workshops and events
June
Summer Morning Immersion
July, August September 2025
Airyoga Zürich
These four summer mornings of extended practice in Asana, Pranayama and Meditation are a chance to immerse into personal practice, to explore pranayama, find stillness and clarity and to allow the body to enjoy the depth of what Asana can reveal.
“Practice matures over a long time frame. Steadiness, patience and endurance are therefore key ingredients. But there are special times when it is absolutely invaluable to create a shift through an intensive period of study and practice.”
Costs
CHF 300.00 for four mornings (12 hours total)
The immersion is bookable only as a whole program. Space is limited.
July
Usha Devi and Siddharta Krishna
July, August September 2025
Svarupa Lorraine
A weekend of healing and insight using Iyengar Yogasana from master teacher Usha Devi (Rishikesh, India) and supporting philosophy lectures/discussions with Siddharta Krisha (Rishikesh).
Friday, July 18, 2025 @ Iyengar Yoga Bern (Schänzlihalde)
_ 15:00 — 18:00 Asana with Usha Devi
_ 18:00 — 18:30 Tea and Snacks served
_ 18:30 — 19:30 Philosophy with Siddharta Krishna
Saturday, July 19, 2025 @ Svarupa Lorraine
_ 8:30 — 11:30 Asana with Usha Devi
_ special vegetarian Indian lunch available (must be ordered in advance — CHF 20.00)
_ 13:00 — 14:00 Philosophy with Siddharta Krishna
_ 14:30 — 16:30 Asana with Usha Devi
Sunday, July 20, 2025 @ Svarupa Lorraine
_ 8:30 — 11:30 Asana with Usha Devi
_ Chai and informal talks afterwards
About Usha Devi
Usha Devi has been living in India since the late 1970s. In 1993, she began to study yoga with the world famous Yoga master B.K.S. Iyengar “Guruji”. She still spends several months each year at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI) in Pune.
In her teaching, Usha Devi is very precise and strict. As a result, her students are often astonished by the level of personal application and awareness that they are able to achieve during her classes. For many, the first impression is of a hard, demanding teacher; this is true, but students quickly realize that Usha Devi’s disciplined approach arises from a genuine love for others and a natural selflessness which enables her to form quite a unique relationship with the students in her classes. Under her continual guidance, students are allowed to achieve depths of yoga practice that they had no conception of before.
Most students who work with Usha Devi come to feel that her instruction has given them a true understanding of the important aspects of Yoga which in turn, gives a lifelong improvement to their practice. Her ironic sense of humor and her forthright common sense contribute to making her something of a legend in the Yoga community.
About Siddharta Krishna
Siddhartha Krishna was raised in the family tradition of Yoga. He was educated at the Kailas Ashram Brahma Vidya Pitha, a monastery focusing on the teaching of Vedanta whose name is related to well known scholars and Masters such as Swami Vivekananda (founder of the Ramakrishna Mission), Swami Ramatirtha (founder of the Ramatirtha Mission), Swami Tapovan (Master of Swami Chinmayananda, founder of the Chinmaya Mission), and Swami Sivananda (founder of the Divine Life Society).
Later, he taught courses on Sanskrit grammar and Indian philosophy at the same monastery, and also edited their publications on Vedanta. In his further study he has specialized on Veda and Yoga philosophy as well and has published translations of and commentaries on Sanskrit texts. Currently, he teaches at the Patanjala Yoga Centre in Rishikesh, India. He also travels extensively out of India as a guest instructor.
In his philosophical discourses he discusses the ancient yogic texts in a way which supports the more universal understanding of the Yogic wisdom and its source, the Veda, in accordance with modern intellectual thought.
Costs
Entire Weekend CHF 320.00
Limited Spaces for this Special Program — course must be booked as a full package
Special requests, contact [email protected]
Stephen’s Summer Immersion
Jul 04th — 06th, 2025
Join Stephen Thomas as he guides you through some useful themes of Breath & Asana.
Both Dynamic and Restorative. Philosophical and meditative guides offered to complement the movement and breath
Fri Jul 04 / 09:00 ‑11:30
Focus: Folding & Twisting. Igniting the Agni (the 5 inner Fires)
Breath for the Agni
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Sat Jul 05 / 09:00 ‑11:30
Focus: Opening the Front Line. Invitation to the Sacred Heart
Breath for the Cave of the Heart
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Sun Jul 06 / 09:00 ‑11:30
Focus: Restorative and Dynamic forms of Inversion
Breath for the strength of the Lungs
Price (Live in Studio — limited mat space)
CHF 65.00 per class
CHF 150.00 for all 3 classes
Conscious Dance
July 04th, 2025
An ecstatic dance journey – step into a safe space for free-form dance, healing in motion and deep connection.
