Deine Yoga Lehrer:innen

Daniela Fuentes

Daniela is a Mexican-born designer and a bodywork/Yoga facilitator based in Basel. Her work intersects artistic and design practice, Yoga and Somatics. Her work is framed and inspired in Eastern Philosophies, Transpersonal Psychology, Nature and Biomimicry as well as in Mexican, Shamanic and First Nation wisdom, science-fiction and Decolonial theory.

As a creative independent professional, Daniela has worked in diverse fields like graphic and editorial design, photography, documentary film, music and created works for museums like the Museum der Kulturen Basel. She has taught Yoga for over 20 years in studios and festivals in Europe and Mexico, being the current creative director and main teacher of B.Yoga Basel, the yoga studio she founded in 2006.

Daniela believes our collective becoming has a strong relationship with the micropolitics of our own intimate personal space, and through transforming the connection with our own internal landscapes and affects, we influence how we connect with our communities and planet.

Quetzal Santiago

Quetzal (pronounced: ketsal) studied Contemporary Dance in Mexico, specialized in presentation and danced for the Mexico National Contemporary Ballet for five years and realized many individual projects together with other artists. 



From 2004 to 2008 she got the Young Artists Grant from her state government and developed diverse coreographic projects which were presented in Switzerland as well as in Mexico. Her coreographies are strongly influenced by the day-to-day life and urban poetry. 



In her path of explorations with the body movement, she started to practise yoga long time ago. But it was when she moved to Switzerland that it became an important part of her life. 



Quetzal’s classes are a beautiful mix of her different backgrounds and her special energy.

Clare Nicholls

Clare Nicholls praktiziert seit 21 Jahren Yoga. Es ist ein integraler Bestandteil ihrer Existenz in der Welt. Sie hofft, dass sie durch die Weitergabe ihrer Praxis und ihrer Erfahrungen bei der Anwendung dieses philosophischen Systems im Leben auch Ihnen Raum und Ruhe in Ihrem Geist verschaffen kann.

Clares Kurse folgen der Jivamukti-Methode, für die sie eine fortgeschrittene zertifizierte Lehrerin ist. Die Klassen mit Clare haben ein starkes philosophisches Thema und eine dynamische Asana-Sequenz, die dieses Thema unterstützt. Es gibt eine ausgewählte Playlist mit Musik, die von 90er Jahre Indie über moderne Klassik bis hin zu Ambient und Dub reicht.  Mit Hilfe der Hände wird der Energiefluss gefördert und eine alternative Ausrichtung der Asanas vorgeschlagen.

Wenn Yoga als integrierter Ansatz praktiziert wird, hat es die Kraft, zu transformieren und zu erheben. Clare ist spielerisch und aufrichtig und verbindet die Realität des täglichen Lebens mit den alten Lehren des Yoga geschickt und mit Begeisterung und Freude.

Sarah Maurer

Ever since Sarah can remember, the need for physical movement was a natural necessity for her. After spending time exploring different dance styles, she discovered yoga in 2011, thanks to friends. Through the years, it took her more and more into its spell. Not only did she become more aware of the importance of breathing, but she continued to gain deeper understanding of movements, inner and outer, for the proper development of mind and body. 



The desire to share and pass on these experiences, led to her 200h Teacher Training in Vinyasa Krama which she completed in 2016 at B.Yoga. With her training as a movement pedagogue (GDS / IfB) and further education as the heart therapist of the SAKR, she has also taught gymnastics, fitness and coronary classes aside from Yoga. 



Sarah’s classes are in a quiet Vinyasa style, which she likes to complete with restorative poses. It is a great privilege for her to share the joy of movement, to discover its lightness and firmness, without having to force the body to conform to an external image. According to her, it doesn’t matter if things aren’t perfect; in fact it is important to learn to accept, love and respect one’s own body and mind as they are. It is then, that yoga practice can be the time to feel alive, loved and free.

Noémi Biro

Right after my first yoga class I could feel that there was so much more to it than just the physical practice.  It’s when I started my regular practice at B.Yoga Basel almost ten years ago that I slowly observed all the changes and benefits it had on my daily life. Coming from competitive sports, it was a new approach and a true reconnection with myself. Over time I have learned to slow down, to listen, to accept, to surrender and to be «sufficient». 

