Claudia

Claudia started her yoga practice in 2006 with the intention to start the practice on the mat looking for some "exercises" and an "easy” sport. For the first few years, Claudia gained strength and satisfaction through her Asana practice until a spinal injury caused by a Hatha 3 practice session which took Claudia aback on the purpose of yoga.

After 1.5 years of recovery, Claudia returned on the mat with a new light on the practice – channeling the focus on fostering inner awareness, mental growth rather than just physical strength. Suffering from postpartum depression, Claudia luckily started her first 200-hour Integral Hatha Teacher Training with Hersha Chellaram in 2013, which through a 9-month training process, she was brought out from the darker moments in her life. Since then, Claudia has devoted herself in the establishment of Yama Foundation, a non-profit organizer moving to a charitable organization to bring yoga and meditation to special needs kids and chronic illness patients.

Claudia hopes to raise awareness among her students that that yoga is not just an exercise, but a practice that requires persistency and a journey of the self, through the self, to the self (Bhagavad-Gita).

Claudia’s qualification/experience

30 Hours Radiant Child Yoga – 2012
40 Hours Raja Yoga Foundation Course – 2014
200 Hours Beginner Level Integral Hatha Yoga Teacher Training – 2014
300 Hours Intermediate Level Integral Hatha Yoga Teacher Training – 2017
100 Hours Integral Yoga's Raja Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Teacher Training Program – 2014
120 Hours Mindful Birth Teacher Training for Pregnancy – 2015
20 Hours Practitioner of Magnified Healing Third Phase – 2016
95 Hours Gecko Yoga Kids Yoga Teacher Training (Module 1 to 6) – 2016
30 Hours Yoga Stick & Back Roller Therapy – 2017
50 Hours Aroma Yoga Teacher Training – 2017
30 Hours Stretching Teacher Training Programme – 2018
30 Hours TRX yoga flow – 2018
30 Hours Kettlebell Teacher Training Programme – 2019
Set-up Committee Members of Yama Foundation and teaching staff with Yama Foundation (Non-profit organization)
Total number of accumulated teaching hours: 1,500 hours