workshops & classes

workshops and events

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

Conscious Dance

August 08th, 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

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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