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Welcome
„My belief is in the blood and flesh as being wiser than the intellect. The body-unconscious is where life bubbles up in us. It is how we know that we are alive, alive to the depths of our souls and in touch somewhere with the vivid reaches of the cosmos.“ D.H. Lawrence
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Yoga
Yoga is a way of life, it changes you and therefore changes the way you relate to other people and influence your environment. Nowadays, Yoga is often equated with practising physical postures and breathing techniques, and is referred to as Hatha Yoga, which forms only a part of the overall discipline of Yoga. Its popularity is mainly due to the immediately noticeable effect of...
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Pilates
„A body freed from nervous tension and over-fatigue is the ideal shelter provided by nature for housing a well-balanced mind that is always fully capable of successfully meeting all the complex problems of modern living.” Joseph Pilates (1883-1967) Pilates is a physical fitness system, developed by Joseph Pilates to ,strengthen the weak and challenge the strong’, as he put it, where the body is...
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Meditation
Meditation creates an open space that is free from performance and competition; free from all striving for self-affirmation. A place where we stop fighting ourselves, which will then help us to explore our inner territory and point the way towards a meaningful and creative way of life. We take the time to observe breath and movement, the origin of thoughts and emotions. We practise...
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Introducing Myself
Welcome to my website! My name is Monika Schindlbeck. I am a Yoga and Pilates teacher. I was born and grew up at Lake Starnberg in Upper Bavaria. I spent my childhood and youth swimming, horse-riding, mountain-climbing and skiing. Later I studied languages, English and Spanish, then philosophy and intercultural communication. My studies, together with my passion for the outdoors and all things physical,...