuss your interests and goals with private classes in Berlin or online.
GROUP CLASSES
Weekly classes take place at Iyengar Yoga Zentrum Berlin and online via Zoom. Learn at your own pace, connect to your yoga community, and develop a practice that balances and supports your life.
VIDEOS + ONLINE MEMBERSHIP
Whether you're looking for help to nourish your body, quiet your mind, or lift your spirit, practice yoga anytime and anywhere with my home practice video classes + monthly
yoga membership.
MY STORY
I was born and raised in Philadelphia, in the United States, and have been living in Berlin, Germany for more than twenty years. I started practicing Iyengar yoga in New York thirty-five years ago as a nineteen-year-old college student. I knew right away that I had found something that gave me deep inner calm and relaxation and that my body felt more balanced and alive than ever before.
After college, I pursued a career as a professional dancer, artist, and arts administrator (I did this for fifteen years) and continued to practise Iyengar yoga. Then one day, the director of a dance studio where I was teaching asked me if I could substitute for the yoga teacher who was going on maternity leave. I asked my teacher, Joan White, if I could teach and she said, " Yes." So, in 1991, I began teaching yoga and joined the teacher training program.
Iyengar yoga is unique in the field of yoga for many reasons. We teachers undergo rigorous training - a three-year teaching training with prior years required and teaching exams that we must pass before becoming certified. I have had six exams and am a Senior Intermediate II (Level 3) teacher, which means that I am qualified to work with people of all health conditions and train teachers. I'm a Certified Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and an Assessor for yoga teacher exams in Germany and abroad and co-direct the Iyengar Yoga Zentrum Berlin.
I have been fortunate to study numerous times in Pune, India at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, studying with the Iyengar family and assisting in medical classes since 1997. I also continue my studies with Advanced teachers in Europe and the USA, constantly enriching my practice and teaching. Yoga integrates the body, mind, and heart when we devote ourselves consistently over time to our own personal growth.
The practice strengthens and interweaves the different parts of ourselves and brings the health, harmony, and happiness we crave in life.
PRIVATE CLASSES
Whether you are a beginner or long-term practitioner, I will give you concrete tools to overcome your challenges and improve your wellbeing through yoga therapy. Private classes are typically 60-90 minutes and are take place at Iyengar Yoga Zentrum Berlin or via Zoom. Book a free Discovery Call to see if it's right for you.
Private Classes support people suffering from skeletal-muscular problems like back or knee pain, circulatory disorders like hypertension, or nervous problems like headaches, insomnia.
REHABILITATION AFTER INJURY
Modifying postures to accomodate your individiual ability, needs, and goals.
WORK DEEPLY IN SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE BODY
Refining the alignment of poses to deepen the practice and understanding of health problems.
DEVELOPING A CUSTOMIZED DAILY PRACTICE
Creating a sequences of poses unique to you for home practice and self-healing.
GROUP CLASSES
I teach weekly group classes and weekend workshops at Iyengar Yoga Zentrum Berlin, Germany. Most of my classes are taught simultaneously in-person and online.
Classes are for beginners, intermediate, and advanced students and I also mentor teachers and teachers-in-training.
WORKSHOPS
I also teach retreats, yoga holidays, and workshops in Germany and internationally.
Yoga workshops are your time devoted to your self-development. Workshop themes such as Yoga for Depression, Yoga for Women, and Back Care are some past topics covered.
Join my mailing list + be first to find out about my upcoming yoga workshops. Click the link below to join.
Classes and workshops are perfect for anyone looking for increased strength, flexibility, balance, concentration, and stress reduction.
DEEPEN LEARNING
Exploration happens in relationship to peers and group classes will support and inspire your development.
DISCONNECT FROM EVERYDAY LIFE
Commitment to a class or workshop brings us out of our everyday life and makes space for focusing on personal growth.
BUILD COMMUNITY
Support comes in building relationships and working together will help improve your health and life.
HOME PRACTICE VIDEOS + ONLINE MEMBERSHIP
Using my thirty years of teaching yoga and yoga therapy experience, I've created Sadhana Circle Online monthly membership and Yoga Practice for Everyday home practice videos.
Sadhana Circle Online is an international community for yoga practitioners to expand and deepen their connection to yoga. Through live online monthly workshops, live online question and answer sessions, an online resource library with class recordings, weekly motivational emails, and a private Facebook group, this membership supports yoga practitioners on their yoga journey. Inside Sadhana Circle, there is also a group just for yoga teachers and teachers-in-training, the Teachers Circle, designed especially to support and help with yoga teaching related problems and questions.
Yoga Practice for Everyday videos are designed to give you, anytime and anywhere, easy to follow and clear yoga practices on a range of topics, like Yoga for Morning Energy and Yoga for the Lower Back. These practices are support to nourish your body, quiet your mind, and lighten your spirit at home or while traveling. Enjoy the help to reconnect to your vital self. You will feel supported and guided along the way. Watch the trailer below and visit my Vimeo channel to see more!
HOME PRACTICE VIDEOS
Yoga Practice for Everyday
Do you want to practice yoga more but struggle to find the time? Are you unsure what poses to practice or in what order? Would you like an experienced teacher to instruct you when you practice at home?
Here are easy to follow yoga sequences to guide and inspire your yoga practice anytime and anywhere.
Find a video from this series that works for you and devote less than 30 minutes a day - you will feel the difference in your body and mind!
Free! Yoga for Evening Relaxation
Do you feel exhausted or stressed after work?
This restorative yoga sequence will help
calm your nerves, renew your energy, and balance your body and mind after a long day.
START PRACTICING TODAY
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Yoga for Evening
Relaxation Class
Immediate Access
Ideal for all levels
25 minutes long (approx)
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Package of 7
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For all 7 Classes
Classes on Different Themes - Buy 1, a few or all 7
Classes 20-35 Minutes long
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Yoga Community!
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Monthly Live Online Classes
Practice Videos
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Weekly Motivation Emails
International Yoga Community
TESTIMONIALS
"After an accident, Elizabeth's videos & classes inspired me to come back on the yoga track again & integrate yoga into my daily life. I've been able to make progress & heal."
Christine
Berlin, Germany
"Elizabeth's videos helped me establish my own home practice and after 3 weeks, I have noticed a significant difference regarding my energy levels throughout the day."
Sarah
Potsdam, Germany
"Elizabeth is patient, kind & focused on details. I appreciate how she takes everyone's individual needs into account & she's helped me overcome various limitations."
Athanasia
Montreal, Canada
I'd love to hear from you!
Get in touch with your questions, concerns, or to book a Discovery Call. Let's stay in touch and get you on the path to health and healing.
Transformation is sustained change and is achieved through practice - B.K.S. Iyengar
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