Surya-Montréal

Claudette is a Suryashtanga, Hunyan Tai Chi teacher and Shiatsu Yin massage therapist that has been living in Montreal since 2013. She is also in responsible for Surya World in north America.

She is a native from the Reunion Island and she started her research in martial arts in Europe and Asia in 2001. This led her to meet Stéphane Chollet in 2006; the latter became her martial arts teacher and taught her authentic yoga. At the same time, she started training in Shiatsu Yin in Strasbourg and Paris to increase her understanding of the eastern energetic arts and became a Shiatsu practitioner in 2011.

She holds a degree in applied mathematics and worked for several years as a biostatistician for research in the public domain, as well as for multinational companies in France and in Switzerland.

After a transformative trip to India in 2011, Claudette resolved to dedicate herself fully to the cause of Surya World and decided to use teaching and massage therapy to help people get their health in shape, discover and develop their full potential in order to raise more love and awareness.

Bernhard discovered the multiple facets of Yoga with Surya World. He was engaged in many ecological and social projects in the past, but every time he felt there was something missing. In Surya’s pillar of personal development, he found this missing link. He discovered the practice of yoga postures, meditation, and spiritual studies as powerful tools to improve his own capacities and to exercise a positive influence on society.

Next to teaching yoga with Surya Montreal, Bernhard is enthusiastic about sharing his knowledge in the field of nutrition and health. Based on his personal experience, he is convinced that almost every health problem can be cured by focusing on the digestive system with the right diet.

Grown up in the Austrian mountain region, Bernhard studied Political Science and International Development in Vienna, before moving to Canada in 2012. Especially a trip to India with Surya-World in 2017 motivated him to get involved in the development of Surya’s activities in Montreal.