Today, I feel that I am still at the very beginning of this learning path, where less is more and where your breath is the only thing that tells you, when to push yourself and when to take a step back - both physically and mentally. I’ll be honest and say that I still find myself completely «disconnected» at times (I guess we all do, right?), but knowing that - even far away from a yoga mat - the simple act of breathing consciously can bring it all back to you, is certainly one of those profound learnings. 

After completing the Vinyasa Krama 200h-Teacher Training at B.Yoga Basel, with the very same teachers that had taught me my first sun salutations, I’m honored and grateful for the opportunity to pass on that magic. While still seeing myself more as student than as teacher, it is a truly beautiful experience to be able to share this passion, to see our students evolving in their practice every week and to help them find tranquility and serenity on and hopefully off the mat.

Schalk Viljoen

Hi, my name is Schalk. Yoga came into my life when I moved from South Africa to Darmstadt in 2000. My practice deepened immensely once I discovered Jivamukti in New York in 2007. For the past 3+ years the Jivamukti Centre London has been my spiritual home (thank you Emma, cat, Durga). I completed the Jivamukti Teachers Training in 2011, in New York under the watchful eyes of David Life, Sharon Gannon, Jeffrey Cohen and Lady Ruth. The world of business and IT is the day job, yoga is the passion. Om shanti.

Hong Forelli

Hong started to practice Yoga at the start of the new Millennium and soon got hooked. In 2006 she decided to combine work with pleasure and enrolled in an extensive Yoga teacher training from which she graduated the same year and became a certified Yoga Teacher, recognized by the Global Yoga Alliance RTY500.

She started to work for a couple of famous Shanghai Yoga studios in China teaching different classes and styles of yoga such as yin yoga, Hatha yoga and vinyasa flow yoga. After doing some further teacher training courses, including specialized courses in teaching prenatal Yoga, she found that working with mums and mums to be suited and satisfied her most and started to further study and teach in this field, becoming very proficient. In 2009 she opened her own Yoga studio: Hong Prenatal Yoga. She never looked back and established herself as one of the leading teachers in Shanghai for pre- and postnatal Yoga. She teaches all her classes in English and thus has a very international mix of students from all corners of the world.

In the summer of 2019 Hong moved back to Switzerland with her family. Hong has a Master degree in mental health psychology from the university of Liverpool, England.

Nira León

After studying and practicing intensely Karate for more than 20 years, Nira discovered a new passion while travelling and living in Asia. Since 2017 she has been learning and teaching the Yoga in traditional ways as Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga and Vinyasa Flow. For her, Yoga, Karate and all kinds of Movement are ONE. Because physical movement is life, and life is movement. Her background as a nurse helps her to integrate the anatomy of movement into her teachings.

Through Yoga, she could find a deeper understanding in how to heal the body, mind and spirit through awareness in movement and breath. Passion and calmness are the parts she wants to share in her class. Especially in Kids Yoga class she wants to show how important movement is and to understand your body and improve your awareness. With all this she believes that a child can grow and discover its inner strength which might help to cultivate love, respect and self-confidence.

Rachel Meyer

Rachel Meyer is an American writer and yoga teacher who believes in keeping things real. She draws from her roots in musical theater, theology, and the arts to teach a wholehearted, vigorous vinyasa.

Rachel completed her Masters in Systematic Theology in Berkeley, CA under groundbreaking feminist theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Yoga Journal, Yoga International, On Being, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, HuffPost, Parents Magazine, and more. She's trained with and assisted Rusty Wells, MC Yogi, and Amanda Giacomini, and taught for a decade in premier studios throughout San Francisco, CA; Portland, OR; and Boston, MA. Her current style is influenced by the work of Larry Schultz (creator of The Rocket), Buddhist psychotherapist Michael Stone, and meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg, Ethan Nichtern, Jack Kornfield, and Tara Brach.

Rachel's vinyasa classes are rich in yoga philosophy, sweaty with hard work, and down-to-earth in tone. You can expect an Ashtanga-inspired pace, creative sequencing, a musical sensibility, and a vertical split or two along the way.

Rachel hopes you'll laugh as much as you sweat, and walk out feeling a little stronger, a little softer, and a lot more you.

