workshops & classes

workshops and events

June

10 Hour Restorative Yoga Training

June 14th & 15th, 2025
Svaru­pa Lorraine

A Katon­ah Yoga based approach to phys­i­cal and men­tal recov­ery: We use proven shapes, prop set-ups, the breath and our imag­i­na­tion to reform the body and re-inform the prac­tice.

Top­ics:

  • Sup­port­ed back­bends, inver­sions, folds and being in joint space.
  • Breath tech­niques for flu­id­i­ty and link­ing the dif­fer­ent prac­tice fragments.
  • Katon­ah yoga the­o­ry: Sea­sons, organs and inter­nal body mapping.
  • The archi­tec­ture of ther­a­peu­tic prop set-ups tak­ing body pro­por­tions into account.
  • Adjust­ing, self-adjust­ing and on how to pro­mote a sta­ble phys­i­cal structure.
  • Active Recov­ery for Ath­letes: Address­ing injuries and pro­mot­ing restoration.
  • Reg­u­lat­ing the ner­vous and endocrine sys­tem for bal­ance and wellbeing.
  • Embod­ied med­i­ta­tion. Embod­ied men­tal health.

Guar­an­tee
You will feel a lot of good­ness in your body and take home effec­tive recipes for your­self, a friend or your stu­dents. This train­ing is open to yoga prac­ti­tion­ers and teach­ers, the curi­ous and every­one mind­ful of an orga­nized inte­ri­or.
10 hours count towards the Katon­ah Yoga cer­ti­fi­ca­tion program.

Includ­ed:
Com­plete man­u­al with the­o­ry and detailed prac­tice descrip­tions (will be sent as a PDF doc­u­ment).

Teacher: Reni Bick­el
Lan­guage: Eng­lish

Price: CHF 320.00

Sign up here

Living with Purpose — a weekend with Max Strom

Jun 20th-22nd, 2025
Svaru­pa Lorraine

What would you do if you found out there is a way that you can live with­out anx­i­ety and con­stant stress? What would you do if you could sleep like you used to sleep when you were a child the whole night and feel refreshed when you wake up? What would you do if you found out there is a way that you can live with more mean­ing, not only for you but for your fam­i­ly? You know there is a bet­ter way to live then you are liv­ing now. To live with pur­pose is the goal of near­ly every­one but so few know how to achieve it. 

Join Max Strom for a week­end that will teach you how to restore your­self and help you iden­ti­fy your life pur­pose. Bring writ­ing materials. 

Fri­day, June 20th — 18:30 to 21:30
A Life Worth Breath­ing
3 hours — all lev­els — lec­ture and move­ment

This spe­cial event is focused on trans­form­ing depres­sion into inspi­ra­tion and anx­i­ety into calm.  Max’s work is known for its heal­ing, pen­e­trat­ing affect, leav­ing stu­dents feel­ing renewed and open.  The work­shop begins with a talk by Max based on ideas from his book of the same title. This will be fol­lowed by the inte­gra­tion of breath­ing exer­cis­es and yoga move­ment.  The final seg­ment of the work­shop will focus on seat­ed breath­ing exer­cis­es to revi­tal­ize and inspire your body, your emo­tions, and your life.

Sat­ur­day, June 21st — 10.00 to 14.00
Releas­ing and Heal­ing our Emo­tion­al Body through Pos­tures and Breath-work
2 hours — move­ment-based sem­i­nar — all lev­els

It is said that the human being has a pow­er­ful guid­ing voice with­in; it is the voice of our intu­ition and wis­dom.  But this voice is com­mon­ly drowned out by the noise in our mind.  The noise is often caused from chaot­ic or con­gest­ed emo­tions from stress, depres­sion, PTS, or anx­i­ety.  In this work­shop we will begin with a talk by Max, then move into a gen­tle breath-ini­ti­at­ed move­ment sequence.  The sec­ond half of the work­shop will focus on floor pos­tures and breath-work to release the mind and body from long-held emo­tions that impede our hap­pi­ness and our abil­i­ty to sleep well. Bring your mat and writ­ing materials.

Sat­ur­day, June 21st — 14:00 to 16:00
Some Doors Open Only from the Inside
2 hours — breath­work and lec­ture — all lev­els

Tes­ti­mo­ni­als:
“Gen­uine­ly life-chang­ing.”
“Turn­ing point in my life.”
“Major break­through.”
“High­ly val­ued cat­a­lyst in my ther­a­py process.“

Just a few of numer­ous com­ments of peo­ple who have expe­ri­enced a ses­sion of pow­er­ful breath­work with Max Strom. There’s a time for the­o­ry, and there’s a time to let our breath work for us and go beyond what we can ratio­nal­ly grasp to release our con­gest­ed emo­tions from stress, depres­sion, anx­i­ety, or PTS. Emo­tions affect our breath­ing, for exam­ple: cry­ing and laugh­ing. But did you know that chang­ing the pat­tern of our breath­ing influ­ences our emo­tions? An inno­v­a­tive method, sim­ple tech­niques, and incred­i­ble results. The prac­tices you will learn in this work­shop take you to a calm and inspired state with new depths of insight. This work­shop will include lec­ture, stand­ing and seat­ed breath­ing exer­cis­es. Bring writ­ing mate­ri­als. (not advised if you are pregnant)

Sun­day, June 22nd — 10:00 to 12:30
Find Your Life Pur­pose
2.5 hours — lec­ture and writ­ing

Join Max for an inspir­ing and insight­ful talk and a con­cise course in essen­tial steps to reveal and/or launch one’s life pur­pose.

