DOERTHE BRAUN
Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor
Doerthe Braun is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (Intermediate Senior 1/level 3). Her practice, and her teaching, are strongly influenced by decades of study with teachers around the world, including the Iyengars in Pune and senior teachers in Europe and North America. She studied with her mentor, John Schumacher, from 1999 -2021. From 2010-2021 she had been teaching at Unity Woods Yoga Center in Bethesda, MD/USA. Her current primary teacher is Corine Biria.
Doerthe is currently teaching online classes and in-person classes at Yogacity in Zurich. She is a recognized mentor at the association of Iyengar Yoga Switzerland. Doerthe offers a 3-year long mentorship program in Zurich to become a certified Iyengar teacher. She also trains and mentors teachers for the level 2 certification. She currently absolves a three-year-long Therapeutic Yoga Training (with complementary medicine modules of the OdAKT) with Dr. Kerstin Khattab.
Doerthe’s enthusiastic, energetic teaching style and her emphasis on precision encourage students to extend themselves physically and mentally, while her keen sense of humor keeps her classes fun. Students experience an enhanced awareness of the body, stability, and quietness of the mind and self-understanding. Doerthe integrates her knowledge of therapeutic methods in her regular classes and in focused workshops.
RAINA FISHBANE
Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor
Raina Fishbane is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (level 1). After trying many different types of yoga, Raina began studying with Doerthe and has been a long time student of Doerthe's and of Iyengar yoga ever since. Raina was drawn to the physical benefits, such as becoming stronger and more flexible, but also how Iyengar yoga helped her to quiet her mind and boost her energy. She believes teaching is all about building relationships. She is always deepening her own practice through her teaching, and vice versa, deepening her teaching through her own practice as well. Her teaching style is relaxed and accessible and she shares her love and enjoyment of practicing with her students.
