Jan 25, 2022
I discovered yoga in 2016 after a serious injury. For more than 10 years I did vaulting (gymnastics on horseback). At the age of 16, I fell off my horse during training, after which I was never able to vault again. It took me almost a whole year before I could start doing sport again. Since I always enjoyed sports, I thought about how I would like to exercise from now on. A yoga studio was opened at that time in the town where I lived and I was told yoga could help me with my injury.
I would describe myself as a fun-loving and open person. I love challenges and growing from them. Travelling, healthy eating, sports and a small community of like-minded people inspire me in life. I am more introverted than extroverted, but I can talk for hours about topics that interest me - especially with people who are also interested. If I have the choice between city and nature, I choose nature. The "simple life" excites me.
Definitely. I discovered yoga as a tool for my physical well-being. But I quickly realised that yoga not only embodies physical activity, but has a positive impact on all areas of life. With yoga I healed my knee injury, became stronger (physically and mentally), more self-confident, learned a lot about myself, realised where my limits are and when I cross them to grow, and much much more. For me, yoga is a tool to master life with all its facets.
I have done my trainings in Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Yin Yoga. My favourite yoga to teach and practice is Vinyasa. I like the creative aspect of it; getting on the mat, leaving everything behind, turning on music and just "flowing".
After graduating from secondary school, I went to grammar school in Germany. I interrupted this after 10th grade for a one-year high school year in America. Life abroad inspired and changed me so much that I decided to drop out of high school and instead do what I enjoy: a yoga training in India, studies to become a health coach and an apprenticeship as a flight attendant.
For a long time, it was unclear to me what direction I would like to take in my career. I have always been interested in health, but it is a huge subject area with many professional opportunities. My high school year in Texas helped me a lot to understand what is really important for me in life. Funnily enough, I came to my yoga training in India through a "like" on Instagram from an Indian yoga school. There I met a good friend who told me about an online study to become a health coach - that's how I got into it. After my stay in India, I taught yoga in several studios in Germany. One of my students knew how much I liked travelling and told me that Lufthansa was looking for flight attendants. And so I applied as a flight attendant in 2017 and have been flying around the world ever since.
When I was 12 years old, my family and I went to my uncle's farm. During our stay, a pig was slaughtered there and something clicked in my head. Although I had always known where the meat on our plate came from, it wasn't until this experience that I realised that I definitely didn't want to support this any further. No one in my family ate a vegetarian diet, but for me it was the only morally right way. It wasn't until I was 18 that I asked myself why people went vegan. I thought as a vegetarian I would do anything not to harm animals. I started researching and was shocked at how animals were treated in the dairy and egg industries. So I started to eat vegan - because of the animals. Over time, more and more reasons (e.g. health) were added. In the meantime, my sister, parents, aunt, cousin and friend also live vegan - which makes it a lot easier.