The yoga teacher Raoul Defant from the Riva del Garda yoga school Samadhi Yoga, practecing the yoga posture of the Scorpion in Arambol (India). L’insegnante di yoga Raoul Defant, della scuola di yoga Samadhi Yoga di Riva del Garda, pratica, ad Arambol (India), la postura di yoga denominata “scorpione”.
Practicing yoga on the shores of Lake Garda / Praticare yoga sulle sponde del lago di Garda.
We are a group of qualified yoga teachers, active since many years in the Garda Trentino area. Our mission is to spread the practice of yoga in its most complete and original form and to allow all the people who follow our teachings to improve their psychophysical well-being.
We are qualified instructors (CONI and Yoga Alliance USA certified). We have trained with thousands of hours in India and the United Kingdom and we continue to improve ourselves by regularly attending continuing education courses for yoga teachers. We have been teaching yoga in Riva del Garda and in Arco di Trento, for more than ten years with passion, paying maximum attention to the specific needs of individual students. During the practices we conduct, in addition to teaching in absolute safety a complete series of postures (from the most fundamental to the most advanced), we constantly emphasize correct breathing and concentration. The final goal of our yoga practices is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind and the consequent total psychophysical well-being.
Siamo un gruppo di qualificatissimi insegnanti di yoga, attivi da molti anni nella zona del Garda Trentino. La nostra missione è divulgare la pratica dello yoga nella sua forma più completa ed originaria e di consentire alle persone che seguono i nostri insegnamenti di migliorare il loro benessere psicofisico.
Siamo istruttori qualificati (certificati CONI e Yoga Alliance USA). Ci siamo formati con migliaia di ore di training in India e nel Regno Unito e continuiamo a migliorarci frequentando regolarmente corsi di aggiornamento per insegnanti di yoga. Insegniamo yoga con passione da più di dieci anni a Riva del Garda e ad Arco di Trento, prestando la massima attenzione alle specificità dei singoli allievi. Durante le pratiche da noi condotte, oltre ad insegnare in tutta sicurezza una completa serie di posture (dalle più fondamentali alle più avanzate), enfatizziamo costantemente la corretta respirazione e la concentrazione. L’obiettivo finale delle nostre pratiche di yoga e la cessazione delle fluttuazioni della mente ed il conseguente totale benessere psicofisico.
Samadhi Yoga ASD is an amateurish association affiliate to the Italian national sport education center CSEN. Samadhi Yoga ASD is based in Riva del Garda on the shores of Lake Garda.
Raoul Defant started the Samadhi Yoga experience, after successfully completing the 200 Hours Yoga Teacher Training Course developed by Jacqueline Purnell at the Ibiza Yogashala.
Thereafter, Raoul also successfully completed the 300 hours Yoga Teacher Training Course for Vinyasa Flow and Ashtanga Adjustments at Kranti Yoga in Goa (India) and is therefore authorised to teach Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation and Kriyas. Raoul is now a 500 hours Registered Yoga Teacher. A Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT®) is a credential earned by yoga teachers whose training and teaching experience meet Yoga Alliance Registry Standards. A RYT must complete training with a Registered Yoga School (RYS®), be confirmed by a RYS and keep current with Continuing Education.
In 2019 Raoul has successfully completed, always at Kranti Yoga, the 100 hours Continuing Education Program in Yin Yoga and is therefore also authorised to teach Yin Yoga. In 2022 Raoul has also successfuly completed two more 200 hours Yoga Teacher Training Courses, one at Devvrat Yoga Sangha in Varkala (India) and one at Samyak Yoga in Mysore (India), bringing his training hours up to 1000.
Raoul’s dedication to the practice has given him a particular insight to the Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Yin Yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. Through a very simple technique, this approach is transforming the way students of varying different levels of strength, experience and flexibility, see and understand the purpose and relation between the practice of yoga and the cycle of life itself. Raoul now teaches Yin Yoga and Vinyasa Flow Yoga at Lake Garda in Riva del Garda and in Arco.
Raoul’s yoga classes weave together a creative sequence of postures, including sun salutations (warming), standing postures (stabilizing), forward bends (introspective), back bends (invigorating) and twists (cleansing) linked together by the thread of the breath, gradually warming the body, stretching muscles and opening the joints and finally concluding in stillness and deep relaxation (savasana).
Kristina Raskina
Insegnante di Vinyasa Flow Yoga e Yin Yoga, registrata con Yoga Alliance International RYT 200. Trainer dell’innovativo programma di AntiGravity Fit&Yoga.
Kristina è stata fin da molto giovane attratta dall’Oriente e dalle sue discipline e nel 2005 ha avuto l’opportunità di conoscere l’Iyengar Yoga che da quel momento non ha più lasciato. Kristina insegna, pratica e continua con diversi corsi specifici per perfezionare le sue tecniche e desidera diffondere la sua passione profonda per lo yoga ed aiutare gli altri nel loro viaggio condividendo il proprio.
Aldona Dudek
Passion for yoga and life.
Aldona è una RYT 500, ha frequentato i suoi “corsi di formazione per insegnanti” in India a Varkala, Mysore e Rishikesh ed è qualificata ad insegnare Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, pranayama e meditazione. Aldona ha anche ottenuto la qualifica di “Insegnante di Yoga Prenatale” presso l’Andiappan Yoga Education and Research Trust di Chennai (India). Aldona ora insegna yoga prenatale in presenza a Riva del Garda, Arco e Torbole oltre che online con allievi di diverse nazionalità.
Aldona is a RYT 500 and has done her “Teacher Training Courses” in Varkala, Mysore and Rishikesh (India). She is qualified to teach Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga as well as pranayama and meditation. Aldona has also obtained the qualification as “Prenatal Yoga Teacher” at the Andiappan Yoga Education and Research Trust in Chennai (India). Aldona now teaches prenatal yoga live in Riva del Garda, Arco and Torbole, as well as online, to students of different nationalities.
Yoga Riva del Garda e Yoga Garda Trentino 