Yoga Classes
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Class schedule in Geneva: Mondays from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. yoga therapy
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Location: Espace Turquoise – 26 rue Peillonex – 1225 Chêne Bourg
The benefits of yoga
Mental and Emotional Calm: a calmer state of mind, restful sleep, and emotional balance.
Physiological Improvement: increased oxygenation capacity, stabilisation of blood pressure, heart rate and breathing.
Physical Health: overall improvement in posture, reduction in joint pain, muscle strengthening, and improvement in joint mobility and organ function.
My method aims to raise individuals’ awareness. As instructors, our role is to guide each person from the effect – the pathology – to the underlying cause, thereby enabling true transformation and healing.
Your yoga teacher
Maria Vivian Lagier
Yoga Teacher & Founder of the Yoga Training and Research Centre
Presentation
With over 30 years of experience practising yoga, she combines her practical skills with a solid academic background in Oriental and South Asian studies. She specialises in adapting yoga to different groups, including children, teenagers and seniors, and is committed to enriching society through her teachings. Her longstanding collaboration with eminent figures in yoga from the lineage of Swami Kuvalayananda – Drs. Manohar Gharote, Mukund Bhole and Manmath Gharote – testifies to her deep commitment and passion for teaching and spreading yoga through a traditional and integrated approach.
Experience & Career Path
She began practising yoga and studying Eastern religions at a very young age, at 19, while studying at the Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires. Between 1996 and 2004, she studied yoga therapy, techniques, methodologies and traditions with Drs. Bhole and Manohar Gharote in Argentina, as well as completing a yoga therapy training course recognised by the prestigious Kaivalyadhama centre. At the same time, she created and directed the Yoga and Eastern Studies training programme for the Hernando Arias de Saavedra Institute in Misiones (Argentina) until she moved to Switzerland in 2004.
Training
In Switzerland, Vivian continued her academic training by taking courses on religious therapies and therapeutic religions at UNIGE, cognitive sciences of consciousness at UNIL, and obtained a Master’s degree in Arts at UNIL, where she wrote a thesis on yoga. In addition, she continued to work closely with Drs. Bhole and Manmath Gharote, sons of Dr. Manohar Gharote. Shortly after her arrival, she founded a yoga centre in Geneva, then established the Centre for Yoga Training and Research, with the aim of sharing the knowledge she had accumulated during a lifetime dedicated to yoga.
- Master’s degree in South Asian Languages and Civilisations, University of Lausanne.
- Buenos Aires. Bachelor’s degree in Oriental Studies, University of El Salvador.
- Training in yoga therapy. Kaivalyadhama Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Swiss representative of the Lonavla Yoga Institute, India ®
Private lessons Geneva
Book your private session in Geneva. CHF 120 / 60 minutes.
Whether you are a beginner or an advanced practitioner, enjoy personalised sessions tailored to your goals: discover the world of yoga or deepen your foundations.
Practical information
Address
Centre Turquoise, 26 rue Peillonex – 1225 Chêne Bourg
Opening hours
Yoga therapy classes: Mondays 5.15pm – 6.15pm
Private classes: On request
Travel
Transfer available (additional charge)
FAQ
What are the benefits of private yoga classes?
Private lessons offer a personalised approach, allowing each session to be tailored to your specific needs: relaxation, improved flexibility, muscle strengthening or deepening your practice.
Are they suitable for all levels?
How do private sessions work?
Sessions generally last 60 minutes and are designed to meet your personal goals, whether you want to work on specific postures, meditation or a complete sequence.
Classes are held at the Centre Turquoise in Chêne-Bourg, but transfers may be possible for an additional fee.