Father of five children, author, visionary, numerologist, peaceworker, board member of the "be the change" foundation for cultural change, board member of the aMiXiPi association for alternative lifestyles, holistic yoga teacher, founder of Namasté Yoga, organiser of various yoga festivals, trainer, pioneer of German SUP yoga teachers, organises and leads trips, workshops and retreats worldwide.

Autenticity, joie de vivre, sensitivity, intuition, humour complemented by deep spiritual insights and the sincere need to be supportive are the characteristics that describe his way of working.

After a wild life of change, Shakti worked successfully in leadership positions for the television world until he changed everything, among other things through yoga, to a free and fulfilled life in the now.

https://www.shaktiji.com

"Yoga is the Super-Synergy"

Shakti understands yoga as life and as a part of everything. There is no separation between the outside and his inner self. In his actions, he strives to realise this unity by aligning himself with his own self and thus serving the community and society. "Yoga is serving" and thus a „Super-Synergy", he says: "Everything I do should, in the best case, be helpful and holistically beneficial for all". 

Yoga from the guidance of the soul: living according to the law of attraction

Shakti says that he lives yoga through the guidance of his soul: "I do what I do, this is how I live and this is how I devote myself. Whether I have money or not, whether I am promoted or not, I put into practice all that I am made of, all that calls to me." He is not concerned with doing anything in particular, but rather that what comes should come and emerge. By allowing this, we recognise ourselves and can also show ourselves as the jewel that we are. "I live there according to the law of attraction and believe that all that belongs to me comes to me."

"Yoga helps and yoga heals and resistance is futile anyway"

Shakti's experience is that anyone who comes in contact with yoga will perceive a change: first in themselves, holistically, to the point that complete lives change, whether through job changes, emigration or just healthier living or regulating high blood pressure....

We would be at world peace in this world, he says, if we all practised a little yoga. Because through yoga we can learn how to take care of ourselves. Only on the basis that we recognise ourselves can we find peace ourselves. Yoga supports us in the flexibility of thoughts, words and actions. Because "you never know what's coming", says Shakti. But when we are connected to ourselves, everything flows: both the processes on the outside and those within us, from which we can always learn and expand. "I love this, this keeps me young, this gives me energy and keeps me on fire".

The potential of yoga ends at individual fear

If you don't want to change, then you are afraid of change and then everything stops, then the process stops. The last fear is always the fear of your death. Yoga can help here too, says Shakti: "If you are afraid of death, lie down in Shavasana every day and imagine you are dying, what else do you want to do? This is what you do afterwards".  

Replacing fear with the courage to connect to our highest source

The small, big, medium fears we may now face and look at, says Shakti. Whether we do this for society as a whole or individually for ourselves is the same.Yoga is the courage to change, courage to love yourself, courage to express yourself, courage to connect with our highest source, whatever you want to call it. Shakti explains: "When I live, understand and align myself with yoga, then I may understand that there is only one thing and that is the source. If this Source is everything, then fear as well as courage as well as everything that is around you is this One. Therefore, we can relax and follow this Source, because it is everything. Both as fear and as courage, we should understand it as the motor that moves us forward when we are consciously aware of ourselves. 

"What I do, I do authentically because I really feel like it".

The answer to the question of the better system, as to almost all questions, is love - as trite as that may sound - says Shakti. "What others may think about me is theirs. What is important is how can I look in the mirror and say: I am doing my best and I am authentic in what I am doing. What I do, I do authentically and certainly not because I am afraid, but on the contrary: I do it because I really feel like it".  And then there are those cases where you might not really feel like doing something. But maybe there is someone who would like it if I did it. Here you have to see, says Shakti, whether the person I'm doing it for really likes it and whether it's generally valid. In other words, whether it's not just him or her who benefits, rather we all benefit from it as a Super-Synergy. In that case, too, it's okay and important, says Shakti, to enjoy and devote oneself fully to what one is doing. 

Mit-ananda (=together-bliss) we are strong and happy

The more we dedicate ourselves to yoga and thus to ourselves as our own source, the more we will feel that we as individuals are part of a whole, a larger community. We are so intuitive and sense exactly when something is wrong. Shakti says that the community is even stronger than the individual alone in sensing. "Together we sense when things are going wrong and then we all have to stand by ourselves and our truth, and that's when we experience the collective truth in its entirety. Shakti speaks here of "with-ananda“ (Mit-ananda: bavaian/sanskrit = together-bliss), because "together we are strong and together we will be happy, because alone in paradise it is also stupid". If we look at this Super-Synergy and if we take to heart ancient principles such as Ubunto or Yoga, then all today's problems such as Corona, money and poverty can be overcome with ease. 

