My Story
... this picture has been taken by one of my best friends after we finished a totally underestimated hike in the Tyrolean Alps - where I'm from. That pic captured the moment when we realized that we need to walk, naja, better climb this very steep hill back down - not a very safe thing to do when you are already absolutely knackered from the ascent... ;) ...my previous life... Growing up in the mountains I've always longed for the vast endless views of the sea, and some adventure. So, a week after I had finished my A-levels in tourism college I found myself on the plane to Thailand, backpacking for one month. The next ten years to come I had used the summer breaks at university, where I studied management & economics, to fly to Thailand/Indonesia. Always going a little bit further east, always escaping the beaten track a bit more, and always improving my SCUBA diving skills until I became a Dive Instructor living in Bali for a while. Being a marketing consultant, teaching at university, trying to work on my PhD and publishing scientific papers these adventures and Yoga classes re-charged my batteries ... but always longing for something different... never being truly happy where I was. Well, to be honest I did think that I was happy, I had everything I thought I needed to have a fulfilled life: a career, a good job, a stable partner, a car and a nice flat in the city. Little did I know …
...my Yoga life... I started Yoga, around the time when I left to Thailand the first time, as a good friend invited me to one of her classes. I loved it instantly, the yoga cloud I was on every time I left the studio. So light and relaxed although I had sweated for a full hour. We come for physical reasons, but come back for mental reasons, right? That was my approach to Yoga for almost ten years, a weekly physical and non-physical workout. While Yoga had already accompanied me for almost ten years it was not until right before Bali, as the universe guided me in form of an illness, that I changed my life and integrated Yoga as a way of living. I was unconnected to my body and myself, so the illness crept right up on me and gave me a right slap in my face. To be honest, a slap that I'm now very grateful for. That was the universes' way of taking me by the hand and showing me that I am not living what my soul longed for. After my body healed I faced some mental problems. I was lost, had no idea what to do, where to go and what to do next. I knew I needed to be alone. So I left Bali, my partner and so to say everything that my life was made of by then. With that I had lost my anchor and my deep trust in life. My Yoga call, or awakening, came soon after. During another therapy in hospital, being physically and mentally drained, I had a brake-down. And all I could do was sitting on the floor and meditate – something I never did outside of a Yoga class. Here I was, I have found my safe little triangle; between my knees and my head nothing could happen. Me, my heart and my body. That was all there was, and all that was important. That moment something changed, I changed. There and then I surrendered to my heart and swore myself to do whatever it tells me to. So, I sat off on that long journey back home, listening to my heart and finding my new path. Since then I (try to) follow my heart and it has led me onto the most beautiful path full of new experiences, adventures, and a blissful flow through life. I went to the Canaries, started volunteering in hostels, retreat centers, sail boats, took over the management of an Eco-Finca, attended different spiritual healing workshops, sat a 10-day silence retreat, and met my lovely partner. In 2020 we came to mainland Spain to start a long-term house sit on a beautiful Finca at the Costa Blanca. Two years later we are still here, enjoying spanish life between the mountains and the sea. Yoga as a lifestyle truly saved and changed my life and it fills me with deep gratitude and humbleness to be able to share this sacred science and my experiences with students and interested souls that cross my path.