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Jivamukti Yoga and Restorative Yoga in Amsterdam

Sharon Bartels

My grandmother was an Amsterdam based yoga teacher, but as a child I only found it very funny her doing all these pretzel-like poses. Little did I know that in 2002 I would find my own way to yoga.

In 2016 I felt it was time to do my Jivamukti Yoga teacher training in India. Some call Jivamukti Yoga the punk rock of yoga. And I agree. At its core there’s pure spiritual activism, integrated into strong, creative āsana classes, with a focus on the ancient yoga teachings/philosophy.

I bow down to my dear teachers Sharon Gannon, David Life, Judith Hanson Lasater and my amazing mentor Emma Henry.

Sharon is a 300 Hour Jivamukti® Yoga Certified teacher and 30 Hour Restorative Yoga teacher (Teacher training with Judith Hanson Lasater and Lizzie Lasater).

Yogabrigade Pops Up Everywhere

During the Dutch Presidency of the European Council Yogabrigade and Thrive Yoga facilitated Jivamukti Open air yoga classes on the Kop van Java for Meet The Locals. In Spring and Summer we popped up in the Flevoparkbad and on Java eiland. And we teach special classes: in the Oosterkerk and the Zuiveringshal, Westergasfabriek and QRU all in Amsterdam.

My Schedule

Come and join me online!

Yoga Studio

From September 2019 to February 2021 I was teaching at United.Yoga studio, the space Anna Dukhanina and I founded at Hoogte Kadijk 51 in Amsterdam. Unfortunately the studio closed its doors permanently due to the corona crisis.

But you can join me online, check my schedule and come practice from my home to yours. We stay united in movement, mind and heart!

Retreats/Events

Are you interested in coming along on a retreat? Drop me a message and let’s talk! And check special events going on:

ONLINE – every month Restorative class on Sunday at 18:00, check my schedule for the next one.

Inspiration

It’s not just, let’s immagine how the world will be. The world will be what we make it now with our choices.

(Paolo Giordano – How contagion works, 2020)

“This epidemic encourages us to think of ourselves as belonging to a collective. It pushes us to behave in a way that is unthinkable under normal circumstances. To recognize that we are inextricably connected to other people. To consider their existence and well being in our individual choices. In the contagion we rediscover ourselves as part of a single organism. In the contagion we become again a community.”

We are born to look and listen to the world.

We are of the earth
To her we do return
The future is inside us
It’s not somewhere else
It’s not somewhere else
It’s not somewhere else

What people say about my classes

Very well thought out class with good instructions. Learned a lot about what yoga is and entails.

Sofie

Great studio and Sharon is a really inspired teacher. I can feel the passion she has for yoga and her style is really personal and loving. Highly recommend a class with Sharon.