Teacher Trainings

Would you like to delve deeper into yoga? Would you like to inspire others to practice yoga and accompany them on their spiritual journey?

AIRYOGA is the perfect partner if you are looking to answer this calling: We have been registered as a Yoga Alliance School (RYS 200 hour & 500 hour level) since 2005. Moreover, we are the largest institution for yoga teacher trainings in all of Switzerland.

AIRYOGA teacher trainings have an excellent reputation on a national and international level. Our 200 hour yoga teacher training and the Advanced Teacher Training - with an additional 300 hours (ATT +300) – endow you with extensive education from the full scope of all yoga traditions and certify you to teach adhering to the standards of Yoga Alliance. These standards are recognized world wide.

Moreover, AIRYOGA offers a variety of special continuing education, such as trainings in Yin Yoga and Yoga Therapy. Thus, you can continue to grow in your own practice, deepen your knowledge and convey such knowledge with competence and practical relevance. Our training instructors are internationally esteemed yoga teachers with specific fields of study and many years of experience.

We are very happy and grateful that so many future yoga teachers trust AIRYOGA to accompany them on this very important part of their path.

Here you will find detailed information on our Yoga Alliance certified teacher training programs:

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+300 Hour Advanced Teacher Training 2018/19 - Fully booked

Evolve your practice, transform your teaching: AIRYOGA will start its next, Yoga Alliance registered +300-hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training course on February 2018.

Our experienced faculty will lead this comprehensive training in a series of five focused modules. The modules will be offered in Englisch and German over the period from February 2, 2018 through June 23, 2019. Participation is limited to 29 students maximum. Read more...

This course is sold out. There is a wait-list.

200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at AIRYOGA Zurich in 2018 - Sold out

For over 10 years, AIRYOGA Zurich has been successfully offering a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training, adhering to the standards and requirements of Yoga Alliance®.

The next course - taught within the tradition of Hatha Yoga - will start on April 6, 2018.
This course is sold out. There is a wait-list. Read more...

The Path of Purification – An Advanced Training in the Yoga Traditions

Yoga originally meant undertaking the heroic journey from the known to the unknown. By focusing on all the limbs of yoga, from asana and personal conduct to meditation, this unique 200-hour course from April 15, 2018 through September 16, 2018 endeavors to give an aspirant the skills to undertake that journey. AIRYOGA teacher Michael Hamilton will be fellow traveler on the path. Read more...

100-Hour Advanced Hatha Yoga Training in Goa, India with Stephen Thomas

Join Stephen Thomas from December 2, through December 15, 2018 for a study intensive module at Samata Retreat Center in North Goa, India. It is recommended for those wishing to deepen their practice and improve technique and theory in Yoga.
This 100-hour program under the guidance of Stephen Thomas as the main teacher includes long, intensive mornings in the three pillars of Hatha Yoga - Meditation, Pranayama, Asana. AIRYOGA teacher Claire Dalloz and special guest teachers will teach some hours of the training. Read more…

Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training with Sue Elkind

Learn how to support women during their journey into motherhood in this Yoga Alliance registered training in prenatal yoga, conscious birthing and postnatal support with internationally recognized teacher’s teacher Sue Elkind.

Two modules of this 85-hour training will be offered at AIRYOGA from April 18, to 22, and from November 7, to 11, 2018. Read more…

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Oberdorfstrasse

08.30 to 10.30

Ashtanga Mysore Style

Ashtanga Mysore Style

Mysore Style self-practice is the traditional, lineage based method of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga as developed by guru Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, of Mysore, South India. It is a unique and powerful way of developing a yoga practice where individual growth is valued and honoured and all students from beginners to advanced practitioners learn side by side. A qualified teacher will guide students in their practice by introducing them to sun salutations, and then building on that foundation. Postures are taught sequentially, drawing from the Ashtanga set sequences, adding on postures over time. Practice is short initially and grows in duration over time. This approach allows for individual growth where the aptitude of the student determines the rate and need for development, thereby laying a strong foundation that will be of great benefit to any serious student of Yoga. As with all undertakings, commitment often determines progress. Everyone, especially beginners, are most welcome. We look forward to meeting you in the shala.

→ Useful information about the Ashtanga Mysore Practice

→ Here you will find the poses of the Full Primary Series of the Ashtanga Yoga

Salomé Thalmann

Salomé Thalmann

Salome was born in Solothurn and raised in Zug. She studied medicine in Zurich for a number of years, whereby she acquired a vast knowledge of the anatomy of the human musculoskeletal system. She later decided to change her educational focus and is currently studying to become a Kindergarten and Primary School teacher at the Pädagogische Hochschule in Zurich.
Since discovering yoga in 2010, Salome’s passion for Ashtanga Yoga has consistently grown. In 2012 she deepened her Ashtanga practice in Mysore, India at the Ashtanga Institute under the direction of R. Sharath Jois, grandson of Sri K. Patthabi Jois. Salome has been assisting her teacher Michael Hamilton in the Ashtanga Mysore Style program at AIRYOGA since 2013, while also teaching her own Mysore Style classes. In her teaching she emphasizes inner alignment, which she learned from her teacher Michael Hamilton.
For Salome, yoga means building trust for oneself, to treat oneself and others attentively and with awareness, and to allow for change to happen. At the same time, she sees yoga as an instrument to experience well-being and stillness within the body. Salome teaches in German and English.

