Soon after, I met Suzana, a Brazilian backpacker who had completed a one-year yoga teacher training at the renowned Kaivalyadhama Institute. Together, we traveled to India, Germany, Thailand, and Brazil, offering affordable yoga classes and deepening our practice through Iyengar and Vinyasa Flow trainings. Along the way, our vision of founding a yoga academy emerged. We wanted to train better yoga teachers and offer improved programs.

Suzana already had extensive yoga practice experience before her trip to India. She recognized the importance of a clear understanding of yoga history and philosophical traditions, which were often neglected in yoga teacher trainings. We found many poorly trained yoga teachers in various countries, which motivated us to offer high-quality trainings.

Suzana's family background encompassed a variety of spiritual practices and profound perspectives on the human psyche, including Japanese Zen, Christian mysticism, Jungian psychology, and hypnotherapy. This diversity inspired her early on to recognize the potential for happiness through yoga. She completed her Hatha Yoga teacher training and then ventured to make a new start in India, a formative decision for her life.

Our encounter with Indian culture and our personal encounters changed us forever. Turiya Yoga emerged from this exchange, a blend of many elements created by passionate yoga teachers. After successful international trainings in India, we are now ready to offer our programs in Germany.

We founded this academy in response to a world where yoga teacher training is often neglected. Despite the thriving yoga business, this profession deserves respect and recognition. Our academy offers a safe learning environment, high-quality instruction, and has helped numerous students become confident international yoga teachers.

Our mission is to make an integrative health style accessible and to unite people who wish to learn, teach, and experience the ancient school of self-knowledge. The Academy promotes honest exchange between teachers, practitioners, students, and supporting companies.