Recharge your batteries to face winter with energy and a strengthened immune system. We start each day with an invigorating, strengthening yoga practice that includes natural movement, breathing exercises and meditation. In the afternoon, there is another group session, which is more relaxed. After the yoga sessions, we go to breakfast and dinner together. Between sessions, there is plenty of time for rest, wellness, spa treatments, walks in the adjacent forest or whatever else you find beneficial. Our certified yoga teacher Claudia Ballhaus, who also works therapeutically in the fields of yoga therapy, Chinese medicine, fascia therapy and homeopathy in a naturopathic practice, will guide you mindfully through the yoga classes in our bright, well-ventilated exercise room, allowing you to feel your personal limits and motivating you to expand them individually. The yoga classes are strongly based on Katonah Yoga – a very alignment-oriented yoga practice with a philosophy based on the five elements of Chinese medicine, which in turn uses many elements from Iyengar Yoga and breathing techniques from Kundalini Yoga. Imagination is always integrated. Claudia Ballhaus likes to use metaphors to keep the mind present, ultimately allowing you to arrive fully in the moment. The yoga classes are suitable for beginners and people with yoga experience alike. Ms Ballhaus meets everyone where they are and provides precise, loving support to help them find a healthy alignment and posture in order to achieve the best possible benefits for the body, so that over time a feeling of stability, flexibility and well-being can develop.
