Hi dear one, nice to meet you here! Now we are virtually in touch.

I’m a Traveler Yoga Teacher, Web-Developer and Hobby Photographer. I’ve teaching Yoga since 2011. Two TTCs, many Intensive courses, and lots of hours of self-practice are whats guide the classes and workshops I design.

I born in Brazil, and have German nationality. Yoga and Meditation, as well as Ayurveda, I been studying and practicing since 2008 in India, Nepal, and European Countries like Germany, England, France, and Portugal.

Currently and thanks to this Pandemic, I’m living in Vietnam. Before this, I was spending more than half of the year in India, Nepal, and Southeast Asia to update my knowledge and Practices in those sciences, which allows me to start researcher about “Ascient Tradition” and “Indian Epistemology” without academic purposes.

About the other part of the year, among other things like enjoying life with my 17-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter, I teach Yoga in Germany, where I’m based for the last 17 years. You may see me there, and order from me Yoga clothes and equipment to enhance your practice.

This is my second visit to Vietnam and I love to share what I know with the local people, as well I m starting a Plastic Recycling project, as a love of nature, there is nothing better I can do to pay back whats natures give to, is just a way to express gratitude to what is sacred and divine.

I’ve been developing, creating, and giving Yoga Workshops in the last couple of years, I don´t have the habit to teach online, postures needs correction and I wanna see students in 360°. If you are interested to host any of my classes here in Vietnam, just let me know, I can move to anywhere, at any time.

Take a look at the Workshop schedule, and if you are near, join any of them.

More than just “Yoga”

Something more I must say, I been teaching Hatha-Yoga mainly for Self-Development and Life High-performance purposes. Challenge, effort, and adversity are the causes to move forward, not the opposite, commit you to your highest self and you will see how Yoga can help you to achieve your goals.

Ayurveda and Naturopathy were both part of my Teacher Training Courses, and, after some special classes, I got used to combining it with Yoga in my teachings. Because of that, I start to call what I teach, “Hatha-Yoga & the 5 basics”, which refers to the 5 elements that constitute the human’s beings body and states of mind.

a little bit about my Yoga history

It was during summer 2008 when the science and art of Yoga, start to take place in my daily routine. After joining some Hatha-Yoga classes and start reading books about it, I realize that Yoga is really a practice for me. I became very fascinated to the philosophical background and history, I fell in love very fast with them. The fruition of this love was a frequent and intensive practice.

what’s more?

Aside from Yoga, I love movies and pictures. Two Siberian travelers who shoot me in Goa, awakened my interest to start shooting people in Yoga postures. Yoga is a huge and big thing, much more than only postures, but I also really like to see, practice, and teach asanas, you can see it on this website. You can get from me an Asanas Photo Shooting if you want, I invite you to see more about this idea.

By looking for more highest levels of practice, I start to join meditation classes and Buddhist teachings. From there, I start to learn more about the mind and apply that understanding in daily practice and in my classes. The Yogi who we know as Buddha, made me understand the essence of the Yogic path in a very reasonable and logical way. Later I will share with you some thoughts and insights about it, here on this website.

For now on, if you looking for a private yoga class, teachers trainer courses, substitute teacher, it is a vacant place in your Yoga Studio timetable, a Yoga Retreat to your group or does you wanna join the Photo Project, Let me know! I always am interested to help people and get in touch with new souls.

As I mention before, I am Web-Developer too and in case you need a Website, Online Shop or training to learn how to build it yourself, you can also contact me. The Website you surf now, is made by my self. I develop it based on the simplicity to communicate to you what I can offer.

I like to talk about Yoga and my experiences in Indian, always I start my introduction as Yoga Teacher with some facts about my first visit to that magical place. Now I do it a bit different, take a look! This article I try update regularly, in many times of the year, I am on the source of Yoga to continue and renew my knowledge. Right now is my twelfth time here, but from now on I will stop to count it, since 2015 I spend more then half of my year there, the home of Yoga become my home as well.

What more I can say to you about me…  humm… I like to cook powerful food, meet people and also to go into my cave, change things to the better and do what I believe will make the difference in someones life, it´s includes myself as well.
Probably that´s why teach Yoga comes to into my life. Let´s practice it!

Thanks for reading!
Ricardo Santanna