Viola Sommer

Viola Sommer

Teacher

2009

began with Sivananda Yoga

2016

discovered Ashtanga Yoga

2017 / 2023

completed Primary Series Teacher Training with Andrea Lutz

2023

completed Intermediate Teacher Training with Andrea Lutz

„Ashtanga Yoga is meditation in motion, Yin Yoga is stillness in asana. In practicing both, I find the perfect balance.“
Viola

Viola has been practicing yoga regularly since 2009, initially in the Sivananda Yoga tradition. She completed her Hatha Yoga teacher training in 2014. In 2016, Viola discovered Ashtanga Yoga and has been practicing at the Ashtanga Studio Berlin ever since.

In 2017 and 2023, she completed the Primary Series Teacher Training with Andrea Lutz.

In 2018, she participated in the ‘Ashtanga Yoga Intensive – Yoga Chikitsa’ with Manju P. Jois. She also attended various workshops with Manju Jois and Nancy Gilgoff.

In 2024, she participated in Mysore classes and a workshop with Vijay Kumar. Also in 2024, she completed the Intermediate Series Teacher Training with Andrea Lutz.

Viola began working independently as a yoga teacher at the end of 2016. Since 2022, she has been teaching Ashtanga Yoga and Yin Yoga/Restorative Yoga at the Ashtanga Studio Berlin.

Viola has lived in Berlin since 1998 and is the mother of two grown daughters.

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