Teacher @ arte vida yoga & wellness

Ariadna Castorena
Born in Mexico City, where out of interest for the workings of the mind, she studied psychology and tried out different forms of psychotherapy. Came to yoga in 1999 and has been practicing intensively ever since (Mexico, India and Europe). In 2002, she began teaching and finished her first Teacher Training (Ashtanga Americas). After years of experience in several forms of Hatha Yoga, she is now a committed and certified Iyengar Yoga teacher, student and practitioner.

Markus Gmachl
As founder of arte vida, Markus is committed in developing the yoga community through the activities and celebrations within arte vida yoga & wellness.

He came across Yoga a few years ago (2005), what turned out to be a path that has led him to many teachers and wonderful places: Bali (Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Training), Pune/India (Iyengar Yoga), Mysore/India (Ashtanga Yoga), Goa and retreats in Italy and Spain.

The time he spent in Rishikesh, a holy place on the River Ganges and at the foot of the Himalayas, made him see what it means to come back to the place where we (independently from our outer circumstances) find peace within ourselves: the heart. Many times our intellect, body, expectations, preferences, dislikes and fears block this path. Yoga gives us the possibility to free ourselves from the barriers that stop us; it allows us to experience ourselves differently, the way we truly are: free, full of love and happiness; without conditioning, without fear

Werner Purkhart
Werner found his love to Ashtanga Yoga in Thailand, where in 2009 he also did his Teacher´s Training under the teachings of Paul Dallaghan (Koh Samui). He has been teaching ever since in the south of Salzburg and deepening his knowledge through courses and yoga-travels.