Dutch Yoga Festival 2012

David Lurey (USA) teaches yogaworkshops all over the world. He is an international highly rated yogateacher and teacher trainer. His classes are a blending of an active asana practise in combination with lifemusic that deepens the breath and creates a tremendous flow. A unique expierence in which power and flexibility grow through the magic of breathing and pure consciousness is activated. For more information go to: www.findbalance.net.

Smriti Chakravarti, India’s Yogini, has her own yoga center in the holy Indian city of Varanasi. She is the grand daughter of Ananda May Ma, the spiritual partner of Parmahamsa Yogananda, author of the bestseller Autobiography of a Yogi. She speaks Sanskrit, studied Indian history, philosophy and Hindi at the Banaras Hindu University and succeeded in healing herself by shatkarma (purifying yogic techniques). For more Information visit : www.omyogainternational.com

Martyn Hoogstra is a yoga teacher professional for more than 15 years and a dedicated practitioner of Hatha yoga. For a wide range of yoga teacher trainings he frequently appears as a guest trainer. He leads intensive yoga trainings and master classes (inter)nationally. He is extremely competent in Asanas, Pranayamas, Mudras & Bandhas and has a broad working knowledge of  yoga and meditation. For more information go to: www.yogadlite.com

Eva de Haan (1967) is a certified Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga teacher who has had the blessing of studying and training in India. She has her own vibrant and dynamic yoga studio in the heart of Leiden, Holland. Each week her studio offers more than 25 varied forms of yoga lessons ranging from Ashtanga yoga, Vinyasa yoga, Power yoga, Hatha yoga and Partner yoga. For more information check out her website at: www.yoga-spirit.com

Hilary Menting Brown (USA) is the founder of Yoga Moves in Utrecht. She is a certified Iyengar & Vinyasa yoga teacher. She has studied with numerous known and unknown yogis to whom she is ever grateful. Her workshops will follow the natural krama or stages of opening the areas usually tight, open to the sky above, feel supported by the core and the ground beneath to experience love for movement and expression! Please check: www.yogamoves.nl.

Iris Martinez and Dieke Bikker, both certified teachers of Acroyoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga. They will give together six Acroyoga workshops during the festival. This is a fusion of the spiritual practice of yoga, the loving touch of Thai massage and the power of acrobatics. Get acquainted with Acroyoga through the workshops Partner flow, Therapeutic flying and Thai massage. For more information: www.v-up.nl and www.salonphysique.nl .

Indra Bose is an internationally certified Hatha yoga teacher. Yoga reconnected her with her father’s homeland India. She has gained most of her yoga experience (University level teacher training) in India and Thailand. The Chakra yoga she teaches originates from the ancient Indian & Tibetan Tantra traditions. Yoga opens her heart and connects her to the essence. Sharing yoga is still a life changing experience and her continuous source of inspiration!

Kyra de Vreeze is a graduate of natural medicine and a certified Asthanga Vinyasa yoga instructor. She gives dynamic yoga classes, workshops in Ayurvedic nutrition, juice fasting programs and cleansing diets. During the festival she will be giving workshops in Ayurvedic nutrition whereby you can get find out which foods, according to this ancient traditional Indian health science, best match your own constitution. For information see: www.kyradevreeze.nl

Michael van Maasdijk, a certified Kundalini yoga teacher, musician and owner of the Golden Temple Restaurant on the Utrechtsestraat 126 in Amsterdam. From early in the morning till late in the evening he along with other musicians will be playing inspiring life music, with movement, passion, and warmth in and around the tipi where the fire burns. For more information see: www.restaurantgoldentemple.com

Marlies de Kort (1975), a certified Iyengar yoga teacher in Amsterdam, has given yoga lessons at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Amsterdam and elsewhere. She has studied yoga for many years at different yoga ashrams in India where under 3 months by Iyengar himself. Since 1997 she intensively practices yoga under the supervision of the founder of Anusara yoga, John Friend, amongst others. For more information: www.chitrayogashala.nl

Annelieke Amrit Dirks teaches kundalini yoga in the heart of Amsterdam at the Yoga Lifestyle Studio. A studio that offers their own teacher training for Kundalini yoga, children’s yoga classes and yoga therapy as well as group and individual yoga classes. They offer a wide range of massage therapies and also give yoga on location for businesses and companies. For more information go to: www.lifestylestudio.nl

