Yoga Teacher in Residence
We are always expecting a variety of talented yoga teachers to create our open classes at Schwarzschmied and stay here as resident yoga teachers. Each of them brings their unique style and expertise to offer our guests an enriching yoga experience. You can look forward to varied offerings for your wellbeing and relaxation.
We are always expecting a variety of talented yoga teachers to create our open classes at Schwarzschmied and stay here as resident yoga teachers. Each of them brings their unique style and expertise to offer our guests an enriching yoga experience. You can look forward to varied offerings for your wellbeing and relaxation.
Céline Suremann
2 to 15 March 2026
Céline is from Zurich and teaches yoga with a modern, authentic, and intuitive approach. Her main focus is on flowing Vinyasa classes complemented by mindful Hatha elements, while gentle yoga sessions combined with Reiki are also part of her repertoire. Through the conscious combination of movement and breath, she creates space for inner calm, clarity, and true presence. Meditation and pranayama support this holistic approach and invite practitioners to return to balance.
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2 to 15 March 2026
Céline is from Zurich and teaches yoga with a modern, authentic, and intuitive approach. Her main focus is on flowing Vinyasa classes complemented by mindful Hatha elements, while gentle yoga sessions combined with Reiki are also part of her repertoire. Through the conscious combination of movement and breath, she creates space for inner calm, clarity, and true presence. Meditation and pranayama support this holistic approach and invite practitioners to return to balance.
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Charlotte Bufler
15 to 22 March 2026
Charlotte Bufler is a yoga teacher with over 700 hours of training and the founder of the online studio the bufler way. Her teaching is an invitation to consciously feel the body, deepen the breath, and let go of what no longer serves. She weaves together traditional yoga philosophy with modern movement approaches, scientific knowledge, and a generous sense of ease. For Charlotte, yoga is not just a physical practice but a lived philosophy – an invitation to more authenticity, clarity, and inner connection.
15 to 22 March 2026
Charlotte Bufler is a yoga teacher with over 700 hours of training and the founder of the online studio the bufler way. Her teaching is an invitation to consciously feel the body, deepen the breath, and let go of what no longer serves. She weaves together traditional yoga philosophy with modern movement approaches, scientific knowledge, and a generous sense of ease. For Charlotte, yoga is not just a physical practice but a lived philosophy – an invitation to more authenticity, clarity, and inner connection.
Additional Workshop with Charlotte Bufler
- 21 March: Release & Renew
Everything we do begins with letting go. In this yoga special, we release the old to create space for the new. A flow that balances yin and yang, cultivating the strength and courage needed to welcome surrender and stillness. The strength to be soft. To trust. To let go. This yoga special detoxifies, relaxes, and nourishes on a physical, emotional, and mental level.
- 21 March: Release & Renew
Everything we do begins with letting go. In this yoga special, we release the old to create space for the new. A flow that balances yin and yang, cultivating the strength and courage needed to welcome surrender and stillness. The strength to be soft. To trust. To let go. This yoga special detoxifies, relaxes, and nourishes on a physical, emotional, and mental level.
Marja-Lisa Jablonka
26 March to 2 April 2026
Marja is a yoga teacher and systemic coach in positive psychology based in Berlin. In her holistically designed classes, she combines flowing movements that support mobility and flexibility with elements that strengthen inner well-being. Her sessions encourage a mindful lifestyle and a fulfilled way of living. In addition to her morning and evening classes, she offers workshops and individual coaching. Her courses are grounded in methods of positive psychology, promoting mental clarity and a resilient mindset.
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26 March to 2 April 2026
Marja is a yoga teacher and systemic coach in positive psychology based in Berlin. In her holistically designed classes, she combines flowing movements that support mobility and flexibility with elements that strengthen inner well-being. Her sessions encourage a mindful lifestyle and a fulfilled way of living. In addition to her morning and evening classes, she offers workshops and individual coaching. Her courses are grounded in methods of positive psychology, promoting mental clarity and a resilient mindset.