"We are all allowed to create again. We are all allowed to do it ourselves again"

With the AMiXiPi project in Portugal, Shakti, his friends and family have started to build spaces that are a field of practice for living in community. The aim is to create a future with cooperative communities, such as Tamera, Perma-lab and others. Food is to be exchanged and shared. Shakti is feeling, seeing and experiencing that we are all allowed to create again. "We are all allowed to do it ourselves again". "Self is the woman and self is the man". He sees the future in permaculture principles, because they have been working for ages. He is also not worried about climate change, because he believes that the earth already knows what she is doing: "she will send the plants that it needs now to heal and if that is not the oak tree at the moment, then it is not the oak tree, but I can relax. We should cultivate what the earth gives us". Shakti says that all we need to do now is to start giving our love to Mother Earth, because she loves us anyway and then we will live here in an even more beautiful paradise than we already do. The rainbow heart of his AMiXiPi project stands for faith in community, in love, in diversity and in nature. 

With the opening of my shanti yoga in Gostenhof in 2008, Isabel pioneered Vinyasa Yoga (dynamic yoga) in Nuremberg. In 2013, my shanti yoga moved to St. Peter and expanded.

Isabel studied literature and history and worked for many years as an editor at a local daily newspaper. Since 2007 she has been self-employed and devotes herself full-time to teaching, training and studio organization. She has also been a Company Sports Trainer for yoga at adidas since 2008.

She is one of the best trained and most experienced teachers in the region - in the meantime she has specialized in breath work, meditation, the true-to-life teaching of yoga philosophy and coaching. She is also happy to impart this in private lessons and coaching sessions.

http://myshanti-yoga.de/team/isabel-lasthaus

Yoga is a road map for life: a technique and a state at the same time. 

For Isabel it is important to carry everything that happens on the yoga mat into her life. Yoga should unfold holistically and thus be able to influence one's whole life. For her, it is especially important to be able to make decisions more consciously and attentively. 

Coming home in one's own body and arriving in the present.

Yoga can remove the disconnection from our bodies that we experience in the modern world, says Isabel. Precisely because we tend to get quickly into a state of dissatisfaction and friction with ourselves, it is important to be able to experience one's own body as home and to feel the wonder that is behind it and to feel gratitude for it. Breathing and meditation are "unbeatable" for Isabel. They make it possible to see more than just the psychic eyes. Meditation opens up inner worlds and information that are otherwise rather closed to the everyday mind.

Yoga reminds us that we are sitting in the center of abundance.

Yoga should not become something where we also have to get to. Isabel therefore sees her mission in teaching yoga as a tool through which we can experience the bliss and joy of everything we have already, even today. For Isabel, this includes all the problems and frictions we experience in our daily lives: Yoga teaches us that it all belongs to us, that we are not wrong, and that in this sense we are not missing anything. It's about feeling our own gratitude and contentment with ourselves again, letting ourselves be more and more at peace with ourselves. 

Yoga helps us to reflect on what we expect of ourselves in everyday life. 

We learn to make new decisions and to perceive the challenges of everyday life more mindfully in relation to ourselves. It is important for Isabel to emphasize that this is not about avoidance, but about "the fact that there are good moments for something and not so good moments". A cultivated and anchored yoga practice can help us to distinguish between the two and then to be able to confidently say, "this is too much for me right now".

Yoga helps us learn to understand each other.

Through her yoga training and practice, Isabel has realized how different people are. She says it's not that we have to be considerate of everyone's sensitivities all the time. But it is a great yoga exercise to always put yourself in the shoes of the other person for a moment. Of course, we always automatically think in our own patterns, she tells us. But especially here it is important to realize again and again that there are also other opinions and views and therefore always reasons to see things differently than oneself. Isabel thus always decides to respect this, and in doing so she then also realizes that it has nothing to do with herself. She explains that this is one of Patanjali's great teachings: not to take anything personally. In this way, yoga can also help us to let other people be who they are and still respect them. Especially in the current difficult situation, she says, yoga can help us not to lose at least our basic human friendships. 

What you have to do is to find your purpose in the world and to fulfill that purpose fully, even if that may not taste good to us every day.

Isabel speaks of Jivamukti - the liberated and living soul.The radical freedom and self-responsibility of yoga, with all its consequences, presents itself to our Western society as a great challenge that can also generate fear, says Isabel.  But even before such a self-realization, all the steps that yoga shows us are very precious for our society: in dealing more consciously with our fears, with our anger and with our hurts, looking at them and acknowledging them.