Eine bewegte und bewegende Tanzreise — ein safe space für freies Tanzen, Heilung durch Bewegung und wieder mit sich in Verbindung treten.
Arm Balance & Inversion Quest
Jul 2025 — Feb 2026
Eine 6‑teilige Vertiefung für Yoga-Übende und — Lehrer*innen
Intention
In der Praxis von Armbalancen und Umkehrhaltungen steckt eine tiefgehende Auseinandersetzung mit uns selbst. Diese Asanas laden dazu ein, über körperliche Grenzen hinauszuwachsen und die eigenen Ängste zu überwinden. Sie sind nicht nur körperliche Herausforderungen, sondern auch Spiegel unserer inneren Welt. Die Erfahrungen, die wir dabei machen, fördern unser Körperbewusstsein, stärken unseren Geist und helfen uns, beweglicher zu werden – physisch und psychisch.
Mit dieser 6‑teiligen Vertiefung möchten wir dir eine strukturierte Plattform bieten, um dich intensiv mit diesen Asanas auseinanderzusetzen und somit deinen eigenen inneren Dialog zu fördern.
Zwischen Juli 2025 und Februar 2026 tauchen wir in folgende Themen ein:
6. Juli 2025
Key Components to find Balance in your Handstand
Aufbau der Grundlagen, um Stabilität und Leichtigkeit im Handstand zu finden.
17. August 2025
Building on Forearms — Pincha Mayurasana
Vertiefung der Vorarmhaltungen und Verbindung zur Körpermitte.
14. September 2025
Advanced Arm Balances — Sidebody & Splits
Komplexe Armbalancen mit Fokus auf Laterallinie und Spagat.
30. November 2025
Float with Ease: Dynamic Handstand Entrances
Ein Herantasten, wie es sich anfühlt, dynamisch in den Handstand zu schweben.
25. Januar 2025
Handstand Press-Up — Work Smarter not Harder
Effizienztraining für Handstand-Press-Technik.
22. Februar 2026
Advanced Arm Balances with a Twist
Diverse Varianten gedrehter Armbalancen.
Alle 6 Vertiefungen: CHF 585.00
Einzelne Vertiefung: CHF 108.00
After Yoga Brunch
Jul 12th, 2025
Kickoff the weekend with a a plant-based brunch in community by Radiant Soulkitchen after our Saturday Mornig Asana Jam.
Starte das Wochenende mit einem plant-based Brunch in Gesellschaft, serviert von Radiant Soulkitchen, nach unserem samstäglichen Asana Jam.
Price
CHF 35.00
August
Angelo Cecchi Teachers Intensive
Aug 06 — 08, 2025
3 days of Insight to Asana
In this 3 day teachers intensive, we will explore a deeper understanding of alignment through the lens of Biomechanics, Iyengar’s insights, and Osteopathy. The course is intended for teachers of Yoga Asana. Grow your own practice, and gain clear Insight into better alignment for students, modifications and help in preventing and healing from injury
Wednesday, Aug 06, 2025
- 6.0 hours — 13:00 to 19:30 (with break)
- Insight to standing asanas
- Insight to forward extensions in seated asanas
Thursday, Aug 07, 2025
- 6.0 hours — 09:00 to 12:00 & 14:00 to 17:00
- Insight to abdominal asanas
- Insight to Inversions
- Insight to lateral extensions
Friday, Aug 08, 2025
- 6.0 hours — 09:00 to 12:00 & 14:00 to 17:00
- Insight to Surya Namaskara
- Insight to Backward Extensions
- Insight to Restorative Asanas
Course is a 3 day program — Limited to 20 teachers
certificate for Svarupa continuing education available for 18 hours
Pricing
CHF 375.00
Fees due upon registration & acceptance
Yogasana Alignment, Biomechanics and Beyond
Aug 09 — 10, 2025
Angelo Cecchi returns to Svarupa
In this weekend workshop, we will explore a series of classic progressive postures, focusing on deepening the understanding of alignment through the lens of Biomechanics, Iyengar’s insights, and Osteopathy. The course is intended for regular practitioners of Yoga Asana.
