Mettā (Valérie)
My teaching style: I’m offering Yin Yoga with all of my heart! For me, the perfect match to yin is, even more yin - in form of Yoga Nidra and storytelling (mostly Sufi poems). Have you ever tried to slow down your brain waves from beta (13-40 waves/sec.: active) to delta (1-4 waves /sec., deep sleep) in only a few minutes with full awareness of your mind? It has to be experienced, it’s otherworldly. Besides all the yin, I really enjoy teaching soft flow and/or functional vinyasa classes too.
About me: If someone would have told me that teaching yoga would become the centerpiece of my life – on and off the mat – I surely wouldn’t have believed it. Teaching, learning and gathering in groups to grow and evolve is my thing. I’m hooked on attending highly professional yoga teacher trainings every year to deepen my knowledge of anatomy, philosophy and overall spirituality. I love to create warm and motherly safe spaces where people can feel “at home” away from home.
Favorite Yoga Pose: Saddle pose aka supta virasana with reclined support on a bolster. It loosens the tensions in my quads and when done reclined without a bolster it creates the most intense backbend for my lumbar spine. Most postures with internal rotation are my fav’s.
Guilty pleasure: Collecting crystals, kimonos and post cards.
Favorite Quote: “The place where you are right now, this place is circled on a map for you, wherever your eyes, arms and heart can move, against the earth and the sky. The beloved has bowed there, the beloved has bowed there… knowing you were coming.” – Hafiz