Isabel also knows that it is of course exhausting to be mindful and attentive all day: "Even a yogi has a right to be angry and to be upset - that is a great power - it is just that I don't stay there." In our yoga practice - which we begin with asanas - we often forget that the eight-step yoga path actually begins with the yamas and niyamas. And that we should therefore first realize how we behave towards the world and then towards ourselves. If this is all harmony, then we can start with asanas. Often we are more interested in learning the handstand. But Isabel says that this does not make us happy. 

I would like to see the self-responsibility and freedom of yoga lead us into a system where we make decisions based on being a community. 

Isabel says she dislikes that community is more and more just on social media. That is not a real human community, she says. Isabel therefore wishes that we actually bring in our basic social disposition as humans in such a way that we actively shape our living space by ourselfs, through decisions that we make together, and that takes place far, far too little for her at the moment. 

Founder and owner of "Crazy Ganesha Yoga"

I just like to stand on the mat, well grounded, with both feet firmly on the ground.

I feel the journey begin, the tension builds - I look forward to feeling my body, the breath and the concentration. Yoga can be everything - beautifully exhausting, full of joy, relieving, exciting but also transforming.

In addition, I am amazed every time how much strength and calm yoga conveys, a change of perspective is easier and I am very grateful for that, because as a patchwork mom of two pubescent teenagers, I have often been told that after yoga I am much more relaxed, (nicer??), clearer and perceive things very differently.

https://www.crazyganesha.de

Time and space for body and mind

For Hai, yoga means having the time and space to consciously take care of your own body and needs. Beyond that then comes the connection to the mind, she says. 

"I live with two pubescent teenagers, so that's yoga, too"

For Hai, the different demands and encounters of everyday life, are areas where a yogic awareness and attitude can work: It shows up in how we interact with other people, with animals, with our own consumption and eating habits. All this is yoga says Hai. Asana, meditation and spiritual practice are only one part of it. 

Yoga is a community and yoga can be done by anyone, no matter how we are built, no matter where we come from, no matter what we have experienced: Yoga is for everyone!

With yoga, Hai aims to bring together people from very different backgrounds. Yoga then provides them with points of connection and connection, as well as a very basic respect for life. On this basis, respect and admiration for oneself can then also develop, the recognition and acceptance of one's own wholeness.

For many, yoga is a support in everyday life and provides a sense of community, even if we only see each other online at the moment

After yoga classes, participants generally perceive a certain sense of well-being with themselves and with their own bodies. This is the basis Hai says, to be able to radiate outwardly. And if you feel good in your body, then of course you are also open upwards in a completely different way.

The potential of yoga ends with yourself - where you see your own limits and blockages

Hai rejects any idea of competition in the context of yoga classes. That's because each of us has experienced something different, each brings different anatomical conditions, we're all built very differently, and each did something different in childhood, she says. Basically, in yoga, everyone can only show his own path, and everyone must then walk it alone for himself. As a teacher, you can only pick up your participants where they are at the moment and where they want to be picked up. Therefore, self-knowledge and acceptance of oneself as one is at the moment, is the greatest obstacle but also the greatest goal in yoga.

The yoga practice works when you get involved with it and with yourself

Hai tells us that many certainly start yoga for physical reasons. "But then when you really get into it, the yoga practice goes deeper into you". Suddenly you start to be more mindful of your breath, to ask yourself if you really need to eat meat every day, or if you really need this or that in your life.... It's in moments like these that we can see the yoga practice working, Hai says. Part of that is to get involved with yourself. Because this is really where it begins, that you can perceive yourself as who you really are, how you appear, and maybe then you can see where your own struggle lies. 

"I practice humility - that is one of my great sources of strength"

Especially when dealing with children, Hai says, you feel the constant changes we go through in our daily lives, and we are constantly learning to deal with them and find solutions. In doing so, it is important to stay with oneself and to keep an emotional distance from all the difficulties and triggers. Hai draws her strength for this in her own spiritual practice. It helps her again and again to recognize herself in her own nature. Yoga practice can also help to recognize one's own limits, to perceive them and also to appreciate them.

Everybody for himself can contribute something to become more socially united

Hai believes it doesn't really matter what system we live in. What matters, is that we have respect for each other, for our own selves, for other lives and ways of living, she says.If we all did this conscious looking within ourselves every day, through yoga or whatever, then maybe we wouldn't eat meat, then we would have more mindful consumption, and then we would just have respect for each other and for our resources.  Even that could help us evolve into a different society, Hai says.

"I try to listen to my body. Not to discipline it all the time, but to live a healthy life with fun food, cooking and exercise. Probably because of that, I can empathize very well with people who come to me with a specific goal. It gives me a lot of pleasure to see someone getting a little closer to their goal or just having fun with exercise. I like to share my knowledge and experience, and I'm always learning something new myself!"

https://koerpergefuehl.net

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Tiziano bildet Yogalehrer bei Hari-Om aus und ist auch zertifizierter Natual Movement Leherer (MovNat).

