My Education
I started studying western Philosophy and Anglistic literature in 2009, when I also attended a four-months acting class, which taught me a lesson I am still benefiting from: That doing exercises can do wonders for one’s mental state. I was reinforced in my conviction, that there is great, albeit unarticulated knowledge in the body and decided to focus my attention more on this besides studying Philosophy.
My many small jobs (selling on different kinds of markets, teaching courses in schools and supervising children, for example) confirmed, that presence and attentive interaction were indispensable. I started my own Yoga practice in late 2015 and quickly realised, that this was a system that provided many of the tools I was already half-knowingly dabbling with – and many more. It soon became certain that I had found my next building block for becoming a therapist, and so I enrolled in a teacher training programme in India. I graduated in February 2017 and remain forever thankful to my wonderful teacher Yogacharya Lalit Kumar and his school.
Having first thought, that Yoga would be just a small tool, it keeps expanding in importance to me now and while finishing my studies in University teaching Yoga became my second biggest occupation.
I see the teaching of Yoga like Yoga practice itself: One is never “done”, and it is never about being finished either. Every day is just one step and one always keeps practicing and learning to alternatingly deepen or broaden one’s understanding and abilities.
I am therefore very happy to have completed the next step of my professional development by graduating the 500hr syllabus in May 2019.
Coming to Norway
I was born in Germany but have wanted to emigrate North all my life. I couldn’t settle on a country during my teenage years, alternating between Finland and Norway mostly, but a journey to Norway when I was sixteen pretty much settled the matter and I have kept coming back ever since.
An adventurous journey to the North Cape in 2013 gave me ample time to awe at the landscapes and to engage in conversations with Norwegian people. I have since learned the language as well as I could without actually living there and have finally moved in summer 2018.
I am currently teaching in English, German or Norwegian, depending on the language of my students.
Personally...
For most of my life, I have struggled with several chronic ailments, some of which were summed up via a diagnose of rheumatoid arthritis. My joints would hurt, my muscles would contract painfully, my hair would fall out and acne would rid me of the self-confidence that I had slowly gained after a lapse into anorexia at 13 years old. Worst of all, severe depression, which had always been latent to some extent, at some point completely disabled me during my studies.
I only survived this by – slowly! – learning to control the fluctuations of my mind and helping others come back to life is my passion since. For me, and for many of us, the tendency towards depression will probably never leave, but I know now how to deal with it when I feel it coming and that makes all the difference.
My conversion to Veganism, combined with the adoption of regular Yoga practice in early 2015 healed most of my other problems, or brought them under much better control. My skin is still far from perfect but so is my practice and so are we all. I dare show the world my face again and smile.
It was partly due to my experiencing these incredibly profound effects of daily dedication for myself, that I decided to train to become a teacher. Seeing others undergo some similar transformations is unspeakably rewarding and a constant source of confirmation, that working with people in this way is truly what I want to do.
As a survivor myself I specialized in Yoga for depressive episode recovery during my 500hr TTC, hoping to increase the number of people I can help with this debilitating mental disorder.
As a survivor myself I specialized in Yoga for depressive episode recovery during my 500hr TTC, hoping to increase the number of people I can help with this debilitating mental disorder.
My Education
I started studying western Philosophy and Anglistic literature in 2009, when I also attended a four-months acting class, which taught me a lesson I am still benefiting from: That doing exercises can do wonders for one’s mental state. I was reinforced in my conviction, that there is great, albeit unarticulated knowledge in the body and decided to focus my attention more on this besides studying Philosophy.
My many small jobs (selling on different kinds of markets, teaching courses in schools and supervising children, for example) confirmed, that presence and attentive interaction were indispensable. I started my own Yoga practice in late 2015 and quickly realised, that this was a system that provided many of the tools I was already half-knowingly dabbling with – and many more. It soon became certain that I had found my next building block for becoming a therapist, and so I enrolled in a teacher training programme in India. I graduated in February 2017 and remain forever thankful to my wonderful teacher Yogacharya Lalit Kumar and his school.
Having first thought, that Yoga would be just a small tool, it keeps expanding in importance to me now and while finishing my studies in University teaching Yoga became my second biggest occupation.
I see the teaching of Yoga like Yoga practice itself: One is never “done”, and it is never about being finished either. Every day is just one step and one always keeps practicing and learning to alternatingly deepen or broaden one’s understanding and abilities.
I am therefore very happy to have completed the next step of my professional development by graduating the 500hr syllabus in May 2019.
Coming to Norway
I was born in Germany but have wanted to emigrate North all my life. I couldn’t settle on a country during my teenage years, alternating between Finland and Norway mostly, but a journey to Norway when I was sixteen pretty much settled the matter and I have kept coming back ever since.
An adventurous journey to the North Cape in 2013 gave me ample time to awe at the landscapes and to engage in conversations with Norwegian people. I have since learned the language as well as I could without actually living there and have finally moved in summer 2018.
I am currently teaching in English, German or Norwegian, depending on the language of my students.
Personally...
For most of my life, I have struggled with several chronic ailments, some of which were summed up via a diagnose of rheumatoid arthritis. My joints would hurt, my muscles would contract painfully, my hair would fall out and acne would rid me of the self-confidence that I had slowly gained after a lapse into anorexia at 13 years old. Worst of all, severe depression, which had always been latent to some extent, at some point completely disabled me during my studies.
I only survived this by – slowly! – learning to control the fluctuations of my mind and helping others come back to life is my passion since. For me, and for many of us, the tendency towards depression will probably never leave, but I know now how to deal with it when I feel it coming and that makes all the difference.
My conversion to Veganism, combined with the adoption of regular Yoga practice in early 2015 healed most of my other problems, or brought them under much better control. My skin is still far from perfect but so is my practice and so are we all. I dare show the world my face again and smile.
It was partly due to my experiencing these incredibly profound effects of daily dedication for myself, that I decided to train to become a teacher. Seeing others undergo some similar transformations is unspeakably rewarding and a constant source of confirmation, that working with people in this way is truly what I want to do.
As a survivor myself I specialized in Yoga for depressive episode recovery during my 500hr TTC, hoping to increase the number of people I can help with this debilitating mental disorder.
As a survivor myself I specialized in Yoga for depressive episode recovery during my 500hr TTC, hoping to increase the number of people I can help with this debilitating mental disorder.