Stefan Dreher

Stefan Dreher trained to become an Iyengar yoga teacher at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Amsterdam and with B.K.S. Iyengar in Poona. He has taught yoga since 1997 to nearly all the dance companies in Belgium, including Rosas, Ultima Vez, Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods, Cie Michèle Anne De Mey, Ballets C. de la B. and P.A.R.T.S. Having been intensively involved in the training at SEAD in Salzburg for some time, Stefan Dreher is now also teaching in Germany and France as well as acting as coordinator for the Biennale Danza e Italia.

What do you teach? I am a dancer and choreographer offering intensive yoga-asana practice for dancers with a special interest in the connection between dance and yoga. In the workshops, particular attention is devoted to working creatively with coordination and alignment in order to hold the asanas longer. Dancers in particular often find this motionlessness difficult and challenging, but holding yogic positions for a longer period of time has very positive effects on one’s sense of wellbeing. Physical presence can often be experienced more easily in stillness than in motion. Presence and awareness can readily be translated from the yoga exercises into movement ...