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Additional Workshop with Marja-Lisa Jablonka
- 29 March: Flow of Life - Yoga & Journaling
This class invites you to surrender to the flow of life and reconnect with your inner self. Through mindful movement and guided self-reflection, you’ll learn to trust your body and intuition. You’ll take home practical tools from positive psychology to gain clarity, release emotional blockages, and align your life authentically with your values and strengths - in harmony with life’s natural cycles.
- 29 March: Flow of Life - Yoga & Journaling
This class invites you to surrender to the flow of life and reconnect with your inner self. Through mindful movement and guided self-reflection, you’ll learn to trust your body and intuition. You’ll take home practical tools from positive psychology to gain clarity, release emotional blockages, and align your life authentically with your values and strengths - in harmony with life’s natural cycles.
FLEX&FLOW® Workshops with Jessica Klimach
10 to 16 April 2026
Jessica Klimach is a certified 500-hour yoga teacher and the founder of the innovative FLEX&FLOW® method. This method is a powerful system that combines functional strength, fluid mobility, and intelligent movement patterns for sustainable results. During this week, she will offer workshops that help you feel strong and empowered while improving body awareness, stability, and freedom of movement. Each session focuses on a clear movement principle, using targeted drills, controlled transitions, and mindful training to cultivate greater ease, precision, and energy in everyday life.
10 to 16 April 2026
Jessica Klimach is a certified 500-hour yoga teacher and the founder of the innovative FLEX&FLOW® method. This method is a powerful system that combines functional strength, fluid mobility, and intelligent movement patterns for sustainable results. During this week, she will offer workshops that help you feel strong and empowered while improving body awareness, stability, and freedom of movement. Each session focuses on a clear movement principle, using targeted drills, controlled transitions, and mindful training to cultivate greater ease, precision, and energy in everyday life.
Workshops with Jessica Klimach
- Saturday, 11 April, 17:30–18:45
FLEX&FLOW® Hip Power & Fluid Freedom: Mobility That Supports You - Sunday, 12 April, 17:30–18:45
FLEX&FLOW® Head-To-Toe Session: Experience Full-Body Strength & Mobility - Monday, 13 April, 17:30–18:45
FLEX&FLOW® in Motion: Strength, Control & Fluid Transitions - Tuesday, 14 April, 08:45–09:45
FLEX&FLOW® Into the Heart: Shoulder Strength & Alignment from Within - Wednesday, 15 April, 17:30–18:45
FLEX&FLOW® Dynamic Strength & Stretch Session
- Saturday, 11 April, 17:30–18:45
FLEX&FLOW® Hip Power & Fluid Freedom: Mobility That Supports You - Sunday, 12 April, 17:30–18:45
FLEX&FLOW® Head-To-Toe Session: Experience Full-Body Strength & Mobility - Monday, 13 April, 17:30–18:45
FLEX&FLOW® in Motion: Strength, Control & Fluid Transitions - Tuesday, 14 April, 08:45–09:45
FLEX&FLOW® Into the Heart: Shoulder Strength & Alignment from Within - Wednesday, 15 April, 17:30–18:45
FLEX&FLOW® Dynamic Strength & Stretch Session
Carla Schneeberger
20 to 26 April 2026
For Carla, yoga means connecting with herself and trusting her own intuition – a journey shaped not by the destination but by open exploration. Her classes are creative, inspiring, and nourishing; presence, movement, and breath open the way to the inner world. With her gentle nature and attention to detail, she creates space for body awareness, connection, and inner calm. She has been teaching Vinyasa, Hatha Flow, and Yin Yoga for more than five years and has been leading her own retreats and gatherings since 2023.
20 to 26 April 2026
For Carla, yoga means connecting with herself and trusting her own intuition – a journey shaped not by the destination but by open exploration. Her classes are creative, inspiring, and nourishing; presence, movement, and breath open the way to the inner world. With her gentle nature and attention to detail, she creates space for body awareness, connection, and inner calm. She has been teaching Vinyasa, Hatha Flow, and Yin Yoga for more than five years and has been leading her own retreats and gatherings since 2023.
