Studio20 — Yoga Teaching

Update: I’m bringing together all my experiences and learning, so soon these pages will give a clear picture. For now, they’re gently shifting as I let everything settle into place.

Certification & Yoga Teaching

Over the years, I’ve explored different ways to help people grow, learn and reconnect with their inner spark.

This page provides an overview of my journey as a yoga teacher, including completed teacher trainings, additional workshops and professional teaching experience. It highlights the teachers, studios and locations that have shaped my practice and teaching over the years.

Take a look at the details below for a closer view of the roles and experiences that have guided my path so far.

With care,
Marianne

Yoga Teaching Education

I’m known for my eye for detail, calm presence, and soothing voice. My teaching is inspired by the method of Paul Grilley and his wife, focusing on Functional Anatomy—making the yoga match your body, not your body the yoga. I’ve also given new meaning to Y.O.G.A., calling it Your Own Grounding Activity.

Yoga Teacher Trainings (500 hours)

Various Training Centres | 2010-2015

Notable Certifications:

Teresa Kennard – 50-hour The Yoga Retreat, Koh Phangan (2009)
Lily Goncalves – 30-hour Yoga Classes, Blooming Lotus, Koh Phangan, Thailand (2009)
Anat Geiger, Johan Noorloos & Marcel van der Vis Heil – 200-hour Ashtanga Power, Vinyasa Teacher Training (2010-2011)
Sarah Powers – 40-hour Insight Yoga Teacher Training (2012)
David Swenson – 40-hour Ashtanga Teacher Training (2012)
Jose de Groot – 3 x 60 hours Yoga & Anatomy (2014-2015)

Yoga Trainings and Workshops (500+ hours)

Various Training Centres | 2010-2015

Notable Teachers:

In addition to my formal teacher trainings, I completed approximately 500 hours of additional yoga classes and workshops with the teachers listed here, held at well-known yoga studios in Amsterdam and Utrecht.

Hennie Opstelten, Yoga Docent en NLP Coach, Eindhoven
Svatava Novakova, Sadhana Yoga Studio, Eindhoven
Josie Sykes, Svaha Yoga, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Erica Jago, Jago Yoga, San Francisco, USA
David Lurey, Mallorca, Spain
Max Strom, Breath Work, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Rusty Wells, Bhakti Flow, San Francisco
Jasmine Tarkeshi, Laughing Lotus, San Francisco and New York
James Higgins, James Higgins Yoga, San Francisco
Dr. Kausthub, KHYF, India
Gayle Olson, Yogayle, NiceDavid Lurrey, Find Balance, Palma de Mallorca
Stephanie Snyders, San Francisco, USA
Shiva Rae, Prana Vinyasa, California, USA

Professional Experience

Yoga Teacher & Studio Owner

Studio20.me | 2010 – Present
- Teach Vinyasa, Yin and Restorative Yoga at various global locations.
- Creat and publish content on multiple online yoga platforms, including YouTube, Insight Timer and my personal website, to share accessible yoga education and guidance.
- Taught yoga retreats in Mozambique, South Africa and Spain.
Collaborated with renowned yoga studios in Amsterdam and Utrecht:
- Yogatelier
- YogaGarden
- Natural Yoga
- Studio Momo
  Live Yoga
- Soulful studio
- Breathe
- Delight Yoga
- Spa Zuiver
- Rasalila
- The Movement Practice
- Health City Premium
- Sportschool van de Berg
- Conscious Club
- Yoga Moves
Worked with well-known yoga studios and wellness centers abroad
- Turtle Cove (Tofo, Mozambique)
- Liquid Dive Centre (Tofo, Mozambique)
- Bahia Mar Boutique Hotel (Vilankulos, Mozambique)
- Walmer Estate (Cape Town, South Africa)
- City Rock (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Hot Dog and Air Yoga (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Breathspiration (Randa, Mallorca)
- Hotel Can Moragues (Mallorca)

Yoga Alliance

Why I’ve chosen a different path

Many teachers hold a Yoga Alliance certification, but I’ve chosen not to pursue this label. For me, it doesn’t reflect a teacher’s depth, connection or understanding of the practice. The system is focused on sending in training certifications, meeting minimum hours and paying for the brand rather than on the quality of teaching or the personal journey behind it.

Yoga is about connection, depth and lived experience, not a paid certification. I have taught full-time, 10 to 14 hours per week, for four years, accumulating what I like to call my on-the-mat hours. I have also completed over 900+ hours of training with a variety of teachers. Since 2015, I’ve continued teaching part-time during my travels and in Spain, following my own path and letting my practice and teaching evolve naturally.