Anna Andry

Anna landete zum ersten Mal auf einer Yogamatte, weil sie nach dem Laufen das Verlangen verspürte, sich zu dehnen. Und der Rest ist eine Geschichte von Yoga, das einmal mehr seine Magie bestätigte.

Angetrieben von einer ständig wachsenden Faszination für Bewegung und Anerkennung der Stille, ist Anna bestrebt, die Grenzen ihres Geistes und Körpers zu erforschen. Ihre Yogapraxis erweitert ständig ihren eigenen Horizont. Als Yogalehrerin ist es daher ihr Ziel, Erfahrungen zu schaffen, die den Schülern als Sprungbrett für eigene neue Horizonte dienen.

Anna ist sowohl in Vinyasa/Flow als auch in Yin Yoga ausgebildet.

Rebeca Revenga

Rebeca is an eternal explorer and curious student. She specialised in the field of counselling, emotional intelligence and public health, and in 2011, she incorporated yoga and awareness through breath centred movement.She is a vinyasa flow yoga and mindful meditation teacher, with great passion for understanding anatomy and integrating a light-hearted approach in her classes. She offers creative, supportive, fun and transformative lessons and encourage her students to include practices of conscious flow into daily motion.

After her training in yoga for children, adolescent and families with Rainbow Yoga Alliance (YA) UK in Paris, 2015, she has been continuously studying ever since, taking inspiring workshops to evolve in her own practise. She completed her 200h. yoga teacher training in Ashtanga Yoga and Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Pranayama, Kriyas and Meditation in Kranti Yoga, India, YA UK and recently undertook a training with Jason Crandell, focus on how to understand, prevent and manage injuries in the yoga practise in Triyoga, London.

Nathalie Bont

Evelyne Vuilleumier

Xi Zheng

Eliane Wehrli

When Eliane found herself needing a break from her full-time work, she quit her job and started traveling. Her travel journey began with a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Bali as an opportunity to dive deeper into the world of yoga. 

Years ago, Eliane discovered yoga with the hope to find some release and relief of her migrain. She practiced different styles of yoga, but found her deeper connected in a Vinyasa Yoga practice, as she likes the dynamic of the flow and the connection btw breath and movement. Lately she got more and more involved in the practice of Yin Yoga, where the awareness is more on meditative part in the practice. Her fascination about yoga is in the whole range and depth of what yoga offers. Yoga became a mental and physical medicine to her in all belongings and brings a perfect balance to her daily work as a graphic designer. 

Eliane's Yoga classes are based on a flowing vinyasa sequence, combining breath with movement. Her style is inspired by many teachers she met around the world on her own yoga journey as a student. 

Valerie Imbach

Since I can remember, body movement and dance have always been a significant part in my life. A strong longing to go deeper into more subtle and holistic bodywork came up while I was studying movement education in Basel (GDS/IfB, Bewegungspädagogik, 2005-2008). That’s when I came across Yoga for the very first time.

Soon after, I found myself in India, seeking for deeper understanding, truth, love and hOMe. Since then my Yoga-mat has always been with me and my urge to learn, practice and develop led me to many different places and wonderful teachers around the globe: Biff Mithoefer (Yin Yoga, 50h TT), O.P. Tiwari (Pranayama), Surrinder Singh (Hatha Yoga), Ajay Kumar (Asthanga Yoga), Doug Keller (Yoga Therapy, Philosophy), Gurmukh (Kundalini Yoga), Sienna Sherman (Anusara Yoga), Sharat Arora (Iyengar Yoga), Radhanath Swami-ji (Bhakti Yoga), Goenka-ji (Vipassana & Metta Meditation), Thich Nhat Hanh (Mindfulness, Buddhism).

Yota Tsotra

I discovered Yoga in 2004 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Since then, Yoga has become an important part of my life: floating between art and science, as a visual artist and engineer, Yoga brought me to my center. I have been practicing different styles - Iyengar, Ashtanga, Vinyasa - till 2006 when I moved to Basel and I was blessed to meet a wonderful teacher, Dan Fuentes, who introduced me to the Jivamukti Yoga world. This became since then my main Yoga practice, meeting beautiful teachers and friends who helped me to develop myself further. In November 2012 I undertook the 300hr Jivamukti Teacher Training in UK. I am thankful to my teachers Sharon Gannon, David Life and Yogeswari and to my beautiful mentor Rima Radi Rabbath.

