The Lively Yoga Team consists of motivated and enthusiastic yoga teachers with a passion for movement, awareness and relaxation. Each teacher at Lively Yoga specializes in his or her yoga style and have completed professional training(s) and courses. Because of their broad knowledge and experiences, this also provides depth to each specific yoga class.
Meet the Team of Lively Yoga! The teachers lovingly share their passion for yoga to provide the most enjoyable and quality class possible. We would love to meet you in our yoga class or book a trial class and experience the atmosphere where we work together on your physical and mental health.
I thought yoga would never cross my path, as I was always a very active and busy person, still now, but in a different way. A busy work life, and a busy private life. I had no peace in my body and that is why I really should not think about yoga. My vision of yoga was ‘hammm’ on a mat, not for me.
Yoga is anything but ‘hammm’ on a mat, at least not the yoga styles I am involved with. I approached a ‘crossroads’ in my life where I was more or less faced with different choices. I was forced to give certain things in my life a different twist. Not easy, but changes never are. Through a book I was inspired to take a yoga class and miraculously, I enjoyed it! It brought me peace, I got to know my body better, I used muscles I didn’t even know I had and most of all, I felt like I had done a workout afterwards. How good was that? All in one!
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After 5 months of yoga experience I flew to Bali to follow a Yoga Teacher Training (TTC). A combination of the yoga styles Vinyasa flow and Yin yoga (Yin & Yang). My Dutch yoga teacher advised me against it, because of my short knowledge and experience with yoga compared to the intensity of the training, but of course I went anyway. A whole new world opened up for me, the time of my life and I loved yoga! I have whiplash from a car accident twice. I spent years figuring out how to handle the pain and find a way ‘how I could live with it and deal with it’. Pain day in and day out. During my training, my entire body changed and for the first time in years my pain changed. This was so special, it made me curious, I wanted to learn more and share it with everyone. Why would we live with physical complaints if it is also possible without?!
After my return I started giving yoga lessons in the Netherlands, met so many special people in my lessons and was always happy to hear that I could inspire them in some way. I soon made the choice to follow my path back to Asia, I wanted to gain more international yoga knowledge from people all over the world, eat healthy, come to myself and find out what my path in this life really is. During my time living in Asia I followed several new yoga trainings and learned a lot from all the beautiful people who came my way during this period. I also gave lessons in special beautiful places in ‘paradise’.
As I have experienced in a special way, yoga does a lot to a person. It gives you a strong body and a good ‘core’ structure. Peace, balance and many more things that everyone can experience better personally. Since yin and yang are important in the body and in life, because this gives the balance, I also teach various yoga forms that are yin and/or yang related. Powerful yoga forms that make your body strong, and powerful yoga forms in the yin way that challenge you in a different (calm) way in postures. You also encounter a lot about your own body and yourself as a person, self-knowledge.
When I returned after living in Asia for more than a year, there was another crossroads in my life. What am I going to do, where am I going and where am I going to live? I always wanted to start something for myself. I came from fashion & media and worked as a clothing stylist for celebrities. I really like fashion, creativity and clothing. This also led me to design, have produced and set up my own yoga clothing line during my stay in Asia, Lively Collection. I had reached the basis of creativity and clothing, which is one of my passions, and after my return to the Netherlands I found that it was time for my other passion; a yoga studio. I thought if it is not my path, then this will become clear by itself. I got a lot of responses about how I was going to approach it and whether it would ‘work’. I had no idea, in my opinion it is important that you do the things in life that you like, then the rest will follow automatically. My motto was; Let go of ‘your worries’ or insecurities and function from your heart. Insecurity is a negative energy and will not bring you anything positive. After two months of renovation, I was able to open my beautiful studio on February 1, 2017. I enjoy this place every day and I hope that you experience this too or will experience it in one of my lessons or with one of the other fantastic teachers who help me teach the lessons in the studio, which I am so incredibly proud of!
Live from your heart and don’t think too much, life is not that complicated. Above all, follow your passion and belief in what you want to do and achieve in this life, and the rest will take care of itself.
With love,
Kelly
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Hello! I am Marieke and am l teaching the Calming Hot Yin Yoga class on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Yoga puts me back in the here and now and helps me connect with my inner strength. I love the fire that fuels a dynamic practice and also have a yin yoga practice. Yin yoga has the biggest entry at the moment and the combination with Chinese medicine has my interest and is what I am exploring.
My practice and teaching experiences were gained in Maastricht, but mainly in Thailand and Bali. Annually I return to Bali to assist my teachers Jo Phee and Joe Barnett during their Teacher Training and keep my knowledge up to date.
I look forward to getting to know you and being your guide on the way in which your breath is the thread and you may explore your inner landscape in peace and quiet.
Namasté, Marieke
My name is Karina and I am from Brazil. I have been living in the Netherlands for about five years now. In 2015 I started taking yoga classes in studios for the first time as a student. I found it very interesting to discover that my body and mind are connected. Because the yoga philosophy touched me, I started a Hatha Yoga course in Rotterdam after which I spent two weeks in an Ashram in Germany. Back in the Netherlands I followed a Vinyasa and Power Yoga training.
In addition, I have become a holistic therapist, practicing Reiki and Multidimensional Therapy. Meditation helps me to be calm and aware of my thoughts, which makes me feel comfortable in my own body. The breathing exercises (Pranayamas) have shown me how powerful my body is and how I can easily connect with my inner self.
For 3 years now I have been a proud yoga teacher who helps my students discover their own inner path. I hope to see you on the yoga mat soon!
“The powers of the mind are like the rays of the sun dissipated. When they are concentrated, they illuminate.”
Namaste
Karina
I am Willeke, I am naturally a cheerful and sporty person and thanks to yoga I live more consciously and I deal with my body more consciously. Yoga is a lifestyle and in a world like today, which demands a lot and is full of distractions from the core of existence, yoga can help you by clearing and making your mental state resilient and making you healthier and stronger.
I teach yoga at Lively: Yoga Nidra. A beautiful form of yoga in which rest, rejuvenation and reconnecting with yourself are central. This beautiful Yoga Nidra in which you actually don’t have to do anything, has a lot to give.
You can also sometimes find me as a replacement for yin yoga lessons.
Certifications: Ashtanga Yoga teacher, Yin yoga and Yoga Nidra teacher, Yacep Yoga Alliance registered.
Because I never stop learning, I continue to frequently follow further training and courses.
I am 44 years old, a mother of three children – ranging from elementary school age to a university student – and I have been living in Maastricht since. As a child, I lived abroad from the age of one to nine. At fourteen, I settled in Maastricht, the city where my parents have their roots.
Yoga came into my life in 2018, during a difficult time. I was searching for peace in my mind and strength in my body. During that period, I regularly attended retreats and got to know different styles of yoga. I love all styles because each offers something valuable – depending on what you need at that moment, both physically and mentally.
Vinyasa is the style that resonates with me the most: it provides both freedom and structure, strength and calm. For years, I hoped to someday teach yoga myself – to share that freedom and inner peace. At Lively Yoga, I am able to make that dream come true. In May, I will complete the Vinyasa yoga teacher training and begin teaching at Lively. I am looking forward to giving classes where you can challenge yourself but also find softness.
In everyday life, I combine yoga with my work in a busy and dynamic world. This balance keeps me sharp and centered.
My classes are energetic, down-to-earth, and focused on breath and flow. No fuss – but space for humor, and perhaps even a bit of magic.
I look forward to meeting you at Lively!
