"Yoga to me is a way of coming home to one's self."
Marlene Schmitt is a renown German yoga and mindfulness teacher (1000h+) with over two decades of bodywork experience. It is her vision to share yoga in an undogmatic way, accessible to all. She offers holistic retreats, yoga classes in Berlin and online as well as teacher trainings. Whether Marlene is teaching a dynamic vinyasa flow, or a deeply relaxing yin class, the wellbeing of her students is always in the center of her attention.
Her teachings are a conscious expression of years of yogic study and self-reflection to serve the students needs and enhance their state of being.

In person and online.
OFFERINGS
RETREATS 2025
SUMMER SYMPHONY - YOGA RETREAT
03. - 08. August 2025
Kea, Greece (booking here)
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BE HERE NOW - HOLISTIC MALLORCA RETREAT
21. - 26. August 2025
Mallorca, Spain (save the date)


EDUCATION
As the lead teacher of the 200 and 300 hrs Vinyasa Yoga Teacher trainings at Yoga on the Move Marlene has led hundreds of students on their journey of becoming a yoga teacher. Further she is a mentor in the apprenticeship program at Yoga on the Move offering personal guidance on the path of teaching.
So whether you want to start your journey as a yoga teacher or are seeking to develop and fine-tune your teaching style, Marlene meets you where you are and will help you to step into your full potential.
Since her childhood Marlene is drawn to the Indian culture and its movement practices. Years of a devoted self-practice and studies of Hatha Yoga, Physiology, Ayurveda, Positive Psychology and Somatic Therapy inform her teachings today. Most and foremost Marlene views herself as a practitioner, who continues to learn and evolve every day.
The yoga practice to her is a conscious exploration of the inner landscape. With her classes she wishes to offer an entry point for her students to fall in love again with being alive in this body and to empower them to be their most radiant self.
Her powerful and creative Vinyasa sequences weave functional flows with the intelligence of the energy body, poetry and somatic expression into a joyful ride.​​
TRAININGS
200hrs "Multi-Style" (Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga) TTC with Trimurti Yoga, Goa, India
300 hrs "5-Elements: Ayurveda & TCM" TTC with Trimurti Yoga in Dharamsala, India
300 hrs "One Movement Yoga" TTC with Dylan Werner, Shiva Das & Mercy Ananda
50 hrs Pranayama Teacher Training Level 1 with Eddie Stern & Robert Moses
14 hrs Mastering The Art Of Yoga Sequencing with Jason Crandell
30 hrs Katonah Yoga Intensive with Alex Sharry
30 hrs Restorative Katonah Yoga Intensive with Abbie Galvin
10 hrs Sanskrit Basics with Samadhi Collective
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RESEARCH & STUDIES
Grundlagen der Sportanatomie & -physiologie, HU Berlin
Masterthesis "Hybridization of Yoga in the West", Universität der Künste Berlin
