W.H.Y. Retreat Collaborations
At W.H.Y.Retreats, we collaborate with experienced Jivamukti Teachers, Sound healing specialist, Massage therapists, amazing personal Chefs, Executive Leadership Coaches and health Coaches. We are always looking for new opportunities to enrich our retreats.
If you would like to join us at one of our retreats and become part of our team, please reach out to us. We'd love to hear from you
MOVEMENT
W.H.Y. Retreats Collaborations
JUAN SIERRA
Advanced Certified Jivamukti Teacher
BERLIN, GERMANY
Juan (born in Peru and raised in NYC) is an Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher and a Mentor for Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Trainings.
Juan offers a witty yet challenging practice that strives to inspire and empower, giving students tools to develop consciousness – and maintain undisrupted when faced with the calamities of everyday life.
ROWENA JOHNSON,
Advanced Certified Jivamukti Teacher
BERLIN, GERMANY
Rowena is a devoted student of yoga, which for her means to be a student of life with its joy, love, and deep belly laughs. As well as its heartbreaks, losses and profound states of confusion.
With a personal practice of Ashtanga and Jivamukti, Rowena’s asana classes are strong, purposeful, interspersed with personal insights and uplifting music. Her teaching on yoga philosophy is focused on the genuine exploration of ancient wisdom that can guides us back to the inherent wisdom of our own spiritual heart.
Born and raised in London, Rowena is now based in Berlin and teaches internationally on teacher trainings, workshops and retreats.
Mitch Burnett
Advanced Certified Jivamukti Teacher
BARCELONA, SPAIN
Australian now living in Spain, Mitch´s classes are inspired and developed through a combined practice of Jivamukti and other spiritual disciplines. He uses movement and breath as primary tools to harmonise the Body and Mind. The harmony of body and mind is then projected towards developing deep states of concentration and focus. The concentration and focus is used to explore the more subtle elements of the Yogic teachings.
FRANZISKA HERMANN
800h Certified Jivamukti Teacher
STUTTGART, GERMANY
After traveling the globe Franziska discovered 2016 Jivamukti Yoga in Munich which felt like arriving to a perfect combination of modern meeting the ancient ‘Mama India‘.
In 2022 she did the 300h Jivamukit TT in Italy with Moritz Ulrich & Yogeshwari followed by her 500h apprenticeship with her Mentor Karina Gusalova Jivamukti Yoga Barcelona.
For Franziska, coming from a dance background, sharing yoga means creating safe and uplifting spaces in which everyone is welcome and can simply BE in their essence and express from there.
She loves to lead with topics from the heart, groovy music, story telling, fun flows and teaches - besides Jivamukti, Breathwork called PSYCHEDELIC BREATH®️ as well as dance and embodiment for more openness, liberated expression and women empowerment.
NOURISHMENT
CARO GANTE
Private Chef and Holistic Health Coach
BERLIN, GERMANY
Caro has been passionate about cooking, food and nutrition for almost all of her life. Connecting her knowledge of holistic health and her love for innovative cooking, she creates unique, vegan food that will leave you feeling nourished and satisfied. Her culinary works are mostly inspired by her surroundings, centered around natural, seasonal and local ingredients and designed to promote health in a flavorful way.
MELANIE WHERLI
Intuitive private chef and Health Coach
BERLIN, GERMANY
Mélanie is an intuitive cook, multidisciplinary artist, who started her career in hospitality 12 years ago, while studying fashion design in Melbourne.
Her food is simple, nourishing and pleasing to the eye. She holds a great importance to nutrition, taste and aesthetic.
LARISSA GIERS
Culinary artisan & Sound Healing
PIEMONT, ITALY
Most of her Life Larissa worked in the Fashion Industry. The travels and opportunities allowed her as a passionated observer and dedicated student to cultivate her love and passion for beauty healing practices and holistic lifestyle.
Fuelled by a profound understanding of functional nutrition, Larissa crafts culinary marvels in her kitchen. Inspired by the ebb and flow of the seasons and nurtured by her own vegetable garden, her creations are a symphony of taste and nourishment. Through private events and retreats, she extends an invitation to others to embark on this sensory journey, unlocking the healing vibrations of wholesome foods and enriching both body and spirit.