Birgit Spohr - short info
*travel addicted* nature lover* cyclist*
*freedom-lover* Sea-watcher* Diving instructor* Optimist*
*Anatomy-interested * Energy-senser
*Yoga teacher* Reiki practitioner* Massage Wellness Therapist*
*Yoga practice since 2002
*Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training, Mysore Mandala Yogashala, Indien, 2009
*Yoga Teacher Training, Institut für Yoga und Gesundheit Köln, 2015
*Workshops i.e. with Dr. Ronald Steiner, Lilla Wuttich, Anna Rossow
*Yoga Personal Trainer, with Holger Zapf, Unit Yoga, ab November 2018
*Reiki 1. Grad, 2011
*Mehta Natural Face Lift Massage training, 2015
*Massage- Wellnesstherpeutin, 2016
More about me
My name is Birgit and I love life, nature, people and the sharing of yoga.
My intention is helping people feel better. Ideally, this leads to people going out into the world and meeting their co-humans in a relaxed and peaceful way.
At first yoga was a way for me to relieve emerging back problems caused by my hard physical work as a diving instructor. I quickly realized that regular yoga practice had a positive effect not only on my outer but also on my inner state. It is this holistic approach struck me! In 2009, after six years of regular practice, I decided to spend three months at Mysore Mandala Yogashala (India), where I received an inspiring Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training Course.
After eight years of teaching experience as a PADI Staff Instructor with training ranging from beginners to PADI Instructors, I have been teaching yoga passionately since 2010 and am convinced that EVERYONE can practice it and benefit from it in many different ways.
Twice a year it was a great pleasure for me to hold intensive 2-day yoga workshops with interested yogis. Topics were e.g. Yoga Philosophy in Action, Union of opposites, Shoulder girdle in Asana practice, Reversal postures, etc.
Furthermore, in cooperation with a physiotherapist and yoga teacher, I taught yogis with different physical conditions.
In order to gain a deeper understanding of the energy centers (chakras) and to support the energetic effects of yoga, I completed the 1st degree in Reiki in 2011. In 2015 I successfully participated in a training in the Mehta Natural Face Lift Massage.
During my holidays I was inspired every year by different yoga classes and workshops, e.g. with Dr. Ronald Steiner, Anna Rossow, Lilla Wuttich. In 2015 I completed another yoga teacher training course with the 'Institut für Yoga und Gesundheit Köln' (Institute for Yoga and Health Cologne), as the integration of Shivananda, Kundalini and Ashtanga Yoga instantly convinced me. It supports the idea that the yoga practice should be adapted to the individual and not vice versa.
Since January 2016 I live in beautiful Cologne again.
There, out of my interest in anatomy and body work, I successfully completed my training as a massage and wellness therapist at the beginning of 2016.
Since my time back I have been teaching private lessons as well as public Vinyasa Flow and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga classes and mini workshops at the Shunia Yoga Centre Cologne. Furthermore, I support the team of the "Institute for Yoga and Health" with great joy and passion as a lecturer in the yoga teacher training. Furthermore, I teach yoga anatomy workshops several times a year, together with an experienced physiotherapist.
Have you become curious?
Then I invite you to get in touch with me.
Or just drop by in one of the classes and try it out!
I am looking forward to it!