Additional Workshop with Carla Schneeberger
- 23. April – Yoga meets Journaling
A special that combines Yoga movement, breathing exercises, and guided journaling. In this workshop, Carla creates a mindful space for deep reflection. Participants learn to listen to their own inner voice and use it to set clear, conscious intentions, empowering them to anchor personal wishes firmly in their lives.
- 23. April – Yoga meets Journaling
A special that combines Yoga movement, breathing exercises, and guided journaling. In this workshop, Carla creates a mindful space for deep reflection. Participants learn to listen to their own inner voice and use it to set clear, conscious intentions, empowering them to anchor personal wishes firmly in their lives.
Matthäa Mollenhauer
4 to 12 May 2026
Matthäa is a yoga and meditation teacher based in Berlin. In her Vinyasa classes, she teaches intuitive movement with a strong focus on the connection between body and mind. Her passion lies in the essence of yin yoga, where she creates a safe space that allows you to surrender to softness in both body and mind while supporting the flow of Chi, the life energy. She works in harmony with the meridians and integrates acupressure based on Traditional Chinese Medicine to enrich the practice.
4 to 12 May 2026
Matthäa is a yoga and meditation teacher based in Berlin. In her Vinyasa classes, she teaches intuitive movement with a strong focus on the connection between body and mind. Her passion lies in the essence of yin yoga, where she creates a safe space that allows you to surrender to softness in both body and mind while supporting the flow of Chi, the life energy. She works in harmony with the meridians and integrates acupressure based on Traditional Chinese Medicine to enrich the practice.
Caroline Sølver
21 to 31 May 2025
Caroline’s classes take a holistic approach, integrating breathwork, mindfulness, and dynamic movement with seamless transitions. Expect a challenging yet playful practice that incorporates balance postures and extends beyond traditional Vinyasa flows by including mobility exercises and strength-building sequences. Her teaching not only enhances strength and endurance but also supports joint health and functional movement, ensuring a balanced and sustainable practice.
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21 to 31 May 2025
Caroline’s classes take a holistic approach, integrating breathwork, mindfulness, and dynamic movement with seamless transitions. Expect a challenging yet playful practice that incorporates balance postures and extends beyond traditional Vinyasa flows by including mobility exercises and strength-building sequences. Her teaching not only enhances strength and endurance but also supports joint health and functional movement, ensuring a balanced and sustainable practice.
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Nicole Natter
14 to 26 June 2026
Nicole’s teaching is shaped by influences from Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow, and especially the innovative Katonah Yoga. She places great emphasis on precise alignment in each asana and, through her metaphor-rich language, brings a playful and poetic quality to a profound yoga practice. Her classes offer a protected space where students can shut out the distractions of modern life. She aims to cultivate a refined sense of awareness – both of one’s own body and of the surrounding world and other people.
14 to 26 June 2026
Nicole’s teaching is shaped by influences from Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow, and especially the innovative Katonah Yoga. She places great emphasis on precise alignment in each asana and, through her metaphor-rich language, brings a playful and poetic quality to a profound yoga practice. Her classes offer a protected space where students can shut out the distractions of modern life. She aims to cultivate a refined sense of awareness – both of one’s own body and of the surrounding world and other people.
Additional Workshops with Nicole Natter
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20 June: Selfcare Saturday
In this session, Nicole introduces various stress-relief methods, including breath techniques to regulate the nervous system, self-touch (massage), jaw relaxation techniques (no tools, just using our hands), and a guided meditation on the theme of "Letting go of the old, opening to the new." -
21 June: Your Body is Your House - Make Your House Your Home
In this special class, we travel through all three levels of the body using the metaphor of the "Magic Square." After the Katonah Yoga practice, we close with a guided meditation that expands on the imagery. Feel at home in your body and release stored tension and blockages.
