Teaching team updates

July 30, 2021 Newsletter

I hope this emails find you happy, healthy and enjoying summer weather somewhere… As we navigate the ebb and flow of life and the huge changes that we have all experienced in the last 15 months there have also been some changes at our yoga school. Yes, of course the big one as you know was our rebrand and name change from Bikram Yoga Den Haag to MyYoga. We still love to do bikram yoga and it is the core focus of what we are offering now and will offer in the future.

Other changes during this time has been that COVID has forced some of us in a direction to make changes that we had not foreseen. This change is in our teaching team. There has never been a full quit or sudden stop of a teacher on our team but a gradual shift. I would like to take the time to share a little information with you about our team and the shifts.

Yoeroeke has made the decision to focus here career in a different direction and no longer teach on a regular basis as she has done for 14 years. Her decision was not an easy one as she is still very passionate about teaching bikram yoga and being part of our community. The decision to take another career helps her in managing her time with her 2 small kids and putting her family as a priority. This is not a good-bye for her but a step down from teaching a regular schedule of classes each week. As she gets her feet on the ground in her new job she will evaluate if there is time or space to pick up classes here and there… and of course join us for classes.

Mark, who was teaching for more than 8 years made the decision last year to look for work that kept him sharp in his original career of IT and also gave him a more regular schedule to work with. Not many realize how demanding a full time yoga teacher career can be. You are always working when other people are free and you are mostly free when other people are working. So he took a new job doing full time IT work in November 2020. His intention at the time was to start teaching 1 day per week, then the 2nd lockdown came. As we are open again he did some soul searching and decided he would rather stop teaching all together and very much look forward to coming back and practicing as a student. This is great to see because after all it is our love of practicing the yoga that took us down this path in the 1st place.

Just in case you are wondering, Mark is still doing his daily wall-walks (back-bends). On July 21st he did 367 consecutive days. Since February 15th 2019 he has only skipped 14 days! 🤩🤩🤩

Jeane, who had been teaching with us on and off over the past 10 years was with us in March 2020 when the pandemic hit. She is still living in The Hague and a part of our team, when the time is right, hopefully we will see her back in our beloved HOT room giving her very well known passionate and enthusiastic classes.

Annemarie, who has taught with us in the past starting in 2013 will be back on the lesson schedule. Since December 2019, she made the choice to focus her teaching efforts at YogaGround in Rotterdam (formerly Bikram Yoga Rotterdam) as it fit better into her schedule. This also allowed her the time needed to focus on her career that is very much complimentary to her teaching career; becoming a certified yoga therapist. We are happy to see her back, not only taking classes with us but teaching too.

Pien, who is a bikram yogi and teacher originally from the schools in Amsterdam, has also been a part of our team here and there will be rejoining our team too. You may have noticed her mostly taking classes with us over the past few years. She has an inspiring practice, admirable focus and is known for making just about anyone enthusiastic about this amazing yoga series that we teach. Pien has been a bikram teacher since 2006 and taught in The Netherlands, Germany and Spain.

Clara, who is a yogi from Bucharest joins our team. Over the years she joins us in the summer to take classes for a few weeks. Sadly, due to COVID she was forced to close her yoga school of 3 years back home in Bucharest. However, true to the saying “when one door closes, another one opens” she now joins our team. From the closing of her school she and her boyfriend decided to relocate to Den Haag. So we happily welcome her with open arms and look forward to her sharing her knowledge and passion with us.

If you have any kind words, yoga memories or wishes that you would like me to pass on to Yoeroeke, Mark and Jeane please reply to this email and I will be sure they receive them.

Yoeroeke will be teaching her last regularly scheduled class this Sunday at 9:00, we hope to see those of there that have managed to reserve a spot for class.
With love, light & gratitude,

Lydia
Owner, Founder & Fearless Leader (forever in training)

P.S. If you missed the big announcement from March about our name change, click here.

P.P.S. To read more about all COVID-19 related topics and how we are handling them, read here.