Suzanne
Sunny Side Up, Mediterranean, Side Plank
WELCOME AT HANUMAN YOGA
The Hanuman Yoga studio was founded 2019 by Kim Giaquinto and Anna Kiyhankhadiv. The light-flooded and friendly room at Greifengasse 7, located close to the Rheine and the Middle bridge, was the perfect location where Kim and Anna could realize their vision of their yoga studio.
Hanuman yoga became a communal place where most diverse group of people meet and practice yoga together. Midst in the city, Yoga, Power Yoga, Yin Yoga, Personal Trainings, Workshops and Teacher trainings are offered here in a relaxing, inviting and friendly atmosphere. Everybody is welcome.
All teachers at Hanuman have passed a Yoga Alliance certified Yoga Teacher Training. Yoga Alliance is internationally the most known and biggest yoga organization.
Hanuman Yoga
Greifengasse 7
CH-4058 Basel
Kim Tel.: +41 76 421 70 13
Anna Tel.: +41 79 586 27 82
yoga@hanumanyoga.ch
FOR THE FIRST TIME AT HANUMAN YOGA
CLASSES
You can come without registration or prior experience to the desired class.
All classes on the schedule, except those marked “Mittelstufe /intermediate“, are open to all levels and can therefore be attended by beginners.
Even if you have never done Yoga before you are welcome in all our all level classes. Additionally, you can visit the Yoga Basics class with Anna on Wednesday evening or visit a beginners workshop. This is not a pre-condition for the all levels classes but it is a good preparation and/ or addition. Wednesdays, 20:15-21:15: in this class you have time to learn the basics calmly and deepen your understanding. Anna leads the class in German and English.
Find the schedule here Timetable.
BEGINNER-WORKSHOP
Approximately every other month we offer a beginners-workshop where we build up the yoga basics more in detail. This workshop can also be attended if you priorly have taken some classes already. The beginners-workshop is not a precondition for attending the regular classes at Hanuman.
You will find it here Workshops.
PRICES
You can pay all the classes in cash and you don‘t need to purchase a membership or an Abo.
You will find it here Prices.
EQUIPMENT
Hanuman Yoga offers a large variety of high-quality and grippy Jade Yoga mats as well as more props such as blocks, blankets, etc. You only need to bring comfortable yoga clothes. You can change in our studio.
So that we can show you everything without any rush make sure you arrive at least 10 minutes before the class begins.
We are looking forward to welcoming you at the Studio!
DAS TEAM
DAS TEAM VON HANUMAN YOGA
Luisa
Einfachheit, Passion, Flow
Paula
Strand, Zitrone, Trikonasana
Lenya
Rhybadhüsli, Aperol Spritz, Sonnengrüsse
Kim
Menschen, Kinderschokolade, Compass Pose
Anna
Burrata, Friends, Handstand
Yannick
kraftvoll, ruhig, Halbmond
Marly
Geniessen, Meer, Balasana
Michèle G.
Bücher, Cappuccino, Backbends
Bianca
Sommerregen, Banana Cake, Heraufschauender Hund
Lorena
Laawrena, Linsedürüm, Lizzard
Michèle B.
Licht, Ganzsein, Natarajasana
DIE GRÜNDERINNEN
ANNA AND KIM ARE THE FOUNDERS OF HANUMAN YOGA.
Kim and Anna are two Yoga Alliance certified Yoga teachers (E-RYT200, RYT500, YACEP) from Basel. They completed their 200-hours and 300-hours yoga teacher training with Regula Guldimann and Martin Becker. Additionally, in the last years Kim and Anna visited many further education trainings (Yin Yoga, meditation, mandala flow, preventing injuries, 50+ Yoga, yoga with depression, etc.) as well as numerous workshops with internationally recognized Yoga teachers from all over the globe (Anna Trökes, Jadon Crandell, With Yin Yoga, Kathryn Budig, Toffany Cruikshank, Seane Corn, Bryan Kest, David Swenson and many more). Prior to opening their own studio Kim and Anna taught for a couple of years single- and group-classes in various yoga studios in Basel as well as at the university hospital of psychiatry (UPK) and Krebsliga Beider Basel.
In 2019 together they opened their own studio HANUMAN YOGA.