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20 June: Selfcare Saturday
In this session, Nicole introduces various stress-relief methods, including breath techniques to regulate the nervous system, self-touch (massage), jaw relaxation techniques (no tools, just using our hands), and a guided meditation on the theme of "Letting go of the old, opening to the new." -
21 June: Your Body is Your House - Make Your House Your Home
In this special class, we travel through all three levels of the body using the metaphor of the "Magic Square." After the Katonah Yoga practice, we close with a guided meditation that expands on the imagery. Feel at home in your body and release stored tension and blockages.
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Let yourself be carried away into a world of relaxation and renewal - book your stay at the Schwarzschmied and experience our unique yoga teacher residency programme. Discover yoga in its most beautiful form, surrounded by inspiring nature and experienced teachers.
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Let yourself be carried away into a world of relaxation and renewal - book your stay at the Schwarzschmied and experience our unique yoga teacher residency programme. Discover yoga in its most beautiful form, surrounded by inspiring nature and experienced teachers.
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Yoga Retreats
Rest and Recharge accompanies you on your journey into deep inner peace – to a place where you can truly perceive yourself, clear your mind, and recharge your batteries. You can expect a mindful combination of active and quiet, restorative yoga sessions, complemented by somatic work, meditation, and coaching tools.
In the mornings, we will have a balancing and cleansing session of meditation, yoga, and somatic techniques. In the afternoons, a calm and regenerative practice awaits you. Depending on the group’s energy and needs it will be enriched with breathwork, coaching tools, somatic exercises, and meditations. Sophia uses yoga not only as a physical practice but as a holistic tool to harmonise the body–mind–soul system.
Outside of the sessions, you can create your own personal programme – from activities in nature to relaxation in the wellness area. Although the retreat has a central theme, it will evolve into an individual journey shaped by the energy of the group, the place, and the moment.
This way whatever disturbs your harmony – be it physical, emotional, mental, or energetic blockages – can dissolve. Energy can flow again, and we perceive this renewed flow as inner clarity, strength, balance, and vitality. This requires peace and time to work with body, breath, mind, and energy. Only when our nervous system feels safe can it relax, release, and realign. Sophia creates the space for this process during the retreat and guides you safely through it.
Program
Thursday
17:00 – approx. 19:00 Arrival, getting to know each other, grounding yoga
Friday
08:00 – 09:30 Balancing Vinyasa Yoga (Yin & Yang) & Somatic Exercises
17:00 – 19:00 Yin-inspired yoga with emotional release, meditation, journaling
Saturday
08:00 – 09:30 Balancing Vinyasa Yoga (Yin & Yang) & Somatic Exercises
17:00 – 19:00 Yin-inspired yoga with emotional release, meditation, journaling
Sunday
08:00 – 09:30 Closing session & sharing
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- Vinyasa Yoga, Yin Yoga, Meditation, Journaling -
- 3 nights at Hotel Schwarzschmied
- Breakfast at “La Fucina”
- Lunch or dinner at our Slow Food restaurants “La Fucina” or Bistro “Luce” (at an extra charge)
- Yoga equipment (mat, meditation cushion, yoga blocks) provided free of charge
- Grander water throughout the hotel
- Mobility Card for unlimited use of all public transport
Sophia is a psychological coach, yoga teacher, and trainer.
Her personal journey led her from a degree in psychology and further training in stress management and NLP, through various fitness and personal trainer certifications, to yoga. She completed her yoga training with Sivananda Yoga (Hatha Yoga), Simon Park (Liquid Flow Yoga / Vinyasa Yoga), and Susan Michel (Yoga Therapy, among others), as well as through additional workshops with teachers such as Mark Stephens and Chad Hamrin.
Since 2015, she has been working full-time as a psychologist, yoga teacher, and trainer in Munich. In 2018, she co-founded the Kale & Cake studio for BodyMind Therapy in Munich together with Sinah Diepold. Since early 2025 she is working as a self-employed yoga teacher and coach.
Valid until 1. March 2026
Immerse yourself in a unique movement experience that combines the foundations of Pilates with the grace of barre training. The "Pilates meets Barre" retreat strengthens your muscles, enhances your flexibility, and lets you experience pure joy in movement.
