Hiske van der Meulen

Hiske was born and raised in the Netherlands. Her first contact with yoga was at the age of 11, through the book The king, the cat and the fiddle by Yehudi Menuhin. Intrigued by the yoga poses Menuhin described for young violinists, she started exploring Hatha Yoga. Years later, as a student and part-time group fitness instructor, she started to take yoga classes regularly. A couple of years after discovering Yoga Moves and taking classes with Hilary, she enrolled in the teacher-training program, and started to teach when she finished it.

Since that time she completed the three-year Iyengar yoga teacher-training program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Amsterdam with Clé Souren, Charles Hond and Annemieke Post. She is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher since 2009. Along with her teacher training she participated in many workshops with internationally renowned teachers, amongst others a workshop with BKS Iyengar in Moscow, and a 7-day intensive with Geeta Iyengar in London. She continues to take regular classes and workshops with several senior Iyengar Yoga teachers. In 2010 she studied for a  month with the Iyengars at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Institute in Puna, India. Since 2011, she is certified at the Junior Intermediate 1-level.

“The body is the most important instrument we learn to play. Yoga assists me in making and keeping my body strong and healthy, gives me mental calmness and clarity. In my classes I hope I can help others to experience the same.”