09.45 to 10.45

Pranayama & Meditation

Pranayama & Meditation

Pranayama is a central practice in the traditional Hatha Yoga system. It uses the breath, balancing of subtle energy patterns, energetic cleansing, and locks (Bandhas). This technique is used as a therapeutic/healing practice and for spirit development. It is also a gateway into the deep states of concentration and meditation.
This class is presented in its traditional format, directly from a lineage that dates back generations. It provides a steady, safe opening for students and gives stability and clarity in the physical and mental realms.
It is recommended that students have some experience in Yoga Asana and/or seated Meditation practice before beginning pranayama.

Stefania Maria Bernet

Stefania Maria Bernet

Stefania came into contact with meditation and pranayama already in her childhood, thanks to her first teacher Selvarajan Yesudian. Years later, during her education at drama school, she became acquainted with the physical aspect of Yoga. With Bikram Yoga, Stefania first experienced a regular disciplined Asana practice. It was ,love at first breath’. Inspired by the powerful potential of this sequence, Stefania completed her teacher training at Bikram Yoga College of India. She went on to teach in different places around the world: Hawaii, the American West Coast, Spain and Switzerland. Later she studied to become a Medical Yoga Coach at the German Medical School in Berlin, and attended numerous immersions with her long-standing Hatha Yoga teachers Stephen Thomas and Noah McKenna. Stefania completed a 200-hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training with Carol Murphy and further education in Pranayama and meditation with Shri O.P. Tiwari in the Kaivalyadhama lineage.
Stefania values healthy alignment of the body, as well as a heartfelt and kind inner attitude. „Guided by an open heart and a curious mind, we playfully explore the boarders between softness and intensity - this is my yoga.”
Stefania leads her classes in German and English.

11.00 to 13.00

Advanced Hatha Yoga

Advanced Hatha Yoga

This Hatha Yoga class is designed for advanced practioners!

Natalia Knuchel

Natalia Knuchel

After her Primary school teacher education, Natalia completed her Theatre and Dance education in Zurich. She then moved to Amsterdam to deepen her studies in contemporary dance at the SNDO (School for new dance development). In the following years, she got the opportunity to perform in Germany and Switzerland.
Throughout her journey as a professional dancer, Natalia got influenced and inspired by Yoga Asanas, Body Mind Centering, Contact Improvisation and Thai Chi. By pursuing her desire to share the gift of yoga with others, she has attended the 2013 Teacher Training at AIRYOGA with Stephen Thomas.
Natalia’s classes are dynamic and powerful. She emphasizes on alignment and a steady connection to the breath and to support that, she offers verbal and hands on adjustments. Students can expect to learn to find balance on and off the mat in each of her classes. Natalia teaches in German and English.

18.00 to 19.30

Vinyasa Flow

Vinyasa Flow

This class moves fluid and continuous through different yoga postures (asanas). An invigorating dance like yoga lesson. The classes are flowing at a moderate pace guided by detailed instruction. The postures are kept save and simple, focus on building strength, endurance and flexibility. Basic yoga experience is recommended.

Carla Araos

Carla Araos

Carla was born in Chile where she discovered yoga in 2002 while undertaking her studies in architecture and design. During this time she found that yoga helped to bring out the best in her creative abilities and also to heal many aspects of her life.
Carla has completed the 200-hour Yoga Alliance Teacher Training in Samahita Retreat in Thailand, the Rainbow Kids Yoga training and further pre- and post-natal yoga trainings with Birthlight in the UK.
Carla's yoga in the Vinyasa Flow style is inspired by her prior experience of ballet. She also enjoys to sing and chant in her classes. Furthermore, correct and safe alignment is an important teaching point to her. She aims to match her classes to the needs of the participants, and - through synchronization of breath with movement - to allow students to find that silent space between breaths. In this silent space lies the opportunity for the body and the mind to flower and shine, in the yoga practice and in daily life.
Carla teaches in English oder Spanish. Her website is www.carlaaraos.com