Saturday, Aug 09, 2025
_ 09:30 — 12:30 Dynamic Standing
_ 14:30 — 16:30 Seated Asanas
Sunday, Aug 10, 2025
_ 09:30 — 12:30 Dynamic Backbends
_ 14:30 — 16:30 Restorative
Costs
_ Morning Sessions: CHF 65.00
_ Afternoon Sessions: CHF 50.00
_ 2‑Day Package: CHF 200.00
Workshop is a 2 day program — Limited place availability, sign up early
Booking
September
Breathwork Session
Sep 05, 2025 19:30 — 21:30
Conscious connected breathing is a dynamic and profound practice that helps to release tension and blockages on various levels and to recharge your batteries. The sessions are structured in a trauma-conscious way and are accompanied by bodywork.
Bewusstes verbundenes Atmen ist eine dynamische und tiefgreifende Praxis, welche hilft, Spannungen und Blockaden auf verschiedenen Ebenen zu lösen und neue Energie zu tanken. Die Sessions sind traumabewusst aufgebaut und werden durch Körperarbeit begleitet.
Teacher: Anita Jetzer
Language: Swiss German (or English if required)
Price: CHF 80.00
Space is limited — max. 20 participants
Tuscany Retreat
Sep 22nd — 28th, 2025
with Stephen Thomas & Brigi Thomas-Moog
Join Stephen Thomas and Brigi Thomas-Moog at Casolare Alberelli in Tuscany (I) for a week of Yoga Asana, Pranayama and Meditation. A chance to deepen practice, share time together and restore energy.
About the Program
Our typical day begins with morning Mantra, Pranayama & Meditation. We break for some tea and silent space — then re-gathering to immerse in a long Asana session and deep Savasana. We take brunch and the afternoons are free until we meet for a second session of Asana, Pranayama and Dharma talks before our evening meal.
About the Food
Enjoy vegetarian meals prepared with seasonal, organic and mostly locally sourced products, prepared with the love-filled hands of the family.
In warm weather, meals are served on the garden terrace overlooking the sea, and in chilly weather, we will enjoy the yummy food in the lodging’s dining room where the crackling fireplace adds a cozy feeling of home.
Schedule
Sep 22 — Arrival Day
17.30 – 19.00 Yoga Asana
followed by arrival Dinner
Sep 23 — 27 Typical Days
07.30 — 11.15 Yoga Asana, Pranayama, Meditation
11.30 Brunch
Afternoons free for walking, reading, resting in the hammock, time at the sea
16.30 — 18.30 Restorative Asana, Pranayama, Meditation
19.00 Dinner
Sep 28 — Departure Day
07.30 — 10.30 Early Morning Practices, Closing Circle
11.00 Brunch followed by departure
Pricing
CHF 1’790.00 per person, double ocuppancy
CHF 1’690.00 per person, triple occupancy
single occupancy limited availability on request
included:
- 6 nights accommodation food yoga
not included:
- Tourist tax (1 euro per person per day)
- Travel costs
Retreat Policy and Payment Details
This retreat hosted by Stephen Thomas and Brigi Thomas-Moog is limited to 16 participants.
For details about the retreat centre, visit www.alberelli.com
October
Wild Lotus Weekend Immersion
Oct 11th — 12th, 2025
Svarupa Lorraine
Weekend Program with Patrick Creelman from Pure Yoga — Hong Kong
First visit to Bern with a 4‑session weekend format
More Info coming soon
Casa Corvo Pranayama & Restorative Retreat
Oct 22nd — 26th, 2025
with Stephen Thomas
4 days dedicated to the breath and restoring, revitalizing and finding the centre
digital detox, breath work in the full spectrum from Pranayama, to Restorative Asana to Supine Breath Practices and Yoga Nidra. — plus one short dynamic Asana each day to stimulate
Reset Restore — Pranayama, Breathwork, Restorative Asana
- Oct 22 (arrival 17.00 start)
- Oct 23, 24, 25 (full days) (3.5 hours morning, 2.5 hours afternoon)
- Oct 26 (morning only, departure after brunch)
Pricing
Single Room: CHF 1’290.00
Double Room: CHF 1’090.00
Triple Room: CHF 990.00
Practice, Food & Accomodation included. Extra Services like Massage and Sauna not included.
CHF 500.00 deposit to secure spot after registration
November
Healing and Injury Management
Nov 07th ‑09th, 2025
Svarupa Lorraine
20 Hour Module for teachers and students of Asana
As yoga teachers we are sought-after healers and our students will come to us when they are in pain. We can help our students to make appropriate adjustments to protect and/or strengthen weaker or vulnerable places in their bodies. In doing so, we can play an important role in their healing.
As practitioners, we can learn to use our yoga practice as a tool for self healing and educate ourselves on how our bodies work and gain tools to heal from injury and discomfort.