Their teachings are known for the through, creative and thoughtful structure, the precise and healthy alignment of the postures and their warmth and lightness. It‘s crucial for them to support their students in an encouraging way, to motivate them and to help them to make progress without overwhelming them. With their open, empathic and winning nature yoga practitioners feel quickly comfortable and let themselves be carried away with the passion for yoga and life.
kim@hanumanyoga.ch +41 76 421 70 13
anna@hanumanyoga.ch +41 79 586 27 82
Anna is born and raised in Basel. Already as a child movement and exercise was a crucial part of her life (Circus, acrobatics, etc.). Since 2008 she has been practicing passionately yoga. The first classes she took were in an Iyengar Yoga studio in Basel and she regularly visited courses and workshops in cities like Paris, Berlin, San Francisco, Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile. 2012 she tried out different yoga styles and found her passion for Vinyasa Yoga. To connect movement and breath in creative fluent transitions was for her the perfect further development after having learnt the basic alignments of the postures in Iyengar Yoga.
In addition to her asana practice Anna dived deeper into Yoga philosophy and found access to pranayama and meditation. In 2015 she completed her 200-hours Vinyasa Yoga teacher training and later the 300-hours Vinyasa Teacher training together with Kim in Basel and since then has taught regularly.
Anna has a PhD in psychology and is certified psychotherapist. 2013-2019 she worked as a psychotherapist at the private clinic department of the university hospital of psychiatry (UPK) in Basel. Already there she started combining her psychotherapeutic work with yoga.
Since 2019 she has been working in her own practice at Praxis am Münsterplatz . Additionally she shares together with Kim the management of the Postgradualen Studiengänge in Psychotherapie and instructs future yoga teachers.
Kim discovered her passion for movement for the first time at Circus Regenbogen. Later she tried out various sports, however with the exception of yoga was never really enthusiastic for a long time in any of them. After her studies in economics her first job was as a scientific employee when at the age of 25 she found out she has cancer. This led to drastic changes in her lifestyle. Kim left her hectic and success-oriented life behind and travelled through southeast Asia and India for 12 months. There she collected experience in yoga, pranayama and meditation for the first time and felt mentally and physically balanced again, strong and flexible. Additionally she started trusting her body again after her illness and since then yoga- and meditation are a consistent part of her life. Yoga philosophy forms the foundation of her personality development.
Kim loves people and their diversity and thrives in working with them.
Her basic education (200-hours vinyasa yoga teacher training) as well as the advanced training (300-hours vinyasa yoga teacher training) she completed in Basel. For further education or training she regularly travels abroad. To dedicate herself intensively to her own yoga practice and to develop as a yoga teacher she prefers spending time in India and Bali.
Apart from her work as a Yoga teacher, trainer of future yoga teachers and owner of Hanuman Yoga she shares a job with Anna as the manager of Postgradualen Studiengänge in Psychotherapie.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Yoga means union. Hanuman Yoga is a place where people of any gender, age, background or experience come together and can practice yoga. The fast-paced society leads us to look for ways to slow down our lives, to ground ourselves, to recharge energy and to find to ourselves again. This is what Hanuman Yoga wants to offer. Additionally Hanuman Yoga offers the possibility of meeting people and build a community. The tea after a yoga class as well as various events provide such opportunity. Everybody is welcome, nobody has to.
In our yoga classes at Hanuman Yoga we adapt the traditional yoga practice to our modern lifestyle and incorporate the yoga philosophy in an accessible and concrete way into a physical practice. This gives the students the opportunity to experience going beyond a „physical workout“. With us you can practice in a safe environment and adjust your practice to your current state and needs. All the teachers at Hanuman Yoga regularly continue their education and are eager to share their years of knowledge and practice with you.
It is important to us that yoga becomes accessible to everyone and that the financial situation should not be a barrier. The classes on the schedule marked as „Community Yoga“ are classes without a fix price. This means you decide how much you want to pay for the class. Everybody can visit these classes including the ones with a monthly membership. Currently we have 2 of these classes per week. If it resonates well we will increase the offer.
At Hanuman Yoga the human being with all its diversity and individuality is the center.
WHO IS HANUMAN?
Hanuman is a popular deity shaped as a monkey also known as the „Monkey God“. In yoga the splits was named after Hanuman (Hanumanasana). This goes back to the story where Hanuman, driven by his endless devotion, took the great leap from India to Sri Lanka in order to be free from the daemons trapped Sita, the wife of his good friend Rama.
Unlike other Gods of the Indian Mythology Hanuman doesn’t know he has Sidhis (superpowers). For example, he can fly, make himself taller or smaller and can move mountains. As a result of exposing himself to difficult or impossible situations without thinking too much about by overcoming them, he continuously finds out he has immense power and that he is capable of big things. With a small smile on our lips this reminded us of us humans. Accordingly Hanuman stands for the potential we all have within us.