Raphael Mathes Artist&Yogi

Raphael combines traditional Hatha Yoga elements with dynamic Astahnaga Asanas and deep relaxation techniques. He offers his students profound and effective practices for gaining physical and mental strength, releasing tension to tender the body, freeing the mind from old thinking patterns and developing a healthy mindset. Never taking himself (or anything else) to seriously, as he knows the relativity of everything, he is playfully approaching to question the known and to trust your own unique feelings and experience. Only from your own authentic experience can you reach your highest potential and real wisdom. From the very beginning Raphael had the urge to gain deeper understanding over his body and mind as well as the visible and the invisible world around him. With half of his family living in Bali, he spent many years of his life on this beautiful island and calls it his second home. No wonder that the powerful Bali spirit has influenced him in so many ways, leaving a thirst to gather knowledge from all kinds of ancient traditions, todays science as well as his own experiments and experience. Yoga first came into his life at the age of 27 and from there it has constantly grown. He attended the classes of many teachers to gain more knowledge. In Koh Panghan he was taught the Ashtanga Primary Series by the wonderful Elise Greenspoon and in Berlin he met the great Federico from Lotos Yoga-Berlin, who taught him the traditional Hatha Yoga by Swami Satyananda.