Skadi Yoga

My journey to become a yoga teacher, yoga practitioner and exercise therapist (Oefentherapie Mensendieck) started from an early age. My passion for precision and movement lead me to join the  Dutch Junior National Gymnastics team by the age of 11. After 3 years of intensive training and competitions, I had to let go of my dream to join the Dutch Olympic team, due to a severe injury on my left wrist.

Despite all of these set backs, at the age of 20, I started my studies at the University of Movement Therapy-Mensendieck. I had the opportunity to work in private practices, hospitals, rehabilitation centers as well as with teams of specialists. My focus was primarily in the use of conscious movement and breathing to help patients that had suffered a stroke.

In 2004 I completed the Vinyasa yoga teacher training. In 2006 I studied Yin Yoga under the tutelage of Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers. During my years as a teacher I have felt most satisfaction from the feedback of students.