Surya Montreal | Yoga, Taijiquan, Meditation

Grown up at the Reunion Island, 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 a training in Shiatsu Yin in Strasbourg and Paris to increase her understanding of the Eastern energetic arts. She became a Shiatsu practitioner in 2011.

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

Following a transformative trip to India in 2011, Claudette resolved to completely devote her life to Surya World, using 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.

Since 2017, Bernhard teaches Suryashtanga yoga to share the practice which allowed himself to find more harmony and fulfillment. He gradually learned more about the wider meaning of yoga behind the physical exercises for which it is known in the West. Yearly trips with Surya-World to India since 2017 helped him to dive deeper into traditional yogic teachings, while at the same time learning about their relevance in today’s world and their complementarity with modern science.

Bernhard is dedicated to contribute his part to the Surya community: to introduce it to more people and create an open space for everyone who is interested in taking a step back from everyday’s life, re-charge and open up to new perspectives.