Fabrikstrasse

08.30 to 10.30

Asana/Pranayama Masterclass

Stephen Thomas

Stephen Thomas

Stephen has been a dedicated student of yoga since 1998. He has practiced, taught and lived in Asia and Europe for the past decade studying various traditions, which he incorporates into a unique yoga practice influenced and made possible by the grace and support of his central teachers.
Stephen’s background includes studies in Buddhism, Ayurveda and traditional Hatha yoga in India. In Asia, he continues an in-depth study of traditional Pranayama and Kriya through his master, O.P.Tiwari, which he combines with his love for the Asana practices that stem from his experience with Krishnamacharya’s work and influence on the Ashtanga Vinyasa and Iyengar systems of yoga. He also brings in elements of the Chinese and Tibetan systems where appropriate.
Stephen is an avid reader and student of Eastern philosophies and a lifelong lover of the arts and music. His ability to re-frame various viewpoints and to simplify things without sacrificing depth and integrity has helped him develop a unique, non-dogmatic but deeply rooted teaching style. His works spans Meditation, Pranayama, Asana and the commitment to seeing the practice off the mat. He uses these methods as tools for health and wellbeing and to support the spiritual pursuit of living life courageously and compassionately from one’s heart.
Stephen teaches classes and workshops at AIRYOGA in Zurich, as well as spending a part of each year traveling as a guest instructor and teaching retreats throughout the world. He also dedicates energy each year to directing Teacher Intensive Trainings and ongoing education and works one-on-one with many students and teachers in his community. Stephen teaches in English.
To find out more please visit www.yoga-svarupa.com

10.30 to 12.00

Hatha Yoga

Hatha Yoga

Conscious breathing, observing the mind, while practicing and deepening the classical asanas and sun salutations - these are the elements that let us experience yoga. Practice mindfulness for 60 or 90 minutes, without expectations and without ambitions.

Manuela Peverelli

Manuela Peverelli

Manuela is a yoga teacher since 2008. Her attitude and approach towards life is deeply influenced by the Vedic and Buddhist philosophy. An education in Ayurvedic psychology at the European Ayurveda Academy in 2013 has enriched her original background in western psychiatric nursery.
Manuela’s teaching is dynamic and powerful, but at the same time a journey to the inner stillness. For her, the techniques of Yoga are simply the tools to create a more harmonized home within the body and mind for recognizing the essence of the real self.
Manuela currently lives and teaches in Zurich, but for her own studies and practice periods she also spends a few months yearly in Asia. Manuela leads her classes in German and English.

11.00 to 12.30

Ashtanga Yoga "Half Primary"

Ashtanga Yoga "Half Primary"

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is a flowing, dynamic form of yoga which focuses on building inner heat. The flowing movements lead to an increase in strength, flexibility and energy. Through the synchronization of breath and movement and the repetitive sequence of asanas (yoga postures), the practitioner is able to experience a state of meditation and calm while developing a self practice.

Ashtanga "Half Primary" – Primary Series through Navasana (90 min.)
This class is a guided class of the first half of the primary series of Ashtanga yoga. The pace is somewhat slower than in the full primary. It is suitable for practitioners that would like to spend more time in the postures and learn more detail as more information accompanies the postures by way of verbal adjustments.

Julia Jäger

Julia Jäger

Julia took her first yoga class over a decade ago, initially simply drawn by the silence and emptiness of a Mysore room in lively London. In the following years and hometowns, she practiced with different teachers in a variety of traditions with a growing interest which eventually began to include anatomy, philosophy and meditation. In the past years she has returned her focus to the Ashtanga Tradition under the guidance of Michael Hamilton. The Ashtanga System fascinates her due to the clear and awake feeling it offers us after practice, and the ever recurring opportunity it offers to us to see our emotional and mental reactions to challenging situations. In this way, it allows us to practice observing our behavioural patterns, while staying gentle, present and calm. Julia completed the 200-hour Advanced Intensive as well as two 40-hour Advanced Intensive Trainings with Michael Hamilton. She is a 200-hour certified Vinyasa and Yin Yoga teacher and attended a variety of workshops on anatomy and yoga therapy. Driven by broad interests, which still include both the natural sciences as well as the arts, she hast visited and continues to visit workshops in different practices ranging from Ashtanga and Acro Yoga to Thai Massage and Yin. Julia teaches in German and English.

18.15 to 19.45

Hatha Yoga

Hatha Yoga

Nina Isabel

Nina Isabel

To have found a way how to live and preserve authenticity in today’s world is reflected in Nina’s awareness, which she lives and conveys in her classes - always with the perspective of being a student herself. Nina understands Yoga as an expression of living a conscious life, dedicating love and insights into the well-being of people around her. The beauty of the path lies in discovering life in its purest forms and thus growing a profundity and sensibility with the findings thereof which can be practiced and lived on and aside the mat. Her practice is influenced by elements of the Iyengar Yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa. She knows how to preserve the individual yet universally true essence of asana and to convey yoga as a journey to inner peace and contentment.
Nina is a student of yoga since 2012 and has completed the +300hrs Teacher Training at AIRYOGA in Zurich. Nina teaches her classes in English.
More info can be found under: www.yoganina.ch

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+300 Hour Advanced Teacher Training 2018/19 - Fully booked

200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at AIRYOGA Zurich in 2018 - Sold out

The Path of Purification – An Advanced Training in the Yoga Traditions

100-Hour Advanced Hatha Yoga Training in Goa, India with Stephen Thomas

Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training with Sue Elkind

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+300 Hour Advanced Teacher Training 2018/19 - Fully booked

200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at AIRYOGA Zurich in 2018 - Sold out

The Path of Purification – An Advanced Training in the Yoga Traditions

100-Hour Advanced Hatha Yoga Training in Goa, India with Stephen Thomas

Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training with Sue Elkind

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