About me
Sandra Scherer
certified Iyengar Yoga teacher, philosophy and religious studies MA, dancer classical ballet and modern dance, systemic couch university certified
How do I teach?
I want to provide space for these essential experiences. For this, accuracy and mindfulness in practice are very important. I want to teach precise techniques. Concentration and intensity in practice are also important,
also humor and lightness. Sometimes there is something magical about the lessons. Sometimes there is silence, joy, or someone cries. Sometimes physical and other complaints simply disappear after the lessons. When this happens, I am grateful.
Why do I practice yoga?
As a child, I came into contact with yoga at an early age. But it wasn't until I became a dancer that I remembered it. Many dancers do yoga because it allows them to improve their dance technique significantly. My dancing improved a lot through yoga. I also became more efficient and creative. So I integrated yoga into my dance classes. And when I choreographed, our work was influenced by yoga.
A deep inner joy developed within me that I no longer wanted to miss.
The profound work in Iyengar Yoga, a type of Hatha Yoga, convinced me. During long stays in India, I studied with the founder, BKS Iyengar, and his family in Pune. In Europe, I completed another Western yoga teacher training course to become a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher, and I continue to train regularly today.
Why do I teach?
Life is like a dance that we all dance together. And we all have to leave this dance at some point. That is something we all have in common.
The beauty and vulnerability of life. The awareness that we all share this.
We all have the potential within us to be happy and to experience our true inner nature. Yoga is a method to realize this potential. The postures and breathing exercises not only train the body, but also create a deeper mental awareness.
Further training and education that have influenced my current work
2020-2021 Postgraduate course in systemic coaching for business and live coaching. Wismar University of Applied Sciences, Germany
2016 - 2018 Body Talk training with qualification as a Body Talk™ user
2017 - 2018 Mindfulness meditation training; The Wheel of Mental Balance. Diego Hangartner, Zurich
Seit 2017 Forest Rock Taiji & Qigong Monastery School Teacher Training; Peter Caughey, Bali
2017 - 2019 Healer training; Loran and Leandra, Bali and Switzerland
2015 Yoga for children with special needs®; Sonja Sumar, London
2012 Yoga teacher for children; social pedagogical focus; Children's Yoga Academy Bannenberg, Heidelberg
2005 - 2015 Master's degree in comparative religious studies, philosophy, Sanskrit, psychology. Goethe University Frankfurt
2008 - 2011 Ayurveda; Dr. Satya, Dr. Suma, Kerala, Indien
Seit 2006 Various yoga training courses
- Pregnancy and postnatal yoga; Rita Keller Germany / Kerstin Khattab, Switzerland
- Yoga for children; Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Puna, India / Rita Keller Germany
- Hormone Yoga; Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Puna, India / Rita Keller Germany
- Yoga for the nervous system; Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Puna, India /Rita Keller Germany
- Therapeutic Yoga; Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Puna, India / Rita Keller Germany / Kerstin Khattab, Switzerland
Since 2004 Vipassana S.N. Goenka method; several times 10-day silent mediation. Lutriano, Italy and Triebel, Germany
2003 - 2006 Iyengar Yoga® Lehrer Ausbildung; Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Puna, Indien, Iyengar Yoga Institut Rhein-Ahr Rita Keller, Bad Neuenahr / Köln
1997 - 2000 Yoga teacher training; Danja Rosenthal, Frankfurt
1996 - 1998 Acting training; Helene Reich acting teacher, Frankfurt
1984 - 2006 Dance training and further education:
- With a focus on classical ballet (Royal Academy), modern dance, dance improvisation, African dances, Oriental dance
- Classical Ballet, Modern; Ballet School Jutta Ludewig, Mainz.
- Classical ballet, modern, flamenco, contemporary dance, improvisation, creative dance; Tanzstudio Waltraud Luley, Frankfurt
- Modern Dance; University of Music and Performing Arts, Frankfurt
- Oriental dance; Oriental Center Dietlinde Bedauia Karkutli / Momo Kadous Frankfurt/Main
- Oriental dance; Mahmud Reeda / Mohamed Khalil / Rakia Hassan and others, Cairo, Egypt
- Indian dance, Odissi; Christine Kreh-Laino, Frankfurt
- Modern Dance; Martha Graham Institute, New York. Bartenieff Fundamentals. Contemporary dance, improvisation; Laban/Bartennieff Institute of Movement Studies, New York. Classical and modern ballet; Sarah Neece. New YorkSoutheast and West African Dances; Fareta New York. Classical ballet, modern dance; Broadway Dance Center, New York. Contemporary dance, modern dance; Dance Space, New York. Bodywork for dancers - with a focus on yoga, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, Body Mind Centering, anatomy and kinesiology for dancers
Job profile
Since 2021 Systemic Coaching
Since 2018 Body Talk™ practitioner
Since 2017, development and management of the school, Yoga and Dance Bremgarten www.YogaUndTanzBremgarten.ch - teaching yoga, meditation and dance
Since 2015, trainer in yoga teacher training at Pure Yoga, Switzerland
Since 2015 Yoga therapy Iyengar-Yoga-Im-Zentrum in the Cardiance Clinic, Pfäffikon SZ
2006 - 2007 Dance and yoga lessons, choreographic work with children and young people; integration project of the city of Frankfurt
2001 - 2003 Guest lecturer in dance therapy training, as well as yoga and dance lessons at the Frankfurt Institute for Dance Therapy, Frankfurt
1994 - 2013 Actress, dance and yoga lessons for actors, choreographic work; Schauspielbühne Frankfurt, Children and Youth Theatre Frankfurt, Schauspiel Mainz, among others.
Since 1990 dance and yoga lessons; private lessons, workshops, in dance and yoga schools, training institutions; including dance and theater workshop in FFM, Infrau in FFM, Frankfurt Institute for Dance Therapy in FFM, Hessian Sports Association FFM
Since 1987 dance performances, internationally, in ensemble and as a solo dancer