My name is Anne & until recently I occupied my days in the corporate world as an international marketing executive. I was virtually hooked on my email feed and would always carry my passport in my handbag, ready to catch a flight.

But then – after years flirting with the idea of "doing something else"– I decided to take action. That is how you end up reading this page right now!

Yoga Teacher – Student for Life – Paragliding Pilot – Mountain Lover – People Hugger – Peace Warrior – Music Junkie – World Traveller – Proclaimed Patagoniac – Essential Oils Nerd - Bubble Bird #1 – French by roots – Aussie by tribe – Swiss by heart

I was born & raised close to Paris, and despite having my Mum & my Grandma practicing yoga for more than 10 years, it is only in 2011 that I walked into my first Ashtanga Yoga class. Funnily enough it was a lunch class that my company facilitated next to the office. At the time I was constantly travelling around the world for work so there was little time for a regular practice but a seed was planted. It is when I moved to Australia shortly after that yoga stopped being an “activity” & became part of my lifestyle, a key element to balance my demanding corporate job with my personal life as well as a unique place to connect with a wonderful community.

The more I practiced yoga the more clarity & truth appeared about the misalignments in my life & career. In particular, I realised that my idea of 'Success' was different than the one celebrated in the world I was in.

So I took a leap of faith, dropped out of the Corporate World, moved to Switzerland & after a few months it became evident that I would dedicate myself to sharing my passion for yoga. It may sound like a lot of changes at once but somehow all of them arose as natural transitions rather than drastic decisions.

My heart sings when I start to talk about Yoga, so it only feels natural to me to keep on transmitting what my teachers have shared with me!
Practicing & teaching yoga is reconnecting with what it is to learn & grow – every single day. I was evolving in a world of repetition, strategies & frustration; Yoga brought me back to a place of constant exploration & inspiration.

My classes are a combination of all the influences I have received over the years!

I completed my 200H Hatha Teacher Training at Sanapurna Ayurveda & Yoga in Zürich under the guidance of Poonam Stecher Sharma, Sanjeev Banot & Mélanie Huser along with a team of talented teachers. It is my pleasure to be part of the Sanapurna family today, offering weekly Hot Vinyasa & Commmunity Classes in this beautiful studio.

Over the years I have also been fortunate to attend trainings with Mark Stephens, Simon Park or Maty Ezraty among others.

In 2016 I completed a Prana Vinyasa Teacher Training immersion with Shiva Rea.

As an aspiring AcroYogi, I have been lucky to fly with Claudine & Honza of YogaBeyond & attend regular trainings around Zürich.
As my journey shows, I love to jump from alignment-focused & traditional practices to progressive & strong fluid flows.

As a paragliding pilot, outdoor sports enthusiast & mountains lover, my classes are deeply connected to the Elements & focused on how the way we move & breathe on our mat can translate into our everyday actions.

I hope to inspire my students to believe in their own capacity to grow & know themselves. I encourage them to be grateful for their successes and playful with their challenges. I like to assist them in their posture so they can move freely with their breath.

Finally I am deeply attached to the idea(l) that EVERY-BODY should have access to Yoga, regardless of age, sex, background, skin colour, religion, body shape, physical capacity or revenue category.

I am inspired by Nature; by my rockstar 90-year-old (yogi!) Grandmother; by those who believe it takes one person’s positive actions to change the world; by the life adventurers who break the rules to set up new ones; by my partner who (unknowingly) keeps opening my eyes about what Freedom is; by my ex-boss CR who (also unknowingly) showed me the difference between leading & managing and allowed me to grow my own wings; by my teachers who share their knowledge & walk with me on this path and by every single of my students who for whichever reason on that day, decide to allow space for themselves & show up on their yoga mat.

and also...

• Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia -- True adventurer & bottom-line genius "reluctant businessman". Recommended read: « Let my people go surfing » (Penguin Books, 2006) & « The Responsible Company » (Patagonia Books, 2012).
• André Borschberg & Bertrand Piccard, pilots of Solar Impulse -- Reinventing the rules of flying to create a Future I want to live in.

• Luis von Ahn Duolingo, co-inventor of the CAPTCHA & CEO of Duolingo -- Pioneer of crowdsourcing, the illustration of what it means to "look at the bigger picture". Take a look at this TED-Talk to get a better idea!
• Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS & the 'One for One' concept -- Demonstrating the power of for-charity-business. Recommended read: « Start something that matters » (Spiegel & Grau, 2011).
• Kemi Nekvapil -- One of the most empowering speaker I've met, passionate about supporting women to live their passions, to nourish themselves & their lives!