Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher

Yuri Ogawa (小川友里) is an 800h Advanced Certified Teacher from Kyoto, Japan.

She has been practicing Jivamukti Yoga since 2010 and has gained countless experiences not only as a student but also as a teacher in all official Jivamukti Yoga schools around the world.

Her classes are in Japanese and English, with great music like Techno/House/Ambient due to her passion for Nada (music) and her dance career in NYC.

Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher
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Conor was raised in the United States and served two years in Senegal for as a member of the United States Peace Corps before moving to Berlin. Conor’s love for yoga began at the age of 18 and has since been his great joy and guide. His teachers have instilled in him a deep belief in the transformative power of asana and meditation, as well as the expansion of compassion and insight through embodied experience.

Conor received his Master’s degree in neuropsychology in 2022 from Humboldt Universität, Berlin. He aims to integrate current scientific understanding with classical spiritual wisdom in order to help foster a collective sense of peace and freedom from sorrow. Conor has had the good fortune to study with Jivamukti founders Sharon Gannon and David and completed his apprenticeship under the guidance of Anja Kühnel.

He has been an Advanced Certified teacher since 2021 and cherishes the opportunity to share such an integrative and powerful form of yoga with such a rich and loving community.

Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher

Nadine is an Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher and art student.

She began teaching yoga in Vienna in 2017. After returning to Munich, she joined Engel.Yoga, now known as Jivamukti Yoga Munich, in 2019.

In 2021, she began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Since then, her interest in yoga, including meditation and sound, has been in constant dialogue with her artistic practice.

More recently, she spent six months teaching at Jivamukti Yoga Paris. She enjoys returning there regularly to teach and spend time, while remaining based in Munich.

Nadine’s classes offer strong and challenging practices, infused with a sense of lightness through her grounded presence and carefully curated music.

With a focus on chanting, philosophy, and creatively cultivating both strength and flexibility, she gives room for silence and reflection and creates space for different bodies and needs.

Jivamukti Yoga 300-Hour Certified Teacher
Co-Founder

Drawn from an early age to rhythm, intense practices, and inner focus, Antoine began his yoga journey in 2015.

Born and raised in the eastern suburbs of Paris, his childhood was shaped by movement and sound. He trained and competed in table tennis at a top national level in France. He also nurtured his deep connection to music, composing and mixing in Parisian clubs during his teenage years. After completing a Master’s in Entrepreneurship and spending a year in New York City, Antoine returned to Paris to co-found wellness ventures like dynamo and TIHHY. Alongside his work, he has been exploring creative design, developing yoga and streetwear clothing lines, and renovating a vintage mid-century home as a personal project.

His first two Vinyasa trainings, in 2021 and 2023, opened the door to a more grounded relationship with the practice. Through inspiring teachers like Conor Byrnes, Ian Szydlowski and Sonia Gabriel, he discovered the Jivamukti method, which resonated instantly on physical, mental, and spiritual levels. In 2024, he completed the Jivamukti 75-hour training with Anna Lunegova, Conor Byrnes, and Yuri Ogawa, and felt naturally drawn to continue studying. He then completed the 300-hour Jivamukti teacher training with his teachers Alessandra Colombo, Camilla Even, Mitch Burnet and Moritz Ulrich.

Antoine strives to approach life with harmony, presence, and peace. He loves to practice, learn, and teach with tranquility, creativity, and deep listening.

Jivamukti Yoga 800-Hour Certified Teacher

Originally from the Czech Republic, Helena started practicing yoga in her early 20s while living abroad. What began as a way to move and feel better slowly turned into a much deeper journey.

Her love for animals and commitment to a vegan lifestyle naturally led her to the Jivamukti method. She has completed over 800 hours of Jivamukti Yoga training and 100 hours of Rocket Yoga training.

Since 2019, she’s been teaching classes and workshops across Europe and Asia, sharing and passing on the teachings with sincerity. Her classes often include strong sequencing, chanting, and harmonium, all shared with inspiration from her teachers, to whom she is forever grateful: Juan Sierra and Ian Szydlowski Alvarez

For Helena, yoga isn’t just a practice, it’s a way of living with more awareness, compassion, and connection.