Avi Adir multi instrumentalist improvisational performer, singer and yogi studied flute with the Indian Bansuri flute master Hariprasad Chaurasia. He has more than 35 years of musical practice and performing experience. He teaches and uses music as the main tool to live without fear, to flower of love and to become consciously one For more information: www.boomerangdream.com

Tom van Huijstee has his own “Transformational Breathing” practice in Amsterdam. This is a powerful method to assist in getting the body’s life energy flowing again through using the connected breath that results in increased awareness., . Furthermore he is a musician and poet. One can enjoy his many talents by participating in one of his workshops from breathing sessions to the making of poetic life music. For more information go to: www.levensadem.nu

Christine Hariang Michon (1948) is owner of her own yoga center in Enschede and for more than 30 years she has been giving yoga lessons. She instructs Hatha yoga and Kundalini yoga. She is also the head of the KRI Kundalini yoga teacher training school in Enschede. She is author of various books and publications about yoga and nutrition including The Green Diet. For more information check out her website at: www.michon.org

Nicolet Montanius gives Shadow yoga. This is an athletic form of Hatha yoga and is made up of series, that are a combination of various warrior and sun-salutation poses. The postures of each series are connected together in a dynamic and organic manner. Each series is a composition that gives attention to the breath, power, flexibility, condition, and concentration. For more information check out: www.shadowyoga.com en www.yoga-shala-houten.nl.

Roy Groeneveld offers percussion classes, workshops and performances with musicians and dancers in Holland and abroad. At the Festival he will play as percussionist and he will also lead a drum journey. A journey through the world of percussion: expierence the essence of rhythm and movement, find how vibrations all flow together to express what comes up naturally and celebrate the joy of live! For more information: www.royalpercussion.com

Nathalie Peters gives yoga, Shakti dance and meditation. During the festival she will give special workshops in Shakti dance, the yoga of the dance. A harmonious combination of yoga, energy work, breathing techniques, movement mechanics and worldwide dance styles. Yoga and dance, exertion and relaxation, surrender and freedom, flowing and graceful, health and energetic. For more information check out her website at www. bodymindsoul.nl

Coco Bliss gives Hatha yoga lessons in the tradition of Sivananda yoga together with Chakra yoga, a still form van Hatha yoga with special attention for the consciousness. Yoga is her passion and moreover she will be giving a special yoga workshop for women and yoga & dance. For more information check out her website at www.cocobliss.nl

Saskia van der Wal (1973) gives Kundalini yoga, leads meditation and gives Ayurvedic massage. At the festival she will be giving a special workshop celestial communications, being a dynamic meditation with music. She has her own Kundalini yoga school in Leeuwarden and she also provides yoga for business professionals by many different  organisations in Friesland. For more information check out her website at www.kundaliniyogafriesland.nl

Roel Aerts (38), a certified Kundalini yoga teacher. He practices this complete form of yoga, where movement, breathing, awareness, meditation and mantra are tightly woven together for more than 12 years.  He gives yoga classes in Maastricht and the surrounding area. Kijk voor meer informatie op: www.yoga-maastricht.nl

Olav Aarts Works as a religion sociologist at the University of Nijmegen and gives classic Hatha yoga at the universities sport center. He has a broad scientific knowledge in the fields of philosophy and the history of yoga. During the festival he will give classic yoga lessons and give a lively philosophy lesson over the origin of yoga paying special attention to the sutras of Patanjali.
For more information go to: www.yogadipa.nl

Tineke van Dieren is a Dru yoga instructer on Terscheling island and will be giving relaxing workshops in Dru yoga and meditations for balance, relaxation, and vitality. For more information check out her website at www.dru-nl.org

Wouter Smit , teacher at Svaha yoga school, an international and leading yoga school in the Netherlands with their own teacher training programs in Amsterdam. Dynamic Hatha yoga in a flowing movement to the rhythm of the breath and  music. Their classes are challenging for everybody and  characterize themselves by sublime instructions, full of devotion, philosophic insights and inspiring life music. For more information go to: www.svahayoga.com.

Andries Berghuis is one of the initiators of the Dutch Yoga Festival. Together with a team of yoga teachers, workshop leaders, cooks, technicians and volunteers he is working together to make this festival possible. More information about the team and the festival can be found in the programme and on the volunteer and coworkers page.

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