Amanda Haas

Amanda, Schweizerin und Ägypterin, studiert seit über 20 Jahren die verschiedenen Praktiken des Yoga und des Zen-Buddhismus. Ihr Wissen und ihre Erfahrungen bringt sie nun in die Leitung von Kursen und Workshops ein, die den Anforderungen von Stadtbewohner*innen gerecht werden.

Sie begann im Teenageralter und lernte von verschiedenen Hatha- und Raja-Yoga-Lehrer*innen. Sie fand dann ihren Weg in die Ashtanga-Methode und später in andere Vinyasa-Stile. Im Alter von 18 Jahren hielt sie sich zum ersten Mal in einem Zen-Kloster in Japan auf. Anfänglich fühlte sie sich zu diesen Praktiken hingezogen, weil sie darin einen persönlichen Weg zur Befreiung sah. Sie verstand auch früh, dass das Leben mehr ist als die Anhäufung von schönen Dingen und Karrieren – denn nichts ist von Dauer. Bevor sie nach Basel zog, lebte sie 11 Jahre lang in Berlin. Dort war Helen Meyer, die Lehrerin ihrer ersten Lehrerausbildung von 350 Stunden, die sie 2014 abschloss. Die Ausbildung beruhte auf einem Iyengar-Vinyasa-Anusara Stil. Später nahm Amanda an Lehrerinnenausbildungen von mehr als 200 Stunden bei Grischa Steffin und anderen Ashtangis wie Ty Landrum (Richard Freeman-Mary Taylor Linie), Stu Girling und anderen teil. Im Jahr 2021 erhielt sie eine zusätzliche 500-stündige Yoga Alliance Zertifizierung von Dr. Rose Erin Vaughan in New York. Basierend auf Meridian-, Yin- und Vinyasa-Yoga.

Amanda ist dankbar für alles, was sie lernen durfte, und für alle Lehrer, die sie anleiten. Ihr Ziel ist es, kleine Veränderungen im Lebensstil zu fördern und die Werkzeuge weiterzugeben, um nicht nur gesund zu bleiben (oder zu werden) und voller Fülle zu sein, sondern auch die Fähigkeiten zu haben, auf eine gerechtere Welt hinzuarbeiten, indem man sich selbst und anderen hilft.

Eva Meier

With a strong background in Gymnastics, Eva has always been seeking to explore her physical limits. Having started Yoga in 2012, she found a strong reconnection with her physical abilities as well a deeper understanding of her mind and spirit. A hidden revelation behind discovering Yoga was the sense of peace and joy to be found during its practice. Ever since the first contact with Yoga, she found it to be more than just a physical practice. Gradually she realized the importance of letting go of the idea that the goal was to achieve the most perfect and difficult poses. For her, life is about the journey, not the destination… and quite often trying can be more significant than achieving. Practicing Yoga has helped and enabled her to grow stronger, more flexible and fearless, both in and out of the mat. Yoga has inspired her to live each moment mindfully.
Having completed the Vinyasa Krama 200 hours Yoga Teacher Training at B.Yoga Basel, Switzerland, she clearly sees herself developing further in the Yoga community both as a student and as a teacher, seeking for opportunities to give back and share the loving wisdom gained during her training.

Teaching yoga is a challenge which brings her inner strength and peace. Often you will find Eva sharing her own passions in the class, aiming to help students develop in their life by guiding them to their own source of joy and energy. Her hope at the end of the class is for students to step out of the mat feeling refreshed, nourished and balanced.

Aysa Stettler

Teaching experience: Community classes at Sanapurna, Zürich- Vinyasa Flow class open to all levels. Yoga at Campus, Dreispitz FHNW, Basel Weekly Vinyasa class, donation based, open to all levels. Community classes at Om Factory, NYC Teaching theme based Vinyasa Flow classes open to all levels

Yoga at Park Donation based Vinyasa class open to all levels, Maria Hernandez Park, Brooklyn NYC. Aerial Yoga classes Aerial Yoga flow classes for beginner/advanced level, using the Hammock as a support and reflection tool and toy for aerial acrobatic orientated moves

Education: YTT Om Factory New York, Summer 2014 Aerial YTT Om Factory New York, Spring 2014

Dip. Zeitgenössische Bühnentänzerin an der ZTTS, Zürich 2007-2010