Dutch Yoga Festival

The Yoga Festival on the Dutch island of Terschelling is pure enjoyment. This unique Yoga Festival takes place from Friday the 1st till Sunday the 3 rd of July 2011. It is possible to come a day earlier and/or stay a day later.

A wide variety of yogaforms can be experienced in brilliant outdoor surroundings with inspiring yoga teachers and other enthusiastic participants. One can unwind and enjoy the sun, the sea, the beach and yoga in a beautiful environment.

The Yoga Festival is an initiative of the Yoga Festival Terschelling Foundation in cooperation with diverse yoga schools, training institutes, the tourist bureau of Terschelling and Yogi Tea. Through the organizing of the yearly Yoga Festival the foundation’s mission is to promote and advance the practice of yoga to the international community.

This festival offers the unique occasion to immerse oneself into the many forms of yoga practice and to experience the different aspects of yoga in the beauty of the natural surroundings and in a relaxed yoga way. Competent teachers and recognized schools give yoga lessons and provide special workshops for everyone from the beginner to the advanced yogi and everyone in between.

The festival takes place on a lovely nature terrain that is situated in the sand dunes of the island of Terschelling. The terrain is furnished with various festival tents for the practising of yoga and yoga lessons, the workshops, communal meals and other activities.

The programme

The official festival programme starts at Friday 1st of july at 5:30 pm and ends Sunday the 3 rd at 3:30 pm. Arriving earlier on Thursday and/or staying till Monday is recommended. The prefestival programm with inspiring classes allready starts at Thursday!

The theme of the festival 2011 is "Yoga of Celebration "connect with your inner movement and celebrate on the waves of your energy at the Yoga Festival! This festival offers the unique opportunity to practice various forms of yoga in the middle of the gorgeous nature of the island Terschelling under the guidance of experienced and inspiring yoga teachers from all over the world.

Substance of the workshops

Yoga is about movement of energy by use of the breath, concentration, awareness, meditation, asana's, music and being consciousness. This festival offers the unique opportunity to emerse in a relax yogic atmosphere near the ocean. To practise various forms of yoga and experience the fruits. Certified and inspiring teachers will teach yoga and offer special workhops for advanced and more beginning practisioners of yoga.

There is a varied offering of different forms of yoga at the festival, such as diverse styles of Hatha yoga, Kundalini yoga, Acro yoga, Ashtanga yoga, Chakra yoga, Dru yoga, Laughter yoga, Power yoga and Vinyasa yoga under the instruction and guidance of expert yoga teachers. Furthermore there are diverse yoga workshops in combination with dance, voice, massage and meditation.

Yoga with attention to posture, movement, breathing, music, mantra, relaxation and meditation are all aspects that can be found within the workshops. Yoga for total vitality, harmony, meditation, transformation and to intensely enjoy ones self.

The festival team

The team includes among others the following training institutes and yoga teachers.

		Peter van der Burg (1971) is an international certified yoga teacher and on behalf of the foundation the initiator of the Dutch Yoga Festival. He practises with a lot of enthousiasm various forms of yoga such as Hatha yoga, Anusara yoga, Kundalini yoga as well as different dynamic forms of yoga and Kriya yoga and meditation. He organizes also other events such as yoga week(end)s at Terschelling. For more information go to: www.yogaterschelling.nl
		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.
		Gösta, founder of 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, humour, philosophic insights and inspiring life music. For more information go to: www.svahayoga.com.
		Jeff Fisher (USA) is a senior certified Anusara Yoga teacher living in Zürich, Switzerland. Anusara yoga is a heart oriented form of Hatha yoga with universal principles of 'alignment' in combination with the non dualistic tantric philosophy. 'Students enjoy his inspiring yoga classes. By blending philosophy and an active asana practise, a student's body and mind are able to rest in the universal heart'. For more information check out his website at www.yogijeff.com
		Daniel Strausser (Sweden) is a yoga teacher trainer from Malmö and lived many years in Kumoun in the Indian Himalaya. He was initiated into the ancient brotherhood of Himalayan yogis. He has studied Yoga at Bernaras Hindu University in Varanassi (India) and have taken full Brahmachari training. He practiced all modern styles of yoga and writes articles in the main Swedish magazine as a spokesman for Hatha, Vinyasa and Yin yoga. For more information visit: www.yogakendra.se.
		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
		Myrna and Duncan run together their own yoga studio, Yoga Dreams, in Zaandam. At the festival Myrna will give Prana flow energetic vinyasa and a relaxing stress-relief. Duncan gives Ashtanga yoga and Slow Yoga Fat Burn and also Thai yoga massage. They will also have various yoga items for sale during the festival such as yoga clothing, mats, bags and cd’s. For more information see their website: www.yogadreams.nl
		Iris Martinez and Dieke Bikker, both certified teachers of Acro-yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga. They will give together four Acro-yoga 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 Acro-yoga through the workshops Partner flow, Therapeutic flying and Thai massage. For more information: www.v-up.nl and www.salonphysique.nl .
		Kyra de Vreeze is a graduate of natural medicine and a certified Asthanga Vinyasa yoga instructor. She gives dynamic yoga lessons, as well as workshops in Ayurvedic nutrition and also leads 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 individual body/mind constitution. For more 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. At the festival his restaurant is providing the delicious vegetarian food. 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
		Siridharma has his own yoga studio in the heart of Amsterdam called 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
		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, relaxation and connection between the body and mind. Furthermore is Tom a musician and poet. One can enjoy his many talents by participating in one of his many workshops from a breathing session 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
		Ronald van Blijswijk teaches the yoga of being, in an intuitive and creative way filled with dedication and passion. Practice mainly consists of asana's from hatha yoga and movements from dru yoga, all in a loose and playfull manner, with attention for pure conciousness. In his workshops, simplicity, invitation to join and practice is the central element..More on Ronald and his practice: www.yoga-praktijk.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 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
		Andries Berghuis is one of the initiators of the yogafestival. 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, that will be added soon! *Namasté*