Yoga Vidya RéunionHatha yoga · Ayurveda
Sylvia Narayani Knabe playing the harmonium
Sylvia – always ready.
Yoga teacher training group in the Himalayas in 2004
Yoga teacher training (TTC), Himalayas, September–October 2004. Sylvia is fourth from the left in the back row.
Sylvia Narayani Knabe seated in front of Ganesha
Ganesha removes obstacles – including those on Sylvia’s path to her new yoga studio.

Sylvia Narayani Knabe

Training and experience

I discovered yoga in 2003 during a year in London. In autumn 2004, I completed my first yoga teacher training in the Himalayas. Since then, yoga has been my daily companion and the guiding thread in my life.

1st yoga teacher training · 2004 · Himalayas

Training at the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres, recognised according to the Yoga Alliance 500-hour standard.

2nd yoga teacher training · Yoga Vidya

Two-year training with 723 teaching units, recognised by the German Yoga Vidya teachers’ professional association and by Yoga Alliance.

Yoga therapist · BYAT

Training comprising at least 763 teaching units, including at least 363 units in yoga therapy.

Trainer and lecturer · BLSV

German C-level licence in sport for all from the Bavarian State Sports Association. I also taught yoga in its continuing education programme for trainers.

Professional experience as a yoga teacher

Experience from several thousand yoga sessions taught. I first ran my own yoga studio in Landsberg am Lech, followed by the Raum 29 yoga house in Middle Franconia for more than nine years. Today, I teach in my own studio on Réunion Island and live online.

Professional experience as a naturopath

Three-year full-time training and German qualification as a Heilpraktikerin. I worked in my own naturopathic practice, first in Landsberg am Lech and later at the Raum 29 yoga house in Middle Franconia.

Continuing education

Kundalini yoga, hormone yoga, prenatal yoga, Professor Dean Ornish’s heart programme, philosophy, Ayurveda, mudras and mantras. I regularly complete Yoga Vidya training related to my professional areas of focus. Member of the BYV professional association.

Experience that endures

Raum 29 – nine years of yoga in Middle Franconia

For more than nine years, I ran the Raum 29 yoga house in Hohenstadt near Pommelsbrunn. With up to 14 classes and around 170 participants each week, it was a vibrant place for regular Hatha yoga practice, yoga therapy, workshops and seminars. I accompanied many people for years, and some still practise live online with me today.

More than 9 yearsrunning Raum 29
Up to 14 classeseach week
Around 170 participantseach week
ZPP certificationrenewed until autumn 2024
Hatha yoga at Raum 29 with Sylvia playing the harmonium and participants in final relaxation
Hatha yoga at Raum 29 in Hohenstadt – Sylvia accompanies final relaxation on the harmonium.

Recognised prevention courses in Germany

The “Hatha Yoga 1 Anfänger” and “Hatha Yoga – Weitermacher” programmes were certified by Germany’s Zentrale Prüfstelle Prävention under Section 20 SGB V. This central certification body assesses, on behalf of participating German statutory health insurers, whether prevention courses meet the quality standards established by law. This recognition allowed insured members, after regular participation and subject to their insurer’s terms, to apply for a contribution towards the course fee. The courses were listed in the health-course directories of insurers including TK and AOK. The certifications were renewed over several assessment periods and remained valid until autumn 2024. They were not renewed after I stopped teaching in Germany.

Seminars and encounters

Raum 29 was also a lively place for encounters. Teacher friends from my wider yoga network regularly stayed with us and sometimes enriched the programme spontaneously, for example with Yin yoga, themed sessions or shared discussions. In September 2022, for instance, the Indian monk and Vedanta teacher Swami Nityabodhananda stayed with us for around two weeks and led two full-day seminars. During his visit, he also joined the everyday life of the yoga house, attended regular classes and shared insights and conversations with participants. I taught several yoga sessions during this time.

Seminar group with Swami Nityabodhananda at Raum 29 in September 2022
Seminar with Swami Nityabodhananda at Raum 29, September 2022.

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Hatha yoga

90-minute sessions in small groups in the Sivananda tradition.

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Online yoga in German

Live 90-minute Zoom sessions for beginners and advanced practitioners.

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