Natascha Hardt

Natascha teaches Hot Yoga, Hatha, as well as Zen, Yin, and Restorative Yoga. She also teaches Yoga Technique and is the regular instructor for the Senses 100-hour Yoga Teacher Training.

What motivates you to teach? To enhance well-being in body and mind.

What do you emphasize in your teaching? Sensing the body and breath, shifting attention from external surroundings to inner sensations, releasing tensions to free energy, practicing presence, loving attention, and acceptance. When we practice yoga together, we are uplifted by the collective energy. There’s room to feel oneself and choose alternatives to poses. All bodies are different and constantly changing. It’s important to practice with the body you have today, right now.

What do you want members to take away from a class with you? I hope they leave the yoga room with a sense of being more alive, joyful, and energized. That they depart with the surplus to bring joy and inspiration to others, and to do what is meaningful in their daily lives and overall existence.

What do you particularly like about Senses? That there are multiple training forms gathered in one place. It allows for varying the training according to needs, so it doesn’t become one-sided. It’s good to immerse oneself in a specific training form, as well as to challenge the body with new movements. By varying, you train intelligently, forming new neural pathways, strengthening more muscle groups, and making the body much stronger. Natascha completed her first yoga teacher training in 2009 and has been teaching yoga since then. She has completed the following yoga teacher trainings: Hamsa, TT (200 hours) Restorative Yoga TT (30 hours) Sattva, Advanced TT (500 hours) Sattva, Yin Yoga Extension (100 hours) Sattva, Yin Yoga Massage (30 hours)