Known for his depth per­cep­tion and insight into the human expe­ri­ence, this sem­i­nar offers an inspir­ing and insight­ful talk by Max, fol­lowed by a con­cise course in essen­tial steps to reveal and/or launch one’s life pur­pose. The insight you will gain can­not be pur­chased or found in a book, uni­ver­si­ty, or web­site. This spe­cial sem­i­nar will help you to see your world dif­fer­ent­ly, and even course-cor­rect the tra­jec­to­ry of your life course. Be sure to bring writ­ing mate­ri­als.

Are you pre­pared for suc­cess? (Do you believe that you deserve it?)
If you have suc­cess, do you have mean­ing?
Reveal­ing your blind side, your gifts and pur­pose
Reverse-Engi­neer­ing your pur­pose
Dis­tin­guish­ing hap­pi­ness and mean­ing
The rela­tion­ship between lead­er­ship and pur­pose
Pri­ma­ry resources – Time vs. mon­ey
Men­tor­ship
Recal­i­brate and course-cor­rect

Don’t miss the chance to learn from one of today’s fore­most teach­ers of well­ness, find­ing mean­ing in the dig­i­tal age, and breath-based movement.

Biog­ra­phy
Max Strom was born with severe clubbed feet and spent much of the first nine years with his feet con­fined in plas­ter casts or braces. Today he is a renowned speak­er, author and breath­work teacher, and has ded­i­cat­ed over 30 years to suc­cess­ful­ly guid­ing indi­vid­u­als toward emo­tion­al heal­ing, self-dis­cov­ery, and trans­for­ma­tion. With his trans­for­ma­tive Breathe to Heal method, Max offers high­ly impact­ful tech­niques that not only alle­vi­ate anx­i­ety, pan­ic attacks and sleep issues, but also cat­alyze pro­found shifts in indi­vid­u­als and their rela­tion­ships.

Max cap­ti­vates audi­ences world­wide with his empow­er­ing keynote address­es and has pre­sent­ed four impact­ful TEDx Talks, includ­ing the viral Breathe to Heal with 3.9 mil­lion YouTube views. His books, There is No App for Hap­pi­ness and A Life Worth Breath­ing, res­onate inter­na­tion­al­ly, with his third book on the hori­zon.

Redi­rect your life’s jour­ney with Max’s in-per­son cours­es and train­ings, his livestream work­shops and his online video and audio cours­es. Breathe into new insights, release the chains of sup­pressed pain and trau­ma, and become part of a trans­for­ma­tive move­ment. Dis­cov­er more at www.maxstrom.com – your gate­way towards a life of mean­ing and pur­pose. Max teach­es in English.

Pric­ing
Sin­gle Ses­sions
- 2.0h: CHF 55.00
- 2.5h: CHF 65.00
- 3.0h: CHF 75.00

Full Pack­age CHF 225.00

Book­ing

Full Pack­age
Ses­sion 01
Ses­sion 02
Ses­sion 03
Ses­sion 04

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.

Info & Booking

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

Book here

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 
—
Sat Jul 05 / 09:00 ‑11:30
Focus: Open­ing the Front Line. Invi­ta­tion to the Sacred Heart
Breath for the Cave of the Heart 
—
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

Sign up here

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.

Reg­is­ter here for free

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

zur Buchung

Yoga & Brunch

Jul 12th, 2025

Starte das Woch­enende mit ein­er starken Asana Prax­is, gefol­gt von einem plant-based Brunch in Gesellschaft, serviert von Radi­ant Soulkitchen.

Kick­off the week­end with a strong Asana prac­tice fol­lowed by a plant-based brunch in com­mu­ni­ty by Radi­ant Soulk­itchen.

Price
CHF 70.00 (includ­ing Brunch)
or
use your abo (tri­al abo exclud­ed) and pay in stu­dio CHF 35.00 if you want to stay for the Brunch

Sign up here

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

Apply here

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

2‑Day Pack­age
SAT Morn­ing
SAT After­noon
SUN Morn­ing
SUN After­noon

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

Sign up here

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

Reg­is­ter here
Ques­tions

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

Reg­is­ter here

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

Full Pack­age
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