What matters most to me is your growth, your connection to your practice, and the space I create for you to explore it, not a certificate. Curious to experience it yourself? Come and find me.

Practice with Me Online

For those who would like to explore yoga at their own pace, I share guided sessions and practices online. You can find these on YouTube and Insight Timer, offering accessible ways to reconnect with your body, breath, and inner awareness wherever you are.

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Curious to Connect

If this resonates with you, whether for a professional collaboration, mentorship, or if you’re a teacher and would like guidance, I can share from my own experience and journey. I’d love to hear from you.

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To explore my full professional path and other areas of expertise, you can return to the Certification Page →

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Others about Studio20.me

❝ With no doubt I would recommend you to others. I’d like to share with others that you are a really empathetic listener. If I had the opportunity, I would explain to others how much your work has helped me to overcome some of my fears and rediscover myself. I see how much you prepared for each session. You took notes all the time and you were 100% present and IN (!) the session with me. I really feel so grateful for our sessions, because you have helped me a lot. Thank you! ❞

— Lluisa Sancho
❝ Marianne has been a great guide in starting and setting up the next phase of my life by clearing and reorganizing my apartment and (online) life. After a decade of accumulating stuff, my living space was in dire need of an upgrade. Moreover, my life felt cluttered and stuck and I was in need of a major change. Marianne did just that. She literally filtered everything I owned and had collected. After 2 weeks of hard work, my apartment was like new. It was like I had moved and was living somewhere new again. It was the best thing that could have happened to me, because after this cleaning and reorganization, my life took some amazing turns. I finally moved, after meeting the woman who is now the mother of our child. I'm sure Marianne's help and coaching was the beginning of it all. I highly recommend her services, energy and inspiration. ❞

— Tiejo Keppler
❝As an expert by experience, Marianne is a great coach in the area of high sensitivity (HSP) and misophonia. I’ve had the opportunity to coach her in the past on the use of her voice and her business, so I know like no other what a wonderful, warm and understanding person Marianne is. The calmness she always emits is so incredibly comforting! In other words, working with Marianne feels very safe, comfortably familiar and above all enjoyable. So, if you are highly sensitive or suffer from misophonia and want to be coached in that respect, I definitely recommend you to contact Marianne.❞

— Maartje Monné
❝ Marianne helped me become crystal clear about my qualities and challenges, my personality traits and past accomplishments. She also helped me define my goal, or goals, and break them down into actionable steps. She guides you intently through this process with her structured and consistent approach. She is a great listener and makes you dig deep and then just a little deeper. And her depth of knowledge is palpable every time you talk to her. She has really worked with the topics she supports you in. ❞

— Adrienn Guhr
❝ Even after years of soul-searching, I was pleasantly surprised to come across Marianne´s self-help exercises that helped me realign with my direction and purpose at 67. The simple, straightforward coaching exercises emphasized the importance of reconnecting with my values and staying aligned with what truly matters. I am truly grateful for this resource that continues to inspire and guide me on my journey! ❞

— Ute Hecht
❝ I regularly attended Marianne's yin yoga classes in the hotel Can Moragues and I have to say Marianne is a very sensitive and competent yoga teacher. Marianne takes into account the respective condition and health situation of the participants and gives individual instructions for doing the exercises in an optimal way. She also gave me mental help in a difficult, private situation and showed me how I could better process the appropriate situation with yoga exercises and meditation. I can fully recommend Marianne as a yoga teacher. It’s useful to understand some English in order to be able to follow her exercises optimally. ❞

— Daniele Wurm
❝ Luckily, I have had the opportunity to receive Marianne's guidance at her ‘of the grid’ retreat and it has been a fabulous experience. I admire Marianne's ability to adapt the exercise practice to the experience, physical and mobility conditions of her students, she always has alternatives, she is very caring, respectful and deeply empathetic. I especially like the fact that she starts with the search for the purpose of the session, finishes it by reviewing the objective and the sensations and physiological explanations of the exercises. I have attended both studio and outdoor sessions with her and I can't recommend her enough.❞

— Victòria Sancho
❝ I like the Yin Yoga with Marianne, because it is just the perfect thing for me as an elderly person. The movements are rather slow and she does a lot of stretching and that's just what my body needs. So, for me it's perfect and I like it. ❞

— Vreni Uhle