Angetrieben von der Notwendigkeit, den Körper zu stärken und den Geist zu beruhigen, hat Tiziano damit begonnen die Praxis des Yoga und Muay Thai miteinander zu verbinden. Aus Leidenschaft für das Training des freien Körpers und angetrieben von einem ständigen Bewegungsdrang entdeckte er die Welt von MovNat, eine Disziplin, die seine Vorstellung von Bewegung revolutionierte und ihn die Freude und den Nutzen des Kontakts mit der Natur wiederentdecken ließ. 

Jovialität und Disziplin sind seine Stärken, aber keine zwanghafte Disziplin, sondern eher eine Disziplin, die aus Leidenschaft geboren wird und zu Vergnügen führt.

Ständig auf der Suche nach Flüssigkeit und Harmonie in der Bewegung, liebt er es, sich in dem Moment zu verlieren, in dem der Körper sich frei und leicht bewegt und eine kontinuierliche, vom Atem geleitete Bewegung entsteht, in der die Zeit langsamer zu werden scheint und der Raum sich ausdehnt.

Derzeit leitet Tiziano das Sankalpa Yoga Studio und unterrichtet MovNat in Castellana Grotte (Apulien).

https://www.hariomyogaschool.com/tiziano-dimattia-hariom-yoga-teacher

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Carolin is a breath therapist and founder of the breath school VIA Ausbildung in Herrsching am Ammersee.

Carolin offers in her trainings

to be with you when you have no more strength to get up.

I walk a piece with you,

when you don't know where your way goes on.

I accompany you,

if you want to go on, want to let go and have the desire to change something.

I support you when you are afraid, uncertain and not clear how to continue.

I am happy with you when you experience what life has in store for you.

You have already accomplished so much on your own. So often you have already made such an effort.

You may make it easier for yourself.

You are allowed to be there.

You are allowed to show yourself as you are.

https://www.carolinvogel.de/carolin-vogel/

https://atemschule-via.com

Breath is life and mirror. 

Carolin says that she often sees how our being is reflected in our breath. "Depending on how we breathe, we also exhaust life to a certain extent, or this is how we enter into life." Carolin experiences every day how differently people can breathe, "Some people breathe very shallow little breaths." Carolin's experience is that these people also tend to be reserved, introverted and cautious. On the other hand, there are people who immediately go into fullness with their whole breath, and these are people who live that way. 

And then, of course, it is also the breath that keeps us alive, says Carolin: It accompanies us throughout our lives. Even if life does not begin with the first breath, it definitely ends with the last.

Ram Jain is the Founder Director of the Arhanta Yoga Ashrams (India and The Netherlands). Since 2009, the Arhanta Yoga Ashrams have shown a rapidly growing presence internationally for their professional yoga teacher training courses, and trained over 6000+ yoga teachers from all over the world.

Born in New Delhi, India, in a traditional and spiritual Jain family, his yoga and Vedic philosophy education started at the age of eight years as a part of his primary school education. He has in-depth knowledge of Classical Hatha Yoga and is also well versed in ancient Indian scriptures. During his 21 years of teaching career, he has worked with various anatomy and physiology experts and has developed unique teaching, adjustment, and modification techniques. 

Presently, he is the lead teacher for various teacher training programs, ranging from Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, to Meditation and Yoga Nidra. He teaches for several months a year in India and the rest of the year in the Netherlands, where he also lives with his wife and two children. 

Ram is known for his creative and disciplined teaching style and unique asana correction and modification techniques. He believes in individual attention and personal supervision. According to him “The role of a teacher is to help his students to meet their goal“. His teachings come from his personal experience and his way of explaining complex vedic philosophies in a modern and simple way has made him one of the leading yoga and vedic philosophy teachers of today.

https://www.arhantayoga.org

The Yamas and Niyamas are the heart of Yoga

Ram explains that Arhanta means to be master of all 5 senses: "when we practice yoga, we want to master our 5 senses". For him, yoga is more than just the physical practice of the asanas. It is mainly the practice of the 8 principles (Ashtanga Yoga) says Ram. This is about connecting with yourself and recognizing the truthfulness of our existence. 

For Ram, the Yamas and Niyamas are the heart of yoga, because they form an ethical foundation for dealing with others and with yourself, and are thus a basis for all action. For him, asana and pranayama are merely extra exercises for this purpose. As an example of his daily practice, Ram cites the first principle of the Yamas - Ahimsa (non-violence) - which he lives by feeding himself and his students a vegetarian diet.