This 20 hour course is for teachers and practitioners who want to increase their knowledge of asana, anatomy, and the nervous system as a tool for healing. This is specifically designed for yogis looking to understand alignment in the postures, how to work with props, and develop a practice that caters to your own individual needs. This is also for yoga teachers looking to improve their knowledge of how to read bodies and meet student’s unique needs.
Each day will open up with a focused workshop style practice reviewing the platforms of the body and how we can align our bones so our muscles work in an optimal way. A discussion on anatomy and common injuries will follow, learn how to use props, specific alignment cues, and sequence postures in a way that heals and creates sustainability in your yoga practice and life.
Friday, November 07th — 13:00 to 18:00
The feet and legs help to protect our lower back and provide foundation. When our foundation is off, it can cause misalignments throughout the body causing pain and injury.Learn to align the bones of your body and connect to your center known as your plumbline. We will also look at the surrounding muscles and learn how to stabilize vulnerable joints such as the sacrio-illiac joint and lumbar spine.
A discussion on injury management will follow and gain an understanding on what causes injury and how we can develop a yoga practice to heal. We will review the anatomy that supports the lower half of our body and wind down with a deep psoas release.
Saturday, November 08th — 09:00 to 12:00
We will open the day with an asana based practice to help support our neck and shoulders. Healthy shoulders make for better inversions and add more longevity to your practice. With the multiple downward dogs and chaturangas of your daily vinyasa practice, your shoulders can be vulnerable to injury over time. Work with props and alignment cues to better understand how to stabilize your shoulders. Learn to mobilize your upper back and support your neck and gain freedom in these vulnerable places. . The practice will include inversions and we will work with props and a wall space to help you feel supported. Inversions can help build strength in the shoulder girdle and align the upper back to support the neck helping you feel more connected to your center.
Saturday, November 08th — 13:30 to 17:00
The afternoon will include the anatomy of the shoulders and neck and learn to remedy discomfort in this region. Knowledge heals and we will look at common misalignments in this region and gain tools to keep your shoulders and neck healthy.
We will also explore what it means to work from your core and the deep muscles that make up this potent area. We will end the day with a long pranayama practice to wind down and soothe any edges.
Sunday, November 09th — 09:00 to 12:00
Open the day with a three hour practice focused on balancing your spinal curves through twists and backbends. These postures can transform the way we feel in our bodies and can be very therapeutic for the spine when practiced in a methodical way. Having an understanding of how to balance the spinal curves as you move through space can be deeply healing to your entire system. The spine houses the central nervous system, which is the main operating system for our entire body. We will spend time on backbends that strengthen and support our posture and end this practice with specific pranayamas designed to raise prana along what yogis call the sushumna nadi, helping you to feel transformed.
Sunday, November 09th — 13:30 to 17:00
The afternoon will include unpacking the nervous system and understanding the importance of inducing the healing state known as the rest and digest. The vagus nerve is activated in our yoga practice through specific postures and breathing techniques and you will learn more about this wandering nerve. Restoratives help us to relax and can bring the body back to a deep sense of balance where we can begin to replenish and heal. We will wind down with a soothing and quieting practice to end the weekend.
Biography
Joan Hyman is the director and founder of The Schoolof.yogaTM, an authentic international teacher training program focused on continuing education. Her grounded teaching style seamlessly supports her students as they emerge from their practice with the rich and bright energy that yoga has to offer. Joan’s teachings come from an organic and intuitive place, as she draws upon the combined studies of Ashtanga and Iyengar yoga as well as Ayurveda and meditation. An authenticmodern-day yogi, Joan’s love and devotion show up in her practice and throughout her teaching. You will leave her class feeling transformed and deeply aligned.
Joan spent fifteen years as a distinguished YogaWorks Senior Teacher before bringing her expertise to Wanderlust as the Director of Teacher Trainings in 2016. Now, with over twenty years experience leading retreats, trainings, and international workshops, Joan travels the globe and teaches online, leading her own signature trainings. She has created The School of Yoga, which is a professional education program, helping students and inspiring teachers to work towards their five hundred hours Yoga Alliance Certification. A leader in the yoga community, Joan’s open-hearted approach to teaching yoga keeps both her inner spirit and her students continuously evolving.
Pricing
Single Sessions
- Friday: CHF 135.00
- Saturday: CHF 90.00 each session
- Sunday: CHF 90.00 each session
Full Package:
- CHF 395.00 Early Bird (valid until Sep 15th, 2025) — use Discount Code: EBJOAN25
- CHF 445.00 Normal Price (after Sep 15th, 2025)
Booking