VVOO ACADEMY

REFINE YOUR PRACTICE. DEEPEN YOUR TEACHING.

The VVOO Academy is an online yoga development programme for dedicated students and teachers who want to move beyond simply following shapes.

Learn to understand the architecture of a pose, work intelligently with props, refine your setups and develop a more precise, articulate and purposeful approach to practice.

Through asana deconstruction, adjustments, breath, theory, metaphor and language, the Academy gives you a system for seeing more clearly—and the tools to make better decisions in your own body and in the way you teach.

You do not need to be a Katonah Yoga teacher. You do not need to teach at all. You need curiosity, commitment and a desire to understand the practice more deeply.

Study online, at your own pace.

CHF 400

Kirtan is the practice of call and response chanting.

Listen to the stories and transcendental wisdom behind the mantras and experience the power of group singing. 

Chanting as a group brings people together as a community in a way that no other form of yoga does. You do not need to be a good singer, or a follower of any set of beliefs to experience the power of kirtan. An open mind and your voice are all that is needed!

Join Rebecca Hajek Sunday Sept 27 from 18.00-20.00 for a community Kirtan & tea at VVOO.

A portion of the profits will go towards savethechilden.net working on the ground after the Nepal Flash floods. https://www.savethechildren.net/donate/nepal-floods

(Antendees are welcome to pay and donate by cash or via Twint/Paypal system). 

CHF 38.00

Join Dages Juvelier Keates for an immersive Katonah Yoga weekend as the year folds inward toward its darkest turn! We'll weave rigorous practice with hands-on adjustments, breathwork, metaphor, and imagination. Asana is origami for the body: as we fold and unfold joint space, we find form, function, and the pleasure of intelligent effort.

No matter who you are, you fit yourself well. Your knees can fit your armpits, your feet behind your head, your heels into your palms. Using these fits functionally, you train your practice to metabolize winter's invitation to rest, restore, and go inward. This weekend offers practical frameworks for communal well-being without shoehorning yourself into idealized shapes. We use forms for self-discovery, not perfection; we cultivate rather than force.

Alignment-focused and theory-forward, this training explores Katonah Yoga's unique synthesis of somatic mapping, subtle body anatomies, and esoteric geometry. We'll work with breath as myth, map, and metaphor, and with restorative practice as a poetics of rest—stealth self-care practices you can take anywhere, seed work for the dark season.

Book the entire 10h training or individual sessions.

Asana Lab through the lens of Katonah and Alignment Yoga — exploring set-ups, adjustments, and form while addressing all your questions along the way.

This happens live at VVOO. You can book this separate from the Academy or as part of the Academy.

Asana Lab through the lens of Katonah and Alignment Yoga — exploring set-ups, adjustments, and form while addressing all your questions along the way.

This happens live at VVOO. You can book this separate from the Academy or as part of the Academy.

A Sound Healing Journey for the Soul with Crystal Bowls and Gong!

Surrender to a sea of gentle frequencies and let sound become your guide.
In the Sound Voyage, the deep, resonant gong echoes like an ancient call from the ocean’s depths...

It’s been building for a while — now it lands.

SONIC BREATH.

A live listening session with @eloiisevictoria — moving through layers of sound while using breath to slow the system down and settle in.

Afterwards: we stay. Talk. Hang. Non-alcoholic drinks, no rush.

Restoration is a return to our original wholeness—a release of age, wear, and worldly noise, bringing us back into harmony with the universe and the source of life.

Slow down and restore your nervous system with Restorative Yoga, supportive props, and soothing sounds inspired by nature and the five elements. A gentle journey into stillness, presence, and restoration.

60 Minutes of imagination, breath, meditation & sound with Aylin Karadayi

„Inner Vision“ encompasses joyful practices of breath, imagination, effortless meditation and sound—tools designed to help cultivate an inner universe that serves as a refuge where one can find solace and clarity amidst life’s complexities.

We start with some easy movement, breathe by the virtue of using different techniques, open up our inner imagination and top it off with easy guided meditation.

60 minutes, once a month on Sundays 16:30-17:30 at VVOO - doable for everyone also with no Yoga experience at all. 

The Breath is a uniquely curated two hours breathwork experience that focuses on inner and outer explorations. They combine a variety of impactful breathing exercises and techniques to promote physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, opening the door to the magic within you. Click here for more information.

Deep release is a guided self massage practice that includes breath work, somatic movement and stretching. We all have the potential to read our own body and know what it needs, but in a world that often tells us that the answer can only be found outside ourselves, we lack the confidence to look within. Self massage empowers you to discover your own body and address your movement patterns that keep you in pain. This class will help you release tension, soothe your nervous system, and simply move and breathe better. All massage props are provided at the studio.

A guided journey into the power of the breath.

We begin with a short introduction and gentle warm-up before moving into a 45-minute breath journey lying down. The practice gradually deepens through 2–3 rounds of conscious breathing and breath holds, accompanied by a carefully curated playlist.

We close with time to land, return to a seated position and, for those who wish, share questions or reflections.

No previous Breathwork experience required.

This class is your down time.

It is designed to down-regulate your agitated nervous system. To find a home in yourself. By the wonderful modalities of hypnosis, restorative sound, breath, very gentle movement and meditation you will be guided into your inner calm.

Buddhist Dharma Talk, Yoga Asana and Meditation build the trinity for this beautiful format with Manu.

Wisdom and compassion are the two wings that Buddhist philosophy
considers to be essential in order to free ourselves from the
avoidable suffering. Awareness is the ultimate resting ground for this.
Manuela passionately practices and teaches Yoga and Meditation with the
aim to continuously be present and through that embody our full humanity
and discovering an ever-deeper, vast sense of being. Her teaching
evokes physical and psycho-emotional strength to meet life courageously
and with an open heart. This practice is underpinned by Manu's vast
knowledge on Buddhism.