The blend of dance-inspired sequences and strengthening exercises, accompanied by music, makes this retreat truly one of a kind. Whether you already have experience with Pilates or barre, or simply feel like trying something new, this retreat in beautiful Lana, South Tyrol, will give you not only a deeper body awareness but also a wonderful experience in an idyllic setting surrounded by peace and nature.
Program
Sunday
3:30 PM Get-together with welcome drink
4:30 - 5:45 PM Pilates Evening Flow
Monday
08:30 - 11:00 AM Barre Session "Feel the Rhythm"
5:00 - 6:30 PM Pilates Evening Session
Tuesday
8:30 - 9:45 AM Wake-Up Pilates "Find Your Balance"
5:00 - 6:00 PM Barre Session "Let's Dance"
Wednesday
8:30 - 9:45 AM Wake-Up Pilates "Find Your Balance"
5:00 - 6:00 PM Barre Session "Let's Dance"
Thursday
8:30 - 9:30 AM Pilates Wake-Up Flow
- all levels -
- Pilates, barre -
- 4 nights at Hotel Schwarzschmied
- Daily breakfast at La Fucina
- Lunch or dinner at an additional cost in our Slow Food restaurants La Fucina or Bistro Luce
- Equipment (Pilates mat, bands, balls) provided free of charge
- Grander water available throughout the hotel
- Mobility card for unlimited use of all public transport
- Free bicycle rental
Daniela has been dedicated to the art of movement for over 20 years. With her training as a dancer, she brings a unique passion and depth to her work, and as a mother of two, she knows firsthand how important it is to release stress and find balance in life. In 2012 she founded her Pilates & barre studio (KörperLot) in Munich, and for many years she has also been active as trainer and educator.
1. - 5. March 2026
In late winter, when spring still seems far away, we invite you to experience the beauty of the cold season in the South Tyrolean mountains and deepen your yoga practice.
Treat yourself to a relaxing winter break in March and immerse yourself in a time of peace, joy, and inner renewal. In a dreamlike setting, you can enjoy a yoga retreat that combines Asana, Bhakti, meditation, and philosophical insights – for body, mind, and soul.
Savor healthy, delicious plant-based meals, relaxing breaks in the wellness area, and moments in the fresh mountain air. Whether in yoga sessions or in quiet reflection: "Winter Break" is the perfect retreat to start spring with new clarity and freshness.
Program
Thursday
5:30-7:00 pm Welcome, Yoga Practice to Arrive
Friday
8:00-10:00 am Jivamukti Yoga
5:30-7:00 pm Meditation & Yin Yoga
Saturday
8:00-10:00 am Jivamukti Yoga
5:30-7:00 pm Asana Lab & Satsang
Sunday
8:00-10:00 am Jivamukti Yoga
- all levels -
- Jivamukti Yoga, Yin Yoga -
- 3 nights at Hotel Schwarzschmied
- Breakfast at "La Fucina" restaurant
- Lunch or Dinner at our slow food restaurants "La Fucina" or Bistro "Luce" (for an extra charge)
- Yoga equipment (yoga mat, pillow, yoga blocks) provided free of charge
- Grander water in the entire house
- Mobilcard for usage of public transport
Patrick Steves shares in his classes what he has experienced through yoga and what has transformed his life. With kindness and consistency, he guides his students on a journey carried by breath, rhythm, focus, and strength. The foundation of his classes – both challenging and gentle – lies in the traditional yoga paths and Jivamukti Yoga, while also integrating other elements such as the chanting of mantras.
Valerie Kornasoff-Jahn’s classes are calm, powerful, and flowing, leaving space for a consciously guided breath. Above all, she wishes to convey positive energy and heartfelt warmth, weaving her love of music into her teaching through carefully curated playlists. Since 2020, she has been teaching full-time in Munich at the Jivamukti Studios and regularly offers retreats throughout Europe.
